The New York herald., 1922-05-21
CoRNeLL VARSITY EIGHT OF l92
IthdcanS, in Front BY
Three and Half LenQthS

The Ellis had nothing to lose, world
to gain. They were determined.
Yale was nearest the Shelton shore.
with Cornell In the middle lane and
Princeton over on the Derby side. They
jockeyed for a while and then came
the word "Go!" Away they went. row.
ing like mad. and Yale In the lead.
wi.. shouts OF the Ellis. and tho rau-
cous cornell Yeli-Yell-Yell" In en-
couragement of a fighting big Red
crew.
AS they settled down Princeton came
through with It's strident locomotive"
They all had their thousands Of sup
porters here and they never spared
their vocal cords. To tho credit Of
Yale let 1t be said that no matter how
far it's crew fell back 1t kept shout
ing--and at the close the loudest cheer
was for the crew which had finished
last.
After they had gone 1900 yards Cor
nell began to move up. Powerful. re-
lentless, riding the waters with an easy
grace that~was pretty to look at, the
Ithacan combination moved UP on a line
with the Ellis. The stout pull and Cor
nell was in front, there to stay to the
finish.
1t was the quarter mile, and Cornell
had lead Of length. There was Just
q bit of open water and critics began to
ask why 10 Milne in that Princeton
boat letting Cornell run out so far in
front? Why doesn't he chase out and
hold him?" The answer was not yet
apparent, but it soon became so. Prince
ton did not move out because II found
that It could not. 1t spurted once,
spurted twice, but Cornell met challenge
with counter challenge.
Yale Falls Back.
When Cornell reached the half mile Il
was In front by length and a quarter.
While Cornell and Princeton were driv-
ing along at terrific gait at this crucial
stage. Yale was finding the pace alto
Cether too torrid. 1t fell back. fell out OF
the fighting picture, never to return to
II. The Ellis struggled and struggled.
gave everything they had. rowed until
muscles were ready to revolt, but II
was getting them nowhere against duo
OF great crews. fully equipped techni-
cally for the struggle.
At the mile II was Cornell by two
lengths and Princeton three In front OF
Yale. Cornell was rowing a thirty-two
and spacing seven feet. To those who
know rowing that Is the superlative.
Cornell had a remarkable snap at the
finish or the stroke ana IL was tnat snap
which kept the boat riding so evenly
and so smoothly. That snap had drive
behind Il. IT was the old Courtney
stroke--a stroke which sends crew a
long way but takes comparatively little
out of II.
At tho mile and a half II was Cornell
by three lengths and still going away.
Princeton was beaten. but II still was
fighting hard. Cornell kept trying TO
increase that advantage and succeeded.
while tho Tigers kept giving everything
they had.
Cornel's eight sat up as they slided
past the finish--sat up and smiled. They
patted each other. laughed, then went
right back TO business They turned
around and began to row back TO the
boathouse with as much vigor as they
had shown in the race.
The freshman race was delayed by an
accident In the Princeton boat. After
they had got away. with Cornell In
front. the Tigers broke couple of oars
and the race was stopped. After long
wait II was resumed at the point of the
accident with all three even.