The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
CORNELL CREW WINS,
WITH TIGERS CLOSE
Scant Length Separates Them,
With Yale Four Lengths
Further Back.
HARD LUCK RETARDS BLUE
Low, No. 3, Catches Crab, but
His Eight Couldn't Do Bet
ter Than Get Closer.

ITHACA, May 23.-cornell defeated
Princeton by length and Yale by tve
lengths in the varsity race OF to-day's re-
satta, which was rowed before the largest
crowd that ever witnessed a race on Lake
Cayuga The Cornell freshman crew de-
feated the Princeton freshmen in the Sec
ond event on the programme. The crew
OF the College OF Agriculture won the in
tercolege rowing championship at Cornell
by defeating the crew of the College Of
Mechanical Engineering by two lengths
after a strenuous struggle.
The varsity race resolved itself into a
splendid night between Cornell and Prince
ton after Low. No. 3 oar in the Yals
shell. caught a crab at the mile and three
, quarter mark. However, there was no
Indication up to that time that the Yale
crew would have finished any better than
good third II was Princeton that
| fought Cornell right through the race and
| there were some on the big observation
train who expected that Or. Spaeth's crew
| would finish first However, Courtney's
oafsinen. who never had raised their
stroke beyond 80 throughout the race, hit
/ up the pace In the last quarter nile. met
| the Princeton CHALLENGE and came through
with beautiful exhibition of skill and
| power that gave them a length over
/ Princeton, though II was a scarce length.
, II was after o'clock when the three
crews padded to the stake boats. a stiff
north wind having kept them at the
boathouse until long after o'clock
! When the big race was started. however,
water conditions were good enough for
any race, although the lake was by no
| means smooth. Cornell got off first, but
the Tigers soon caught them and for the
first mile Princeton led, with Cornell sec
ond and Yale good third. Cornell started
at SO to the minute, but soon dropped
TO 80 and maintained that stroke almost
throughout the race. The Tigers and
the Blue started at 40 stroke, and bot n
crews maintained high stroke through
out the race.
After the first mile the Cornell shell
began to forge forward. The Ithacans,
still maintaining their low stroke. gradually
went ahead OF the Princeton crew by the
time that the mile and a half had been
reached. The race was between Princeton
and Cornell. although the Yale crew hung
on doggedly. Shortly after this point had
been reached Low. number in the Yale
crew. caught bad crab and by the time
the Ellis had recovered their form Cor
nell and Princeton were far In the lead
The Tigers made a strong bid FOR
honors in the last half mile and they
] appeared to be threatening Cornell, but
Spransy. the crack stroke OF the lthacans
\ put ner UP four notches, checked the rusf
} of the Princeton crew and sent Cornell
ahead a winner by a length In the lines
race ever seen on Cayuga.
In the freshman race the Tigers harriet
Cornell for a mile, but the lthacans pulled
} ahead and won easily by five lengths. tn,
Cornell crew rowed a low stroke, bu
there was lot of power behind III,
oars The Cornell crews. the varsity anC
freshmen. left town tonight for Cam
bridge to row Harvard.
The official time for the varsity rac'
was: Cornell. 0:3s 3-5; Princeton
d 0:4l 3-5; Yale. l0:5S S-5. Freshman
y race: Cornell. 10 81 2-5. Princeton
i :07 l-5. The crews were boated a
O follows:
Y Princeton-Bow McKibben. 2, Pyne,
:, Hebron; 4, Gadebusch; 3. Robinson
;. Quinby; :, Briggs captain; stroke, Put
y nam; coxswain Dunn
Y Yne-Bow, Harrison 2, Coe; 3. Low
II 4, sheldon g. Titus; g. Rogera; q Mchenry
- stroke. Appleton; coXswain, McLane. go
u Cornel-Bow, Films, Is; ?, Dune, 'le;
n Eddy. IA; 4, Gilman, 10; ., Welles. 'lC
6. Bird. 'ls: :. Brien, is; stroke. Spraus!
l. IA; coxswajn, Rand. 10.
FRESHMAN.
Princeton-Bow, Reynders; 2, Savas
IL Captain; 3, King; I, Hogg; 5, Humphrey
II 6, 1ngersoll !. billiard; stroke. sturse'
in .corneiI--Bow. Morgan; 9. ,stshl;
n I. Lund; stroke, collyer; coXswain' Mccano
.