The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-28

pcnnsylvania q half length away. tho
ouakers pulling forty in q desperate
-ttempt to hang On. Wisconsin and
syracuse. easily outrowed. were out Of
h and their followers gave up hope.
At tho half mile mark Columbia and
"ornell were both rowing thrty-six.
rhe lthacans. trying to test Columbia's =
,pced srurted and tho bow Of their boat
stayed in front for n few moments. Col
,mbia was on tho alert, however, and
-egained the lost advantage in few
yards Tho fast pace set by the leaders
appeared to be too much for tho Quakers.
who slowly lost ground and were soon
declared hopeless.
COLUMBIA AND CORNELL.
Sweeping down to the first mile mark
Cornell and Columbia were practically
IN even terms First one shell had n
slight advantage then the other whilo
the followers of tho rival crews cheered
themselves hoarse. In the next quarter
Il a mile the Columbia men decided to
sop this fooling end hit up the stroke
to thirty-eight The Blue and White
she'll like huge shark cut through the
water at a terrific rate and foot by foot
q les d was secured that made Comedians
look on in mute astonishment. Cor
nell's crew. however. stuck to the method
ical thirty-four and not a man in the boat
became furried Columbia led by four
feet at the mile and half. with Cornell
three lengths before Pennsylvania and
five lengths in front Of Wisconsin. The
Syracuse eight was rowing in ragged
form then and appeared to be sadly out
classed.
There ~as no limit to Columbia's speed
and the lead was gradually increased to
q quarter Of length. Rice's men were
pulling 80 strokes to the minute. the Cor
cells steadily 81.
Cornell is holding on" roared the
Ithacans in the train.
Columbia will win" cried the excited
New Workers.. who kept up an incessant
din Columbia by a quarter of a length"
That was the way the Blue and White
crew reached the two mile mark half way
home. Cornell was having hard time
and holding on like grim death and the
coxswain urged the men to keep cool,
Pennsy lvana was four lengths behind
the leaders at that stage and seemed sure
Of third place. A sudden squirt and Cor
nell in the next quarter Of a mile showed
that the 1thacans had plenty in reserve.
Perhaps they tried this squirt to find out
just what they could do. They gained
q little and then settled down to the "a
stroke Columbia meanwhile recovered
the former lead of a quarter Of a length.
Columbia's advantage was the same AZ
two and half miles. but then came an
other squirt by Cornell and Coach Court
ney in the Ithaca launch snapped his
pupils with a camera. So strongly did
Courtney's men row that they cut Column
bias lead down to four feet and for a mo-
ment it looked as if they would go to the
front. Columbia was rowing 3, TO Cor
nell's 81 a, that period with wild scene
along the line.
SPURTING AT THREE MILES.
Both crews were squirting as they ap-
proached the three mile mark II was
q crucial test and Columbia with wonder
full oarsmansship began 10 forge to the
front in dead earnest. Every stroke in =
creased their advantage until Columbia
was leading by half a length. The New
York crew hit up tho stroke to 80 and
though Cornell responded III kind there
was no stopping the boys from Morning
tlue I1elHntS. lUeN ttN'Hlutu 10
great strokes with their oar. and their
shell kept on gaining until there was a
clean lead OF a length. Passing under the
bridge. Columbia seemed to have the race
in hand. and the Blue and White partisans
were simply crazy. They threw their
hats in the air and checred without mo-
ment's rest.
Columbia wins. Columbia wins cried
thousands as they saw Rice's crew sweep
eallantly on. A length was big margin
over the crew from Ithaca. and a there
was only a mile TO go nothing short of d
miracle could bring about Cornell vic
tory. At least that was the way II looked
to Columbia : followers, who Kept their
eyes fastened on their shell. but which
overlooked Cornell
Having cleared the bridge. Cornell was
ready for a death struggle Tho cox
swain, with mesaphonc strapped 10 his
mouth. urged Cour'neys mon 10 row for
their lives They responded az any Court
ney crew cen, and IN IA few moments the
Ithaca shell was travelling through the
water az tremendous speed Pennsyi-
vania and the other crews were iaborlng
far behind and nobody saw them.
CoRSELL's DESPERATE RACE.
Realizing that Cornell was prepared
to die game. Columbia began another
squirt that maintained the lead of one
length until three and "A half miles had
been covered. The lthacans, however
never wavered They were rowing 80
and they had stamina to burn. Colum-
bias crew rowed similar stroke, but
something was the matter
Look at Columbia shouted the New
York crowd in sudden alarm; the crew
us falling back" Cornell has them beaten
to a frazzle" shrieked the lthacan col
legians. Courtney forever" Suddenly
as the Columbia boat shot past the three
and three quarter mile mark Bow Oar
Sage began TO splash his car. The Cornell
shell cut down Columbia's lead to half
a length and CONSERVATION reigned among
the men from Manhattan. The next
moment Sage's oar caught a crab and
shower OF spray went up as he fell for
ward az If lifeless.
Cornell rowed steadily and powerfully
and with half a dozen strokes the shellIs
how was on even terms with that of CO.
lumbia.
Sage will fall overheard" was the
cry as the young man sagged over the
side Of the board. Cole No. 2. turned half
way around and shook Sage So that he
partially revived. lns'inctlvely he pulled
his oar in unison with the others and for
fifty yards the shells remained as if locked
Sage was an aItomaton, however He
didn't know what was happening. and
after a plucky attempt to remain llp-
right in his sliding seat he toppled over
again.
CORNELL WINS BY LENGTH AND HALF.
Cornell is leading" the mad shout went
up az the Courtney crew resumed com
nand Columbia had seven men 10 pit