Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-12

the western crews make better showing.
They had come long way and fought
under many disadvantages. naturally.
which finally proved too hard to over
come Their craftsmanship is of a high
type and they deserve great credit for
gameness and pluck.
Nineteen years is long time to fight
and wait but all the sweeter is the taste
of victory, and to Coach Rice. Mccarthy
the stroke and the crew Columbia will
long bow down.
When Vardon won the open golf cham
pionship of England this June. for the
sixth time. he added a new laurel to his
crown and registered an achievement
which will not soon be equaled. He did
not need this victory to stamp him a
great golfer. but it does add much to his
glory. He first won the championship in
1886. when he was twenty-six years old.
then again in 1898, 1899. 1903, 1911 and
now again in 1914.
That must have been a great reception
rendered Coach Courtney and the Cornell
crew on their return from the Poughkeep-
sic race. Entering the race favorites. they
only came third, but the answer given
Courtney on his return was the prospect
>of closing a ten-year contract-a great
vote of confidence. Charles E. Tremain,
the alumni crew member on the athletic
council. was greeted with tremendous ap-
plause from the student body when he an
that the ''old man would be offered a
ten-year contract, with the understanding
that he could coach Cornelfs crew as
long as he lived. and if necessary. or
would be lightened. In his remarks, Coach
Courtney expressed his appreciation of
the crews efforts, but gave full credit to
Columbia for its great race.
Looking at the results of the college
base ball games from the standpoint of
Yale. Harvard and Princeton it cannot
be called a particularly brilliant or sue
cessful season. OF the three. Harvard
seemed to have the best material and
haps the most disappointing. In her
earlier games she lost twice to Holy
Cross. and also to Pennsylvania and
Dartmouth. True. Harvard defeated
Princeton a game, but in the series with
Yale. though expected to win, Harvard
suffered defeat. Harvard lost the first
game to Yale June Is by score of to
!, won the second day at Z to 3. but in
the deciding game at Fenway Park, Bos-
ton. June %. after gaining big lead in
the early innings. finally lost to Yale
by the score of - to s.
Princeton won the series from Yale, but
was unfortunate in losing the only game
Yale won at Princeton. June 10. during
the commencement and reunion celebra-
tons. With President Wilson and thou
sands of alumni on hand and one game
already won. the team disappointed the
alumni and student body by losing by 3
to ]. However. the deciding game. at
the Polo Grounds. which Princeton won
from Yale by ] to o. was perhaps the
best played game of the college season.
June 10, in what will be long remem-
bered as one of the closest finishes that
can be imagined in a boat race, Yale won
from Harvard. and in doing so earned
the first victory since 1907. Harvard has
been winning this race for several years
in succession. and 1t was expected that
the same thing would happen this year.
But Yale's fortunes seem to be on the
upgrade, and the crew was able to win
by a very narrow margin. 1t is Interesting
to note that in the many races between
Yale and Harvard, which began in 1852.
the score of victories is tie, each having
won from the other twenty-four times.
Copyright, 1914 by Otis F. WOODY