The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-18
CORNELL Grew :
TIED WITH YALE.
Looping Off Of Time Made at
Poughkeepsie Puts Itha-
cans on Par with Blue.
THAMES COURSE SLOW
Statistics Show College Crews Would
Have Rowed Close Race in
Big Regatta.

New York, July 1.-THE atcion Of
the board of stewards of the Intercol-
legiate Rowing Association in looping
a full minute off the times of the
crews In the varsity race in the
Poughkeepsie regatta puts the Cornell
oarsmen practically on par with the
championship Yale eight over the
four-mile journey if the records COM
piled by such experts as Charles E.
Courtney. Ellis Ward. the old Penn
sylvania coach. and DR.. Walter B.
Peet. the old Columbia coach. are a
criterion.
They say the Poughkeepsie course is
Is seconds to the mile faster than the
one at New London rowed down stream
and is seconds faster than the New
London rowed up stream.
The approximate measure of differ
ence between these two four-mile row.
ing courses is a subject that has
caused much comment among the in
expert as well as the expert No one
is better able to state an opinion than
the three veterans named. each of
whom has had sufficient experience in
coaching crews over the Thames and
Hudson courses to qualify them 10
speak with authority. Courtney and
Ward each have coached almost as
many crews at New London as at
PouEhkeepsie. while DR.. Peet row ed
over the New London course before
coaching there ard then coached for
several years at Poughkeepsie.
BY applying the measure of differ
ence set forth the Yale crew. which
rowed up stream at New London in
20 minutes 50 seconds would have COW
cred the Poughkeepsie course under
the same conditions - seconds under
onds-just 4 seconds better than the
time of the Cornell eight. 10 minutes
So seconds
ON the other hand. Cornell. rowing
at New London. would have done 90
minutes IS seconds. Rowing men are
agreed that unless conditions are iden-
teal times are worthless as means of
comparison. but only in this way can
the relative merits of the two winning
crews be brought out. II would proba-
bly, be safe to say that Yale and Cor
race.
Another problem about which a great
many questions have been asked is
the fastest time on record for four
miles by college crew. The record
of the Poughkeepsie course is IS min
utes 50 Is seconds. made by Cornell
in 1901. while the record of the
Thames course is 20 minutes 10 sec
onds. made by Yale in 1855. But faster
times have been made in trials.
Columbia is credited with having
rowed over the four miles upstream al
PouGhkeepsie in 1905 in Il minutes
50 is seconds, which is a full minute
under the record. while the Columbia
crew of 1901. which forced Cornell to
break the record az Poughkeepsie to
win. rowed a four-mile trial on the
Hudson from Fort Washington Point
to One Hundredth street in l. minutes
&c seconds on A swiftly moving ebb
tide. Syracuse rowed four miles al
in IS minutes So seconds
in 1912 and Pennsylvania equaled that
time in 1910.
What times the Cornell crews have
made in trials have never been re-
vealed and proba bly, never will be until
all the secrets of the Courtney log
book are disclosed. At New London |
Harvard has been credited with 49,
minutes so seconds over the Thames
and Yale, TOO, has beaten the
record in practice.