The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18
SYRACUSE CREWS
TAKE BOTH RACES
AT POUGHKEEPSIE

haShlight a boat race and the sun was
near setting. I, was two minutes after
when a chorused Columbia" an
nounced the first varsity crew 10 paddle
up the rivep to the four yellow rowboats
that were Che starting line. II was
quickly followed by Syracuse. Cornell
and Pennsylvania.
Cheering for Cornell was the loudest
The Catholics who are studying
for the priesthood at st. Andrews Sem.
mary across the river and who were
grouped on a blum In front Of their build
ings must have heard the glad cry cor.
nell! I yell. yell. yeli. Cornell. :" There
was a special cheer for Capt. Collyer.
rowing his third year and never beaten
at ~Poughkeepsie until to-day.
Columbia Denanas New start.
The crews lined up swiftly. The river
had lost much Of It's roughness. Behind
the waiting crews nosed the stewards
launch. Above It's PROV a gun was fred.
The o shells ieaped as one. Column
bta had the inside course. nearest the
west bank. with Pennsylvania No. 2.
Syracuse No. 2 and Cornell No. 4. CO.
lumbfa stopped rowing before II had
taken four strokes. One OF the crew had
Jumped a slide which in untechnicai
lingo means that the sliding seat on
which ne sat had run OF It's track.
The stewards whistle shrleked a re-
call. but Cornell and Syracuse and Penn
sylvania drove zoo yards before they
realised what had happened. Then the
rows went back and the observation
train went back and did 1t all over again.
This time the crews got away without
a mishap. but the wait was so long
that the coaches launches. which are
supposed TO follow the last crew at a
safe distance. drifted down abreast OF
the four.
The race OF the yea began at 7:1s.
syracuse got the quickest start. Coium-
biA the slowest. For the first few Sec
onds Cornell jumped ahead. with CO.
lurnbta, Syracuse and Pennsylvania even.
Inc observation train was quiet There
Was plenty OF time 10 observe that all
the crews were stripped to the loins ex.
cept syracuse. which both actually and
u1ufatively was keeping It's shirt on.
Nearing the end Of the first half mile
syracuse took the lead. where II was
70 stay. Cornell at this point was Jus,
length behind. Thu rowing sharps said
that Tor early form there was little to
choose among the four contestants. Cor
nell without raising lis stroke from a
READY t~wenty-eight crept up a little and
had gained a quarter of a length on
Syracuse as they passed the Columbia
quarters. a mile from the start. Penn
Aylvania and Cornell were nose and nose
now. Columbia was falling back. Penn
eylvania too seemed to he slowing I'D az
syracuse and Cornell drew away.
Come On. ColIyer..
On the train and river bank Cornell.
yans were yellin. Come on, collyer 80
II was a corking race thus far. No omen
water showed " any pair of
AhaIlU avn tAa
was an a position to call what was go
ine on in the Cornell boat righ, beside
him.. AT the one and one.half mile mark
Penn and Columbia were plugging along
desperately. but their prows were ten
Feet behind the leaping Cornell crew
Both Cornell and Syracuse were rowing
easily. their men swinging back and
forth In a perfect rhythm.
The unIuenchable bettor on tn. train
was shouting now ''Twenty-nv. dollars
even on Syracuse It's "A good bet
There il no open water between them ,"
and he landed his money again. The
cornell faithful were looking for IA squirt
from the big red crew pretty soon. Two
miles, half the distance cover.d-and
this was the order First. Syra.
o1se second. Cornell. bv thr.--fourths
OF a length third. Columbia. which had
just got finally away from PENNSYLVANIA.
nv "htCH HtV ufOpIru 10 twenty
eight strokes a minute. notched II W. 10
twenty-nine. Syracuse met this be ,ump-
Ing from thirty TO jhirty-two and kept
It's lead. Unless Cornell was SAVING up
Tor a big effort in the homesire;ch. IN.
race was over. The crews sned past
the Syracuse ~boathouse a mil. and "A
a from the finish. Sprlntiug for a
moment Syracuse inched along until at
last II seemed that open water must
separate II from Cornell ON the boat
house Syracuse subs and freshmen were
dancing in acstacy. Columbia was still
pressing away from Pennsylvania. Both
were letting themselves out thirty-six TO
the minute.
Syracuse Gets Open Water.
POughkeepsie Bridge must nave 'ren,-
bled under the delirlum Of whistling and
shouting that beat upon i, as the crews
approached this point, where so many
races have been decided, And just as
tho Syracusans shot under the bridge
they did for the first time shake them
selves entirely free OF the grip Of Cornell
and Q foot Of the Hudson was visible
astern. Cornell sprinted again and
closed the gap. Whiteside. the Syracuse
stroke. did not MIND He kept his men
peGging away twenty-eight strokes to the
minute. Columbia at the bridge was a
IeUBNU DeuIuu ,OFUciI anu eUUSNIVaUl
the same distance behind Columbia.
Past the deserted Cornell quarters.
with less than a mile TO go.
tho observation train and the crews.
Cornell, instead OF achieving that de-
sired squirt, lost the few feet II had
gained near the bridge and once more
that dreaded open water lay between IL
and Syracuse.
At last the sprint was attempted. 4
quarter mile from the finish mark. IN
front OF the regatta feet whose sirens
were believing In the stream. Stroke
Collyer Of Cornell for the first time accel-
Grated the swing OF the red tipped oars
10 IS a minute. But as fast as Cor
nell gained Syracuse did too. For an
instant the hateful gap was closed. but
Syracuse was responding TO the supreme
test and the boys on the train with the
blasting red banners were grooming they
can't do 1t. they can do IL"
Cornell's crew didn't quit-not by a
thousand miles. 1t was rowing. although
feverlshly. just as skilfully and steadily
as II had done at the beginning, but
Syracuse would not he denied. Once
more Its shell bolted forward. once more
Cornell seemed To fall back. and as they
pulled across the finish mark and the
that's ALI bomb exploded there was
nothing more to watch except Columbia
leading PENNSYLVANIA easily for third
place. The Cornell, rooters, however.
were still announcing that they first Der. !
sonally yelled Cornell" while the rest
OF the observationists were sprinting for
the ferries and launches and rowboats |