The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-29

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Charles +. fireman. Cornell. Evart jan
sen Wendell of Harvard was the official
timekceper, with Fred II. Fortmeyer OF
the New York Athletic Club as assist
ant. The judge at the finish was
Augustus $, Blagden OF Yale and the
nag Judge was Richard Armstrong of
Yale.
The Ave crews starting in the varsity
wasted no time at all in manGuvring.
They came to their stakeboats In a bust
nesslike way, waited quietly for the
word and the starting shot and then
were away like strealts. Stanford had
position No !. the inside. or western
lane OF the course Columbia had No. 2.
Pennsylvania No. 3. Syracuse No. 4 and
Cornell had the extreme outside position,
No. 3. on such a still day and quiet
water Cornell had a slight advantage In
position. due to the freer run OF tide
water toward the middle OF the river.
The stewards boat. Beaumere. which
Is owned by T.. +. Allsee. slid lazily up
and down with the tide, kicked back up
again by her screw until tho five boats
were intent for the word. Referee Eustis
at the bow OF the Beaumere shot toward
the Columbia coxswain a word or two
of warning which was meant for all
concerned.
HONs stlu NJ, Keep on
your course. | will warn you just once.
The second time | will ~disqualify."
There was Just a moments tense
pause. Then Eustis's voice drifted over
the river: Are you ready, Stanford"
And back went the clear shout of young
Goodman. the coxswain. Ready, sir"
To each crew referee addressed the for
NAL and necessary question. The In
slant Cornelrs ready" sounded a bomb
exploded and the five shells leaped for
ward like living things, That, BY the
way. IL one of the strongest Impressions
one gets from a varsity race. that each
boat is an individual living thing. an
entity of beauty and power. One for
gets that there are more than one man
In n boat. The men are fused into one
force. They bend and sway as one man.
The boat under them becomes n par of
them.
"They're ont"
The moment the bomb exploded the
five coxswains. their eyes fixed on the
far on numbered discs on the bridge.
began to drive their machines. Stanford
actually beat the bomb by the smallest
fraction OF a second. or seemed. at least,
TO be under way before the roar OF the
bomb was heard. As the Stanford shell
jumped ahead a shout Of delight sounded
all along the train and shore. II was
the thing that had been hoped for, and
the way the lads from the far West dug
into the water and put their backs into
the great heave and drive sent yells OF
delight echo!ng amons the rocky hills.
For nearly half a mile Stanford held
her early lead. Syracuse was second.
Cornell third. PENNSYLVANIA fourth and
Columbia lengths back. an indifferent
fifth. Then Syracuse began TO 20 ahead.
the prov OF her shell darting. under the
powerful drive of the racing stroke,
until II cinched past stanford. Away
on the outside OF the course Cornell was
rowing 80 beautifully that experienced
observers looked at each other with a
smile OF prophecy. II was as certain as
anything could be that Cornell was
merely holding herself within striking
distance syracuse was surprising
everybody. Columbia's efforts were al
ready becoming a tragedy for the wear
ers OF the Blue and White. Groans
sounded along the observation train as
Columbia fell further and further in the
rear.
At the mile mark Cornell and SYRIA
cuse were PROV and prov. Cornell had
not appeared to squirt. hut her long, easy,
powerful stroke simply ate up the dis
tance, At this time Stanford had
dropped back five lengths from the lead
ers and seemed to be out Of IL. Cor
nell was rowing only &c strokes to the
minute, Syracuse was doing -, Penn
80. Columbia rs and stanford 30. The
thrilling %dlngdong battle between Cor
nell and syracuse never relaxed IN the
earlier stages OF the race. First Cor
nell would drive ahead a foot or go. then
Syracuse would regain the scant leader