New-York tribune., 1913-05-18
lLUMB|A WINS THREE
C0RNERED BOAT RACE
,,.. and White Crew Far Too
's cneedy for Princeton and
Annapolis Fights.
EIGHT FOR SECOND PLACE
,.,or Honors in Lake Carnegie
contest Go to Navy by Only
Six Feet After Grim
Struggle.
,nr reLerrspn 10 ~ TrIbune. ]

,p,. telegraph 20 The Tribunel
.,.oa,on y. j.. May l1.-Columbia sent
f.r,atiye crew down to Lake Carne-
: '.. ...day and had little difficulty in win
ys ,, an Inspiring victory over the Annap-
'' ,a Princeton varsity eights. The
-..,s y. fresh from their victory over Har-
,ost Monday. were perhaps a trifle
"Onadent Wv and were beaten by the
~'-rt !''.,. tor second place by matter of half
.. sozsn feet. 1t was not the day OF tri-
- that Princeton had expected, for
T,,sr freshman eight. too, was forced
ousr lis colors to the Pennsylvania
.,s.ters by a Scant length.
E.| "s,,s series OF triangular varsity races
s,.b have ben held on Lake Carnegie
s.y,s was by all odds the best. despite
" ..ct the Princeton's crew Jared worse
~. IN any of the preceding regattas.
-. ,hree crews that rowed in the varsity
-. we're better boat for boat than any
,,,.,r predecessors in Princeton races,
= ,bs contest was one full Of real eX-
..-,snt from the fash of the gun till the
-, hoat pulled across the line. Although
-.,,r,bia won with ease. the Navy and
o...e,on crews rowed all they knew
49,, from the start. and i'm the last few
Irving strokes the Tigers's shell was
.,ulv creeping up on. the Navy and
,,n6 have passed it in few more yards.
!, u.innjng the race Columbia set
-. mark for the course at the Henley
g,..nee Of I mile and $50 yards. The big
~, York crew. rowing in superb form.
,,sot across the line in 6:45 as. followed
,s,se seconds later by the Navy IN
"a a. while Princeton's time was
10 Is Although the time showed Co.
,,,,b,a 10 be only a boat length In the
,.,s Z, was apparent TO all at the finish
A., the Blue and White was length o.
~, water ahead of the Middies. The
p.rnsylvania freshmen rowed over the
.,,,sa in 7O3 20. while the Princeton
,,h crew crossed the line in 1904 l-5. a
IND that blew almost directly down the
curse aided the crews materially.
save for the unpropitious weather, con-
iions for the race were wellnigh ideal
Rain that had fallen from 1879 in the
norniug soaked the roads leading TO the
Ike. and by the time the race came
around the small army that started 10
,-udge 10 the banks Of the lake at the
fuish line had TO wade through inches
q mud and water. Except those who
we're fortunate enough TO have a car or
q horse-drawn rig TO take them out the
Journey was one that tried the most
phlegmatc. Once at the finish, II was
no, 50 bad. for there were not more than
twenty-five hundred or three thousand
spsctators at the line, and there was
rom for all. including umbrellas.
Annapolis caught the water first ana
had half a stroke on Princeton before the
Tge-s got under way Columbia was al
most a full stroke behind. The Navy
Vhsled through the first half minute at
& while Princeton was a point lower. and
Columbia. after a few tugs at the oars
sia high beat. notched only 80. Through
he first furlong the middies and Tigers
we're al each other neck and neck. while
CoEmbia looked 10 be out Of II, although
the shell was responding beautifully to a
sashng a.
Nearing the half-mile mark the power
i1l drive in the Columbia boat began TO
tel. and just as the flag was dropped the
Blue and White passed Princeton, and
inch by inch cut down the Nays mar
gn.
Three-quarters OF a mile from the start
Columbia was drawing away and still
'oving g. The Navy. slashing along at
4 was fighting desperately, but was just
holding its own with Princeton. half
lsngth back. which had boosted its stroke
Up 10 s.
From tne mile mark TO the finish Co
luntia rowed away as it pleased. Each
car in the Columbia shell tore through
ne water in perfect unison. and the won
OeTiul leg drive. whence the Blue and
"hIe derives its real power, shot the
OoaI along al terrific speed. Downing
never once raised the stroke until he
vas within a hundred yards from the
inlsh Then he raised two points, and
ne shell went ahead with a jump, shoot
hg across the line a boat length Of open
sster In the lead.
The Nays struggle to overtake the
al powerful Columbia boat had told on
us men in the shell. and though the
suoEe remained the same the shell be-
can 10 lose ground. At the mile mark
'1neeton, more than three-quarters OF
shs'h behind. started TO creep up. ard
~sh came the best race Of the day.
stroke for stroke the Navy and Tiger
" yOas struggled on, and each sweep Of
.le blades saw the Princetonians move up.
'an oy man the men toiling In the Tiger
,"'n pushed ahead Of those in the Navy
: s'a| and at less than a hundred yards
.'O'n the finish It looked as II the Tigers
'Ouio reach the goal first. The distance
vas all too short. however. and the Navy
NOSseo the mark still six feet In the van.
'ne race did not seem TO have much
.-sc' on the Columbia oarsmen. for they
: y up and watched the other crews bat
W across the finish In the other boats
!, was different. Nearly every man In
'-e Navy shell seemed pretty well done
~ ~. while the Princetonians. in better con-
.'S'On were still not nearly as fresh as
'-en they beat the Crimson. No. was
most ready 10 flop over. but he man
~ 10 hold himself together.
'"e boating Of the crews follows:
COLUMBIA.
b., p Weight. Age. Height:
80 =, L. Williams .... 1856 u 6Ol