New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-31
CORNELL SWEEPS RIVER
Harvard Varsity and Freshman
Eiqhts Lose on Charles.
HEAVY BETTING ON RACE
Ithacans Win Five Thousand
Dollars Rough Water
Delays Start
lBy Telegraph to The tribunal

Icy fsisgra21 20 the Irieurs1
Boston. May N.-Cornsil made a cisao
sweep on the Charles River here to-day IN
the annual dual races with Harvard rhe
Ithacans won the varsity race by a length
and a quarter, and fairly ran away from
the Crimson freshman eight. winning tas
second race by six lengths
Harvard led Courtney's varsity crew for
the first mile. Then Cornell HIT Up ,hs
stroke, spurted repeatedly and won By ocen
water. The winning crews time was Il
minutes q seconds; Harvard's II minutes
y seconds. Cornelrs freshman crew rowed
the distance In Il minutes IS seconds-jrss
q seconds faster than the Crimson young
sters.
The rough water seemed TO hurt Correu
more than Harvard. and carsnen say that
In smooth water the margin os victory
would have been greater.
The varsity race was a spirited one ant
desperately contested BIZ the two crews
At the start and for the first sevcn-etght1s
Of mile Harvard seemed 20 have the form
and strength to win. but when on, oe the
toughest Of the water the Cambridge eight.
left behind.
Cornelrs short, choppy stroke proved
superior 70 Harvard's long. rhythmic swing.
The Harvard oarsunsn seemed 20 have
plenty OF power. but for some reason Cut
Ter. who stroked the eight. was content
with an even thirty-two from start "a
finish. and although this held Corral forj
the first mile in the last half Of the raeS
the numerous spurts Of the 1thacans drovS
their shell steadily ahead
II was a poor day for good oarsr,arSh1c-
as the Charles for several hours this affar.
noon was beaten into foam by sr1r. ocia--
northeaster. Toward night the wind died
down, and shortly after o'clock t-s.
varsity race was started IN pretty rough
water.
The Harvard crew caught the water 1T.a
and Immediately dashed into the Lead
Pulling their strong, slov stroke, the CrtrnS
son crew maintained an advantages FOR rra
first half mile. although Cornell was peg
ging away at stroke which snr-sr-1es
reached forty TO minute The two sheus
epIsshed by the half mile Tags minutes
and 50 seconds after the start with Hs--
ward IN the lead By couple OF yards I'm
r,sdistsly after came Corrsn squirt ana
AZ the fve-eighths mark the crews were
settled down 20 business. and Harvard mad.
mn df-euIty In drawing away In the re1s
quarter of a mile
The lead Of the Crimson, however. was ~!
hrief one. and. approaching the shadow %
Harvard Bridge the Cornell crew gat1ered
itssyr toEather as one man. pushed into tc9
lead and swept through the dark arcnes =
good length 70 tire fore. amid the snoIrs e
thousands who crowded the bridge ra-s~
The time az the bridge, which = conEaefec
TO be about one mile from the start was.
Cornell. 5 minutes 81 seconds; Harvard
minutes 80 seconds
After getting out into the open
again Tire crews encountered several scoans
that cut down the speed, but Sill Cor-ei
continued to swing away ar ter,y-osn-
strokes TO the minute, and maintained US
Lead TO the end. Both crews were n COCA
condition at the finish
An hour after the varsity race t1e rres,-
men crews were sent away Tbs Crimson
,-,unrxtsrg t1n1ued into the lead. and y
was an exciting contest 20 the Bridge VILE
Harvard leading sometimes by quarter %
a length IN swinging through the archss
+hs Cornell freshmen spurted ahead and
from, there to the finish the race was pro-
essston. with Harvard trailing further ana
further behind
The Cornell freshmen were held close "
the Crimson youngsters during the nrsc
mart Of their race, later literally running
avsv from the 1913 oarsren from Cam
bridge and winning by five and a d'1arrer
boat lengths in II minutes Is seconds
The CaseadilIa School crew from tfnaca
heat the Stone School eight from Boston
bv two lengths. In the race between US
Harvard Newell Boat Club and enc Aass@-
chusetts Institute of Technology me Car1-
bridge shell was swamped m tne rouso
water and did not finish
There was much betting on the resu''
the varsity race. and the Ithacans casr1sa
home between s5.eN0 and $500