1897 Rosters
Columbia University
Coach- Justus A.B. Cowles
Freshmen 8
Stroke
F.F. Kellogg
5’ 9”
19 yrs
145 lbs
No. 7
O.W. Erdell
5’ 11 ¾”
19 yrs
156 lbs
No. 6
H.A. Edson*
6’ 1 ½”
19 yrs
165 lbs
No. 5
A.. McClintock
5’ 11 ¼”
19 yrs
165 lbs
No. 4
F.V. Jones
5’ 10”
19 yrs
165 lbs
No. 3
A. Merionda
5’ 10”
19 yrs
155 lbs
No. 2
H.H. Boyeson
5’ 8 ½”
18 yrs
154 lbs
Bow
P.P. Gardner
5’ 10 ¾”
20 yrs
154 lbs
Cox
M.G. Bogue
5’ 1 ¾”
16 yrs
104 lbs
Coach- Justus A.B. Cowles
Varsity 8
Stroke
H.E. Pierrepont Jr.
5’ 10”
22 yrs
148 lbs
No. 7
O. Longacre Jr.
5’ 11 ½”
21 yrs
173 lbs
No. 6
G.H. Carter
6’ 1 ½”
22 yrs
189 lbs
No. 5
E.P. Shattuck
6’
23 yrs
158 lbs
No. 4
J.L. Mackey
5 11 ½”
19 yrs
186 lbs
No. 3
C.M. Lewis
5 10”
23 yrs
164 lbs
No. 2
R.W.G. Pressprich*
5’ 10”
21 yrs
163 lbs
Bow
A.W. Putnam
5’ 8 ½”
22 yrs
163 lbs
Cox
M.G. Bogue
5’ 1 ¾”
18 yrs
104 lbs
Cornell University
Coach- Charles “Pop” Courtney
Freshmen 8
Stroke
John William. Ihlder
5’ 9”
20 yrs
146 lbs
No. 7
Augustine Ridmore. Ayers
5’ 9”
18 yrs
138 lbs
No. 6
Charles Winn Colt*
6’
20 yrs
155 lbs
No. 5
Lee Franklin Haumer
5’ 10 ½”
23 yrs
161 lbs
No. 4
Richard Holland Gamwell
5’ 9”
18 yrs
154 lbs
No. 3
Philip Brundage Windsor
5’ 10 ½”
19 yrs
153 lbs
No. 2
Charles Burlingame Smallwood
5’ 10”
24 yrs
166 lbs
Bow
P. Will
5’ 10”
19 yrs
165 lbs
Cox
Edward Thompson Magoffin
5’ 5”
24 yrs
110 lbs
Subs:
Ralph Waldo. Dorn
5’ 10”
20 yrs
160 lbs
M.E. Shire
R.W. Beardalee
H.E. Halloway
Coach- Charles “Pop” Courtney
Varsity 8
Stroke
Frederick Abell Briggs
5’ 6”
24 yrs
134 lbs
No. 7
Edward Josiah Savage
5’ 11 ½”
22 yrs
162 lbs
No. 6
Edward Orton Spillman*
5’ 10 ½”
22 yrs
166 lbs


No. 5
Mark M. Odell
5’ 11”
25 yrs
162 lbs
No. 4
Asa Carlton King
6’
20 yrs
168 lbs
No. 3
Clarence S. Moore
5’ 10 ½”
20 yrs
168 lbs
No. 2
Wilton Bentley
5’ 11”
20 yrs
160 lbs
Bow
Samuel Riley Wakeman
6’
20 yrs
165 lbs
Cox
Frederick Diamond Colson
5’ 6”
21 yrs
105 lbs
Subs:
Theodore Layton Bailey
5’ 11”
19 yrs
157 lbs
Emmett Browning Carter
5’ 10”
21 yrs
156 lbs
William Cox Dalzell Jr.
5’ 10”
19 yrs
165 lbs
Clarence Meigs Oddie
6’ 1”
20 yrs
166 lbs
William Boyd Stamford
5’ 10”
19 yrs
160 lbs
Harvard University
Coach- R.M. Townsend
Freshmen 8
Stroke
F.O. Byrd
6’
19 yrs
162 lbs
No. 7
N. Biddle
6’
19 yrs
162 lbs
No. 6
F.L. Higginson Jr.*
6’ 1”
19 yrs
163 lbs
No. 5
R.C. Heath
6’ 2”
19 yrs
171 lbs
No. 4
N.W. Tilton
6’ 3”
18 yrs
171 lbs
No. 3
J.M. Glidden
6’
19 yrs
161 lbs
No.2
C.M. Brown
5’ 9”
18 yrs
161 lbs
Bow
J.L. Saltonstall
5’ 11”
19 yrs
154 lbs
Cox
A. M. Rock
5’ 8”
19 yrs
117 lbs
Subs: E.W.
Howard
J.D. Kernan
E. Gray, Jr.
H. Fitzgerald
Coach- R.C. Lehmann
Varsity 8
Stroke
Edward A. Boardman Jr.
5’ 10”
21 yrs.
168 lbs
No. 7
David M. Goodrich*
6’ 1”
20 yrs.
175 lbs
No. 6
John F. Perkins
6’
19 yrs.
174 lbs
No. 5
James H. Perkins
6’ 1”
21 yrs.
179 lbs
No. 4
Albert A. Sprague 2nd
5’ 11”
22 yrs.
178 lbs
No. 3
Edgar N. Wrightington
5’ 9 ½”
22 yrs.
165 lbs
No. 2
Charles C. Bull
5’ 9”
20 yrs.
165 lbs
Bow
George D. Marvin
5’ 2”
25 yrs.
160 lbs
Cox
R.D. Huiderkoper
5’ 6”
21 yrs.
100 lbs
Sub:
S. Hollister
5’ 11”
23 yrs
173 lbs
B.H. Whitbeck
5’ 9”
19 yrs
168 lbs
G. H. McDuffie
6’
20 yrs
167 lbs
Clarke Thompson
6’ ½”
21 yrs
170 lbs


