Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
YALE CREW WINS
IN RECORD DRIVE
Skaters Lake Cayuga Mark
Made in 1920 to Sweep
Carnegie Cup Meet.
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

ITHACA, N. Y, May 2l.-Yale's
all-conquering navy applied the fire
ishing touches to sweep of the an
nual Carnegie Cup Regatta today by
achieving a decisive triumph over the
rival Cornell and Princeton Fights in
a record-smashing varsity race.
Lake Cayuga's historic waters, so
unruly yesterday that the main event
had to be postponed after the Ellis
captured both freshman and Junior
varsity contests. was so calm and con-
ducive to fast rowing at noon today
that the Ellis sliced more than eight
seconds off the best mark ever regis
tered for two miles in competition
here
Yale covered the course. laid out of
the east bank of the lake. in 10 min
uteS 234 seconds Cornell, though
beaten off by two lengths, also was
under the former record at 1929.
Princeton was clicked in 1912, trail
ing Yale by six lengths
Beats Record Made In 20.
The old 2-mile record Of 1892, set
on a similar course. has stood since
1920. 1t was hung up by the Cornell
Junior Varsity crew in the jntercol-
legiate championship regatta, held on
Cayuga's waters for the first and only
time as competition was resumed after
the war The Ithacans that year were
coached for the last time by Charles E.
Courtney. Cornell's grand old man"
of rowing
Veteran oarsmen. after today's finale
to the two-day regatta. were unani-
nous in acclaiming the Blue varsity
as one of the best-looking boatloads
ever seen on Cayuga. Yale, by regis
tering its second rowing sweep in as
many weeks, will 60 into the annual
regatta with Harvard on the Thames
River, June "a. with clean slate.
On comparative performances.
against Cornells big eight. Yale won't
concede anything to Harvard's pow
erful boatload The two-length mar
gin of the Ellis today compared with
Harvard's advantage Of one length
and a quarter over the Ithacans last
week at Boston.
Yales second straight triumph in
the Carnegie Cup race, marking the
Blues 18th victory in 81 races for
this trophy. left no room for argu-
ment. Rowing on water as fiat as q
pancake, the Ellis shot quickly to the
fore. easily kept command and pulled
away from Cornell in brilliant
closing drive
Cornell Grew Challenges.
Cornell's only real challenge came
near the mile mark. The Ithacans.
trailing by approximately half
length from the start. pulled up
briefly. so that the rival prows were
no more than a dozen feet apart.
Yale. without lifting its smooth 81
to-the-minute-stroke. applied enough
extra power to regain half-length
margin. Going into the last quarter
mile. with both crews hitting SO, open
water showed between the two shells,
and the Ellis won going away.
Princeton. after the first quarter
mile, was not contender and dropped
back steadily
Cornell's l85-pound varsity. beaten
in successive races by Navy, Harvard
and Yale, exhibited plenty OF power
but lacked the smoothness of the Eli
eight. The Ithacans hope to redeem
themselves in the intercollegiates at
Poughkeepsie after an informal race
here with California. June 10. The
Golden Bears have accepted an invi-
tation to stop off at Ithaca on their
way to the title regatta.
Varsity boatings:
Varsity boatines:
Cornell--Bow, Stanley Allen: 2. Theo-
dore Gordon; 3. John Furman; 4, Edmund
Pfeiffer; 5. Henry Beuttell: 8, John
Rogers: 2. william Fisher; stroke, James
Yopns: eoxswain; Gsorse Holley
William Coors; 3, Lawrence Carton: 4.
Charles Dennison: 5. Thomas Mcmillan:
9. John Pitney: T. Henry Fischer: stroke
Philip Leboutillier: coxswain, Kenneth Dali
zell
Yale-Bow. Fred Cross: .. Stanley Liv-
ingston: 3. Granger Frost: f. Lewis john
son: 5, James Dempsey: g, Charles Rup-
recht: z. Sinkler Manning: stroke How
ard Johnson: coHswain. Buckley Byers.