The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
YALE CREW LEADS
CORNELL And TIGER
FIGHTS OVER LINE
Blue Oarsmcn Raise Count and
Squirt ut Carnegie Lake
Finish.
THREE BOATS EVEN
At THE MILE MARK
Second Section

PRINCETON. y. j., May 15.--For the
frst time In her history the Yale crew
flashed ccr'ss the finish on Lake Carne-
rie 4 winner over Cornell and Prince
ton. leading the former by fifteen feet
and the latter by two and th%ree-quar-
ter lengths Cornell and Yale ba,tled
ali the way dow the course for the
lead, the strength OF the Ithacans be-
ing all that kept them in the running.
for the finish which usually charac-
terlzes Courtney's crews was lacking.
Tire Ellis had a nice balance OF power
FORTY Of polish. The official times
credit Yale with ? minutes . rs sec
onds, Cornell, 9 minutes 10 3-5 sec
onds, and Princeton, . minutes 81 2-5
seconds.
The weather conditions were almost
ideal when the crews were sent away
at four minutes before 6 o'clock by Ref
cree Forbes. \ slight breeze on the
west shore made jus; a pleasant ripple,
but not sufficient to interfere with the
work of the crews, even though Coach
Guy Nlckalls was particular to state
that Yale had the worst course.
Cornell and Yale a~l;crnated In the
lead, the Blue oarsmen having n
slight advantage at the half mile. At
the mile all were on even terms, while
the Ithacans showed a little In front
a. the mile and "A half. From there Ii
was nip and tuck to the finish. for a
hundred yards the crews rowing almost
stroke and stroke. But just before the
finish Yale raised the count and her
bow shot over the mark the winner.
by winning to-day the Yale crew
helped 20 even scores with Cornell aud
Princeton for past defeats. The Yale
coXswain stood up In his shell and while
the members of the crew splashed water
or each other led a cheer for each OK
the o her crews. These In turn were
answered. Yale rooters OF the towpath
and shore went wild.
Cornell held a high stroke the majority
or The way down the. course and there
was con tant splas hing on the catch.
Lite showers were seen from the star
board sweeps as they took the water on
NOR than one occasion, while at the
mile mark Nos . and 4 caught bad
crabs.
Yale had clean blade work. a slight
splash being due to the harder catch
vh.ch the thole pins enable tie rowers
TO make. The Blue oar men had a good
DIV In he boat. though they did not
rur 50 smoothly between strokes as did
.le Red and White shell.
The Tigers displayed the smoothest
w':siug combination. There was not a
single break In the whole boat and their
badc Wort. and workmanship were ex-
Cc|tui. bI; they were outclassed when
It vlne 10 power.
All OF the coaches were reticent about
taih'n-. Or. Spaeih being the only one
10 comment. and his remark was:
at WIS n beautiful. race, but We were
not H. enough Ia win. The men did not
row 50 vel as they did last week. That
Is al there is TO say"
In the freshman race Cornell reversed
fhe standing. with Yale second and
Princeton .hird. The Ithacan cubs had
an even length on the Eli freshmen and
two and o~ne-auarter lengths oil the
Tiger cubs.
The second Princeton FIRE hmen were
beaten by four feet by the West Phila-
de lh!a High School.
The big crews were seated as follows {:
Pr.nceton-Bow. Mckibber: No. 2.
Cochran No. 3. Hebron No. 4, Lee {;
No. i, Quinby No. 6. Robinson; No. !,
Hiliatd; stroke. Putnam; coxswain, II.
Deb Sparks.
Yaie-Bow, C. Coe: No. .. Bennett 4:
No. Q. Low; No. 4. sheldon: No. ).
s,urtevant; No. q, Meyer; No. Z,
Wiman stroke, Morse coxswain, Nc
Lane.
corneil-Bow, Terriberry: No. .,
Cushing No. 8, welles No. I, Collyer /;
No. 8, NOR; No. 6. Stahl; No. z.
OBrien; stroke. Andrus coxswain, Nc
Candies.