The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-02
PECTED TO WIN THE VAR
SITY RACE.
OTHER TWO ROWING WELL.
COLUMBIA AND THE QUAKERS
WILL PUSH THE EIGHT FROM
ITHACA.
MUCH INTEREST IN THE CONTEST.
Result Likely to Place Yale and
Harvard I'm Trying Position
The Crews.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, July L.
The second Varsity race over the Hud-
son rivr, four-mile course, of the crews
from Columbia, Pennsylvania and Cor
nell will take place, tide and water
permitting. tomorrow afternoon be-
tween the hours of and 7:3O o'clock.
1t is of as great Importance as the
race won from Yale and Harvard last
week by Cornell, because the success
full crew rows in it and it's defeat. or
the smashing of the time records made
in that race, will mean the raising Of
the question as to whether Columbia
and Pennsylvania should not be ad-
mitted to future contests in which
Yale and Harvard take part with Cor
nell. The best information tonight
leads to the belief that Cornell will not
be defeated, but it is also said upon
like good authority that her crew will
have to row as they never roWed be-
fore, and that with any kind of favor.
able conditions the records of last
week will be cut under. This is the
opinion, openly expressed this after
noon by Coach Cowles, Of Columbia,
and concurred in by the rest.
The conditions for the last two days
have been remarkably good at the
hour set for the race and the indica-
tions are that they will be repeated
tomorrow. In the drawing for posi-
tions this afternoon Cornell had her
usual good luck and drew the outside
course. where the ebb tide flows
strongest. This is the third consecu-
tive time that Cornell has drawn the
outside position. Columbia drew the
shore and Pennsylvania drew the
sandwich or middle place. 1t is as
serted, and with some degree of truth,
that the position that Cornell has held
! III the last two races and will hold to-
morrow, gives her considerable ad-
vantage over the other crews, the tide
assisting her.
The crews of Columbia, Pennsyl-
vania and Cornell are all rowing very
fast. Perhaps the most notable i'm
provement has been made at Column
bia, where the disheartening exper-
ience of last year made it almost i'm
possible to get up enthusiasm. There
is plenty Of it there now and Mr..
CoWles' remarkable work has had
great effect. Pennsylvania is rowing
the fastest looking boat on the river
and the longest stroke. Columbia is
rowing the fastest stroke and Cornell
the neatest, prettieSt and sIoWest.
THE THREE STROKES.
There has been lengthy discussions
IN the newspapers over the principle of
the strokes used by each of the crews
and the experts here have attemnted
to give description of the strokes.
Ionlght the three coaches gave for the
1rst time to the Associated Press brief
descriptions Of their strokes
MIR. CoWleS' stroke, roWed by Colum-
bla: The forward reach is with
straight arm and back the back in a
perfectly natural position. The catch
is quick and is followed immediately
! by a hard, steady finish of the slide
the swing of the body going back
little beyond perpendicular, with hands
finishing on the same level on which
they were when the blades entered the
water at the beginning of the stroke.
The recovery is a slight drop of the
hands into the lap, sufficient to clear
the blade OF water, then quick shoot
of the hands followed by a slow for
ward movement Of the body and the
slides together, until body and slides
are IN the same position as at the
beginning of the stroke. The length
of the slide varies from Is to Is inches"
Mr.. Wards stroke, rowed by Penn
stroke on the river, averaging "a and
going to &c on spurts of ten, then going
back to "a. The men are reaching fur
ther than any other crew, although
they do not move their bodies so much
as the others, but use the full length
of the slide. % inches. This can be
seen by watching the angle of the oars
and not the bodies The leg drive is
also the greatest of all the crews here.
The forward reach finds the legs well
drawn up to the arm pits, the back
almost perpendicular and the arms at
full stretch. The catch is easy, the
blade being slightly inclined as it
strikes the water. When the blade is
fully in, the force of the legs, slide and
back are applied with all the energy
possible. The blade slides out of the
water easily and the recovery is al
most instantaneous, yet not checking
the boat"
COURTNEY'S STROKE.
Coach Courtney, Cornell stroke: ga
long reach forward, followed by a
vicious lunge with the blades that
places them quickly, firmly into the
water before the application of the
power which begins instantly. The
slide goes back under the straighten-
ing Of the legs, the body gradually as
sumes an upright position, then a
backward tilt, the elbows bending from
| the straight arm at the commencement
! of the stroke till they are at the side
| at it's conclusion. The shoulders
| through this movement are we'll set
| and not round. At the conclusion of
/ the body and arm movements, which
are coincident, there comes quick,
increased application of power, al
most jerk, and the downward motion
! of the wrists, which lift the blades
and form the beginning of the swift
recovery Thus there is no checking
of the speed of the boat and every in
stant of the blades submersion is util-
| lied"
The crews will be made up as fol-
| lows:
Columbia
Position. Name. W.T.. HIT. Age.
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