The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-22
COLLEGE OARSMEN READY.
HARVARD rs THE FATORITB FoR
FRIDAYS bVARSITT RACE.

ADphb bhho hAAo NDf tne IFNonmcn bAoHo 10.
sa~orrow-Cornen Crews new Tive MILES On
Tiu.e, the VARSITY VginninE sna FRESHNESS
Third-"Rennsy'sr aen Ge over the Course.
PoueHKEErsrE. June 2l.-For the first time
since tho crows have been practising on the
Hudson IL is possible to form an estimate Of
their respective merits. Yale wat on the watcr
to-day, and there is nobody to deny that tho
sons Of Old Eli know how to row and have the
strength and weight TO back their skill up. It
looks as II Yale would win the freshmen race
on Wednesday, but for tho big race on
Friday Harvard In o ~favorite. though why Il IL
hard to explain. Cornell is placed In third place
because hor crow IL too light to row three
miles with tho big men Of the crimson and blue.
Yet light mon have won many glorious victories
for Cornell. The Yale crew rows q stroke sim
liar to Harvard's, except that 1t IL not so long.
Tho slides are shorter apparently. and the mon
do more work with tho body. At tho end Of tho
stroke there 10 q slight pause. with q quick drop
Of tho wrists and q slow recover. There IL no
hang to the boat, which moves through the
water ut o steady pace on an even keel In form
Yale 10 equal to Harvard, but neither crew shows
the finish Of Cornell.
This evening Coach Courtney Of the Cornell
crews, Ellis Ward Of Pennsylvania, and Bob
Cook Of Yale saw tho crimson crows practise
racing starts under tho leo Of tho west shore
near Krum Elbow. Courtney and Ward were
out in the Pennsylvania launch Ben Franklin,
and Cook came across tho river in o pair
cared boat rowed BY two members of his crew.
At tho discharge Of q pistol both Of the
Harvard Fights caught the water together
and rowed minute stretches at o thirty-eiEht
clip. 1t was surprising how we'll tho stroke was
rowed out at this high rate Of speed. how evenly
the oars caught the water. and Will what pre-
oision the bodies OF the oarsmen swung back
and forth. Ono crew did not have an apprecia-
Bile advantage over the other in these short
spurts, and Cook found the exhibition so inter.
csting that he remained after tho other two
coaches had gone of down the river. Courtney
said to those In the launch with him:
Those crews are ,yory fast, very fast indeed"
oarsmen. Cook is not at ali pleased with the
plan = q of PIX, keeping PIN tn, the m OrSws on b. the termination sSs nans Il
who have their degree in tho balance do not
want to fail in their examinations on account Of
neither do they want TO lose in the boat race,
Cook appears to think that the faculty should
hold a special examination for the crew men
On account Of the rocks OF the Yale boat
s sss Ssa the ss stS%% y 20 nnla pssf fss sS %SS UNABLE ons ys to
Tho varsity eight favored q thirty.two stroke.
eight gait. During the afternoon the men did
some work in the pair oars, but did not do any
team Work unLll dIt6T 4 y ClOCk.
Both Of the Harvard eights were out this
a mSdTn poMcd a 4 fss v miie.y 9 at p o!eioaS is stTe afas1.
n noon the freshmen Came down read ready t for a G preo.
tice spin. but the boat was not ready. and they
tool, look a q walk sn to , ii%Ser up; G ASoSt s; ? o'clock 4
the launch. The latter said that there would
be no change in the lineup q either Of the
the men are in good health. The freshmen did
ali their practice above Kram Elbow. The
ST eai. Wits WI sh sRe Two on eis fshsy w splss one the g f sqea
leading tho varsity by, three and one.quarter
The Cornell crews did Very fast work in their
practice. This morning Courtney took all three
drilled them in blade and body work, two strokes
at a time. Then he headed them up the river
They received an even start and rowed down at
athirty-three clip. h e'varsity took the lead and
increased it to two lengths at the bridge. The
second crew finished next, giving a bad beating to
work done by the freshmen for. three weeks.
official time for the pull, tide and wind favoring,
was: First mile. 4 minutes 80 seconds; second
Total, 8 minutes a. seconds. This afternoon the
crew were coached BY Fred White. who came on
The Pennsylvania freshmen and second crew
paced the varsity to the bridge this morning on
q four.mile row on time. The conditions were
form. blade work. and speed. The second and
varsity eight finished fresh. The time as taken
by Ellis Ward was:
First mile and n half. z minutes 81 seconds;
time to second mile. 8 minutes IS seconds; third
mile, is minutes 10 seconds; third mile and a
half. Il minutes 45 seconds; four miles. 10 min
utes IS seconds. The record over the course Is
q few seconds lower and was made under the
nervous stress and excitement of a race.
Tomorrow night the representatives Of the
three freshmen crews, Cornell. Yale, and Har
ward. win draw for positions. The statistics Of
tho crews follow:
HARVARD.