Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-29
Memorable Contest in American Rowing
Annals AT POughkeepsie This Afternoon
Eight Dared Crews Pick Of Athletic Proweas Of Six Great
American Colleges Measure Boat Lengths in Annual
Race for Challenge Cup,

the usual observation train along.
side Of tho crews. No Vessels viii be
allowed 20 follow the oaramcn. and
this rule win be enforced BY revenue
business ~ seq that yachts and small
boats do not crowd into the course
from the threc-miie mark Gown 90
the finish lane.
Cornell ana Coiumbic arc tho
favoritoa. the former having slightly
the preferences on lts record Of per-
formanccs. In twenty-Onc races iu
which they have competed during
the last three years. the ithHcnns
have been defeated but once, that ex-
eeptlon being the freshmen race Of
,aHt year, which was won by Eolnm-
bin. The splendid fighs which the
New York crew made against Cornell
last year has made L the favorite OF
many this year. because the Coiuns-
bians are confident that their crew
~ faster, stronger and better trained
than their eight 81 1911.
Cornell. ON ihe other hand has
seven Of last years veterans In the
boat but Coach Courtney Says thai
the crew y no better than IL was d
year ago we have fine crew,
said AIR. Courtney, ''and whether We
win or lose. they wan be q credit %
the college and the coach"
Syracuse, which made such q poor
showing In 1871, has developed the
best crew Il has had Ia several years.
and the coaches Of the other colleges
agree that Ten Eyck's fnen VIII have
to be reckoned with. Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin arc not regarded aa 80
formidable.
The Leland stanford crow have adj
ded greatly 20 the interest Of the re-
gattn BY coming 5000 miles without
coach or boat 60 meet the eastern
colleges. Physically, they are the
equal 81 any other men on the river
but they have not had the training
to make them dangerous competitors
OF these ether colleges. who have had
for years the services % professional
coaches. Before leaving California,
the Stanford crew defeated the Uni
vnrsity OF California and the Univcr-
sity 81 Washington IN triangular
race, They have come here under
greater Disadvantages than any OF
the others They expected 60 lind in
they ordered from England. but the
English strikes had delayed ship
ment OF their boat. Column ia, how
ever, gave them the use Of the
Slmms she'll In which their varsity
rowed last year, ana the Californians
say that this boat fits them better
than any they have ever used ~
The intercollegiate rowing races
since 1895, when the Poughkeepsie
course wnR established, and tbs
names OF winners have heen as fol-
lows;
1895. Columbia; 1896. Cornell.
1898. theld az Saratoeal. Ponnsyi-
lvania; 1899, Pennsylvania, 1900.
cornell. 1903. Cornell. 1904 SYRIA
vuse; 1909. Cornell: 1919. Cornell.
llg1i, Cornell.
Freedman Isishtm 1895. Cornell:
1897. Yale. 1883 (heid AZ saratogal,
ICornell, 1889. Cornell. 1909 Wiscon-
sin, 1901. Pennsylvania i9N2. Cor
nell: 1903, Cornell. 1904. Syracuse
lIsOs. Cornell; 1905. Syracuse: 1907.
wisconsin; 1905 Corneiii 1903, Cor
nell; 1910. Cornell; 1871 Columbia.
University F0ura: 1875, ponnHyi-
VaniR. 1900, Pennsylvania 1901, Ger
lueil 1909, Cornell. 1893. CoFnclli
ll9Of Cornell 1906, syracuse; 1905.
Cornell; 1897 syracuse. lsos. Cor
ineli; 1919, Cornell; 1871, Cornell.
The records Of the Poughkeopsio
course are as follows:
University elghts---f miles; Cornell.
July 2, 1891, IS an. 80 i-5 ..
4 Freshman eighla~~2 miles. Cornell,
July 2. 1909, 3 m. II 3-ss.
University fours-2 miles; Cornell,
i1ufg q lUNNs ~ M. X ~
The following shows The order Ia
which the crews finished IN 1911.
Results In 1911.
University clght-oHycd crows,
Cornell, 30 minutes. 10 SIS seconds.
Columbia. 20 minutes, 10 I'D sec
londs.
Pennsylvania. 30 minutes. 80 sec-
ends.
Wisconsin. 20 minutes "a seconds
Syracuse u minutes, S2-5 sec
IOnds.
4 University fOur-oared crews.
Cornell, syracuse. Columbia. Penn
lsyiYanla. no times taken.
4 Freshman eighteonred crewei
Columbia. 70 minutes. ~ Is afe-
Onds.
Cornell, 40 minulea. 80 2-5 seconds.
Syracuse, 10 minutes. 23 10 Sec
onds.
Pennsylvania, 10 minutes "a i-0
lsoconds
| Wisconsin. 10 minutes, aS seconds.
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