The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
TIRED TIGERS DROP
OYER AS CORNELL'S
CREW WINS RACE
Yale Varsity Eight Z Lengths
in the Rear at Finish
at Ithaca.
PRINCETON MEN LED
TO FINAL 100 YARDS
~ CONSTANCE =. TITUS.
Retired Amateur Champion q
Sweeps and scuIIs.

sity eight rowed Princeton's crew out,
and at the fnish Of the race to-day
nearly every man IN the Tiger crew fell
In the boat from absolute exhaustion.
Cornell won a heart breaking nnish by
fifteen feet.
Princeton was leading up to the las,
hundred yards. All Of a sudden the port
side Of the Princeton crew went to
pieces n could not drag the oars out
OF the water at the finish OF their stroke.
Coach Guy Nickails with his modified
English stroke. which Yale has been
showing IN so badly this year. was
seven lengths behind Princeton.
The race did not start until 8 40. and
there was quite a delay. as one OF the
stake boats dragged its anchor when
Oprnells crew backed up to It's berth.
Instead OF Referee Melkleham being on
the outside OF the crews where he could
see that all the sterns were in a proper
lineup. he had his referee boat directly
back Of Cornell. This tool up much
time to ALLOW him to get 10 the proper
place. where he should have been at
first.
When the referee gave the word to 20
taiV 'ahhhA NV "6Nti hfEts W 'NNEN
body's surprise Cornell got In twenty
one strokes for the first half minute.
while Princeton was rowing twenty-five.
Roth OF these crews Immediately got n
lead on Yale. which was rowing twenty
one for the first half minute.
AS they reached the quarter post
Princeton was Leading Cornell by a
quarter OF q length. Yale's bows were
tapping Cornells stern and Yale's GREY
,.snS L.. aA,f, had ,.YI., "a. fa... 49,,
body swing. II was noticeable how
they were dropping behind. Their shell
seemed Ia pound heavily as the crew
would swing fore n aft.
II waS remarkable to see a crew
whose makeup no one knew until yester-
day keep up such a fast pace with the
wonderful Tiger sprinting crew. As the
Red and White oarsmen reached the half
mile post Princeton was leading Cornell
by a few feet and Yale was dropping
back rapidly. She was over n length
astern OF the leaders and laboring
heavily.
Princeton's workmanship was perfect.
but the check on her shell between
strokes was noticeable. A. the contes-
tants reached the three-Quarter mark
the two leaders were IN the same posi-
ton and rowing In beautiful form. while
old Ell was four lengths in the rear As
AltN H'tIth NHe illlt HltTh ,oTU'4I nlu
come up on Princeton. but still the Tiger
crew was fighting hard.
AT the mile and q quarter post Cor
rell commenced to forge forward and
Il seemed TO take the life on, Of the
other crew, Yale was almost six lengths
In the rear.
Suddenly Cornell got new life and
went away from Princeton RAPIDLY. and
as they reached the mile and a half
nVa n.asAs
crews, Princeton's men did not have a
squirt IN them. They seemed 10 he
working In a mechanical. dazed manner
The stroke man could not pull his oar
all the way through. II looked as though
the race was all over. with the onlv
question how many lengths Cornell
would win by.
The noise was deafening from tho OBJ
servation train. as II wac made IN prac-
tIcally OF Cornell students and old gradu-
ates who were back for the reunion,
Princeton was rowing so a minute. while
Cornell was rowing 30. with Yale rowing
3. and hopelessly out OF the race.
This season the fainou English thole-
pms which Mr.. Nichols has introduced
AT Yale have won little fame. As the
crew neared the mile and three-Quarter
post Princeton gradually gained on Cor
nell. which was n length ahead at this
point. and every one thought that the
Tigers had a ighting nance.
The race became interesting as they
neared the winning post. In the last
eighth Princeton had drawn up on the
lthacans until the two crews were on
even terms. Neither one had a squirt
left and In the next dozen strokes Prince
ton had forged ahead and WAS leading
Cornell by ten feet.
When the crews were a hundred yards
from the finish line Stroke CoChran's oar
to cut down in the water instead
OF anchoring squarely and the whole
s%tarhoard side of Princcton's crew
seemed to go down at the same time.
absolutely from pure exhaustion. II was
IA case pure and simple of two good crews
rowing one another to a staudsiill. and
a. tho Tiger oarsmen were So fine physl-
cally and tuned up TO this special event
the we're the ones to crack first.
Too much praise cannot be given TO
the famous Charles r.. Courtney, better
known as the wizard in the rowing pro-
fessiou. The wonderful work that he
accomplished to-day viii go down ~
rowing annals among the many other
feats the rowing fans thought he could
not do, II is not many years ago tina
"A week before the big Poughkeepsie
event he threw his whole varsity crew
iul vi w l'1i " Nv 'hii filtlfT
have discipline than win a boat zee.
But they won the P~oughkeepsie race, and
to-day he has done practically the srne
thing in the freshman varsity race.
Cornell won u beautiful victory by two
lengths. Yale was second and Prince
ton "A bad third,
casCadilla Prep School OF Ithaca de.
feated Cornell second crew by n length.
II WAS a good race throughout. Cor
nell's youngsters rowed in much better
form. but II must he remembered that
C~ascadilla's boys were much .
therefore they deserve a great deal more
credit,
The time for the different crews was
as follows
varsity-Cornell, II 81 lis Princeton
II :2S ID Yale, llA3 Id.
Freshman--Cornell. II Leg 3-5 Yale.
II :32 4-5 Princeton. II SIS is.
Following was the makeup OF the VIC
torious Cornell varsity crew;
Bow-Ftzpatrick; weight, ISL pounds;
height. . feet.
-Lyttls; weight. 40 pounds. height. 6
MGiT; weight, i7' pouna. height, 6
mhGo1syt weight, i7' pounds. height.
b--Kirkisnd; weight, 40 pounds; height.
feet | Inch. ""'
SIBrinkerhon; weight, III pounds;
rowan; weight, ls, pounds; height.
stroke-Kinsslsnd; weight. 1852 pounds;
A'1s o..w = Zee. "k. y :ssa; :.,.h,. ,,s sounds,
height. 5 feet I inches.