New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Coach Courtney Sees
HhQcQnS Make Vain
Effort for HOnOrS
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drop behind. CoXswaln Milton lhonas
waved a signal 10 the starters. one
Of Columbiss men had slipped stroke
and the race had 10 be started over
again.
By the time the recall signal was
given the other three shells had sho'
ahead for 500 yards
The second starting gun was fred
lust at sunset. The Syracuse sheil
seemed TO have just a shade the better
OF the gun. Columbia again seemed 20
start badly, rowing choppy stroke
and splashing perceptibly. :,
The Syracuse shell forged immedi-
ntelv 10 the fore. The men were row.
ing a beautifully even stroke. timed
At thirty TO the minute; never ola
thew 90 higher than thirty-two. Cor
nell started out TO fight them IN the
very first mile. But as the leaders
passed ST. Andrews Seminary the Sy-
racuse shell was leading by length.
Time and again the Cornell eight
challenged them with some desperate
snurts. but the Syracuse she'll, pro-
pelled by that smooth and tantalizing-
IN regular long stroke held its vantage.
Develops Into Double Race
The event began to develop into
two races. the one between Syracuse
and Cornell. the other between Column.
bia and Pennsylvania. At no time ala
II seem that the latter two were in any
way concerned in the race as the lead
ers. In the secondary race, which was
watched only b. the rooters Tor tas
participants. Columbia passed Pennsyl-
vania at the mile and half marx. IL
was evident even at that point that
Ill
the real race.
There was something Of the remorse-
iessness Of machinery 10 the rowing OF
that Syracuse eight. The oar OF
Stroke Whiteside dipped into the water
with the precision OF q perfectly ad-
iusted piston rod. The others dipped
with it as though they were part OF
the same driving force.
The rowing of the Comedians
showed the desperation OF the men who
were strainng every nerve against
/ this wonderful piece OF mechanism.
You could feel the strain ~ their ef-
fort. and at times some OF the oars
seemed TO waver. while others dipped
with greater ferocity 90
The Syracusans on the observation
cars were vociferous but not too con-
fdent until their crew made that SPLEEN
did and fashy squirt in the last hall
mile. Up 20 that point II looked as
though Cornell might be holding in re-
serve an effort that would carry them
! through first.
When the final squirt came Cornell
! had nothing in reserve. The crew had
! spent itself in trying 20 take the lead
/ from Syracuse early in the race. SYRIA
cuse seemed 20 have power to spare
when they crossed the finish line, for
/ they were the first crew 10 strsighten
( up and 20 begin 10 paddle upstream.
The junior race was almost a replica
+ of the varsity. Syracuse crossed first
by a length and a quarter ahead OF
I Cornell Columbia was three lengths
/ behind. while the Pennsylvania crew,
/ into which Captain Bill Chickering OF
the varsity had been relegated, finished
ten lengths in the wash.
Rain Mars Attendance.
The crowd was a sparse one this
/ year, compared 20 the gathering last
year. when Stanford University shocked
the experts by fighting Charles Court
ney's winning crew right 10 the finish
F line. The rain spoiled many automobile
parties, but there was the usual num-
Der of gayly decked yachts and river
/ boats anchored near the finish line.
From a dramatic point OF view this
, years race did not compare with the
/ startling finish of last years struggle.
But the work Of the Syracuse crew was
delight 10 the expert oarsmen. They
rowed a perfect race. The only drama
/ of this occasion was enacted on the
/ bluff where Charles L. Courtneys home
/ is located that was tragedy and it had
no audience.
This was the ffty-nnth crew which
i Courtney had sent to Poughkeepsie.
His crews have won more than >ae
crews of all other coaches combined.
But he could not win his last race.
There was the usual jam on the
NeUburgh -Poughkeepsie ferryboats.
| Owing 70 the tumble this year mum
! bers of ticket holders 10 the observa-
4 tion train were unable 70 reach their
cars and saw only the finish of the
/ varsity race. The crowd along the
banks also was thinner. The grassy
slopes and the woods along the course
were heavy with moisture and heavy
mist hung over the river through the
early afternoon. Il lifted just before
the start Of the junior race, shortly
after o'clock.
At sunset there was q slate blue sky
! over the river, bpt the rain cloud hung
threateningly over the Catskills The
air was humid, and the bare backs OF
the oarsmen dripped moisture as they
strained along the course. The curls
of the pretty girls wilced and turned
straight.
Yictors Take Poughkeepsie.
TIE Syrscusans took possession Of
Poughkeepse for the evening and add
ed 70 the enjoyment OF the fremens
convention which is being held here.
Coach Ten Eyck was Jubilsnt. So were
the experts They had picked Syracuse
10 win easily and precisely and they
did that.
Coach Joe Wright, the Canadian oare-
man who drilled the Pennsylyanians in
place Of Vivian Nichols, who was called
10 the front IN Europe. was disappoint-
ed over the showing Of his two crews.
lie took a leave OF absence as post
master of Montreal 20 help the Penn
sylvania boys out, and worked without
pay for the love OF the sport he has
followed since boy.
Despite his disappointment Wright
was good enough sportsman to pay 2
high tribute TO the American style OF
rowing. He checked his chagrin 10
marvel over the precision and the form
OF Syracusans.
Jim Rice was another disappointei
one Down in his heart Rice thougnt
that his men would tight their way 70