The Cornell navy : a review . commencement time full of hope as to the possibilitiesthat might be developed by a few weeks of earnest, careful work. He found the crew hope-lessly fixed in their own style and methods of rowing, however; after he had vainly tried tourge upon them certain reforms, and even protested against the trip to Lake George becauseof their w^retched preparation, they entered the race, as he afterwards wrote, over-confidentof their own powers, and indifferent to those of their competitors. In the Fall Regatta of this year another farcical race took place. The class of 80 wa
The Cornell navy : a review . commencement time full of hope as to the possibilitiesthat might be developed by a few weeks of earnest, careful work. He found the crew hope-lessly fixed in their own style and methods of rowing, however; after he had vainly tried tourge upon them certain reforms, and even protested against the trip to Lake George becauseof their w^retched preparation, they entered the race, as he afterwards wrote, over-confidentof their own powers, and indifferent to those of their competitors. In the Fall Regatta of this year another farcical race took place. The class of 80 wasrepresented by a six-oared crew^ in an eight-oared boat and carrying a coxswain, w^hile 81and 82 rowed in six-oared boats. The sport began by a collision between 80 and 81,shortly after w^hich 81s shell suddenly broke in the middle, the two ends going high up inthe air. After rounding the stake, 82s boat sank about a quarter of a mile from the finish,w^hile the crew in the eight-oared shell crossed the line high and dry. 23. Mann Jayne Ostrom VARSITY 1879 Shinkel Lewis Allei Warner As a result of the defeat of the 79crew, the opening of the season of 1880was inauspicious for the Navy. After thehardest kind of work on the part of a few^rowing enthusiasts, a crew^ was againentered for the Lake George Regatta, thistime to meet Columbia and w^as the favorite, having w^on theyear before and having already defeatedPennsylvania in a race on the Pennsylvania four was a perfect row^-ing machine, having been coached by theveteran oarsman, Ellis Ward, but it lackedthe dash and tremendous power of theCornell crew^, and lost the race by a narrowmargin. Columbia came in a poor third.
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