The sun., 1895-05-26
coAcH couRrNEy,s OPINION.
What re Thinks or the Cornell Henley
trew'r Chanqer.

trew'r Changes.
ITHACA, May 24.-The Cornell Henley crew a.
now made up took It's last trial spin but one this
morning. Tomorrow afternoon and Monday
afternoon the Henley craw will go out, but the
boat will have four substitutes In II. The trials
are usually made in tho afternoon. but Courtney
allowed tho crew To 20 out this morning
because Hall wished to go homo for
few days before sailing for Eng
land. This Ia the first time the crew
has rowed in the morning. For the past two
months the mon have gone down to the boat
house about o'clock In the afternoon. tired
out with hard days work and study at the
university and of course, while their form has
been good, 10 was not what It could be for tho
very reason that the boys were pretty well tired
out each day before rowing. The effect OF not
putting in work at the university before rowing
was illustrated IN the work of the crew this morn
ing. They were light-hearted and gay. pulled
a brisk. snappy oar and, according to Courtney
the short trial spin was the best piece OF work
the crew has yet done, not In speed, but in form.
Hall stroked the crew. and to the surprise of the
coach and the rest Of the crew hit the stroke up
to IL. Courtney is perfectly satisfied with Ham,
ilton's work at stroke, but as he Is not very
heavy and has trained hard, concluded TO give
him a rest.
To tho novice, and in fact TO the men well
posted In rowing training. IL has been q mystery
why Courtney cut out such hard work FOR the
crews each day. For the past month there has
not been a day, Sundays excepted. that tho
Henley crew has not been pitted against the
varsity and freshmen crews. The races hnve
been close and exciting, in fact the Hem
ley. men have had TO pull harder
in q regularly scheduled race in the past ten
years. Tho wiscacres shook their heads, say
Ing that tho result Of he hard training would bo
that the boys would 20 TO eces; that their coli
stitutions would not stand the pace. and. while
would not niurs them Physs"y 1t wSud Ss.d
been few men who have gone back In form.
it Is an nctia. fact that ench man IN tho Henley
crew has increased in weight In the past two
months OF ssd sd a to s
y ou may statc tha. the present Henley crew
Than any crew have ever trained for Cornell.
The course OF training may have seemed hard u
the uninitiuted but II has been made 10 Tor pCr
pose. II is we'll to bear in mind that in the race
the crew Is TO row in England the conditions
are entirely different than race ace, rowed in
one race. and when the race is over the relax
alton comes. nnd were the men TO row another
race the next day the result would be disast strOus.
This is the fault Cf The training yet 1t Is not
fault. because it il not necessary to provide
which the Cornell crew is entered. it may be
necessary for Cornell to row three hard races
in three consecutive days The Lcandor Club,
races and defeat three different crews. rowing
one race day. Take the average crew, aud this
would be a physical impoSsibiiity to do and do
Say that in tho race there are six crews en-
tered. The course does not allow OF over two
bonts to race Say thnLwe beat cur opponent the
first day: the next day we should have To van
daN e e Of the
readily SEQ what strain on the crew this
would be, and there err IS no getting ar0rnS aLI it;
re readily % see then % why have got lie boys tough
and strong hGTs atsd ss1.s them day to
have to row. There has been considerable SAID
ns 70 the time nndc by the Henley crew from
Gsyusa lake oyer The Henley course OF ons
very very satisfactory to me. More than, that.
rhn ns md s a Hs viii be s
m"rnins nor @ and evening, and shres times day. il
my whole time and attention. while here have
had four crews to look after.
Il think the ocean trip will do all the boys
goo,l. If they are not too slck we shall undergo
the same training that we 90 IN & ths gymnasinmi N
q nsy %en
keep ii. we shall probably have house to our
E nspsy .: The h sSes sSek ws suit w try
make every enGeavor to get an American. I
shall not give tho boys much work to
atter that their work will be hard and hope
fine. We are going over. hoping to win, and, un-
less the Englishmen are much stronger than we
are. We shall beat them. OF course they are
heavier and have more experience. but they
have not got wings. and II our muscle Is equal
TO theirs. and think it will be, we shall make
1t extremely interesting for them"
Preparations are being made to give the crew
The crew will leave Ithaca Tuesday, May 2S. at
| O'Clock in President Wilbur's private car at
tachcd to u special train via the Lehigh Valley
Railroad. The special Is run for the aceommo-
dation Of the large number OF Cornell students
and Ithaca people who will go to give
'le. crew an enthusiastic send-off. There
W all along. the limo OF the Lebieh
road. and at bethlehem a party OF Lehigh and
Lafayette students will join the excurs ionists.
The train ia scheduled to arrived IN Jersey CITY,
in the Pennsylvania depot at . y. NJ. and all
will then go to the steamer Paris, where tho
crew will hold reception. The next morning
the Starin steamer William {. Egerton will
company tho Paris down the bav.