The Cornell navy : a review . Raht Cha! VARSITY 1883 CourtneyWilcox Scofield Beginning with the year1885, Cornell entered upona series of victories, Varsityand Freshman, which isperhaps without parallel inthe history of college row-ing. As a matter of fact,after the 78 race withHarvard there was noFreshman crew sent out* A from Ithaca until 1890 andthe first Freshman crew tobe defeated was in the year1897, when Yale and Har-vard both crossed the lineahead of her. But betweenthe years 1884 and I 895,noVarsity crew^ w^as defeated,although rowing in everyyear except 86. This maybe said to have be
The Cornell navy : a review . Raht Cha! VARSITY 1883 CourtneyWilcox Scofield Beginning with the year1885, Cornell entered upona series of victories, Varsityand Freshman, which isperhaps without parallel inthe history of college row-ing. As a matter of fact,after the 78 race withHarvard there was noFreshman crew sent out* A from Ithaca until 1890 andthe first Freshman crew tobe defeated was in the year1897, when Yale and Har-vard both crossed the lineahead of her. But betweenthe years 1884 and I 895,noVarsity crew^ w^as defeated,although rowing in everyyear except 86. This maybe said to have been largelydue to the excellent coach-ing of Charles E. his position aspermanent coach did notbegin until the year 1889,yet he assisted in the train-ing for five or six years Swartwout (capt.). COURTNEY, IN RACING TRIM27
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