1899 Rosters
Columbia University
Coach-
Freshmen 8
Stroke
C.E. Fisk
6’
17 yrs
156 lbs
No. 7
D.M. Armstead
5’8 ½”
17 yrs
142 lbs
No. 6
N.P. Vulte
5’11”
18 yrs
163 lbs
No. 5
D.W. Smyth
5’10 ¾”
19 yrs
170 lbs
No. 4
T.L. Mount
5’8”
19 yrs
149 lbs
No. 3
G.G. Schroeder
5’8”
18 yrs
148 lbs
No. 2
C.W. Bartow
5’8 ½”
19 yrs
140 lbs
Bow
F.C. Stechert
5’11”
17 yrs
148 lbs
Cox
R.L Strebeigh
5’6”
18 yrs
115 lbs
Subs:
R.H. Bateson
A.B.A. Bradley
F.B. Irvine
R.B. Potts
R. P. Jackson
Coach- Walter B. Peet
Varsity 8
Stroke
B.M. Falconer
6’
19 yrs
170 lbs
No. 7
O.W. Erdal
6’
21 yrs
172 lbs
No. 6
J.W. MacKay*
5’11”
22 yrs
161 lbs
No. 5
S.P. Nash
5’10 ½”
19 yrs
170 lbs
No. 4
I. LePrince
6’ ¼”
22 yrs
165 lbs
No. 3
C.G. Meyer
5’11 ½”
19 yrs
173 lbs
No. 2
A.N. Lawrence, Jr.
5’10”
20 yrs
155 lbs
Bow
Hiram Thomas
5’10 ½”
23 yrs
153 lbs
Cox
M. G. Bogue
5’
18 yrs
110 lbs
Cornell University
Coach- Frederick D. Colson
Stroke
John M. Francis
5’11”
20 yrs
154 lbs
No. 7
Edward David Toohill
5’10 ½”
19 yrs
145 lbs
No. 6
Edward Harrison Powley
5’10”
20 yrs
155 lbs
No. 5
Alfred Smith Petty
5’10 ½”
20 yrs
157 lbs
No. 4
Frank Henry Teagle
6 ¼”
20 yrs
150 lbs
No. 3
Lawrence Sprague Haskin
5’10”
19 yrs
155 lbs
No. 2
Henry Lord Chase
5’11 ½”
19 yrs
150 lbs
Bow
Arthur Freeman Brinkerhoff
5’6”
19 yrs
138 lbs
Cox
Guy Edwin Long
5’5”
20 yrs
107 lbs
Subs:
William Boothby Kugler
Emery Lafayette Walker
Walker Oliver Beyer
Eastman Albin Burrows



Coach- Charles “Pop” Courtney
Varsity 4
Stroke
C.B. English

23 yrs
165 lbs
No. 3
L.F. Hammer
5’11”
24 yrs
160 lbs
No. 2
Layton S. Lyon
5’10”
20 yrs
156 lbs
Bow
A.R. Ayers
5’9”
20 yrs
138 lbs
Coach- Charles “Pop” Courtney
Varsity 8
Stroke
Ralph Wellington Robbins
5’8 ½”
19 yrs
153 lbs
No. 7
William Cox Dalzell Jr.
5’11”
21 yrs
158 lbs
No. 6
Robert Winslow Beardslee
5’11”
22 yrs
155 lbs
No. 5
Edwin Rugur Sweetland
6’
23 yrs
172 lbs
No. 4
Asa Carlton King
6’
21 yrs
165 lbs
No. 3
Samuel Wiley Wakeman
6’
22 yrs
165 lbs
No. 2
Henry Ernest Vanderhoel
5’8 ½”
22 yrs
161 lbs
Bow
Seward William Hartley
5’11”
20 yrs
159 lbs
Cox
Schuyler Lyon Fisher*
5’4”
25 yrs
104 lbs
Sub:
Charles B. Smallwood
Augustine Ridenour Ayers
Layton Stearns Lyon
Lee Franklin Hammer
Clifton Benson English
Pennsylvania University
Coach- Ellis Ward
Freshmen 8
Stroke
S. Henry Creager Jr.
5’9 ½”
18 yrs
137 lbs
No. 7
Earl F. Croasdale
5’11”
17 yrs
139 lbs
No. 6
George A. Huggins
6’1 ½”
17 yrs
166 lbs
No. 5
Charles T. Sharpless
6’
19 yrs
150 lbs
No. 4
Howard W. Arrison
5’11”
20 yrs
134 lbs
No. 3
John M. Campbell
5’9”
17 yrs
148 lbs
No.2
Samuel J. Henderson
6’
19 yrs
137 lbs
Bow
John T. Carr
5’10”
18 yrs
152 lbs
Cox
Ralph B. Evans
5’4”
18 yrs
105 lbs
Substitutes:
A. Felix du Pont
Edward R. Knapp
Coach- Ellis Ward
Varsity 4
Stroke
Samuel Crowther Jr.
5’11”
19 yrs
156 lbs
No. 3
J. F. Bechtel
5’8”
21 yrs
154 lbs
No. 2
O.B. Evans
5’9 ½”
20 yrs
155 lbs
Bow
J.F.B. Atkin
5’10”
23 yrs
149 lbs



Coach- Ellis Ward
Varsity 8
Stroke
John P. Gardner
5’9”
23 yrs
153 lbs
No. 7
J.Herbert Hall
5’9 ½”
22 yrs
160 lbs
No. 6
J.W.A. Busch
6’2 ¾”
23 yrs
161 lbs
No. 5
A.H. Flickwir
5’10 ½”
20 yrs
170 lbs
No. 4
J.B. Snover
5’11”
23 yrs
166 lbs
No. 3
F. L. Davenport
5’9”
21 yrs
154 lbs
No.2
William R. Howell
6’1”
20 yrs
162 lbs
Bow
Lester Kintzing*
5’11”
20 yrs
156 lbs
Cox
A.B. Hager
5’5”
19 yrs
105 lbs
Subs:
O.B. Evans
Samuel Crowther, Jr.
University of Wisconsin
Coach- Curran C. McConville
Varsity 8
Stroke
Lynn A. Williams
5’ 10 ½”
21 yrs.
155 lbs.
No. 7
Andrew R. Anderson*
6’
22 yrs.
177 lbs.
No. 6
William C. Sutherland
5’ 10 ½”
20 yrs.
164 lbs.
No. 5
William J. Gibson
6’ 1 ½”
21 yrs.
170 lbs.
No. 4
S. C. Welsh
6’ 2”
20 yrs.
177 lbs.
No. 3
Israel Mather
6’ 1”
20 yrs.
171 lbs.
No. 2
John I. Lyman
5’ 7 ½”
21 yrs.
141 lbs.
Bow
Frederick A. Little
6’ 2 ½”
21 yrs.
155 lbs.
Cox
Joseph G. Dillon
5’ 1”
20 yrs.
106 lbs.
Subs
:
E.E. Haskins
W.P. Hirshberg

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