New-York tribune., 1913-06-22
Comes from Behind to Win by
About a Length After Colurn.
bias Pace Has Put Favor
ties Out of Running.
MINOR RACES TO ITHACANS
Washington Eight, Making Its
First Bid for Honors on Hud-
son, Finishes Third, Just
Ahead of Wisconsin, with
New Workers Fifth.
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with crew that smashed down the
course with the speed Of dozen le-
viathans. flashed across the line win
ner I'm the greatest varsity eight
Dared shell race ever rowed over the
Poughkeepsie- Highland course here
this evening.
The great Cornell eight and the
equally great Columbia eight were beat
en- and hopelessly out Of it when the
/ crew from Syracuse. fresh and strong
as from a liftime spent in the great
outdoors, came through in the last two
miles. and. brooking no opposition, won
/ by something short Of a length.
Tho Cornell men, oUtrowed from the
start by Columbia, the leader for two
| and a half miles, were completely ex-
hausted by their terrific efforts in the
! first gruelling stages, but hung on long
! enough 10 finish second, while the Blue
:, and White oarsmen trailed across the
line fifth.
The eight from the University OF
Washington and crew that was al
most as mighty from the University
Of Wisconsin fought It out for third
place. with the former getting the de-
cision. a scant half length behind
Cornell. Pennsylvania was beaten
from the start and finished bad last.
Cornell. putting its entire trust in it's
powerful varsity boat, found small
consolation in the victories Of the
frehman and four-oared crews earlier
i'm the day, and the crowds from Ithaca
went back home disappointed as never
before. This, their greatest Cornell
crew. was rowed practically TO
standstill by the stalwart boatload
from Columbia. and when the Blue and
White had finished its task and
dropped back Syracuse came through
and cooked the Ithacans to a turn.
Mix-up in Four Dared Race.
The red and white Of Cornell showed
the way down the course in the four 2
Dared race. fighting its way up from the
ruck in the last mile and winning by a
margin OF two boat lengths over Penn
sylyania, which rowed plucky race
and was second after unintentlonally
forcing both Columbia and Syracuse off
the course All three crews were in the
running at the time, and the fight for
the place would have been close.
Columbia, fortunately. did not leave
the course until the finish mark had
been yassed. and took third place, but
| Syracuse was stranded an eighth Of a
mile from the end. Wisconsin and
Washington were fourth and fifth, re-
| spectively
In the freshman race, Cornell showed
the way almost from the start, and won
after lighting back a terrific spurt by
the Wisconsin cubs i'm the last furlong.
! Cornell won by length, and us on
! sin was two lengths ahead Of Syracuse
! The Pennsylvania freshman boat
which had promised TO redeem some of
| the lost honor of the Red and Blue, did
we'll TO finish fourth, three lengths be-
/ hind Syracuse and a bare length In
front of the Columbia youngsters, who
/ lost almost a length at the start, but
who hung on with grim desperation.
Syracuse the Least Feared.
Never has the majestic old Hudson
seen such wonderful contest as that
which was rowed over its peaceful
bosom this afternoon. OF all the crews
| that were expected 10 make a showing
the one coming from Syracuse was tho
| least favored. and its remarkable vic
tory was all the more impressive. From
the two-mlle mark to the finish no
power that was human could have kept
back that boatload of youths from the
| upstate city, who slashed away with
, little regard for form or the finer points
! of rowing. and by sheer grit and pluck
| swept everything before them. That
they were fully entitled 10 the victory
not a voice denied.
Cornell, for years the invincible ma
chine of the Hudson, for the first time
J in five wears failed TO he more than a
/ dangerous contender in the greatest
! i'NN -hAiA'i iNoAA ApNhiS -AhfN
known. Never for an instant in the
J long four-mile grind from Krum Elbow
TO the finish in the broad expanse Of
| Poughkeepsie Bay were the Ithacans
in the lead, and in trying TO follow The
| terrific pace that Columbia cut out ~
the beginning the Comedians let them
selves be carried along too fast.
When Syracuse took up Columbia's
| place as pacemaker the Cornell eight,
its reserve strength spent, was power
| less TO prevent the Orange from sweep
| ing on TO victory. II any crew but the
winner is 10 be thanked for the defeat
Of Cornell credit must go TO Columbia,
for it was the powerful stroke Of the
New York boys that shot their shell
ahead in the first two miles at a speed
that no human frame could hope to
keep up.
Columbia did not have a superhuman
crew. and for that reason it was forced
To drop back into q place that viii
stand out as a bad defeat in the dry
record. but which in the minds of the
! fifty thousand persons who saw the
race was glorious and wonderful Co.