The New York herald., 1922-05-21


Yale's combination was hopeless all
ed four lengths behind the Tigers.
, Most of the Cornell sweep swingers
rowed under Courtney as freshmen In
of those old Courtney crews. They
had tremendous drive. they had pol
ished form. they had everything a
great crew ought to have. AS it pulled
away from frantic Princeton eight
which only week before had earned
high honors by beating Columbia's de-
termined standard bearers, that Cor
nell eight reminded men of the never
TO be forgotten combination which
came down from Ithaca in 1909 to
startle critics at Poughkeepsie after
it had set a record in beating Harvard
on the Charles.
! Those Cornell oarsmen of to-day
| looked like that fine eight of Cy
Weed's-and they rowed in the very
shell which the 1909 aggregation pulled
10 triumph. 1t was an old boat-thir-
teen years old. to be exact-but it is
the best of the collection in the Cor
nell boathouse. The Courtney spirit
sits in the strokes position. they say
up there on the shores of Cayuga, and
guides the sons of Cornell as they used
to be guided by the counsels OF the
living master.
Sad Blow for Tfuers
1t wcs sad blow for Princeton to be
beaten so easily after its hopes had
been raised so high by victory over
COLUMBIA. 1t was a sadder blow for Yale
to be forced to trail in nearly eight
lengths behind the pupils of John Hoyle.
with probably the worst defeat in the
history OF rowing at New Haven The
els net only were beaten badly. but
they rcwed wretchedly, without a SEM
olance OF style and without any show
OF i,owcr. And at the finish two of them
co!apsed-and four mile grind with
Harvard In the offing.
However sad the experience of tho
Tigers and the Ellis. 1t was no Disgrace
to be lei to the finish by crew such
| as Cornell sent out to the starting limo
this day. In NJ. w. Fillus the Ithacans
had stroke of the old Weed stamp, a
fighting leader who set terrific and
f., powerful pace and was favored with
seven mates who could give him the
proper response. u. c. Baldwin, at No.
z, stalwart youth who went to Cornell
from Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn. was
another oarsman whose efforts stood oct
| brilliantly in a boatload of stars
Cornell was timed in 10 minutes II
seconds. a splendid performance on
waters which were as calm ~ mill
pond. Nary pun of wind was stirring.
The leaves hung still on the tree
| branches in the calm cool of the even
ing as the Ithacans pulled their way to
their memorable victory. Princeton was
caught in 10 minutes IS seconds a dif-
| ference Of fourteen seconds. with three
seconds allowed for a boat length. Yale
was timed in 10 minutes AZ seconds.
Water Calm As Mill Pond.
There have been faster races on the
Housatonic. but not on stili water OF
the kind with which the oanmen were
favored to-day Yale crew has beaten
| 10 minutes here. but the performance
was recorded on a river wheeh was a
mill race from a spring freshet
We doubt IL the Housatonic yet has
seen crew OF the class which won this
| evening
For Cornell victory in the triangular
regatta which was Instituted in 1914 was
hardly novelty. II was the fourth tri-
umph for the big red crew in six re-
| gattas Cornell won in 1914 1916 and 1920
Last May. on Lake Cayugs, Princetons
Ireat eight. stroked by Heinie Leh. fol-
lowed up its victory over the Navy with
/ companion success over Cornell. In
/ 1911 Yale was the winner, with Prince
| ton second To-day the Ellis finished
third. just where they finished in In 1921.
\ 1920 1916 and 1914.
! The day has come for the Blue %
wake up and change it's rowing style. 1t
has the spirit. and It has the material.
but Il cannot hope to get anywhere with
/ the stroke which sapped II to the vitals
as It trailed into the cleaning this day.
Early Tiger Hopes.
When the varsity crews went 20 the
starting line Princeton had visions OF
another clean sweep such as IL scored
at Nassau last Saturday. Preliminary
TO the big contest the Tigers won the
freshmen race, with Cornell second. by
three e-auarters OF length, and Ya.s
third. four lengths behind the Ithacans.
Only quarter OF mile from the finisn
OF the two mile test Cornelrs yearlinss
had lead OF length but when IL. h.
Wolcott at No. 4. caught a crab Cornell
fell behind. The Tigers were pressing
hard and coming along strong and II Is
likely that they would have won even
n wolcott had not suffered his mis-
fortune.
Before taking che freshman event.
Princeton won the race for $50 pound
crews, n new event for big three COM
petition. Corncl was not represented In
this battle but its place was taken by
Harvard IL was the first time 10 ths
history OF intercollegiate rowing that
any race brought together cre~s fivrs
all members Of the Big Three. II was
nothing new for Harvard 10 meet Yale.
but Il was decided novety for Prince
ton to engage the old rivals on the
water.
The Tigers took this event by two
lengths. and Yale had the satisfaction
of leading Harvard by one length. They
rowed over the Henley distance OF
mile and five-sixteenths. and Princeton
was timed in minutes 5S seconds,
corking good time for any crew. let
alone combination averaging only $50
pounds.
when It was over as tssrcg w~ws