The evening world., 1911-06-28

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tered. Dvsry yacht. launch. canoe row
bost. sxeursson stsamse was struns
with nags nem stsm 70 stem Atoms
Ire river haniEs On The Wsse sAA where
the racss wsrs rewsd. thirty ousAn
spectators wNS massed. ooms on one
ground. some on the Observation trains
Everywhere the scens VA gay w1tn the
colors Of the different colleges. with me
bright dresses Of the woman. the sheen
of silken sunshaAss. AoFoo the river
the banks for mile aftsr mfts were DOT
TED with white drssssa In one place
where the crowd was thtck. the white
Vas . solid patch against the srssn
hillside. In othsss thsr we're little
scattering patches Of whttA Every spot
showed . distant waADhN. q Tar away
that only the msrsst glimpse Of tho
struggling crews could - caught II
Illustrated the vast s~othusiasm OF tho
oowd-the enthusiasm that didn't need
70 b crsmped wathAn h four walls OF
stadium to keep IL NE From . until
AU In the afternoon spectators kept
their positions. and even the distant
patches on the hulsidss didn't Grow
thin and vanish until long after the
ending OF the last raoa
And the racsi
There Wa something ; IA ths
crowd. OF purse the Fours rowed
spisndidly. and Cornell won. 3ust -
che has almost always won. with some
thing IN reserve The Freshman Eight
was q corking C \ race TO make
che blood leap In the veins. Jim Rice's
colts romped away with II, rowing like
machtnss. with nevG . tremor or q
furry o. . h~Asch-rowinS easily and
confidently from the nrst Jump to the
tAst drive. The time. against the head
wind. wasn't wonderful. but the work
Of the crew was. Columbia can be
proud Of her big stalwart Freshmen.
anA sure that she has Varsity material
there Tor future races.
- Ut after al Thea two are like
the prsliminariss At . nGht. Just
tsassrs to stir interest and get
ths proper tinS,s IN the nerves. The
Nrsity Eight 70 the thing.
At last they come. soms from down
river. Soma NJ. The ~preltminaries have
bssa two-miis AFFAIRS. This - four. A
killing distance. The spectators iooA
% - they might iook At . nSht tina
10 sure TO end In q knockout. This II
serious business. No light and nippan'
preliminary fooisry here. II IL to
hAish! Have the doctors ready At tn
ethsr end. They'll BE- needed. Coo
end game. these boys. N ain u
the minute. 90 that they can stand tn,
racket over tho four malss. or ss near I
~ human endurance can carry them 1
the pace Il hot. II will be hot. TOO
look at them! Every nan seasone
. 30 the ~toughness OF q hickory log. ever
hide tanned to Q seal brown, head
bound with wet bandages to hold tn
bursting veins when the strain Is a
most beyond endurance and the ho
sun turns each Keeling brain Into
frcassee.
They line up. Penn. nearest the shor
then Columbia. Syracuse. Cornell an
Wisconsin. All seasoned men. brow
and. sinewy. The white referees boz
iioats Town on the tide and the ofici
questions boom out through the meg,
prone. In the silent observation ca
we can hear them plainly, At last: "A
you all ready7" And ''Ready-ready
ready" run down the line. ''Popl" go
The pistol.
Instantly the bowed bodies straight,
back and the oar-blades churn 1
water. The boats start ahead like II
ing things. There Is a hurry, a 1T,
splasalng, n wave OF foam astef
Columbia shoots half a length to I
front suddenly and with her ere
s,roking thirty-elghJ TO the minute /
creases the lead. The observation ira
gives a great Jerk n II rattle throlg
out It's length and numbers after. G,
umbia leads by nearly a length. &C
nell. stroking thirty-four. Is next, I
others already dropping back. Per
a few feet. Wisconsin n SyT
cuse a little more.
A T half a mile Cornell spul
~ furiously, Columbia holds
beautiful. swinging, even strol
Cornell creeps up, comes even, past
inch by inch. Open water shows
tween Columbia and Penn. betwe
Penn. and the other two. FrS
ih.s there are only Z
boats In the race. Columbia and c.
f, rel.
A mile more and Cornell still lea