New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
Defeats Cornell Eight by
Fifteen Feet in Cruel
ling Race.
PRINCETON CREW
HOPELESS THIRD
Tigers Through with Dreams
That Predict Victory
on Water.

Princeton. y. j., May l5.-Yale and
Cornell splashed across the finish line
on Lake Carnegie this afternoon Just
fifteen feet apart. with Princeton pull
ing two and three-quarter lengths be-
hind Cornell, in the triangular regatta.
The time of the winners for the mile
and seven eighths was minutes 9 2-5
seconds, just one and one-ffth seconds
better than that of Cornell. Princeton
took minutes p 2-5 seconds 70 cover
the distance.
The "dopesters" felt a bit abashed
over the result OF the race. for Prince
ton had been counted on TO win at
least close second place, and the
Tigers never actually held the lead at
any stage Of the contest. The Prince
ton crew is through with dreams that
predict victory.
The real race Of the day was be-
tween Yale and Cornell. and Il was a
wonder. Crowds lined the banks OF
Lake Carnegie for nearly a mile from
the finish, and the judges boat was be-
tween two shouting. screaming.
frenzled masses by the time the lead
ing shells darted past the stakes.
Princeton sympathizers had gathered
from far and near with the hope OF
seeing a repetition of last Saturdays
victory. Their sweethearts, sisters and
mothers Joined their shrill cries 20 the
pandemonium that reigned until il was
definitely seen that Princeton was
hopelessly out of IT,
The moment the judges flag waved
Yale adherents sprang up from all
quarters with triumphant shout.
Nothing but the judges official decision
could convince many that the Blue had
] he uk
the two boats
/ The difficulty OF making a decision
for the people on the shore was in
creased by the fact that the Yale cox
swain ran his port oars ahoul of the
flag that marked the finish and checked
/ his boat, so that il looked from an
angle on the shore as if Cornell had
shot forward with mighty effort 10
a closer finish than even fifteen feet.
The race was won before the Yale oars
hit the flag.
Yale caught the water first at a 40
stroke beat, but at the half-mile post
was leading Cornell by half a length,
with Princeton only ten feet further in
the rear. Cornell kept up a 40-stroke
for the first half minute, but at the
half-mile mark all had dropped to 81
In the next half mile Cornell pulled ur
and at the mile post was racing a dead
reat with the New Haven boat with 2
stroke one or two points higher thar
fale's 30. Open water separated them
both from Princeton.
At the mile and a half Cornell's
higher stroke had sent the Ithacans
into the lead by few feet in spite OF
noticeable splashing in the bow of the
Ithaca she'll
On entering the home stretch Yale
had again recovered the distance and
Morse jumped the stroke 70 SO, while
Andrus set CornelVs pace at 81. For the
last hundred yards the Yale men were
just able TO hold their own.
DR.. Spaeth, the Princeton coach, had
nothing but praise for the Yale eight,
about which he said:
yale seemed TO me the crew best
timed and conditioned for this race.
They rowed with more vigor and their
blade work was the best of the lot"
The weather conditions were almost
ideal, though a light wind was blow
ing almost directly across the course.
Yale's time was only eight and two
tfths seconds poorer than the record
! for the course, held b. Cornell.
The Princeton crews lost everything
to-day, for the second freshman eight
lost "A preliminary race with the West
Philadelphil High School crew over the
Henley distance of one and five ighths
miles by a scant four feet. The time
OF the Philadelphia boys was seven
minutes.
The triangular freshman race over
the varsity course was won by Cornell
In nine minutes twenty-seven seconds
with length over the Yale freshmen,
who were second with about two and
a quarter lengths TO spare in beating
the Princeton first year men.