The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Squirt Well Timed.

then DR.. spaeth counted on the remark
able sprinting power of his crew.
Squirt Well Timed.
At the three-quarter mark Princetons
fine stroke, Heinie Leh, shouted ARE you
ready?" 1t was the prearranged signal,
and the Tigers went laundering at a
thirty-six, rowing their rivals almost out
of their seats. giving them a gruellng
test of muscle, power and spirit All
Comedians are equal to the test. but the
chain is no stronger than its weakest
link-the crew no better than its weak
est member A Cornell link snapped. a
Cornell boat came TO a dead stop for
several strokes Princeton's gamble had
been a winning one. and away went a
Tiger eight to Tiger triumph.
Princeton had weight, plenty of drive,
beautiful spacing. and used a pretty
stroke, never too slow and never hys-
tcrical. The greatest factor in it's great
showing was It's ability to get every
thing 1t reached for. The rigging suited
the eight and the course to a nicely,
the men pulled with all the power that.
WAS IN them and the boat moved along
with smoothness. Never was the work
ragged-a truth which stood out in
bolder relief than usual because of the
pulled as one.
1t was after O'Clock before the var
sity crews came up to the starting line.
The sun beat down with dazzling bril-
liancy and oars glistened in the sunlight
as the sweep swingers pulled to their
positions. Because of the fine water and
the fear that 1t would not last long 1t
was decided to row the big race first.
AS matters turned out the course was
calm all through the programme, which
wound up with a five crew race for the
intra-university championship. which, by
the way, went to the farmers from the
Agricultural College.
The varsitles lined up with Cornell
close to the shore. Princeton in the
middle lane and Yale on the outside, in
what was regarded as the best water
and on the best course. Just as Mr..
Herrick, who Is the Harvard coach.
was about to send the crews away. DR..
Spaeth protested that Princeton's stake
boat had drifted back and that his
crew had the worst of the lineup. So
there was a short delay while the
Tigers pulled UP and away they went
to a perfect start, with Cornell gaining
a slight advantage. Princeton was sec
ond and Yale third.
Cornell went laundering down the
to a 3S and then to 36 as the crews
settled down for the gruelling first mile
Yale was going along al a slower beat
than the other two and rowed with neat
ness. but there seemed to be no menac-
ing power there. At the quarter mile
Cornell's shell was about ten feet In
front Of Princeton's. with Yale approx
mately half n length behind the leaders.
The Ellis, even this early, were through
done as far as the winning of this strug-
gle was concerned.
Then as they battled into the half
mile Princeton made its first challenge
and Cornell made its first Herculean
response. Stroke for stroke they fought
for about a hundred yards and then
Princeton began to gain on its rival
Inch by inch the Tigers pulled up until
they were even with the Cornell boat,
then foot by foot they drew away as
the former pupils of the great Charley
Courtney were convinced that these con-
querors of the Navy were doing what
no other Princeton crew had been able
to do on Cayuga