The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-30
|ALL Three RACES
WON BY CORNELL
Continued from Ftrst Rase.)


miles. Courtney.s pupils. without ea-
tending themselves. rowed away from
Columbia. and won In 10 minutes 81 l-6
seconds. Tho Now York men finished
Second, with Syracuse third and tho
oual<ers last
The races were rowed under ideal
conditions, except for the heat and
the immense crowd OF visitors suf-
fered intensely. 1t was voted the big
gest turnout of college parttsaHs and
their friends that ever made things
hum In this part of tho State.
Cornell took tho load after three
quarters of mile had been covered
in tho varsity race and never relin-
quished it I nthat comparatively
short distance Courtncy's men put
Columbia to such @ grIlling test that
as soon as the mile mark was reached
1t was apparent to the crowd that tho
Ithacans, barring accidents, couldn't
lose. Wisconsin proved surprise by
coming from behind after rather
poor beginning and rowing with SPLEEN
did workmanship clean down to tho
finish line
Then 1T was that Cornell had enough
stamina left to offset Badgers final
burst OF speed, the Ithacans winning
by length and n half. Syracuse. third
n part OF the way dropped back as
the pace grew hotter. and together
with Pennsylvania and Leland Stan
ford. never threatened the crows that.
fought II out all tho way. Tho Cali
fornian finished O. quarter of mile
In the rear. The shell was half filed
with water, and tho oarsmcn were
completely exhausted.
The varsity race, was scheduled for
1908 o'clock and tho six crews were on
time to the minute in backing up to
the stake boats. Wisconsin had the
western position with Pennsylvania
Syracuse, Columbia, Cornell and Lee
land Stanford arranged in the order
named to a point we'll towards mid
stream.
Tho start was beauty. The oars
mon. as If controlled by an electrical
device. caught the water Simultaneous
ly. Instantly each coxswain called
upon his men to hit 'cm up"
The strokes went up to more than
forty the minute in eAun instance, and
soon there was n splashing that sent
up small clouds OF spray
1t was n literal scramble for places
of advantage. and n terrific outcry
went forth from tho Blue and White
clans when they saw tho bow of Co
1umb'a's she'll gradually pushing its
way to tho front Cornell and SYRIA
ousa We're going at top speed, too,
with Wisconsin rowing forty-two and
Hanging on doGgedly.
But even in tho first 100 yards, II
became apparent that Pennsylvania
and the crew from California were sad
ly outclassed for they failed TO keen
up with the heartbreaking pace set by
the four crews in front OF them and
quickly dropped out OF It.
In the last quarter OF a mile, Cornell
Out up the stroke to thirty-six and
crossed the finish line with less than
two lengths to spare, the men all be-
Ing as fresh when they started.
according to the official time. Cornell
rowed the four miles In 1s:o1:o5. and
Wisconsin. 1925. which would mean n
difference of more than three lengths
Columbia's timo was 19:412-5; Syrn-
cuse, 19:47 2-5; Pennsylvania. 1895 90.
and Leland Stahford's. 20:s1-2
The victorious crew received n boom
Ing ovation from a hundred cannons.
while bombs We're exploded from the
top of the bridge. and every steam
vessel in the stream let out q scfeeoh-
ling whistle.
The time made in the other two
races was as follows:
The varsity tours. two milcs-Cor-
nell. 1924 1-6; Columbia, l0;41l5:
syrncuse lo:5s SO; Penna. 1923 20.
The freshmen eights, two miles
Cornell. 9:2l 2-5; Wisconsin. e:shs-5.
Syracuse. a:a2 2-5: Penn, $685. Co
lumbia, a:47.
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