Evening journal., 1897-06-18
WORK OF THE CREWS
Some of the Colleges Show Great
Form In Practice.
WITNESSED BY EXPERT COACHERS
CornelTs Men Were Attended to by Court
ney, who Is Greatly Pleased with
Them-Columbia and Harvard
Also In Good shape.


out for last evenings practice. as the |
contact OF wind and tide made a chop I,
py sea, which did not subside until al
most 6 O'clock At that hour the water
became tranquil and Coach Courtney
ordered his three crews into their boats,
taking them out to do an exhibition
mile for the benefit OF DR.. Walter Peet
the well known coach and rowing eX-
pert, and a representative OF the press,
who were in the launch with Courtney
This mile proved to be a magnificent
exhibition of speed, and 1t Indicated
that the crew which beats Cornell must
be a remarkably fast one. The three
Ithaca boats went up the river at
leisurely pace Of 2S strokes minute to
the two mile mark OF the course, where
] Courtney turned them around and lined
them up for a race.
The varsity boat had the west course,
with the freshmen next and the substi
tute crew to the east OF them, but they
were all in the middle Of the river, so
that none had an advantage OF tide.
The subs got a little the best Of the
start by about one quarter of length
over the varsity. who In time led the
freshmen by about the same distance.
There was no material change In this
| order over the mile. The tide carried
the crews almost 100 yards below the
mark, so the trial lacked just that dis
tance Of being a full mile.
The crews started off at a 30 stroke
the varsity taking the water in fine
style, with the freshmen almost as
well. and toward the end they hit the
stroke up to "a. The rowing was char
acterized by spirit and snap The time
was minutes and 10 seconds, and, al
lowing l6 seconds for the distance not
rowed at the start gives the very fast
time Of 4 minutes "a seconds.
DR.. Peet was strongly impressed with
the crews. the varsity especially. 1T
is a very fine eight" he said, land they
are rowing beautifully. I believe that
the race will be worth going 1000 miles
TO see."
witnessed by Expert Coaches.
The exhibition was witnessed by DIR.
Percy Bolton and Alfred Cowles, who,
next to Bob Cook. are the foremost
Yale coaches, and who followed the
crews on a yacht They were deeply
impressed with the exhibition. Captain
Spillman rowed at his old place in the
varsity boat last evening. He has been
troubled with an injury TO his wrist
which he cannot account for. 1t has
been very painful. but was so much
better yesterday that he was allowed TO
row.
Courtney is very anxious to keep
spillman in the boat. He waxed en-
thusiastic when speaking of the young
man, and said; why, It seems as II
there is a whole extra horsepower In
l the boat when Spillman rows. He in
spires the crew to a degree that is in
comprehensive. I shall make every ef-
fort TO keep him in the crew If can
, 1 fear. though that he will favor the in
! jured wrist
"Spillman rowed at No. 6. succeeding
Oddie, who has been taking his place
There was no other change in the crew.
4 The Harvard crews have had a very
Z easy day.
Harvard's Showing.
Examinations kept them from rowing
in the morning, and last evening the
varsity took a pull OF only about two
I. miles. It looks somewhat as II Lehman
' has got the crew down fine and is now
. working them moderately for fear OF
, their going stale.
: While this is quite a popular theory
> some Of the experts who saw the crew
expressed the opinion that none of the
Z crew is in this danger. with the possi-
. hle exception OF Captain Goodrich. The
. freshmen rowed about four miles, being
9 coached by Mr.. Storrow. The advent
. of Cornell has frightened Columbia
4 Coach Cowles saw the Ithacans row
yesterday. and 1t is said that the blue
and white eight is on the eve Of a bis
shake up.
There was one change in the boat lasl
G evening. Lewis being taken out of No.
seat and Elmer being put in his place
d There were charges in the freshman
II ] MI, t,,r ..fa
went back to No. 3. Gardner was moved
d to bow and Mortimer was taken out.
y Columbia's Time Not Extra.
The Columbia crews had very hare
day, for Cowles made each Of them row
q fully 20 miles. The varsity crew rowe(
II a mile against time in the evening
e Their time was not given out, but It Il
no secret that it was nearly a minut,
l. slower than that made by Cornell.
e Before that they had a burst Of 2h
= miles with the freshmen. The young
sters had half length the best Of thu
J. varsity at the start, and finished tina
Il reach ahead of the varsity. having los
Is about two lengths through erratic steer
n ing. Francis S. Bangs. president of tn
University Athletic union and manage
n Of the Cornell Columbia Pennsylvani,
i race, is visiting at the Columbia quar-
: ters.
= The Pennsylvanians.
4. The three Pennsylvania crews lef
their boathouse at D. m, Coach War
again using the Willawalla TO follow
e them, and all rowed slowly up tn
l. course for a hard pull back with tn
q tide. The varsity crew started a mil
II above the mark, where the course com
mences. and as they passed the star
l. the second varsity, or substitute crew
er picked them up. Now boys, don't rsce
It Just go a good clip" said Ward. Bsi
?: the substitutes were bound to have
Is race. and they hit up the stroke at
lively rate.
At the end OF the four miles the var
ar sity was one-eighth Of a mile behin
ID them. The freshmen fell In at the sec
a ond mile and finished onv length ahea
Of the second crew. The varsitys dl
e, not exert themselves to the utmost. an
n. they were in the cedar shell, which ha