Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-06-22
CORNELL 0ARSMEN
LOSE TO SYRACUSE
IN GREAT RACE
After Winning I've PreI.m-
mary Events, IlhacaOS Are
Forced TO Lower Their Coll
orS to Orange Crew

poughkeepsic. y Y.. Juno % The
national character and ealihre Of cole
lego rowing in the United states were
demonstrated here late this ailor-
noon tn the -four mile feature mcc of
tho intercollegiate regatta After
winning the two preliminary events
90 me program CORNELL usmlb ,on-
coded 90 he the leading university of
thc cuuntr, ir rowne Was forced e.
lower her ,oloss 90 sNre0sc ana just
escaped tho added lsnommv 90 holus
defeated hy two western crews, me
University of Wisconsin and the Uni
VorsiN ot WASHINGTON.
I'm driving aud spectacular finish,
such as has not been seen on the
Hudson river COURSE tfr 0r9nsr t4H-
city oAtsmeu rowed across the ino 1
scant lpngth ahead of Cornell. while
pressing the exhausted Ithaca eight
eamc WASHINGTON. less than iength
behind, ana Wisconslns how lappine
the stern of the Seattle entrants tof
national varsity rowing honors col.
umhla the pace makers for the first
two miles were fifth .ennlted to il
while far Ia the rear. Pennsylvania
trallrd In the wash oi the five pre-
c,dine crows
10 Nas racc and finish that drove
the sixty thousand spectators un oh
scnation trains. yachts and river
banks almost frantic with excitement
ana enthusiasm. and the usual organ.
ized cheering ana singing lose all uni
son aud became "a mere series OF Naus
and shricks under the strain ot the
pressure Of college loyalty The vlc-
tony Of the Syracuse crew was a sur-
prise bun thp wonderful showing nf
The middle and lIf western cights was
the feature aud topic ot conversation
among the veteran oaramOn after the
regatta.
The official time OF the varsity race
Is perhaps the hest Indication of the
eloseness of the long struggle down
the four mile course. and the courage
ana stamina with which i've OF The
six competing eights fought until the
very finish Syracuse finished ln 10
minutes, 2N 3-a seconds, Cornell Ia
minutes, g seconds Washington
seconds later. aud Wisconsin spc-
onds behind Washington Columbia
crossed the line ~ minutes aS l-h
seconds after the start and pcnnstl-
Fania tralled in last In 20 minutes.
~ l-5 seconds. The time of the VIM
ming crew WAS the fastest since 1909.
and but 35 2-5 seconds behind the
record for the course made bp Cor
nell Ia 1901, when Courncys star
crew sped over The four miles In IS
minutes. s2 l-5 seconds
The race was spectacular one. At
6.l2 the final cat to eaXsWains Was
given. one hy one each answered
ready, and two minutes later the pistol
flashed and fortN-eight oarspmnged
beneath the surface of the water and
the race was on. The ultimate win
ners of the contest Syracuse. were
first TO catch the water. The Salt CITY
crew jumped into the lead with a
thhty-eiaht to the minute stroke
with the other cights slicng the wa
ter on both sides Of them There was
little advantage during the first two
hundred Yards. and then Columbia
showed its bow a trifle To the fore.
Syracuse was second and Cornell
third, with Wisconsin, Washington
ana PENNSYLVANIA following.
AZ the first mile. an the crews had
settled down TO the long grind in
the way haif length ahead Of Cor
nell. which led Syracuse by three
quarters of q she'll The two western
eighths were within casv striking dis
tance. but Pennsylvania was already
falling back Washington ana Column
bia We're rowing thirty-two, with the
other crows from two to -four strokes
higher.
At the half way mark, Columbia
was still In the lead but had jumped
her stroke three points to hold the
place. Both Syracuse and Cornell
were travelling through the water In
splendid style and had cut down the
New Workers advantage until an
three shells We're Tapped The posi-
tions Of the other three eights were
unchanged except that PENNSYLVANIA
was clearly out of the race
Passing under the trestle which
marked the threemile point Stroke
Thurston, of the Syracuse crew, lift
ed the stroke to forty to the minute
and steadily plowod into the lead
Cornell quickly answered the chal-
lcngc raised the powerful Courtney
swing to thirtv-six Columbia began
To show the strain and fell into third
place at thifty-tWo. Wisconsin and
Washington at thirty-threo, were also
moving up. and the thousands began
to cheer unfortunately. As the bat
Ting eights entered the lane Of anch
ored river craft. the western oarsmen
made their bid
The pace was beginning to tell on
al three leaders The orange oars
men on course No /. edged into the
van & foot az time. while Cornell,
far out in the river on the No. lane,
was struggling desperately 10 hold her
lead
Columbia. too, was slipping and
splashlng. and an the power was gone
from blade work
Not SO with the western oarsmen.
however for they hit up their stroke
ana pace and gradually moved up be-
tween Syracuse and Cornell until the
thril and clOscncss Of the race reach
ed across the water anu gripned the
spectators until they cheered, danced
and hurled sdviee at the fighting
crews Ike persons bcreft Of rcason.
Alternating between thirty eight and
forty Syracuse made it steady
spurt. Cornell tried gamely 10 answer.
but Courtneys crew did not have Il
In them.
Coxswain Adler glanced across tho
water and realized that even second
place was threatened and he drove
the Cornell mon to the task until they
stuck to the stroke Just long enough
to stafc off the rush of Washington
and Wisconsin. Even after Syracuse
had crossed the finish line the west
ern pair strove to win q place over
Cornell, but they had started their
sprint trifle too late. A scant length
separated Syracuse and Cornell, and
the oarsmcn from Seattle in a linal
rally, brought their shell over iappine
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