(April 13) The Yale Lightweights spent the whole day racing in New Jersey, and came back home with the Dodge Cup over Columbia and Penn in the morning and a victory over Cornell in the afternoon.
The Dodge Cup races were held for the first time at Overpeck Lake just over the George Washington Bridge, and the venue proved mostly friendly to the Elis, as the 1V, 2V, and 1F all won. A great battle in the 3V race saw Yale lead the whole way by about a length, only to suffer an over-the-head crab in the last 250 meters which opened the door for Penn’s crew. The Elis could not recover, and Penn took advantage for the win.
The varsity and junior varsity races were hard fought and well rowed events, with Columbia and Yale locked together for much of the race, each crew either unable to move away from or unable to move through the other. In the end, on this day, it was Yale who crossed this finish line first.
After a great lunch in Overpeck Park, the team headed to Lake Carnegie to take on the Big Red of Cornell, who had beaten Princeton in the morning to take the Platt Cup. After a dominating performance by Cornell’s 3V, the rest of the day was Blue, as the freesh won by 2.3 seconds, the 2V by 3.2 seconds, and the varsity by 5.4 seconds.
1V Yale 5:48.1 Cornell 5:53.5
2V Yale 5:50.2 Cornell 5:53.4
1F Yale 5:57.0 Cornell 5:59.3
3V Cornell 6:00.8 Yale 6:28.