The sun., 1908-06-28

been tight races these last two, and Colum-
bla has boen the factor that has made them
such. Their men. too. rowed with judg-
rnei,t and stamina. but they were not quite
there IL 10 hard luck this coming IN second
y all the time, but tonight they are saying
here, well, II you want to win you've got
to beat Columbia. and you've got to 60 some
TO do that
As 10 Cornell. that CREW which Court ney
i said was overmatohed, IL must ave sur
q priaed the old man. He said II not once,
3 bus several times, with every Rppea rance
Of sincerity, that ne thought they had no
4 o.s 10 see the race to-day He stuck to
+ hhi boathouse all the afternoon a. nd sent
Freddie Colson up the river to follow the
boat down over the course In the launch.
Z fourteen years and, t,sy said, the first time
that he didn t want to 60 out to watch his
men get a isgraceful licking There was
no disgrace In being beaten the way Cornell
Z was In that varsity race.
ooBNKIL's sUccEasEs.
q Tho other races OF the day were triumphs
for Cornell. The freshmen won .grandly
Z and easily The four was leading by more
than two open lengths quarter OF mile
( below the bridge and also three-quarters
from home, when execrable steering on the
s part OF Kelly the Cornell bow, ran the boat
plumb into a buoy put up this year for tn the
course. The bow Of the Cornell boat crum-
pied up. and there the Ithacans, high and
ts dry watched the others sweep on to strug-
gle for q victory that was theirs by every
4 neht OF superiority before the accident
q What might have been the outcome OF this
y race Ia hard TO- say. Columbia was rowing
we'll when foufed by Pennsylvania, and SO
* syracuse came on alone and won. The
3 results: ~
varsity Eight Dared shells-Syracuse. 10
minutes ~ is seconds. Columbia, 10 minutes
ssi-5 seconds. Cornell. 10 minutes 30 seconds.
Pennsylvania, 10 minutes 50 3-5 seconds
Wisconsin, 20 minutes - As seconds.
Freshman Eight Dared Shells--Cornell. o
minutes 20 3-5 seconds. Syracuse, minutes
4 % SIS seconds Columbia. 0 minutes - seconds.
Wisconsin. minutes 55 lis seconds; Penn
I sylvania, 10 minutes ~ seconds.
Varsity Four Dared Shells-Syracuse. 10
minutes So f-5 seconds Columbia, IL minutes
z-s seconds; Pennsylvania. 10 minutes
Z " ~ seconds tdisqualifed); Cornell did not
finish.
PLENTY OF SYRACUSE MONEY.
II was the greatest crowd that has been
eeen at these races in many day. Syra-
y c,tss was represented by hundreds Of men
where in the last two years there have been
tens. 1t was just like 1904 in that respect.
That year the Onondagans won the varsity
the most tremendous crowd Of people that
q SyTacuss had ever sent to the Hudson. They
were there then as they were here to-day,
.ssaded and cunning for bear. They poured
In with all kinds OF money to bet, and they
had lots OF chances to bet 1t too. The police
announced early that they would not in
terfere with any private betting between
& collegians, and there was one bookmaker
, who sat in the lobby Of the Nelson House
and openly recorded the bets that any one
2 ~ Al fte' no an ha lpr
Days young men brought in with them
made Syracuse q hot favorite, and it was
even money against the field on the men
from up the State.
2iI to 1. while Pennsylvania was third at
Y 4 to I. There was not a bit OF betting on
Wisconsin. and any price could be had; that
In spite Of the fact that tho Badgers had
covered the course in time faster than any
other .crew. Cornell was to 1, with
s very little betting on the Ithaoans. There
was lots OF betting between Columbia, Penn
& syivania and Syracuse men. The Syracuse
4 men were betting they'd beat Columbia in
two out OF three races, and the Columbia
men were wagering they'd finish ahead OF
the Qalakers in two out Of three contests.
Syracuse just cleaned out the other college
men. taking from all sides, but Columbia
! reoouped a little by what was taken from
k the Quakers, who were behind the NewYork
ers In all three races. and what they got from
the Cornell men, against whom they bet on
the result of the varsity race.
$1,000 SEE THE CONTESTS
s The forty-two cars of the observation
: train were jammed full and the crowd on
banks and heights was one of the greatest
ever there. More than the usual number
OF boats were on the river and all told il
was crowd Of at least O.0OO who saw the
SRce from all points. The Columbia men
were there in force. because they believed
their crew would win Pennsylvania had up
s - Il. -
they believed was a sure triumph for their
: crew in the varsity race II not in the four
too. and Cornell had big representation.
although not 80 large as in years when the
men from ithaca are believed to have an
even chance of winning, Those Cornell
iaIs viii be sorry they didn't coma along
70 give support to a game crew like that.
k,yen Wisconsin had it's coterie. far throug gh
i i Is from Madison: All the graduate and
undergraduate world and his wife or perhaps
cnly wife to be we're there.
n Columbia had prettier girls than Penn
sylvana that could be determined only
by the minutest scrutiny, while the
syracuse girls were not the bespectacled
COED. by long shot Cornell was well
fttod out on that side too, SO that had 1t
bcen beauty show it would have been
as hard TO pick winner as 1t was before
the varsity race, which before it was rowed
was the most open race that ever has been
rowed here" Tho girls, the wives and in
fhere. and sometimes even with their
brothers made a pretty sight as they
paraded along the track making ready TO
enter the observation cars. They were
the observed Of all the observation train.
IL New London is a classic. then Pough-
keepsie IL a best seller and sometimes a
heat seller is mighty entertaining fiction
and more worth while having than some
or your tried and true and dull books.
So as comparisons are bad business. let
~ 60 at saying that Yale and Harvard had
4 the prettiest girls at New London and Pough-
kespsie to-day had the prettest girls who
follow the fortunes Of the five colleges
M AUTO BACs pIvERsITIEs.-
There was all manner of excitement
before the boat races. A dog swan away
ous into tho river, induced thereto by per-
\ sons throwing stones and almost drowned.
when rescued and brought back TO shore
be. got very angry when he was called
from half dozen different cars. Three
boatmen got into fight at a landing near
\ the four mile mark and all fell into the
water. while fighting. Frank E. Phelps,
6be Of the Syracuse men. fell while attempt
Ing 10 board car and broke his left arm
at tho wrist. DR.. A. s. Hotaling. also of
. A.