New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-16
PRACTICE OF THE CREWS.
ALL THE COLLEGE oARsMEN HARD AT
WORK YESTERDAY.

cowIrS STROKES THE COLUMBIA FRESHMEN
u.,vApn noes . FAST MILE AND LEHMAN
Is P1EAsED-RAcE OF THE oUAKERs'
pourhkeeps,e. N Y June 15.-Thc college crews
had a variety Of weather to-day The sum- which
shone ferce,y the unprotected heads Oh .ie %
men during the morning practice. passed oemiu
beavv hank OF clouds which foated down from inc
northwest shortly after noon ana huhs oi'''''!
over the river. At o'clock 1t began 10 ram, "l
there was a steady downpour for an hour' Fuou
O'Clock and while 1t still raining the iresi,i nv.
crews of both Harvard and Columbia star'eu o"'
from their lighthouses for practice.
There were several changes In the Ooui'io''
freshman boat. Cowles. the coach puieu 81 oN -
place Of Kellogg who is sick. as he wished 10 MI
an tho stroke for the crew and improve their rae
ing FORM He put Mortimer In the DOW III piaIe ~
Gardner whom he placed at No. g. as SUBSTITUTE
for Rionda who slightly indsposeu' No"'e'
gave the youngsters a long, hard pull .-
Then Cowles boarded the launch ana lol'o"eu ms
VARSITY crew down the river, coaching them WIN
ro,o,od vieor This eight are about the heaviest
IN The river and they as If there were iot vi
mower in the boat. but there Is room TOT cohsiuei
able Improvement. Their blade work. espec'aiis U"
tho starboard side. is ragged Both OF the oo'uii
bia crews rowed In their Webb boats as Nepp the
builder, Of Worcester was on the launch watching
them with a view to making several necessary al
terat!ons in the rigging.
The Harvard Varsity eight got out al o cioch
In their Davy boat and Lehman took them down
10 the starting point of the course where he sent
them off on a trial spin Of one mile Inc crew
started ar their normal stroke Of thiry-two 10 inc
Yninute which they hit up TO thirty-four Inc
tide was on the ebb and running strong ana inc
crew made fast time. MIR. Lehman ala not HaAe
the time public but IT is known that 1t was uiu9i
five minutes AS the let the boat run at 'ie
end OF the mile the launch pulled UP aiongsiue Va
them and Lehman said: Boys l have no hesi-
tation in telling you that Is the best pit OF lo"
Won have done in three weeks The coach seeiieu
IN high spirits and the men were grea'S en-
couraged by his words they fairly puileo 'he oo''
ont Of the water Lehman had them row WIN 'iio
tide for nearly a mile further, and then crossing
N the east shore, they padded back 10 the poa'-
house. n
The PENNSYLVANIA Varsity and freshman crews
loft their boathouse at Sis. rowing up the river
At the icehouse the youngsters lay TO- whiie 'he
VARSITY went on up to the starting point VINCE
they turned and came back down the river. AS
they started on the second mile the freshmen picheu
them UP and rowed them good race Ior h, HI
lows and gradually wdened tho gap all the way 10
the end of the course. A. .os..rd.v Ellis Ward
is not ready admit that the paper DO, ooS' TBS
faster than his B pet a efear boa this
will continue experiment with notn pT h o n,
shell. II they DO they will be the only crew 10
use this Kind of a boat. Tuna % &c
Henley regatta. He will be ACCOMPANIED Dy .' Sap
tain Goodrich Sprague and the Perkins pro'hers
of the Harvard crews -, ,, CO. OF "a
The hour of the big race has been Sc. o at i 1%O
o'clock n M and the following notice was given
Out nv The management OF the regatta to-day;
on account Of the change OF time 81 be 'n specia
train on the West Shore Railroad adyertseo 10
leave the foot Of Franklin-st at To- aiu eIie
foot Of West Forty-second-st. at l2;io VIII lsaNc
Frankin-st at 1915 and West Forty -secon9-sI;
at 12:3O To the special train will be attached az
draWing-room and private cars. All persons WIG
have engaged seats the observation Tram shQuiI
take this train in order TO insure securing 'heii
seats" =. a-r,,,a haro
The Cornell crews expected TO arrive mere az
40 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, bringing ther
shell on the same train. The lthacans are uRa3ie
TO bring their launch with them. on account OF 1ns
water in the canal being too low for theIn 10 Set
throieh 10 the Hudson. They have had trouble
in securing boat to take its place.