New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22

swung the syracuse backs ana just as
inevitably as day follows night the Orang,
crept upon Cornell After passing the two
and a half mile mark blanket could have
covered the three crews, for not two
yards separated the leading Columbia
eight from the Syracuse shell that was
third
With the lead all but their own the
Syracuse crowd gave vent to a wild yell
of triumph. and it was taken up ashore
and anoat all around Then came the
crisis where so many other crises IN the
great races that have been rOwcd under
the shadows Of the Pou6hkeepsie Bridge
have come. Cornell failed TO get the ic"d
when it had finally caught up with the
fast firing Jolumbians and syracuse WIN
A stroke than ranged 10 ~ In the spuIts'
forged out to the front. il marked the
end OF Columbia and also Iorneli. NeiIheI
had the fight left In them 10 "ard OF t''S
intruder who had come 10 the 'front.' I'M
noticed.
After making wonderful pace along the
inside course and when both crews were
too far gone 10 dispute the title the ne"
conner took the lead Dole, the Htte
stroke of the Cornell boat. was keeping
his crew Of giants struggling along al
36. and for the life OF them they couldn
get the swing together and the wonderful
drive with the legs that has won for
many a Cornell eight when the stroke
was lower.
Columbia seemed to care but little, and
when the leading trio flew under the
bridge the Blue and White was I'm thlrd
place. with Cornell "A quarter OF lehsth
behind Syracuse. The change IN the CON-
plexion Of the race came with the turn Oh
a hand to the inexperienced, but to those
with trained eyes it had been evident all
along that. in their desperation to XIII
each other of. Columbia and Cornell were
| killing themselves and IT became only a
question then of how much Longer the
weakest link i'm the chains would hold
ont Miller, the No man I'm the Colum-
| bia boat. was the first TO give way. and
Wood. the coxswain. began to spray him
with water after tho crew had come out
from under the bridge.
Almost as sudden az the assuming OF
the lead by Syracuse was the ability with
! which the Wisconsin and Washington
! crews were rowing. Swinging through
| each stroke with precision and power the
| two boatloads from the West kept coming
along more impresstely every moment
although no one seemed to think for a
minute that eth r. would catch any OF the
leading craft. Three-quarters Of mile
from the finish Downing called on Co
| lumba for the squirt that was 10 send the
| Blue and White back into the lead But
/ IL was not 10 be. Miller was so far gone
that he could not pass the stroke, and the
! Columbians i'm desperation pulled ana
/ toilod at their oars. But what can one 90
when there arc only seven men rowing
where eight should? Il was too much for
/ the Blue and White and the three and "A
half mile mark saw Columbia sink back
! beaten, but not disgraccd.
Cornell began TO see ground at almost
! the same place for the tirelcss Thurston
was driving the Syracuse shell along as
| II the meh were autOmatons and not
moulded OF human clay. Irresistible. the
| Orange crew swept on TO the finish, and
before Cornell realized 1t the Ithacans
were in fight TO stave off worse defeat.
| Columbia had already given way TO the
fleeing crews from Washington and Wis
consin. and the boat from Cayuga was in
] danger Of being passed. too. Dole. the
plucky Cornell stroke. had found the oars
{ too hot for him. and both Mum, At No.
! :. and Spransy. No g. were all but cx-
I hausted They had just enough left.
! however 10 keep tho Washington boat
from passing them.