New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-28
CORNELL CREW WINS
BY DESPERATE SPURT
Captures Varsity Race When
Bow Oar in Columbia Shell
Faints Near Finish.
OTHER EIGHTS FAR ASTERN
Big Crowd Sees Cornell Also Win
Fours and Columbia Row to
Victory in Struggle
for Freshmen.
rRy Telegraph 70 The Tribune !

lOI TISSUulSN.
rPy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Poughkeepsie. " Y. June 27.-Cornell
added another victory 70 IFS already long
string when it defeated Columbia. Penn
| sylyania. Wisconsin and Syracuse in one
Of the most heartbreakine varsity races
ever seen on the Hudson River here this
| evening Stroke for stroke the Cornell
eight and the crew from New York
fought IL out from the start underneath
the shadow Of Krum Elbow. with the
| advantage always in favor OF the Co
lumbia eight Then. in the last half
mile. YES. IN the last quarter mile. when
the goal was in sight and victory almost
in the grasp Of the youths in the Colum-
hia shell. Sage the bow oar, faltered'
tottered and tainted.
Cornell. swinging along just in the
wake or the Columbia she'll seized upon
the opportunity. and. raising the stroke,
with a well timed squirt shot across the
finish line Of the four mile struggle a
good length and half in front The
time was 20 minutes and 10 4-5 seconds.
PENNSYLVANIA was third. a bows length
perhaps in front ~ the plucky Wiscon
sin crew. while Syracuse brought up the
rear.
Cornell also won the varsity four
cared race. but did not sweep the river
as vas the case a year ago. as the CO.
lur7bia cubs rowed away from Corneh
and the others in the freshman e'snt-
cared race. and brought some consoia-
ton 10 Jim" Rice and the Blue anu
White rooters.
Crowd Watches Keen Struggle
4 huge crowd watched the gruel'ns
struggle in the varsity race-a race
which quickly developed into duei oe-
treen cornell and Columbia. Two crews
evenly matched in very particular went
ont at the start and with ever-increas-
ing speed strove I" wear eacn other
DUN Columbia slowly and surely
forged ahead. first yard, then quarter
~ q shell length. then half shell length.
FINALLY open water separated the crews
and the thousands Of Columbias : sons
waiting for sixteen long years Tor 4
,ic-orv. shouted loud and long IN Keen
.nriciration. Under the bridge. tnat
lofty structure which has go often
marked the winner Of the many races
that have been decided in the waters
b4reath us spans. the Blue and White
of Columbia flashed well in the Lead
7'nere seemed no doubt that Columbia :
dav had come AT last.
And then came that last heartrendins
cuarter ~ a mile. Sage. the son of
man who rowed bow in the only Ameri-
con shell that ever won race al Eng
aud's Henley. weakened Nainly he
tried 10 keep up with the others. The
columbia she'll which had been running
through the water a If there was some
occult power forcing 1t onward. Jagged
and finally came almost 10 dead stop
nc Sage hung on his oar. And all the
time cornell was crowding forward. Inch
nv inch the Red and White shell crept
I'm on Columbia, and finally swept by
with the ma jesty Of the conqueror. The
,sce Of 1911 had passed into history.
| Cornell had won.
Other Crews Far in Rear.
! %othing. not a single word, was heard
of the other three crews that had meas
,red strokes at the start with the two
that fought 1t out in the four long miles.
| PENNSYLVANIA was sore disappoint-
mont Looked upon as contender. the
Ouakers were never IN a position TO
s,,ilso the blow that Ellis Ward had oX-
nocted. From the start the Philadelphia
crew was behind. and it was only by
superhuman effort in the last sprint that
the Ouakers were able To defeat the
sturdy and in starred Wisconsin eight.
which rowed as no one ever thought a
crew could row after having been
/ through the misfortunes that have
dopged the Badgers ever since they left
/ Madison.
syracuse confidently expecting 10 re-
trieve past defeats, was a poor last al
most from the start, and was completely
outroved by the sturder and more pow
crful eight from the farms and forests Of
/ Wisconsin.
All interest In the crews that were
tagging was lost when the titanic strug-
Gle between Cornell and Columbia be-
came apparent For the first half mile
the Comedians were not as far up as "
was expected they would he. while
/ Columbia. schooled by such a keen Judge
/ of rowing as jim Rice. was IN the lead
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