Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-07

most the same that rowed such a close
second TO Cornell when the latter crew
broke the worlds record for four miles at
Poughkeepsie last June. In physique these
men excelled all their rivals last year. II
any oarsmeu in America can successfully
row the English stroke they are the men.
Courtney has so many candidates at Cornell
that he is training two crews, and Will at
the last select the strongest combination TO
row against Yale and Harvard. and probably
against Columbia and Pennsylvania also.
Courtney has sprung a surprise. on Cornell-
ians in Jeffers. who is now rowing stroke.
letters is an old oarsman at Cornell who has
never made the boat. He trained lot 9o
freshman crew and again last year for the
varsity. Both seasons he was retarded by
illness and this accounts for his failure to
mako either. 1t is surprising, though, that
Cornell places him in so important a position
as stroke. He is doing good work, as is
evidenced by the length of time Courtney rs
keeping him in the pacemaker's seat. ana ne
may supplant both Briggs and Bentley. Inc
varsity Is now rowing with Jeffers at stroke,
Tatum Z, Spillman 6, Savage .. Johnston 4,
Moore 8, Chriswell 2 and Ludlam bow.
In addition to its four other races Cornell,
just to show that 1t is willing to row all
corners. will in May rare the eight-oared
crew of the Annapolis Naval cadets. This
Is bound to be an interesting race. Cornell
will doubtless be represented by its second
varsity crew.
Strange as 1t may seem. Cornell Is not
nearly so worried that Yale will wreSt It's
aquatic honors away as most people think.
Harvard in the first race and Pennsylvania
In the second race are the two crews, and
the only crews, that Cornell Is the least bit
afraid of, and having always disposed OF
them in a handy manner, 1t believes that IL
can repeat the past performances again
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every one at Ithaca Is working away with a
vim that bespeaks good results.
Ellis Ward Is doing great work with the
Pennsylvania, 1T is said. AS he has about
the same men as he had last year 1t will
not be surprising should he turn out a win
ming crew. Coach Courtney fears Ward
more than any other college coach, possibly
excepting Lehman, whose ability he is not
vet familiar with. AS for Bob Cook, Yales
coach, Comedians never have regarded him
seriously, that Is, not as O. coach; as a Hen
ley correspondent or as a spokesman. no one
has ever dared suggest that he has a peer.
Yale Is steadily at work developing a fine
crew. Most of the men who went abroad
last season will sit in the blue shell again
this year, and 1t Is safe to predict that no
crew has ever been more carefully coached
than the Yale crew of 1897 will be. To de-
feat Harvard would be to fill Yale's cup of
joy, from which 1t hasn't been slipping much
of late. full to the brim. But, to vanquish
Cornell would be to make that cup OF JOY
flow clear over. And every one around New
Haven Is confident that Yale will be the first
at the finish. Cook has been talking his
usual three columns during the past week,
and has encouraged this idea to the greatest
| extent. The redoubtable Robert has also
taken the liberty to say that the race ought
to be moved to New London. since Yale is
more used to that course. OF course the
race Will be at Poughkeepsie, but then, just
| think of the nerve of the man, after Cornell
| courteously permitted Yale to come into its
race with Harvard! 1t must be made Of
sheet iron or steel!