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B.o.sss Of Two Accidents - tie Cornell
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poroHxxxrsiR. July The Cornell Uni-
,.r,ity eight-oared crew. coached by Charles
Courtney, broke the American record for four
miles on the Hudson River here this after
noon in a mssn iacent struggle with Colum bis,
,,s,r,oted BY Edward Hsnlsn. and Wisconsin.
,r,n.r.d By Andrew 0'Dsa. It was un-
t,ubtsd.y the phenomenal speed OF the
Columbia orew that helped Cornell TO estsb-
l,,h the record Of 10 minutes and So is Soc
o,ds an achievement that exceeded the
f,ndest hopes Of the Ithacan supporters
Columbia, beaten q length. also sxoelled the
nr,v,ous American record by finishing the dis
lance in 1883; Wisconsin. a length and q
half behind the Blue and White crew. was
tirned In 1904 As. wonderfully fast. while
the plucky Georgetown eight. three lengths
after the Badgers. rowed the course In 1921.
syrao,pe was ffth. and tho Pennsylvania
crow, bsatsn almost after the nrst 100 strokes.
wound up 50 far behind that the crowd on
the observation train lost sight of them COM
plstsly when tho oars ran under the big
bridse In 1898 Oxford rowed Z miles 40
yards on the Thames In 10 minutes A. seconds.
Prior To this most important event Cornsll's
four -oared crew triumphed over Pennsyl-
vsnia and Columbia by rowing two miles In
li:ss SIS, TO 1873 2-5 for the Quakers and
1851 IS for the New Workers. In the fresh
man raos 1t looked as II the Cornell youngsters
would have added another victory to tho
string but for an accident. The Ithsoan
freshmen had a comfortable lead after going
mile and thres-quarters whom No. In the
Cornell boat lost his oar beoau'e OF .
broken oar lock and No. caught a
couple Of crabs The shell was naturally
impsded just enough to allow the Pennsyl-
yania youngsters 70 catch up. and In one OF the
most stirring finishes ever seen in an inter-
collegiate boatrsoe the Quakers won by about
half a length Columbia was third two and
a half lengt behind and less than two lengths
in front Of Syracuse Pennsylvapia's time
was 1920 is for tho two miles. Cornell's time
ho!ng 1923. Columbia 1898 lis and Syracuse's
i0u2- In this struggle the Columbia crew
was seriously handicapped at the start. for
as the pistol sent the freshmen eishts away
No slipped his slide and threw the whole
crew out OF swing for a moment
The Columbia Coxswain for some reason
hest known to himself did not throw UP his
hand as he had a right TO do. thereby calling
for another start. under the rules SO No 7
got his slide fixed after losing half = dozen
strokes and the crew resumed In that
time. however. the Columbia freshmen had
fallen back and were never able TO make hem
selves prominent afterward
While Columbia was beaten in the Varsity
race the crew was in no way disgraced. and
incidentally Coach Hsnlan scored little
triumph. too Having taken the Columbia
material in hand when II was as green as
grass one might say. Hanlan succeeded to-
day In demonstrating that his ideas and
methods are not very far out OF the way,
after all 4 week ago the Columbia Varsity
crew rowed four miles here in phenomenally
fast time when the news leaked out II WAS
stpurh NVO'h9 b'hVN'A loi q
that Columbia would amount to anything
when II came TO racing with the crack crews
of Cornell Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to
say nothing OF Georgetown and syracuse
which were never seriously considered as
factors But Columbus performance to-day
WAS enough To- prove that the Blue and White
was represented by "A magnificent lot Of oars
men Cornell's achievement, therefore Is
Eil the more prai>ewOrthy The Ithaca shell
was propelled by men who NOT only knew how
t. row with mechanical skill. bur also pos
sesSed the strength and endurance which
are always part of the requirements set forth
by Courtney when he takes the Varsity
candidates In hand In word. Cornell
lasted better than Columbia. though the
lthacans had to break the record tc win
tOurtnsy evidently knew what he was talk
ing about earlier in the day when he said
that he believed he had developed faster
crew than he had ever seen before
The Varsity race was owed under the most
favorable conditions. The water Was very
smooth. there was 4 powerfully strong ebb
hidden behind bank of inky clouds when
The referce's yacht the Walla Waa, steamed
" 10. the float at the one-mile mark. where
tie blg fellows were waiting to get into their
shells. 80 that there VITO a let-up ia the heat
90 p'easurdhle extent
4. FAR n style and form are concerned
Cornell and Columbia were far ahead nf tho
other Varsity crews Cornell rOwed the
same stroke that Courtney has been teaching
for Years with success There was tho .nme
"ld snap, the quick leg work aud the strong
hard pun az the OarS as long ~ they were IN
the water The recover was a model Of
uarhan.sm and rhythm The Cornell crew,
though b'reit Of big. beeiv fellows. was more
'bdu ordinarily strong in point Of physique,
~ va, conClu,ivey shown by the time
ri 'hn race. Then, again. the men had been
'ar"fuy prepared by an expert and were
equal % any sort Of u severe test The Han
Ian strok" was al-o a pretty. thing 20 look
a. ll" Columbia crew, on the whole more
powerful ~ appearance than the average.
was picked ont as - sure factor IN the race
r. -ouu A. the crowd Of shaTps caught sight
~ rl" Blue and White shell The men rowed
a faster and snappicr stroke than the Court
ney eIght and displayed 20 much hntsh and
style that IIanan received many compli-
neu,s ,it"rward for LAYING the lOundation
~ what may turn out to be a winning style
on some other occasion. The Wisconsin
crew. well picked and thought 70 be a sure
vIrror by some, wa- simply rowed 10 stand
.ii' in ih" first three miles by Cornell and
Columbia. who at that stage OF the race were
u oven terms. After that. rs Cornell and
Columbia dashed down 10 the finish In a
ir"Wenipus struggle for the mastery, the
Is I.er-. unable to stand the pace, fell away
J b" work OF the Georgetown crew was "a
sgrprj>"
Tho Washington students hung gamely
T. the three flying leaders. and in so doing
The" had no trouble in rowing right away
Rom syracuse and Prnnsylvania, both for
whom might Just a. well have stayed In their
a - stroke for two miles and q half Then
-" l'hlG'- hit II no to 20 Columbia
averaged about ~ all tho way. though at the
complNion ot the first milo. Hanlans men
low"rpd their stroke 10 about 3j At the
''gee and half-mlle mark when Columbia
'r'@d 10 60 ahead the stroke was raised to
80 and that was, probably the reason Why
Tho l'l1cluS, Still adherinR 10 n nethodlcal
70, wore able To draw away with the victory.
The races we're spendidly managed by
'he intercollegiate Rowing Association.
The-e Nls only Il slight delay after the ad-
v"r''-si 'iu" for the different events TO be-
si' g0d NJ" sport. was al over early enough