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Superlative driving power and excellent oarsmanship drove the Cornell shells across the line ahead of the University and 1923 crews in the two two-mile races held Saturday on Lake Cayuga. In spite of a game fight put up by the first University eight, the Ithacan crew's superior rowing ability carried it across the finish line two lengths ahead of the Crimson boat. The Freshmen were outclassed by the Red and White yearlings, who rowed home nine lengths ahead of the '23 outfit. The oarsmanship of the Cornell eights was characterized by smooth blade work and wonderful driving power...
...walkaway for the Cornell boat. Up to the quarter-mile mark the two crews were very nearly even, but from that time on the Cornell yearlings pulled steadily ahead with better blade work and superior driving power. The lead was gradually increased until the finish line, when the Ithacan '23 outfit crossed the line nine lengths ahead of the Crimson Freshmen...
...Cornell's historic training quarters at Highland, as the training quarters for the rowing squad which is now in training at Pough-keepsie. Coach Courtney was strongly in favor of the move in order to offer an adder spur to the leading candidates, as the Oaks have housed the Ithacan crew colony for many years...
...Connell, the Crimson anchor man, trailing the Ithacan by this large margin at the start, ran a sensational race and cut down the lead in every lap. In the seventh round he drew even with Dickinson, only to have the latter go once more to the front at the beginning of the final lap. O'Connell spurted in the last 100 yards and carried the Crimson baton across the tape by a three-yard margin...
Before 1900 Harvard was the unchallenged master of the cinder-path. Since then Cornell, closely followed by Pennsylvania, has led the way. Saturday's victory was the first Harvard challenge in recent years to the Ithacan supremacy. If every undergraduate with track experience will assist in this advance by reporting for track and field events, then the University may well expect to see her colors in the fore once again at the Intercollegiate games...