1909 Rosters
Columbia University
Coach- Jim Rice
Freshman
Stroke
G. Downing
5’ 11 ½”
19 yrs
159 lbs
No. 7
J.T. Kemp
6’ ½”
19 yrs
171 lbs
No. 6
F.J. Moore
6’ 1”
18 yrs
173 lbs
No. 5
F. Culman
6’ 1”
18 yrs
179 lbs
No. 4
J. Pulleyn
5’ 11”
17 yrs
157 lbs
No. 3
W. Pyne
6’
19 yrs
153 lbs
No. 2
M. Salisbury
5’ 10 ½”
18 yrs
150 lbs
Bow
R. Snevily*
6’
18 yrs
151 lbs
Cox
E. Swacey
5’ 9”
18 yrs
115 lbs
Subs:
O.L. Maurer
C. Sinclair
Coach- Jim Rice
Varsity 8
Stroke
R.K. Murphy
5’ 9”
23 yrs
169 lbs
No. 7
L.H. Spalding
6’
21 yrs
170 lbs
No. 6
T.A. Robinson
6’
24 yrs
178 lbs
No. 5
E.S.J. Phillips Jr.
6’ 1”
20 yrs
172 lbs
No. 4
F.H. Sauders
6’ 1 ½”
23 yrs
178 lbs
No. 3
F. Miller
6’ 3”
21 yrs
162 lbs
No. 2
A.M Hamann
6’ 1 ½”
21 yrs
172 lbs
Bow
P. Renshaw
6’ 2 ½”
24 yrs
163 lbs
Cox
W.B. Eddison
5’ 6”
19 yrs
115 lbs
Subs:
S. Pitt
R.M. Keator
Coach- Jim Rice
Varsity 4
Stroke
N.B. Gatch*
5’ 11”
23 yrs
163 lbs
No. 3
L.R. Clapp
5’ 10”
23 yrs
161 lbs
No. 2
J.J. Ryan
6’ 1”
24 yrs
179 lbs
Bow
C.P. Jordan
5’ 11”
21 yrs
160 lbs
Cornell University
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
Walter G. Distler
6’
19 yrs
164 lbs
No. 7
John M. McDermott
6’ ½”
19 yrs
164 lbs
No. 6
W.O. Kruse
6’ 2”
20 yrs
160 lbs
No. 5
George B. Wakeley
6’ 1”
20 yrs
161 lbs
No. 4
Walter Johnston
5’ 8 ½”
21 yrs
144 lbs
No. 3
Clinton B. Ferguson
5’ 9 ½”
21 yrs
170 lbs
No. 2
Ernest F. Bowen
5’ 11”
21 yrs
165 lbs
Bow
Carroll E. Carpenter
5’ 11 ½”
20 yrs
158 lbs
Cox
Charles F. Merz
5’ 1”
17 yrs
116 lbs
Subs:


Silas Stimson
Alfred Bonney Jr.
Coach- Charles “Pop” Courtney
Varsity 8
Stroke
Randolph W. Weed Jr.
5’ 11 ½”
25 yrs
157 lbs
No. 7
Sewell Names
6’ 1”
27 yrs
165 lbs
No. 6
Philip L. Day
6’ 1 ½”
24 yrs
164 lbs
No. 5
Seymour H. Sutton
6’
23 yrs
168 lbs
No. 4
William M. Aitchison
6’ 1”
21 yrs
180 lbs
No. 3
Frank B. Kelley
6’ 4”
21 yrs
189 lbs
No. 2
LeGrand D. Simson
5’ 11”
22 yrs
170 lbs
Bow
Clarence N. Seagrave
5’ 7 ½”
22 yrs
165 lbs
Cox
Henry J. Kimball
5’ 4”
18 yrs
106 lbs
Subs:
Edward A. Stevens
William A. Backus
Coach- Charles “Pop” Courtney
Varsity 4
Stroke
Gilbert H. Crawford Jr.
5’ 10 ½”
21 yrs
155 lbs
No. 3
Herbert R. Lafferty
6’ 1”
20 yrs
160 lbs
No. 2
Frank E. Wurst
6’ ½”
21 yrs
167 lbs
Bow
Searns S. Bullen
5’ 11 ½”
22 yrs
167 lbs
Syracuse University
Coach- James A. Ten Eyck
Varsity 8
Stroke
E.G. Champlin
6’
21 yrs
176 lbs
No. 7
W.C. Fisher*
5’ 10 ½”
24 yrs
174 lbs
No. 6
M.C. Shimer
6’
24 yrs
169 lbs
No. 5
E.O. Hemenway
6’ ½”
22 yrs
174 lbs
No. 4
W.N. Gere
6’ 1”
22 yrs
168 lbs
No. 3
D. Putnam
6’ 2 ½”
23 yrs
178 lbs
No. 2
J.W. Gulbord
5’ 10”
22 yrs
163 lbs
Bow
B Fisher
6’
25 yrs
165 lbs
Cox
Frank Eldridge
5’ 7”
21 yrs
111 lbs
Subs:
F.G. Smith
W. Pendill
J.A. Rapelja
Coach- James A. Ten Eyck
Varsity 4
Stroke
D.E. Banks
5’ 11”
24 yrs
158 lbs
No. 3
R.A. Peterso
5’ 11”
21 yrs
160 lbs
No. 2
W.H. Williams
6’
20 yrs
154 lbs
Bow
K.T. Klock
5’ 8”
20 yrs
143 lbs
Subs:
L.M. Bush
H.H. Brown


Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
H.S. Cheney
6’ 1”
19 yrs
160 lbs
No. 7
S.H. Camp
5’ 11 ½”
24 yrs
175 lbs
No. 6
H.S. Dodge
6’ 2”
19 yrs
167 lbs
No. 5
D.J. Frawley
6’ 1 ½”
23 yrs
179 lbs
No. 4
A.J. Grimm
6’ 1”
21 yrs
158 lbs
No. 3
H.R. Topping
5 10 ½”
23 yrs
165 lbs
No. 2
G.C. Babbitt
5’ 8”
23 yrs
166 lbs
Bow
F.H. Buckley
5’ 9 ½”
22 yrs
156 lbs
Cox
H.H Richardson
5’ 6”
20 yrs
118 lbs
Subs:
Paul H. Helme
E.L. Barron
W.H. Jennings
University of Pennsylvania
Freshman – Ellis Ward
Stroke
R. Reath
5’ 9”
18 yrs
168 lbs
No. 7
T.H. Alexander
6’
18 yrs
160 lbs
No. 6
F.J. Shoemaker
6’ 1”
18 yrs
170 lbs
No. 5
F.L. Pryor
6’
19 yrs
167 lbs
No. 4
J.F. Stifel
6’
19 yrs
161 lbs
No. 3
R.E. Barrett
6’
19 yrs
180 lbs
No. 2
F.L. De Long
5’ 11”
19 yrs
160 lbs
Bow
B. Bell
5’ 10”
19 yrs
158 lbs
Cox
J.A. Williams
5’ 5”
19 yrs
113 lbs
Coach- Ellis Ward
Varsity 8
Stroke
F.W. Ballard
5’ 9”
21 yrs
160 lbs
No. 7
F.L. Breitenger
5’ 10”
20 yrs
165 lbs
No. 6
D. Shoemaker
6’ 2”
22 yrs
180 lbs
No. 5
J.W. Walton
6’
21 yrs
180 lbs
No. 4
R.S. Marx
5’ 10”
23 yrs
188 lbs
No. 3
L.W. Hoagland
6’
21 yrs
165 lbs
No. 2
R.C. Reeves
6’ 2”
28 yrs
164 lbs
Bow
A. Bennett
6’
20 yrs
162 lbs
Cox
B.C. Westcott
5’ 3”
21 yrs
105 lbs
Coach- Ellis Ward
Varsity 4
Stroke
E.H. Brown
5’ 10”
21 yrs
164 lbs
No. 3
J.P. Ferguson
5’ 11”
21 yrs
163 lbs
No. 2
R.K. Smith
6’
21 yrs
170 lbs
Bow
T.S. Woodhouse
6’
23 yrs
165 lbs


University of Wisconsin
Coach-
Freshman
Stroke
R.L. Bowen
5’ 11”
20 yrs
153 lbs
No. 7
P.H. Laude
6’ 4”
21 yrs
179 lbs
No. 6
A.L. Busc
5’ 11 ½”
20 yrs
155 lbs
No. 5
W.F. Mackmiller
5’ 9”
20 yrs
162 lbs
No. 4
J.O. Carr
6’ 2 ½”
20 yrs
174 lbs
No. 3
R.J. Crisney
6’ 4 ½”
19 yrs
169 lbs
No. 2
H.H. Rogers
5’ 10 ½”
19 yrs
165 lbs
Bow
C.C. Fenn
6’ 1”
18 yrs
164 lbs
Cox
O.L. Bigford
5’ 6 ½”
21 yrs
113 lbs
Subs:
W.H. Steinberg
F.C. Hanger
Coach- Edward Ten Eyck
Varsity 8
Stroke
H.A. Sumnicht
5’ 11”
21 yrs
160 lbs
No. 7
S Kerr Jr.
6’
21 yrs
165 lbs
No. 6
Rueben N. Trane
5’ 11”
23 yrs
160 lbs
No. 5
K.R. Hare
6’ 1 ½”
21 yrs
165 lbs
No. 4
W.O. VanLoom
5’ 11 ½”
24 yrs
176 lbs
No. 3
J.W. Wilce
6’ 1”
21 yrs
181 lbs
No. 2
K.J. Kraatz
6’ 4”
21 yrs
170 lbs
Bow
Eugene A. Dinet*
6’ 1”
21 yrs
162 lbs
Cox
W.D. RIchardson
5’ 6”
21 yrs
105 lbs
Subs:
E.J.
Gleenberg
L.E. Voyer

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