The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-27

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besiese Jim Rice, the coach and cause o,
II all. tonight Behind barricaded door,
Jim said some ouleting things and prom.
ised he would be over in town later NJ
the ir1provised and unexpected dinn.,
that speedily was planned by Charlie, n
Mapes and Morton O. Bosue. chairman O,
the board OF stewards OF the lntercol.
legiate Rowing Association.
When they departed Rice removed thu
bars and stepped out to see the half crazv
| Columbia men celebrating their FIRST ,.e
| tory In almost twenty years. They vera
coming to this city. but found little hos,
| pitality here. The last victory under ths
leadership of Ham Fish. back in '95 /,
still fresh In the minds OF the natives OF
| this hamlet.
| Back in those days the whole bar n,
| the Nelson House WAS wrecked and ,hs
mirrors and glasses OF the German fav.
| ern banged about until nothing but ground
| glass remained. Ever since then the stores
have closed until the winner Of the race
has been learned IL anyone but Colum.
bia, they are opened again. Tonight they
| were sealed alright
| And so Jim, beaming smiles, was on
| to talk over the race. 81 don't know whom
to praise most began the veteran coach
II suppose I ought to start with express.
| ing my wild Joy with the crew as q whole
| i am uOuDlN DrOuu VI lUlk crew. bN'l as
| oarsmen and as boys. never had a
crew more congenial with one another or
more faithful In their training The ma.
| terial wa neagre. but the men who made
| that crew were the fibre OF the hemp.
| They beat crew ten pounds heavier
| to a man and as well versed In oarsman.
ship. and they beat that crew by nerve
! and headwork. | can only praise the cool
| medicines of the coxswain and thst five
| feet six inch stroke without equal. Flank
| MacCarthy, because they show out most
| but every man In that shell was n trained
! veteran
Critics have said our crew WAS the
| finest set OF oarsmen on the river TN point
of rowing knowledge, but they thought we
| could not last over three miles The race
speaks for itself.
Both MacCarthy and Wood followed
| Instructions to the letter and never once
did they show signs OF forgetting them
when things looked dangerous In tine
trials we showed that we were able to
cover the four miles faster than any crew
but 1t remained TO be seen II We could
| carry over the distance In race
think we did to the Satisfaction OF an who
love good clean race.
II might say that the work or Penn
surprised me and I think ought 10 take
back some OF the things | said about
English methods and thole pins. / never
gave the Penn men thought. They
! improved remarkably since early in May,
| when we defeated both them ard tho
Princeton varsity on Lake Carnegie.
They look dangerous for next wear,
but for the present | feel happy enough TO
congratulate Vivian Nickalls."
Capt. Irv Hadsell. beaming all over
and trying on the Jersey OF Commodore
| Gilman of Cornell. was asked by q SrS
! correspondent what he thought Of tho
race. Cornell has a wonderful GROW" he
| began, jokingly. II never knew how a
Cornell varsity crew looked from In front
! IL certainly is n thrilling pleasure to look
| back at Cornell after the finish line. in.
stead of twisting your neck to see how far
| the Ithacans are ahead. / am too happy
| to talk now"
| Charles Halstead Mapes, chairman OF
the Columbia committee on athletics. and
Harry Fisher pointed out that MacCar-
| thy, Captain Hadsell Al Rothwell and
Ned Williams rowed In the same position
back In 1911. when they were freshmen,
and beat Cornell. 80 naturally. If they
J can do II once they can do II again." said
| Mapes.
| Coach Courtney has been sick for two
days. so the news did not tighten his
heart He watched the crews go past
| the Cornell quarters, and at that time
Columbia had only a slight lead.
| III we had to be beaten" said the
| wizard OF the Hudson. II am glad to
| see that IL was Columbia that succeeded.
| for they certainly worked hard and I'M
! der very adverse conditions. II was a
stirring race. My crew held back too
| long and when the time came were out
| rowed.'
Coach Nlckalls experienced his first
| race on the Hudson as coach OF Penn.
TX can be said that II was a successful
debut. The Quakers surprised even
themselves. What they will do next year
is another story.
vowing colony. was a little depressed to-
night, His Washington oarsmen expected
to trim Penn and bet every cent they
could collect. Conibear said: ''When I
was able to take my eyes of my boys
certainly saw a wonderful race on ahead
1t Will do rowing on the Hudson world
| OF good to have Columbia win. Cornell
every year has deadened the interest
| III we are able we will be back next
year, but ! hardly think SO. The expense
Is over $4,000 In travel alone and the
| hardship endured takes the stamina out
OF the men. deadens their sprnting ability
and makes the handicap too big a one
We were treated royalty while here and 7
wish to thank all those who have made
our trip what II has been"
But about the race. Mr. Conibear."
Wonderful. absolutely unexpected and
deserving" responded the coach
| Coach jim Ten Eyck said his hat was
on TO Jim Rice who had developed the
best all around crew he has seen in years
Coach Harry Vail OF Wisconsin, an Old
friend OF Jim Rlces, declared he enyied
such crew as Columbia showed to-day
They deserved to win, he said, and got
/ VI fhAN I'D