New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10
Princeton and PennsvI.
vania Bow to Blue and
White Crew.
TIGERS SECOND AND
QUAKERS A BAD LAST
New York Oarsmen Lead from
Start and Finish with Plenty
in Reserve.
IBy Telegraph to The Trlbun. ,

Princeton. n. j.. May s-Column,..,
varsity eight-oared crew proved the pr..
dictlons Of crew prophets to-day by leac
ing the way for the fun mile and seven.
eighths against Pennsylvania and Prince.
ton here on Lake Carnegie
The Morningside crew leaped IN "a.
front with the starting shot and b.o
their lead TO the finish. although they
were hard pushed, first by the Quake,
and later by the Tigers. They ou,d,,.
tanced Princeton by about two feet nor.
than a length. and Princeton managed :,
leave Pennsylvania a full three length,
10 the stern. The winning time was s.is
while Princeton finished in go As. ane
Pennsylvania came struggling In with
9:32 as their time.
The Childs Cup. which was a stak,
went 10 Columbia, with little surprise n
any but the opposing crews. which dc
not fail TO live up TO their promise 70
make II a prize well earned. Up 70 the
mile mark Columbia had gained only hsN
a length on the Quakers. who led the
Tigers By about a quarter OF length
but from the mile post TO the finish Penn.
sylvania steadily dropped to the rear.
Princeton had no reason 10 regret N,
regatta for both freshman eights wo-
their races easily. and the varsity rows1
a beautiful race. which reflected plenty
OF credit on its members. West phIla.
delphia High School lost to the second
boat Of the Tiger cubs by two length.
over the regular Henley distance OF one
and fve-sixteenths miles the times oe.na
T:35 and 7:i2, respectively The first
Princeton freshman eight gave their wax.
10 the Pennsylvania freshmen imme-
diately after the varsity race by putting
two lengths Of open water between then
at the finish. The time OF the Prlnce,on
cubs was s:i6 and that of the QUAKER
freshmen was s:5s. Neither Of the Tee
freshman crews had any difficulty
winning.
The New York crew rowed a consisten
race from start to finish. Taking Ii,
lead with the first dip OF their oars. ths
Columbia men rowed a steady stroke an:
slowly increased their lead as Prince,cr
and Pennsylvania were fighting il out ioi
second place. Columbia never seemed 70
be in trouble. and when II crossed he
finish line appeared TO have lot Of II.
serve strength left.
For the first half Of the varsity race q
looked like a fight for first place betweea
Pennsylvania and Columbia, for ootk
started on a lower stroke. pulling slghl.
ly ahead of the Tigers, who started wit,
forty-four strokes 10 the minute, wit
Pennsylvania pulling forty-two and Co
lumbia only forty. AS the crews passei
the quarter-mile mark all had droppe
their stroke 10 thirty-four TO the minuu
Columbia had taken the lead by fes
Yards and Pennsylvania was heading Ii
Tiger boat by several feet By the tin,
they had reached the three-quarter-m nil
mark Columbia and Princeton We're pull
ing az thirty-two, and the Quakers wer,
losing their advantage on thirty-foH
stroke.
The Tigers raised their stroke two points
Just before reaching the mile post, Will
Pennsylvania dropped TO 80. and Columhs
held the same. AS they passed the pos
Princeton had picked up on Pennsylvanis
and pushed the nose of the Tiger shell
about quarter of length ahead The
distance gradually increased until Il was
evident that the Quakers were no Longer
in the running.
Princeton put the stroke up 20 80 ard
Columbia TO 81 for the next half mile. BIT
the Blue and White kept their lead Of
length, and in the final sprint on NJ
homestretch both crews we're pulling Al
81, with a scant two feet Of open waite
showing between the boats. and Penns5f
vania fighting hard. three lengths behind
Columbia and Princeton were still fresh
at the finish. but the Quakers were ez'
hausted by the high stroke which they
had set for the last half-mile in their
efforts to close the gap between them and
the others. Misfortune seems 10 have a.
tended the Quakers for several days 10
the loss OF Shoemaker. their stroke, and
slight scare on the way TO the race when
the horses which were hauling their bus
TO the boathouse cut up pranks after tax
ing fright at something Vivian Nickalls
claimed that it took the heart out OF ths
men at the very start.
Vivian Nickalls said: IAN accident BE-
fore the race unnerved my men and took
ali the heart out Of them. Furthermore,
we lost our stroke day before yesterday
II was we'll satisfied with the work o.
the Princeton men" said Or. Speath. the
Tiger coach. They will row better race
at Ithaca two weeks from to-day"