New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-22
Syracuse Defeats Cornell
in a Gruelling Race

until it was forced to drop back
through the inability Of Miller, at No.
:. to pick up the stroke that Downing,
the Columbia pace setter, was demand
ing.
Miller weakened just before the
bridge was reached. when Downing
called on his crew for their last effort
which, Il Il had succeeded, would have
sent them 10 victory. or if not 10 VIC
tory itself. at least 10 a glorious end
ing 10 such a magnificent race. Miller
rowed the best race OF which he was
capable. and had ne been able to keep
up under the strain Columbia could
hardly have lost.
Next to the sensation caused by the
victory Of Syracuse the splendid show
ing Of the University Of Washington
eight was the surprise of the race. The
eight from the Pacific Coast were not
contenders while the Columbia and
Cornell crews were tearing at each
others threats in that death grapple OF
the first two miles. Nevertheless, when
Columbia and CNnell began to drop
back the mighty framed youths from
the great forests and fields of the
Northwest found their place and swept
upon the leaders with ever increasing
pace. finishing half length behind the
Cornell crew. and beating the Columbia
boat by two lengths. 1t was a wonder
fuI showing by a crew which had to
TO iGr
Leland stanford crew of year ago.
Wisconsin. too, got together better
than even its most hopeful supporters
thought it would, and, although out
rovcd all the way. managed to hang on
and strike through the tottering guard
Of Columbia at the finish. The Badgers
beat Columbia, but were not quite Soou
enough TO force themselves along with
Washington ahead of Cornell IL Was
q race all the way between the two
crews from the West with Wisconsin
leading until near the finish line Nheh
the tremendous power in the coast
shell swept it to the front.
PENNSYLVANIA was outrowed from the
flash Of the gun. The Quakers Simply
did not have the speed OF the Wonder
ful crews against which they were row
ing. and they slipped gradually pach
Ike the Yale crews Of yesterday. Ihcy
did not have enough fight at the start
10 do more than hold their own WIN
the second division of the big field.
River a Wonderful Sight
Perhaps never again will Highland
and Poughkeepsie know such a hilari-
ous scene as that which was enacted
Immediately after the Syracuse ere"
had flashed across the line. tllty
thousand persons were shouting Ike
mad, for it made no difference whether
one was for Cornell or Washington
Columbia or Wisconsin, he or she
cheered with might and main for the
boat from Syracuse. The river bank
with it's tecming thousands, the river
with its tens of thousands on vessels
and shaIops. and the observation train
with its five thousand who must see the
race all the way or not at all, sent up
roar for the victor.
Crowds have come to Poughkeepsie
for nineteen years now, but never be-
fore i'm all those years has there been
such crowd as the one which saw the
races to-day. Standing room was at a
premium for every foot Of the way
along the last mile Of the course. and
boats and trains were jammed to their
absolute capacity.
The Hudson, slumbering in the calm
Of June afternoon. with scarcely a
ripple disturbing its surface save where
a busy launch sputtered along or a
hulking steamer lazily urged itself on
against the tide, was truly magnifi-
cent picture. The sun, warm and
clear. poured down from a cloud
hecked sky, and the towering cliffs
rearing themselves straight and pre-
cipitous. with their clothing Of rich
green, made the scene one Of enchant-
ment.
Nature apparently outdid herself in
furnishing a background for the gor-
geous riot Of colors that river and shore
presented The white painted yachts,
with here and there the massive form
Of a ship-of war or the pleasing lines
Of a mahogany finished racing craft.
gave the scene the aspect Of fairyland.
More boats than have ever before been
anchored at Poughkeepsie lined the
course. Yachts were not as plentiful
as they are at New London but there
were dozens Of pleasure craft that,
loaded down with their human freight,
gave vantage points to thousands. The
highland shore and the hill rocks along
the Poughkeepsie side Of the stream
were TANNED with a solid army, ana
even on the massive bridge hundreds
gazed from their airy perch.
The one feature that marred the per-
lection Of the regatta was the made
quate transportation facilities. APP
parently Poughkeepsie is not alive TO
the fact that accommodations for
twenty thousand cannot be stretched TO
take care OF fifty thousand, and the big
river steamers arrogantly set at naught
all attempts 10 cross from one shore TO
the other For an hour the crowds that
were pouring by trains into Pough-
keepsie from north and south, east and
west. had TO stand and wait while the
steamers Rensselaer,. Adirondack. New