The Cornell navy : a review . VARSITY 1896 (Immediately after race at Poughkeepsie)Ludlam Chriswell Moore Freeborn (capt.) Savage Spillman Tatum Briggs Colson 39 second, but from that point, Cornell gradually forged to the front, winning by something overtwo lengths, and establishing a record of 19 minutes 29 seconds for the four miles. Harvardwas second, Pennsylvania third and Columbia Colsc VARSITY 1897Savage Spillman Odell King Moore Bentley Wakeman The following year athletic relations were resumed between Harvard and Yale. AtHarvards suggestion, Cornell acquiesced in a three-corn
The Cornell navy : a review . VARSITY 1896 (Immediately after race at Poughkeepsie)Ludlam Chriswell Moore Freeborn (capt.) Savage Spillman Tatum Briggs Colson 39 second, but from that point, Cornell gradually forged to the front, winning by something overtwo lengths, and establishing a record of 19 minutes 29 seconds for the four miles. Harvardwas second, Pennsylvania third and Columbia Colsc VARSITY 1897Savage Spillman Odell King Moore Bentley Wakeman The following year athletic relations were resumed between Harvard and Yale. AtHarvards suggestion, Cornell acquiesced in a three-cornered race to be held at Poughkeepsie,the request of the Cornell Council that Pennsylvania and Columbia be also invited to participate,not being assented to. The Harvard crew was this year coached by Mr. Lehman, the famousEnglish oarsman. At the time of the race, he regarded the Harvard crew as a fair averageof a good Oxford or Cambridge crew. Bob Cook, the Yale coach, considered Harvardscrew the fastest she had ever had, and that the race was in doubt as between Harvard andYale. The race itself was described by a metropolitan paper somewhat as follows: Yale startedbehind Harvard, but after a dozen strokes they were as nearly level as possible. Cornell washalf a length in the rear and would of course disappear entirely, then for a minute all wereeven. At the mile, it looked as if Cornell
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