The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26

Cornell had length the better Of Column
hiA. which Waa half a lenRth ahead OF
Syracuse. Penn vas In open water back
OF Syracuse. All were rowing thirty
four strokes % the minute. but Columbia,
which did thirty-tWO. Al the mile Cornell
spurted and LETT Columbia lying. The
! lthAcans were two open lengths IN the
good with Columbia length better than
I Syracuse. Penn nOWhere. Cornell and
Columbia, thirty-iour each here with
7 Syracuse a notch lower and Penn two
/ pOinta higher
Cornell made u a length more at she
I mile aud a half Columbia was failing
/ apidly and was only a quarter length
betOre Syracuse. Penn was six lengths
in hack of the upstate Oaramen. With
a quarter Of a mile 10 90, syracuse shot
the pace up from 81 10 -. dashed by
Columbia and ct sail AFTER Cornell. u
was too late 10 do very much. hut In
that last tsO yards syracuse reduced
| COmell's lead 10 two lengths and had the
/ lthncans htIstling 20 keep their advantage
I; was Just the least bit significant that a.
they crnasad the line Crawford the Cor
nell stroke. dropped down, and he didn't
pick up and resume his rowing Tor
brief space.
COLUMBIA FOuR UPsETs
Columbia, which WAS Ave lengths ahead
Of PennsylvaniA. with only q Few yards
left TO 20. met with an accident that had
odd results The how man. Steckert.
was too tired TO steeF.
Too tired 10 steCr a str Right course
he vsered away on toward the west
shOrp. The staTboard oars struck the
hOat Of the mark buoy for the finish
and ran zap on the planking The result
vas an overnet o. the Columbia she'll
The men were dumped into the water.
aud Steckert. Whose feet were caught
In the shoes. couldn't get out ersily.
He and keatOr. at J, were particularly
tired. and u gOme Of LOse who thrOnged
about in rOwboats had not hshed both
KeatOr and Steokert out With boat hooks
in a great hurry they would have been
in difficulties. Moore. ?. and Sinclair,
stroke. were in rather better case. Il
took 30 long for the men to get going
thai Penn had almost finished when
Columbia got over the line.
Sinclair rowed fine. considering he
has been in the boat only since Monday
said a Columbia man.
III they had not been all used mp wait
ing for the start they might have done
better. Az for Syracuse it's Cinch
! that waiting killed their chances 10 heat
Cornell
FRESHMAN sEr fAsr srROKE.
The freshman race. scheduled 20 start
az SIS. got under way az $40. In
this too Cornell was the first from the
mark, and by the time a half mile had
been covered was a half length ahead Of
Columbia The lthaoanH rOwed thirty
four strokes. Columbia two less. TO the
minute. Wisconsin,. for a brief time only.
Was third. leading Pennsylvania and
syracuse A. three-quarters Of q mile
both leaders spurted Cornell doing thirty
five and Columbia thirty-fOur To the
minute The lthamns we're loss than
half a length ahead Of Columbia then.
with Syracuse advancing rapidly out on
third place There was about a length
between. COrnel's bow and Syracuss's
Wisconsin was dropping hack toward
Penn.
Columbia's crew never Ist down from
this point until near TIE finish. The stroke
was very high. but nowhere near as e.
fective "A that rowed by Dole. the Cornell
pacsmaker. That young man from
Riverside. Cal. IL hound 20 make rowing
histOryin these waters lie Ia the perfec-
ton o. smOOthness and strength and his
superior - a stroke oar wasn't seen IA
many boats, varsity or freshman. to-day
Rsath Ia a. good. bat no better. and the
same u true % Bowen.
Al q mile and half Cornell was stToking
" anu aNNlluA lNfNlff a We lNuul 0tulunla.
A great gap had been opened up and there
was water in between Cornell and Co
nmhia. Syracuse. rowing ~. was still
third. and Wisconsin, doing a tired ~
was ten feet ahead Of the Penn crew
COLUMBIA GETS sRcoND
There was nothing to u after that. Cur
nell kept on going away and won the raoe
by about four lengths. Columbia blew
up 30 obviously that it looked a. Il the
New Workers. had been caught by syria
ctlse, and many folks marked On their
programmes that Columbia was third
The angle from the shore made Il look
like about half a length advantage for
the Syracuse eight However. the official
nquint az Il gave Columbia the decision
BY very few feet. Pennsylvania
achieved the reward Of merit. and showed
the Wisconsin crew into last place. leaving
the Badgers IN hack with open water to
spare.
There were many more yachts than
usual IN the river Col John Jacob Aston
landed od the Skirmiaher with a party
Just - the observation train was leaving
from yellow Point. lie and those with
him had a long walk after the train
up 10 Highland. where they got into car
~ The weather conditions Tor the firs'
two races were bead winds and rather
rough water. Tbs third race. a. recited
was IN the very worst poasible rough
water.
The statistics Of the crews
varsity Elghts