New-York tribune., 1908-06-28
SYRACUSE CREW WINS
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..ber sort Of floating craft. for Columbia wa.
,,re TO win. and the memory of last year.
,oriaus struggle with Cornell was in the mind
u every one
syracuse proved by her prowess on the water
,l7v her sons had been able to make her favor
p and here to-day were hundreds of her sons
md daughters. They Were confident and splen
s:dlv did their crew Justify that confidence The
Grange held the race from the start and at
,he finish had enough left to head off the CO.
Ip,nbia crew, making Of the gamest fights
,bo sport OF rowing has ever known. There
Nas not The slightest sign Of hitch in the
moving Of the huge crowd that saw the race
one or two West Shore specials got up lust al
tbc four AIRED race was over hut if any, ono
really minded that tine disappointmcnt was for
gotten in the thrilling. nerve racking struggle
If the varsity eights.
The races were rowed close to time the
freshman race. scheduled to start at 2 o'clock
actually getting off four minutes late As al
WAYS. tfere was plenty to anuse the crowds on
the big observation train. with its fortv-+,,o
loaded cars. Girls. with frantic escorts haa to
he pushed and pulled aboard as IL beran IN
move; there were wild scrambles to dodge on
coming trains on the main tracks between races
and there was much manifest Coy when a man
with miniature Merry Widow" hsts-thev
awning
appeared.
JIM TEN EYCK PLEASED
James Ten Eyck. coach of Syracuse. was
pleased with the outcome of the race which he
had expected because of his confidence in the
individual crew members Il am satisfied With
the outcome, and especially pleased because
know the crew has worked hard and faithful L
think the result shows that Syracuse was the
best crew" said Ten Eyck
'.Jin' Rice. coach of the Columbia crew had
this to say last night: We'll break the hoodoo
yet although il is pretty hard to lose two years
IN succession by such close margins The boys
rowed plucky race, and nobody can say any
Thing against their defeat
Edward Ten Eyck, the Wisconsin coach said:
sour finishing with OF the men exhausted
viii seem q poor excuse to the boys out home.
and i would rather have had them finish last
with every rowing than stop with one
man al in. The freshmen rowed a plucky
race"
Charley Courtney said: "The crew that had
expected TO win the freshman race won. ! had
little hope of the varsity winning their race.
and / am entirely satisfied with their showing.
as they did much better than / had expected.
The miShap 20 the four is OF those things
that is in the luck Of boat racing, and of course
Il was unfortunate"
Captain Dodge Of the Syracuse varsity eight
said. The race to-day the hardest in
ehich I have ever rowed. and Columbia rowed
2 dandy race They pushed Us all the way and
made Us work hardest We had a lot of
hard luck this year. bu. some Of the fellows
were confident. while Others were not quite so
sure We never expected our four To win. and
7he misfortune TO Cornell takes the edge off our
victory. We have been particularly pleased
with the treatment we have received from The
New York Tribune and il makes us feel that we
are being more widely recognized.
Ellis Ward. coach OF the Pennsylvania oars
man, vas \ sadly disappointed man tonight.
Il cannot see why the Pennsylvania varsity
lost he said. The men rowed a time trial
last week j. seconds faster than Syracuse won
in to-day. when conditions were not nearly so
good expected win and i cannot explain
the sudden slump