New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-17
HARVARD AND CORNELL.
THE FRESHMAN RACE TO-DAY.

MEN: THEIR CONDITION., HOPES AND CHANCES
"A CLOSE RACE PROBABLE.
-lFRoM sPaulAL CORRESPONDENT or rHE TRIBUSE1
ENsENORE, July I5.-0Wasco Lake, at this
point is TO scene, Wednesday, OF che last IN
tgrolIegiae rowing contest for this sunmer-he race
between the Freshman crews OF Harvard and Cornell
In many particulars this lake and its surroundings are
remarkably well adapted for such contest II Is easy
OF access by rail- the Southern Central Railroad run
ming close beside It's shores; at NewLondon' trains
with raised seats following the boats can keep con-
stapty near the oarsen the grand stand at the finish
over4oos entire Ada 20 these the facts that
the beautiful lake, only twelve miles In length, seldom
m Summer has its surface much ruied for race
and you have combination OF ADVANTAGES that the col
ege Oarsnen have perhaps found nowhere else. There
offset, which may prove serions one on the day
OF the raceIhc want of accommodations FOR very large
numbers OF visitors There only three hotels within
easy distance from the course. Auburn, however 10
Only eleven miles away and there those crowded out Oh
! the lake hotels can easily find lodging places.
The Cornell crew have their headquarters at Ciarks
Glen House. here IN EnsenOre. They built boat-house
and temporary quarters q milo two further down the
river when they first came, but their cook proved HIM
self 20 latiod for his duties that they concluded IL
ould be better On mp here where their tables can
| lie prepared exactly they wish 70 have them lt
costs Us more, OF course" said Commodore Baker,
but we dout propose to sacrifice The men Tor Few
dollars" II crowds them little though, as the house Is
fu TO Overlooking Their boathOuse Is too far away to
be of use and they appropriated a barn close 70 the
ersedsr for the purpose Their new Waters paper
etghoared boat Is safely lodged there together with
the eightoarod barge which Columbia loaned TO them
Tor practice purposes As IN 1875 and 1875 Cornell has
a very hardy crew They are Old. too, for q Freshman
crew, averaging twenty-ono years. They are not men
whose muscle has been developed for the occasion by
rowing practice but men naturally well developed who
have been accustomed to rough exercise But their row
equal 20 that Of COrnes Freshman crew 1876
about that there Is no question: They admit IT, but
! they say there are good reasons for IT, In the
first place they have not had the opportunity for
/ practice The nrst challenge TO eightoared race
was sent by Harvard last February. Cornell was un-
accustomed 10 eight and coEsTain, and she de-
| cllned tho challenge; at the same time she sent
chAiloRge for a sixoared without oOXswans This
Harvard declined, and there the matter rested for
weeks Meantime Harvard was continuing her practice
which she hai begun monThs before, while Cornell was
doing nothing toward training number OF the
Cornell men were however, determined to mako race
II possible ana the result Of their labors was finally the
creation Of enough enthusiasm 10 result In challenge 70
Harvard for eght-oats- Then there was another long
delay before Harvard accepted although bancroft and
other members OF the Varsity anxious that
the freshnen should accept at once. II not until
NAV that final terms we're reached, and the Cornell
men began practice. The natural consequence Is That
nj the present time Harvard superior 20 them In
form aud regularity, aud rows much more perfect
scientific stroke.
To describe the crews method Of living and habits OF
practice is to describe the methods uniformly en-
poyed by all the best college while in training.
As peuned the last the Cornell crew passed
along In front OF tbc hotel elrevenng "iongpn"
Curtice with only I45 pounds 90 pal WITH sits In the
bow and then follow Foster Waterbury, COwos. Alien
Jayues Cole aud shihe the stroke aud captain who still
turns tue scales az nearly $50 pounds Eteen, the
swain, weighs 10 pounds. The crew have ostroms
old stroke nearly they get II with their amount
OF ptactce-the same long reach forward the hafstop
then the catch which tends 20 lift the boat from the
| wAter and the long pull through the water. T. Le b.
Gardiner aud John Lewis Of the old victorious crews
are tho coaches The Cornell are indebted too. 20
Courtney for many a seryiceahle hint, although, OF
course merely a. en- outsider Many OF the visitors from
Auburn or friends OF the students watching the Cor
| nell Ioen while at their oars
Harvard has quarters az KnOx's, three miles below
Enscnore Their boathouse is In sheltered nook by the
Shore and their cottage, TWENTY-FIVE rods uD the hill
among the trees Bancroft OF the Varsity eight is their
regular coach and he aided by other members OF that
crew North the former captain. Is disabled by sore
knee and has been obliged 90 retire altogether e. d.
trandigee stroke and captain In his place The
other Inen follow him in the boat this orders Howard
| Hooper, Foster, Hawkins Hammond. Fresland aud At
| knson, bow. Their ooxswain. Brown. is lighter by
| eight pounds than Elsteen. Tho average age Of the
crew is less than twenty years. They very robust
looking men though not heavy their opponents.
wan fortunate enough TO catch them az practice row
this afternoon down the lake several miles from Ense
1 more For a Freshman crew they rowed with remark
able precision aud uniformity. SUM- they not pull
ing more than thirtywo to the minute and such prao
tce is very different from the excitement Of Ban
croft and the other coaches rode along the beach In
carriage and yelled their displeasure 60 the crew
when anything went wrong Harvard, It Is plain, is
working very hard and VIII row beautiful, II not a
| WANING, race ...
the probable result OF the race, hesitate 10 say
anything. When an oarsman like Courtney, VINO has
been carefully watching the boys of both crews for
| erai days. make no confident prediction. laymen
may well be silent Courtneys sympathies are all with
Cornell His Own home Ia on the shores Of the lake
which the University 0yerOOs and t doubtless the
adoption his theory Of rowing which went very far
| to insure Cornolls great victories In 1875.
He said to-day in his quiet way Both crews
have strong, heavy men, Of good age but there's no
doubt about the Haryards pulling In better FORM The
Cornell are too ragged IL VIII be close race.
The Harvard don't boast but Il is easy to soc that
they expect to give the Comedians all they do TO
| leave the crimson astern"
The wearers OF the Comedian aud white pro
nounced ia their confident assertions OF their crews
| superiorlty The Harvard crew have adopted
Cornell's method IN 1875 at Saratoga in
never allowing their opponents TO watch them at the
oar or to their time The the
at time when they not ikey 70 be seen, or take
their practice pulls out Of the reach Of Cornes hed
three times they have obtained the accurate time OF
Harvard in going the course they claim too that
they have beaten this time by few seconds. They
make effort 90 conceal their own time, and Harvard
knows exactly their strength as well as her own.
have beaten time Of ITO Pm glad thoy think they
Il exactly Yale thought she Ind our time too
at NewIondon bat shs found afterwards that abe
fOrtyhye seconds out OF the way AS 10 stands at pres
emit Cornell has confidence that springs both from her
crew and from the prestige Of her old victories; Har
ward confidence from her crew and the recent victory
OF the Varsity eight Yale. That Cornell has 50
many hackers az the lake just nc present be due
70 he fact that she Is very near her own doors There
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