The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
HARVARD OUTROWS
CORNELL VARSITY
BY HALF A LENGTH
Ithacans' Expected Squirt
Never Arrives. and More
Finished Eight Wins.
Upstate FRESHMEN.
THOUGH, ARE VICTORS
Second Section

r-uAcA. May 22-Thc Harvard var
s,y crew defeated Cornell on CayuSa
,,ke this afternoon by more than half
, length in one OF the closest contests
400 owed on the local course. II was
,.o first time since 1905 that Harvard
has defeated the lthacans and the hrst
,,re IN history that "A Crimson shell has
,-o..ed the lire ahead Of n Cornell eight
-, cayu.i Lake. U~arvard's crew was
W., nr,y AS powerful as Courtney's hut
"a more finish and rowed in better
Nv and clearly deserved it, victory.
rho cornell freshman crew came
,s.oreb after the first mile and a the
u,ryard cubs 10y a length and a halt.
seldom have there been better condi-
49, urdsr which to row than those
uh,ch greeted Harvard and Cornell Al
,houch the clouds glowered over the city
an day the rain held OF, there was no
.'rd and the water was smoother than
for contests OF the last ten years. only
a few rlpples disturbed the surface.
Referee Ingram promised to start the
races on time and he made "A good JOB
OF IL. After n log and an empty peer
tes mad been removed from the Harvard
fnUFgH INGRAM FtlAN NAFAAf ~
Harvard got the jump and rowing a
"a stroke leaped down the course. Cor
r.,I was right after the Wray shell.
houever and the crews raced down the
course with the Crimson shell about an
eighth OF a length ahead OF the lthacans'
Cornell started with a 80. too. but d!
the time half a mile mad been travelled
10th eIghts had cut down their pace a
Bit
Nbolt his time the thousands OF Cor
nell partisans on the observation tran
looked for a Cornell squirt. but II never
came through. Cornell had power, hui
The crew lacked form. No. 2 II NO
s rovcd out OF harmony with the others
on several occasions and the lthacsns
seemed 10 he unable to squirt.
THIS was "A most unusual spectacle
and IN, big Cornell crowd could hardly
realize the fact. By the time the crews
had reached the mile mark II was ap-
parent that Harvard had the race I'm
less the UNEXPECTED happened.
And Harvard held true all the way
down. with plenty of power. good form
a strong drive and a good coNswain
Wray's men fought of every Cornell
effort and in the last half mile gained
A few feet SO as to make II "A three
quarters If a length lead at the end
Ii was said tO-nlght that courtney
had ordered his varsity l. o TO rush
heir slides and hat this prevented their
printing. At all events they had nc
spur, and this beat the IthacanL
The Cornell cubs after the first half
n,,c settled dow and cut down a Har-
ward lead OF more than a length at the
mile to nothing at the mile and a half
ard then made a sprint that gave them
q lcreth ard a half victory.
The C~ascadilla School OF fthaca beat
the Stone School Of Boston by two
lengths. and the crew OF he College OF
Mechanical Engineering won the Cor
nell College race.
TIE crews lined up as follows:
Cornell varslty-TsrrIberry. how; Cush
lrg. 80. .. Weiies. No. 3, COllycr, No. I
Noir. 40. g. Stapl. No. q. OBrlen, NO. I
Arlrus. stroke. Mccandless, coxswain.
Harvard NarSigy-Nurray, bow Morgan
~ . Stohhins. No. 3 Harwood. No, 4
Mii4suu0Yf NJ. =; Psrspu, No s; Cabot
Nc : Lund. stroke. kreger. coAA vain.
Cornell Frsshmcn-Col!ins, bow; Fuller
No > Wykes, No. 2; helms, No. 4. XIX
land. No .; Coc. No. s Brewer. No. I
H~arlw,rgsr. stroke: collins. coNswain.
Harvard Frc-hmen-Brtztr. bow Tay
To- $50. Mtckic. 40 3, Davis. No. 4
Nation, NO. ., Pope, No. 6. Quimby, No
7: ".sg.n, stroke, Place, coNswain..