The New York herald., 1921-05-15
By DANIEL.

Light blue tipped sweeps flashed to
the fore in the rare sunlight of a
Wondrous May day on the Harlem
liver yesterday afternoon. The Light
Blue of Columbia it was-glistening In
triumph as it showed the way to both
Princeton and Pennsylvania in the
sixteenth rowing classic for the his
t0tic Childs Cup, which dates back
t. the pioneer era of intercollegiate
q uatic competition, in 1879.
While more than $4,000 persons
i'nked on with mixed wonderment and
,miration-far and away the biggest
i.,thering which yet has seen an in
rcolleeiate rowing race in this coun-
y-Columbia' powerful eight beat
fnc Princeton crew by three quarters
- length Pennsylvania combina-
ton never a factor after the first
quarter mile of the mile and a half
journey, finished more than length
lehind the Tigers. The winning boat
was caught in minutes 5S 3-5 sec
onds. while Princeton was timed in
Blue in minutes 2-5 seconds.
Half an hour before the feature the
Junior varsities of Columbia and Penn
sylvania had it out in a heart testing
duel over the course which was the
scene of the cup race. Princeton had
no entry In this event. This time Co
Iumbia, though almost as strong as it's
varsity and every whit as courageous
rowed losing race.
Penn by Ten Feet.
But IL was race such as one is privi-
legged to see only ever so seldom-a
struggle of flesh and spirit which was
not decided until the last stroke had
been pulled. Pennsylvania won by only
ten feet that after Brennan. the Co
lumbia No. 2, had caught a crab and
then had slipped his slide. it would he
no injustice to Penn to say that had
Columbia rowed without mishap It
would have been the victor. Penn's time
was minutes 35 seconds, with Colum-
bia thrse-fifths OF a second behind.
Ii will be noted that the varsity race
was % 80 seconds slower than the
Junior contest but this does not argue
that the Penn seconds were faster than
the Columbia big eight The Junior race
was rowed at the close Of the flood tide,
without any breeze. while the varsity
was contested in almost slack water,
with a slight wind against the oarsmen.
The course stretched down the river
from Fordham Bridge to the north of
High Bridge, with most OF the way
along the Speedway. Thousands lined
this old scene Of trottng contests They
were strung along the rail, they were
hvddled on tho rocks. Thousands
TANNED the high arches over the course,
particularly Washington Bridge. where
a police official estimated the crowd at
ten thousand.
Great Crowd Looks On.
III was a crowd almost as conglom-
crate as the population of this big cos
mopolitan centre. Men and women
we're there who never before had had
even q vague idea OF what a shell looked
like But thousands were of the type
which one sees at all college events
i,conly appreciative. intelligent on the
topic. cheering favorites every foot of
the hard journey down the falrway.
New York. put to the test by the first
hg college rowing race ever held here,
showed that H. wanted IL. Only once
before had college crews met on the
HARLEM. back in 1888, when Columbia's
freshman eight beat the Harvard colts
and made the campus down on Madison
avenue buzz for year.
That last half mile Of the Childs cup
race was struggle which reused even
the most phlegmatic OF those who had
come to be shown by the much heralded
crews from three Of our leading institu-
tions Of learning. As they passed the
mile Columbia was leading by about five
fsbt. Jim Rice's crew was rowing a 2s.
and rowing IL with smoothness and
strength. The men dug deep into the
water. and their oars came out clean.
They were going ahead. Their spacing
was thing of beauty. Columbia was
rowing as Columbia men so often had
dreamed a Columbia eight some day
would row out In front.
ft was give them ten !" from little
Brush. the Columbia's coxswain, and
Toufs,fvsd ou qorowd p11r