Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22

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severed the challenge, raising the power
f,I Courtney swing To thirty-slx 20
71umbia began to show the strdiI, anu iGil
sipto third place at thirty-tWo Wisconsin
sand WASHINGTON mt thirty -.hree 49,,
moving UP and the thousands pesan
So cheer indiscriminately. AS the Dat
thing Fights entered the lane OF an
trhored river craft the western odrsfheh
@made their DID,
a. Pace Tells on Three Leaders.
The mace was beginning to tell on all
three leaders, and though they held 10
form they did not appear to get quite as
,puch out of the blade work as before
rho Orange oarsmen on corse NO. /
,,yod into the van a foot at a time,
while Cornell, far out in the river on the
~ q lane was struggling deSper-
sateIy 10 hold her lead. The Ithaca
sweep swingers answered stroke Tor
stroke for few minutes, ana then De-
oan 70 slip back. Columbia, too, was
sIirping and splashing a tri.le. and all the
power was gone from the blade work
Not so with the western oarSmen, no"
ever for they hit up their stroke anu
mace and gradually moved up between
SSvracuse and Cornell until the closeness
of the race reached across the water
and gripped the spectators uhtii the!
,.heered. danced and hurled ADVICE d.
the lighting crews like persons perelt ol
the cannOns popping, and yet the RAE
was still to be won. Alternating between
ithirty-eight and forty. Syracuse mace 1t q
steady squirt. Cornell tried ganeiS 70
answer but Courtney ere" oiu NV
have ii in them. 49,
Coxswain Adler glanced across tIis
water and realized that even secoiiu
place was threatened ana ne uiG .,S until
they stuck to the stroke 1uSt loIS
enough TO stave off the rush or Wa s3
inrton and Wisconsin. Even after
syracuse had crossed the finish line the
western pair strove to win a place over
cornell but they had started their
Sprint 'E syracuse and Cornell and the
oarsrnen from Seattle In a maj raiy
brought their shell overlapping the
IthaeaGs and dat at t3e same '1 I'M ieesth
Columbia all in, was another length De-
hind the Badgers, while some ten
lengths in the rear the Quakers padded
doggedly to the finish
Liberal Odds on Syracuse.
The victory of the Orange oarsmen
was a big surprise to the rowing sharps,
for they had not been considered as par
ticularly dangerous. What little wager
ing there was favored Cornell, at to
s against the field. Syracuse was quoted
as 5-to-1 chance. while Washington
went at even money to finish among the
frst three Columbia hackers found
plenty of takers at even money that
her crew would not finish one. two. three,
and the forecasts proved correct.
Although shorn of the greater honors
of the regatta, Cornell cleaned up in
both the four-oared varsity and fresh
man eight oared races. In the opening
event of the afternoon the Courtney
four rowing a splendid race. easily
took first place from Penns ylvania by
two and half lengths with Columbia
third Wisconsin fourth and Washing
ton fifth. Syracuse rowed out of the
course and finished last. with their
time not being taken The times fol-
low:
cornell. 1o:47 IS; Pennsylvania, sec
md 1852 SIS; Columbia, third,
Io54 as: Wisconsin. fourth. 10:5S 3-5:
Washington. fifth. 1905 3-5; Syracuse
last. no time.
= Freshman Race a Hard One.
The freshman race, marked by a
false start due to a jumping of a slide
In the Pennsylvania eight was a far
harder task for the Comedians. for the
WISCONSIN freshmen proved that
Coach Vail has some splendid material
for his 1914 varsity by giving the
Jthacans terrific fight. Syracuse, too,
was early factor in the race. and
stood the fast pace after both Pennsyl-
vania and Columbia had dropped back.
& The QuakerS were first away. but at
the half-mie mark Cornell had gained
the fore. with Syracuse second and Wis
consin third. the mile the order was
the same, Syracuse rowing thirty-six
10 the thirty-two of the other two con-
tenders. At the mile and a half all three
hit up the stroke to thirty-six and. row.
ing like veterans. fought hard for final
honors.
-The Wisconsin youngsters outgamed
Hn 90 hr1f y,nt %
overtake Cornell. AS they passed the
anish line Cornell had a three-quarter-
length lead over Wisconsin. which. in turn
Eas about one and a half lengths ahead of
Syracuse Pennsylvania was fourth
three lengths behind. and Columbia trail
ed in last. the distance Of shell sep
Hrating them from the Quakers The
Hines follow: Cornell, 1904 As; Wis
eensin. 1907 40; Syracuse, 1014 3-5;
pennsylvania, 1924 3-5. and Columbia,
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