Volume 10
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Scrapbook #10- Clippings and correspondence pertaining to the Courtney-Francis dispute.
Item — Volume: 10
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of the Cornell crew team racing (1900-1902), as well as team photographs and photographs of John Francis rowing. Correspondence and clippings relate to the Francis/Courtney dispute. Francis had turned down coaching by Courtney and hired a different coach, Ten Eyck, to train him for a single scull race in Poughkeepsie. This led to members of the Varsity Eight refusing to participate if Francis would represent Cornell. He ended up withdrawing his entry. Correspondents...
Dates:
1874-1906.