Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27

Columbia is the gem of the ocean.
After years and years of effort the
New Workers have finally had the
pleasure of leading all the other
crews the way home in the big in
tercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie
Best of all, Columbia beat Cornell
That is a triumph in itself, but Cor
nell was not even second this time.
which was another surprise entirely
Columbia not only captured the big
race. but she did it in commanding
fashion. She rowed the mighty Cor
nell into submission after three and
a half miles of grit and strength and
beautiful Craftsmanship, and she kept
right on and subdued the heroic eff
forts of the despised Pennsylvania
crew. 1t took all that old Columbia
had to accomplish, first, the over
throw of Cornell, and then the down.
fall of Pennsylvania. She rowed in
every way a wonderful race. and she
won because she had the best crew
on the Hudson river yesterday eve
ming.
To Columbia all the honors of VIC
tory belong. but Pennsylvania must
be given a rousing hand for her gal
liant showing. Looked upon as
dark horse" in one way. but de-
spised as a general thing, the Quakers
displayed a speed and stamina that
fairly startled even the experts, who
had given Pennsy the most minute
consideration. 1t was a gallant
race that the Quakers rowed. and at
one time they looked like winners.
But Columbia was not to be denied,
and the old New York blue crew
came on at the end and led Pennsy
over the line.
G
The great showing of Pennsylvania
lead up to the Importance of the Eng
lish stroke that the Quakers used and
they were under the direction of Wv
ian Nickalls, an English coach. This
method has been tried D-fore over
here. but its success has been found
wanting It has been said that the
system has never been given
a fair show in this country, and after
the way Pennsylvania rowed yester-
day and the manneE.in which Yale,
coached by an Englishman, won over
Harvard last week, it looks as if the
method has considerable
merit.
C
While Cornell was looked upon as
the probable winner. Columbia was
given more than chance.
It was known that the New Workers
had made fast time in their trials
and that they were very fit for suen
a hard race Their coach was very
confident and at times even cocky'
yet he would never say for certain
that Columbia could beat Cornell.
Jim Rice was sure that his blue crew
could. lick" every crew on the river
outside of Cornell and he never gave
Cornell much the best of it at that.
Somehow or other, all the coaches
fear Cornell and fear the very able
Coach Courtney. Rice. however, pro-
duced a combination that would not
be denied, for Cornell was not the
only crew to be disposed of. There
was Pennsylvania game and
speedy eight-f1ghting all the way.
And Pennsy did fight hard She was
fighting for victory and she was
fighting for a method that had been
tabooed. Her English stroke wouldn't
do, everybody said, yet when it came
to racing, the English stroke proved
a mighty powerful weapon. 1t will
become, too, a matter of considera-
ton, now that Vivian Nlckalls and
Guy Nickalls have proved that the
English stroke has merit
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The Western crews didn't do any
better than expected and they did
just about as well. Wisconsin was
last and Washington was her nearest
rival. next to last. Syracuse did not
row up to expectations. 1t was
known not to be as capable as last
year, when it won, but it was not
believed that it would be so far out
of it at the finish. Columbia, the
winner. finished fairly fresh, all
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