New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-20
CORNELL ROBS
SYRACUSE CREW,
OF CLEAN SWEEP
Ithacan Oarsmen Take ths
Freshman Race-Syra.
cuse Is Second.
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Poughkeepsie, n Y, June is-c..
nell prevented Syracuse from resr,.
ing a clean sweep IN ,he in,ereol.r,.,
regatta. which came 70 an end ,o.s,,
when the freshman race was ror.d
The Cornell freshmen raced s.-.
to an easy victory, defeating syrs,..
By two boat length. o. open s,.s,
while the Orange iusr managed % rs,.
out Pennsylvania 0y Two feet Cole-l
bia vas last. two lengths In the r.es.
CornelPs time was II minutes S ID
seconds, while Syracuse was timed u
II minutes 1870 seconds, pena,y.l
vania in II minutes IS seconds A..
Columbia In II minutes % 2.5 second,
Conditions for the race we're ma
cradle. A heavy rain fell. and a W.
from the north stirred Up the r.y,I
and made 10 as rough ss IL was O.
Saturday. The race was rowed a.
stream from the finish marx OF Nd
! four-mile course, and the finish l-s
was at the two-mile post.
On account Of the conditions q,
spectators were few and FAR between
Outside Of the few fortunates who hsl
seats in the coaching launches. ,hs,
were exactly two spectators a. t,s
starting line and nineteen at III. FMS.
Penn Leads at Start.
Pennsylvania moved into the lead a,
the start and held Il for a quarter q I,
mile, when it began having trogb,
with rough water, and was yisby
handicapped from that point on. Coz
nell. which had the smoother insd.
course, caught the Quakers. and b
going in close % the bank found be-.
ter water, and continued adding 70 n
lead until the end.
Columbia got away % a good star;
but dropped into last ? ace Just befor
the first mile was rowed After passiri
this mark the Blue and White made
great effort 70 get into the race By
long squirt, but was unable 70 row dog'
Syracuse. and after that dropped on, ,
the race, rowing rather raggedy.
At the mile Cornell had three-qus'
ters of a length on Pennsylvania, Z.
Quakers a length on Syracuse and Syn
cuse a quarter of length on COLUMBIA
At the mile-and-a-half mark Cornt.
victory was almost certain, as the Re.
and White shell was A length snd
half in the lead. while the Quakers vtH
engaged in a frantic effort 20 stem ~
rush Of Syracuse, a crew which va
settling down and showing know.
edge Of rough water oarsmanshi
gained at home.
Syracuse Catches Penn.
A quarter of a mile from home Syri-
cuse caught Pennsylvania. From there
on the struggle for second place was
splendid battle. Syracuse was tar.
of a length ahead hundred yards iro'
home, and then Little, the Pennsylysh'
stroke. started his last squirt. in
Youngsters replied with all they Ia
and gained at each heaye Of the osr
Ten strokes from home they were sids'
by Grub, the Syracuse stroke, cate,
ing a crab. but he recovered immediate
". and the two crews were on eve
terms. the two bows see-sswng BAG
and forth into the lead az each stron
At the finish Syracuse had us oars
the water. and gained the decision. =
lumbia came through with a squirt o.
was far In the rear Syracuse lmm'
diately padded over 20 Corners she
and tossed out their snirts. fehnl
youngsters later gave tier Jerseys
Syracuse, and this closed the 1910 70
tercollegiate regatta.