The New York herald., 1921-05-23
PRINCETON EIGHT
ROWS TO TRIUMPH
Powerful Tiger Oarsmen Sur
prise Cornell, With Yale
Third.
MISHAP HURTS ITHACANS
Kells, Bow, Loses Oar in First
Mile Of Varsity
Race.
IISHAP HURTS ITHACANS
BY DANIEL.

ITHACA, n. Y, May 2l-For the ufSI
time in the history of intercollegiate
rowing the thunderous Tiger" OF old
Princeton doomed in triumph across
the waters of Lake Cayuga this eve
ming. 1t echoed and reechoed against
the wooded hills IN pecan OF victory
for a truly remarkable Princeton
varsity crew. perhaps the greatest
eight which yet has borne the Orange
and Black.
These eight powerful sweepswingers
of Old Nassau, seven of whom had
shared the glory of a brilliant sue
cess against the famed Navy crew
only two weeks before, gained new
laurels beyond even the widest dreams
and hopes of their supporters by beat
ing Cornell's varsity In a race which
was a real contest for little more than
half the distance. Yales big eight
was in the fight. too, but it did not
was outclassed and finished far In the
rear
Rowing with drive. precision and con-
cert. with never a falter in their stroke
or their harmonious swing of back ana
sweep of oar the Princeton Titans led
the Cornell eight across the finish line
by three and half lengths. with Yale
ten lengths penind the 1thacans. Tho
time, 10 minutes and s3 seconds, was
splendid for the two miles over lake
water ttEt was without current. az
L. rrNl1
no wind to raise even the suspicion
of a ruffie Cornell was caught In 10
minutes At seconds and the Ellis In IL
minutes seconds.
1t was bitter pill Tor Cornell TO
swallow. as bitter as aloes and mace All
the more bitter by the suspicion OF a
doubt which fingered In Cornell minds
after the race.
Cornell was so far behind at the finish
because Kells, its bow oar, second light
est man in the shell, found the pace too
hot shortly after the mile was passed
and suffered slight attack of exhaus-
ton. He fell over. lost his oar. then
dipped into the lake to find 1t, while
Princeton swept away to a lead WHICH
grew from five feet TO three lengths
while a frenzied Cornell crew rowed
furiously. with all its might and main. 10
regain the precious distance which kells
had lost But the effort was In vain.
A triumphant Tiger eight, sensing a
great victory and gaining In strength
as the exhilaration OF triumph gave
their muscles added power. kept rowing
away from the Cornell pursuers and
flashed across the line seemingly as
fresh as when they started. As for
Yale, II was last all the way. blundering
along without any great power in lis
stroke and never a part OF the great
picture.
Before Kels lost his oar Doilbaum.
Cornell's No Z. caught a crab and re-
tarded his shell for four strokes. This
mishap. II mishap IL may be called. had
no serious bearing on the result, Cor
nell men may feel that their eight might
have won II Kells had not faltered.
And IL they harbor any such impression
they are. deluding themselves. Cornell
was beaten by no accident. II was
beaten by a stronger and better crew.
which would have won even IL Rells had
rowed the best he knew how every inch
of the way and had been the freshest
man in the boat
Cornell got some consolation for the
defeat in the big race by winning ths
freshman contest. The home yearlings
rowed a splendid two miles-rowed IL IN
exactly the same time as the varsity
10 minutes ~ seconds In this event
Princeton provided something of corr
trast for its freshmen were not OF ths
same stamp as their bigger college
mates. The Tiger cubs never were in
the hunt for first place. and did not
stay In the race for second place very
long either as Yale came home behind
the Cornell youngsters.