New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
COLUMBIA and
CORNELL WIN
SCRUB RACES
Ithacans Capture Two
Pair Dared Events and
Blue and White Four.

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Poughkeepsie. n. Y. June 26.-The
preliminary races between the sub
crews here this afternoon were won by
Cornell and Columbia. Cornelps two
pair Dared gigs beat Pennsylvania and
a Cornell-Leland Stanford pair IN the
! first two races of half a mile each IN
the times of 2:51 3-5 and 1850, re-
spectively.
Then the Columbia four took on the
| Syracuse four in the final event for one
mile, and this turned into quite race.
the New Workers finally getting a
! length to the good by great squirt at
the finish. The time was 5:O4.
In the first of the preliminary
brushes the Cornell pair was stroked
by Will Courtney, nephew Of Charles
f., and the Quaker pair by Littleton,
the varsity No. 7, whose sickness last
week caused the Quakers to be shifted
| about SO much and resulted in the
breaking up of their crew. Littleton
was in fine condition to-day, but +.
Gels, his bow oar, couldn't do his part,
so Cornell won by two and half
lengths.
The second race was mixed up az
fair, as it brought together as an OPP
ponent of the victorious Cornell pair
Moir, q Cornell sub, as stroke, and
Rehm, a Leland Stanford sub, as bow,
with Foster, Penn's varsity coxswaln,
| at the rudder. This crew used the
! Quaker pair cared gig with English
thole pin rigging, the first time these
! oarsmen had ever used such rigging,
and the men we're completely Devil
dered, losing by seventeen seconds to
! the Cornell subs.
Vivian Nickalls was official referee,
! Charles E. Courtney timekeeper and
John Hoyle judge of the finish. Hoyle,
! by the way, was the only coach here to
openly predict Yale would win from
Harvard yesterday, and this morning
he received the following telegram
/ from the Yale crew: >.
Thanks for your prediction. IL
! helped. Good luck to Cornell"
OF all the arrivals who put in their
appearance to-day none received the
! attention that was given Joe Wright
and Pat Mulqueen, of Toronto. These
two men are old Argonaut oarsmen,
and won the pair Dared championship
Of America at Saratoga in 1895. Wright
also lost the diamond SOULS at Henley
TO Vivian Nickalls, PENIS coach,
twenty years ago. They are bosom
friends of Nickalls and Rice, and spent
the day between the two quarters.
Wright is strong advocate OF the
thole pin rigging, and says that he has
used both and can get more speed cut
of a boat when rugged English style.
He received much attention on this
point because Of Yale's cleanup at
New London.
On the eve Of the big race the work
hero to-day was even lighter than
usual, because Of the heat of the morn
ing and the rough surface Of the Hud-
son following the preliminary races
this afternoon. Jim Rice did not have
his crews out in the morning, and had
TO be content with a short spin late
this evening above his quarters.
Nickalls managed 10 work his two
varsity crews down the river half a
mile below the finish line before he had
to turn. Then he gave his men starts.
as he did in the morning, the varsity
showing to advantage in each brush.
On returning to the boathouse for the
freshmen he had to abandon any idea
Of taking then out. because of rough
water.
Ten Eyck hit hard luck with a bang
to-da-, when Minard. No. 2 in his
varsity, could lot get in the boat. and
Dodge, a sub, was again used in his
place. Minard cut his finger on Thurs
day. and it has become infected. lie
also has a little fever. Ten Eyck
doesn't think he will be in the SYRIA
cuse boat on Monday. 0sman. his
varsity stroke. was also sick to-day.
but rowed.
Cornell and Leland Stamford had