The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-27
COLUMBIA WINNER OF THE
INTERCOLLEGIATE VARSITY
BEATS OUT PENNSYLVANIA
BY A SCANT ONE
LENGTH.
First Victory in Twenty Years.
Cornell Victor in Junior Var
sity and Freshmen.

POUGHKEEPSIE. y. Y. Iune 81
Tn thrilling four-mile trtanFuiar
struggle with Pennsylvania and Cor.
nell. the Columbia University eight.
Dared crew won by scant length the
premier race OF the twentieth animal
regatta OF tho intercollegiate Rowing
Association on the Highland course
late this afternoon Pennsylvania An.
ished second. defeating CORNELL he
the length OF its shell. with Svrarusc
washington and Wisconsin taking tha
wash OF the leaders in thg order
The Official times OF the crews for
'he Tour mips were as follows:
Columbia. 1887 s-5. ppnnsviv,,t.
~ 81. Cornell. Ig.44 Is. Svracuses
~. .'9 %. Washington. 2O.lS2.5: Wis.
consln. 2o.20. Columbia's victory
was the result OF n desperate and sus-
Ialnod spurt I'm the final half mIle
ne Cornell crew. completely ex.
hausted In trying 20 keep pace with
me Iictois. ialtered and slipped back
INTO third place al the nnish.
Better fortune attended the effort,
OF the Cornell Junior varsity and
freshmen etghts, each combination An
urn winning It's race in Impressive
fashion.
victory After Twenty Years.
The victory OF the Columbia crew.
atter twenty years effort. was NOM.
lar and tonight all Poughkeepsie aid.
"a by the Morningside Tniyersity sf1,.
N,uls ana alumni. is celebrating the
event In uproarious fashion. Not
since 1888. when Columbia won ,ba
iourmile race. defeating Cornell snd
fennsylvania in the initial reratta
h'ld on the Hudson river course have
the New York city University oars.
men showed the way TO the finish
The real surprise OF the rere,ta
however, was the remarkable show
ing OF Pennsylvania for Cornell ana
Columbia were favorites among the
veteran oarsmen in the wagering
while the Quaker eight was named
20 row good race. the possibility
OF the red and blue winning was
dismissed without discussion.
From the start the Pennsylvantans
were decided factor in The race
rowing a deliberate but powerful ana
ilnlshed stroke. Throughout the
major portion OF the contest the
Quakers set the pace and refused
TO be shaken off by the repeated
spurts or Columbia, and Cornell N
was only In the last quarter mile
that Pennsylvania relinquished her
lead and II appeared that this was
c-ie more TO lack OF fighting spirit
Than any superiority on the part OF
lhr winning eight. pennsylyania
finished more like a machine than
combination or oarsmen, rowing
steady and true. while Columbia and
Cornell were fighting like Wild men
for the lead. The fact that the
crews were removed from the Quak
er oarsmen pro baby initiated
against their chances In the final
dash for the stake boat.
Exciting Spectacle.
The race furnished an exciting
spectacle for the $4,000 persons who
lined the Hver banks and crowded
the steamboats, and yachts at tho
finish. despite the fact that Syracuse
I last years winner and the two west 70
ern crews, Wisconsin and Washing
ton. were early eliminated by the
hot pace.
The start was delayed when a Cor
nell oarsman Jumped his slide in the
hrst few strokes and the six crews
had 10 be recalled and sent away a
second time. II was almost seven
o'clock and twilight had settled upon
the water under the frowning hillside
when Pennsylvania slashed its way
into the lead during the first few
strokes
Although the stroke was compari.
lively low the Nickalls crew drove
its shell through the water az high
speed and was showing the way by
half a length over Cornell AZ the half
mile mark. Columbia and Syracuse
were Tapped for third place while Wis.
Ccontinusd from Fifteenth PAxs)