The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-04

| ITHACA. June S.-As the time for the
big races draws near there is visible
freshening up among Cornell oarsmen.
For while. in both the varsity boats,
though most noticeable in the second
varsity. many of the men were to all
appearances both listless and careless
One man. who left to go home on ac-
count of Illness there with promise
| to return Immediately, never resumed
training. and his place had to be filed
from the second varsity boat. An
other was careless, and in consequence
became i'll. so that he had to give up
his seat. Others broke training Every
thing seemed to go wrong until Coach
| Courtney was heard to say one day,
almost in despair, that he wished 1t
were possible to have the freshmen
row in both races, as they would do
their best, even If they were beaten
| or late, however, the proximity Of the
races and the certainty that Cornell
Will go to New London has put new
Spirit into the boats. The men are
rowing better together the tune is
| much better, and the second varsity
| even manages to come in ahead of the
first freshmen occasionally in the races.
AS yet the first varsity boat has not
| been headed.
|
| weak lne the first boat Bailey and
Beardslee, though both old oarsmen,
are comparatively new in their posi-
| lions. but of late their work has i'm
proved greatly. A short time ago Mr..
| courtney attempted to strengthen the
port side by trying several starboard
men, OF which there is an abundance,
| tnere The experiment did not prove
| satisfactory, however, as the change
affected the quality of their rowing
| to great extent.
| IN the freshmen boats the situation
is Just the reverse of that in the others.
| as their weakness lies nearly all on
the starboard side. There is a SUPER
abundance Of good port candidates, but
courtney has been compelled to place
two OF the men from the third or "nev-
er die" boat into the second freshman
boat, in order to fill it up.
Mr.. Courtney has had two of the
rowing machines brought down from
the winter training quarters at the
| gymnasium and set up in the boat
| mousse They are for the use Of any
| candidates who may not be able to get
| out In the boats. This action by the
| coach is significant, in that it shows
his anxiety that the freshmen be in the
best possible form this year.
The varsity crew took long row on
Inc rake last night, but did not race
Inc crew is now made up as follows:
Briggs. stroke; Savage, Z; Beardslee G..
Sweetland, 8; Bailey A.; WEIGHT
man, 3; Bentley, 2: Dalzell, bow; CAP
tain, Colson coXswain
courtney has ordered eleven of his
freshmen candidates to the training
table. and it is quite proba bic that eight
or these will make up the freshman
crew which will represent the Ithacans
IN the coming intercollegiate races The
men who are rowing in the shell at the
present time are as follows: Clifford r.
english, Greenville, Pa; Charles w.
cross. Cleveland, o.; Layton S. Lyon
Wlli1amsport. Pa; Clarence A. Tryon
Oakfield; Henry E. Vanderhoef, Ithaca:
rSalph w. Robins, Chicago. Ill. Seward
W. Hartley. Gouverneur; Herbert p
King, Johannesburg. The following are
at present substitutes: Albert Ball. For
estV1Ile; William G. Thomas Wilkes
barre, Pa; Thomas B. Taylor New
York city.
While some minor changes NAV vet
ne made in the position Of the men II
is evident that Courtney has sifted a
long list of aspirants down so that he
now has the best eleven men of the lot
Inc average weight of the eight men
now in the shell is 159 pounds. This
weight will vary slightly as the men are
shifted. Physically, the candidates are
considered as good as the average. and
there is every probability that thew will,
make fast crew.