New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-25
CORNELL ROWS AWAY
FROM THE CRIMSON
IthaCanS Sweep Across Line
Six Boat Lengths Ahead
of Harvard.
CAMBRIDGE CUBS SURPRISE
Take Measure of Courtney s
Football Freshman Eight,
Though Hard Pressed
All the Way.

Ithaca. y. Y. May A-The Courtney
stroke was proved superior again to-day
when the Cornell varsity eight defeated
Harvard's crew by six boat lengths IN
two-mile race on Cayuga Lake in 10 MN
utes and % seconds. Harvard time was
10:5l.
Harvard. however. sprang surprise IN
it's freshman crew. which won by one
and one-quarter boat lengths in l0:4s.
The Cornell freshmens time was 1928
The outcome Of the varsity race was
never in doubt after the first $50 yards.
the Cornell shell pulling away with a
stroke that was powerful and fast.
on account Of a high wind that came
up early I'm the day. making the water
rough. the races We're delayed until after
o'clock. The Cornell crews rowed from
the Cornell boathouse on the inlet TO the
starting point OF the race. a pull of five
miles. The two Red and White Fights
arrived on the scene at go o'clock, and
the cheers lasted almost the entire twen-
ty minutes during which the varsity had
TO wait before the Harvard crew crossed
the lake from its headquarters, at Glen
wood.
From the starting boat, the Kitty. Lieu
tenant Ingram gave the word at GLIB
y. m. and the race was on Harvard got
a shade the better start. Tut for an eighth
of a mile the race was nip and tuck be-
tween the TWO shells. There was no diff
ference between the boats until they APP
preached the eisht-mile buoy, when Cor
nell forced ahead.
Cornell went off with stroke of thirty
six TO the minute. against Harvard
forty. Cornell gradually reduced the
stroke TO thirty-four as it pulled away
from the Crimson oarsmen. and al the
quarter mile the Ithacans were half a
boat length i'm the lead The Comedians,
still maintaining a slow. sweeping stroke.
slowly gained on the Cambridge men. and
within two hundred yards Of the one
mile buoy opened a streak of open water
on the Crimson shell
Harvard stuck TO its fast stroke. some
what shorter than Cornell's. but sharp
and clean. and the Harvard men roWed
well. With an evenness which spoke en-
DURANGO. however. the Cornell crew in
creased its lead. Al the one and one
quarter mile buoy there showed whole
length of open water between the two
crews. Cornell. still rowing thirty-two
strokes TO the minute. increased the lead
more rapidly, and it was during the last
I three-quarters of mile that the greatest
advantage was obtained
- At the one and one-half mile buoy Cor
q nell increased its stroke gradually, but
Z with an effectiveness which was manifest
. in each pull Of the oars. Each stroke
netted a noticeable gain. and the Cornell
= crew drew away from the Harvard eight
p until the finish mark was crossed.
Z The Harvard freshman eight won from
The Cornell cubs by a margin of almost
"a length OF open water The freshman
contest came directly after the varsity
race, and the result vas a distinct sur
prise. for il was thought that the power
lul Cornell football crew" all the men,
bers Of which had been on the freshman
football squad last fall. could pull the
shell through the water in varsity time.
The youngsters got a good start. and
the two machines were even, man for
man. throughout the first half mile. Each
vCrew stuck religiousiy to its stroke. about
u thirty eight TO the minute. and the ex-
element aroused was more tense than
in the earlier contest As the crews came
within sight Of the one-mie mark Har
ward shot ahead and gained almost full
length.
IN the last stage Of the race Cornell
made an almost superhuman effort to
? make UP the deficiency. but too great an
= advantage lay with the Crimson fresh
men.
= Cascadilla School defeated the eight
from stone School. OF Boston. by four
boat lengths. The mechanical engineers
won the Cornell College Club champion
ship by defeating law and agriculture.