University of Pennsylvania
Coach- Ellis Ward
Freshmen 8
Stroke
N.A. Folwell*
5’10”
18 yrs.
157 lbs
No. 7
C.A. Patterson
5’10”
20 yrs.
134 lbs
No. 6
L.G. Buckwalter
5’11”
19 yrs.
161 lbs
No. 5
H.R. Kerney
6’3”
19 yrs.
172 lbs
No. 4
L. Kintzing
5’11”
18 yrs.
156 lbs
No. 3
C.T. Hutchins
5’11”
17 yrs.
150 lbs
No.2
P.H. McCook
5’10”
20 yrs.
148 lbs
Bow
C.H. Henry
5’9”
18 yrs.
140 lbs
Cox
A.B. Hager
5’5”
17 yrs.
100 lbs
Sub:
V.L. Johnson
5’11”
23 yrs.
152 lbs
Coach- Ellis Ward
Varsity 8
Stroke
J.M. Ruegenberg
5’11”
20 yrs.
166 lbs
No. 7
J.B. Barnett
6’3”
20 yrs.
173 lbs
No. 6
F.L. Wallace
6’ ½”
19 yrs.
165 lbs
No. 5
E. S. Stearns
6’
21 yrs.
172 lbs
No. 4
W.H. Howell
6’
24 yrs.
164 lbs
No. 3
J.H. Hall
5’10”
20 yrs.
157 lbs
No. 2
S.A. Boyle Jr. *
5’11”
21 yrs.
166 lbs
Bow
W.P. Preston
5’8”
19 yrs.
155 lbs
Cox
J.L. Wise
5’4”
19 yrs.
104 lbs
Sub:
Bush
Yale University
Coach- Robert Cook
Freshmen 8
Stroke
William B. Williams
5’ 10”
18 yrs
158 lbs
No. 7
J.H. Niedecken
6’
19 yrs
170 lbs
No. 6
R.A. McGee
6’
20 yrs
185 lbs
No. 5
J.W. Cross
6’
19 yrs
179 lbs
No. 4
R.P. Flint
5’ 11”
21 yrs
172 lbs
No. 3
J.P. Brock*
5’ 11”
17 yrs
181 lbs
No. 2
H.P. Wickes
5’ 10”
18 yrs
170 lbs
Bow
R.M. Batterson
5’ 9 ½”
20 yrs
158 lbs
Cox
J. McG. Walton
5’ 3 ½”
19 yrs
113 lbs
Sub:
R. J. Schweppe
6’
20 yrs
158 lbs
T. Simons
5’ 10”
19 yrs
172 lbs
Coach- Robert Cook
Varsity 8
Stroke
George Langford
6’
20 yrs
164 lbs
No. 7
William Edward Schenck Griswold
6’ 1”
20 yrs
175 lbs
No. 6
Fred Winthrop Allen
5’ 11 ¼”
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 5
Philip Horton Bailey*
6’
23 yrs
180 lbs
No. 4
James C. Greenway
6’
21 yrs
174 lbs


No. 3
Henry Goodwin Campbell Jr.
6’
21 yrs
175 lbs
No. 2
Payne Whitney
5’ 10 ½”
21 yrs
164 lbs
Bow
David Francis Rogers
6’
21 yrs
165 lbs
Cox
Louis F.Freeman Green
5’ 6”
21 yrs
100 lbs
Subs:
George T. Marsh
6’
20 yrs
170 lbs
Paul Denckla Mills
5’ 10 ½”
20 yrs
170 lbs