Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27
Oarsmen Fail to Stop in Final
Squirt, as Had Been
Predicted.
THE VICTORY IS DECISIVE
Pennsylvania Is Length and a
Quarter Away at Finish
Line.

- NAAINIIi4i Dr. ~ 1 - u uile 81
Sprinting desperately in the last fur
long, Columbia flashed across the line
a decisive winner last evening in the
varsity race of the annual intercol-
legiate regatta here on the Hudson.
Pennsylvania, Cornell, Syracuse.
Washington and Wisconsin trailed in
the order named. The order of finish
and the times of the crews follow:
Columbia, first, 1887 as; Pennsyl-
vania, second, 1911; Cornell, third
19.41 10; Syracuse, fourth, 1853 2-5;
Washington, fifth, 2001 As; Wiscon-
sin, sixth, 1920
The New York oarsmen, a crew
that was declared by the experts to
be able to last for only three miles,
won on the sort of grit by which
Yale defeated Harvard on the
Thames a week ago.
A quarter of a mile from the finish
Pennsylvania, Cornell and Columbia,
after racing furiously for two miles,
We're on a line. At .this mark Cor
nell seemed to stiffen in preparation
for one of the famous Garrison fin
ishes. Penn was driving desperately,
when Columbia took up the gauntlet
and shot to the fore. Pandemonium
reigned on the shore as 10000 fren-
-HlCh SDeCldlOIS gave NOiCG W lHGlF
excitement.
Watch Cornell Crew.
Everyone had their eyes glued on
the Cornell crew, anticipating the
speedy opening of a gap behind the
Ithaca oarsmen. Then gasp came
from the huge assemblage, for it was
Columbia, pulling with every ounce of
fast waning Strength, instead of Cor
vaCIi hot s,.Er he
skinned across the line, a length
and a quarter ahead of Pennsylvania,
with Cornell's bow about ten feet
mack of the bow of the Quakers.
Syracuse, always in the wake of the
three leaders, placed rather poor
fourth, six lengths in the rear of
Cornell. Washington, which travelled
clear across the continent for such an
experience gave Syracuse a deter
mined brush for fourth place, but
!. there was not enough left in the Pa
-zcifc coast champions to forge ahead.
They were half length behind SYRIA
cuse, but six lengths in front of Wis
consin's Tight, which rode a dull and
listless race.
The struggle for the championship
was always between Columbia, Penn
and Cornell, and until the last 200
yards no one could tell which would
founding to the experts, who figured
she did not have a chance to win.
Cornell was the favorite in the bet
ting at evens, while as much as to
could have been had on Columbia's
chances.
Columbia Boys Celebrate.
Jubilation ran high in the hearts Of
the Columbia constituents. UndSr-
graduates trod the pavements of this
city as on wings. They celebrated
their victory uproariously. 1t was an
outburst of enthusiasm that has been
held in check for nineteen doleful
years.
1t is estimated that more than $40, 0a0
was lost on the proposition that Cor
nell was an even-money choice
against the field; but they couldn't
keep Cornell out of it altogether. Her
varsity eight was outsped by two
wonderful crews, but her junior var
sity and freshman Fights won easy
victories. These races were never in
doubt from first to last The Cornell
men in each boat played with their
contestants, and were only padding
at the end of the two-mile DASH
The order of finish and the time of
these races were as follows:
Junior Varsity-Cornell, FIRST,
11:15 2-5; Columbia, second, 11:25 2-5;
Pennsylvania, third, 1888 2-5; SYRIA
cuse, fourth, 11:50 3-5.
Freshman Eights-Cornell, first,
1925; Syracuse, second, 1850 Is;
Pennsylvania third, 1850 2-5; Column
bia, fourth, 1856 1-5; Wisconsin, fifth,
1859.
Penn a Surprise.
The real surprise of the regatta,
however, was the remarkable show
hill nn
Quaker eight was named to row a
good race, the possibility of the red
and blue winning was dismissed with
out discussion
Yet the crew coached by Vivian
Nickalls, the famous English oars
man and former member of Oxford
University eights sprang a surprise
just as his brother, Guy NickalPs,
: Yale crew upset tradition and won at
New London.
The race furnished an exciting
spectacle for the 10000 persons who
lined the river banks and crowded the
steamboats, and yachts at the finish,
despite the fact that Syracuse, last
years winner, and the two Western
crews Wisconsin and Washington,
were early eliminated by the hot pace.
The Race.
The start was delayed when a Cor
= nell oarsman jumped his slide in the
first few strokes, and the six crews
had to be recalled and sent away a
second time. 1t was almost Z o'clock
and twilight had settled upon the
= water, when Pennsylvania slashed it.
SELF. into the lead during the first few
strokes.
Although the stroke was compare
tivelv low, the Nickalls crew drove its
shells through the water at high
speed and was showing the way by
half a length over Cornell at the half
mile mark.
Columbia and Syracuse were Tapped
for third place, while Wisconsin and
Washington were fighting to keep out
of last place.
With the eastern crews rowing a
slower stroke than the westerners
they continued to pull away AT the
mile Pennsylvania was in front, Cor
nell second and Columbia third. When
the two-mile point was passed and
half the race completed the Quakers
led by half length over Cornell, with