The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-29
Defeated Leland Stanford
by Only Eight Feet at
Poughkeepsie
LAST HALF MILE
WAS A SCRAMBLE
Ithacans Proved a Bit the
Stronger in Final
Pull

fougnkeepsle, ~. H., June Z5.--ln q
triangular battle of blades unequalled in
regatta history, Cornell won the varsity
four mile race here late yesterday after.
noon, defeating Leland Stanford by eight
feet. Trailing the Californians came
still gliding over the line two lengths
ahead of Columbia, which crew wrested
fourth place from Pennsylvania in the
last mile of the premier feature contest
of the intercollegiate regatta.
From the flash of the pistol, the race
resolved itself into a struggle between
Cornell, Stanford and Syracuse. The
Californians caught the water first and
drove into the lead, rowing SO to the
minute. Syracuse hit up 40 pace and
held second over Cornell, rowing &c. while
Pennsylvania and Columbia, stroked off
at 80. Syracuse forged into the lead
just before the half-mile buoy, with
Stanford showing the way to Cornell by
a quarter of length. At the mile SYRIA
cuse led by half a length over Cornell,
with Stanford third, length ahead of
Pennsylvania and Columbia last. SYRIA
cuse was rowing SO, Stanford 20, Cor
nell 80, Pennsylvania 20, and Columbia
"a
There was little change in positions or
strokes at the mile and half, but at |
the two-mile flags Cornell was rowing
an easy 20 and showing the way to
Syracuse by a length, while Stanford,
close in shore, was spacing along easily |
in third place, less than a length be-
hind the Ten Eyck shell. At this point
both Pennsylvania, with its English
stroke and Columbia, rowing very de-
liberately, were virtually out of the race.
upon the second half of the
course Stanford challenged the leaders,
each of which had length over the fol-
lowing crew.
CornelPs coxswain, James, saw the
Testerners coming and called for fast
sr stroke Collyer hit it up to 30 and
Syracuse also increased a notch so that
while Stanford's speed improved she
,ould gain little on her rivals. Passing |
Inder the railroad bridge marking the
hree mile point Cornell was first by
hree-qusrters of length over Syracuse,
; hich in turn was a shell length ahead
VI Stanford. with Pennsylvania and CO.
umbia fighting valiantly between them.
elves to keep out of last place.
Out from under the shadows OF the
ridge, Syracuse made its bid for victory.
little by little the Orange she'll crept I
Ip on the Ithaca grew, but Stanford
vas not 10 be shaken off and, rowing
troke for stroke with the upstate
rews, swept down the last mile OF the :
curse. Half mile from the finish Cor
ellis lead had been cut to half a length
V Syracuse, but the Californians were
Oming faster than either OF their rivals Ct
nd lay but a quarter length behind the 81
alt City Fights crew. ,
At this point all three crews were =
winging back and forth at a pace rang y
Y from % 10 80 strokes TO the minute,
ut Stanford with its extraordinary n
.rensth. was getting the greater speed Al
NJ Of it, stroke, although the shell did /,
Dt run AS smoothly as Cornell's. The n
rain was too terrific for Ten Eyck's pu- n
lis and the Orange craft drifted back
I'd left the Cardinal TO fight IL out with
ornell. stanford. with Syracuse elm. :
ated, set out 90 oyertake Courtney's r.
ew, now leading by less than a length. II
The Ithaca and Californian osrsmen
rev fine form 20 the winds and the II
q stretches Of the course saw two sets
eight sweepswingers hauling desper-
ely on their blades while the sliding II
ats shot back and forth at the rate OF Il
10 the minute. Inch by inch the PROV
the western craft moved mp until IL
ssed the waist Of the Cornell shell II
bile the spectators along the shores
"a on the observation train yelled and II
sred encouragement 20 the two crews II
r out on the river. iii
From a college without supporters
anford had gathered = remarkable fol.
wing in less than Eve minutes The
rtisans Of Pennsylvania. Columbia and
racuse, seeing that their Fights could Il
, win. cbeered franticaily for the Car.
pal oarsmen 20 avenge them bv de-
iting Cornell stanford was willing II
d labored a. their oars like gallevlh
ves under the lash. but Cornell was
q e. game and better versed in the
1peliIng Of = racing shell when the
mon doomed On the iudres' boat the
,npionship crew Of the Pacific coast
q just hare eight feet short ~ ell
tory that uouid hass upset 81 row.
traditions in the I nifef ~tafaa. III