The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-26
CREWS ARE READY.
Poughkeepsie Races
Set to Begin This
Afternoon.
RECORD LIKELY TO Be LOWERED.
Never Before Have the Col
leges Been So Even
ly Matched.
RECORD LIKELY TO Be LOWERED.

| crews OF columbia, COIllell, emmy
vania and Wisconsin meet on this river
Tuesday next, for never in the history
of this now famous course have the
crews seemed to be so evenly matched
as are those here at present.
1t is fitting if the record is to be
broken that it should be here, for here
under the shadow of the great
Poughkeepsie bridge, Cornell In 1896
established a new worlds record of 10
minutes and 20 seconds. The last few
practices of the crews have shown much
greater similarity in the crews and
their stroke, and the respective speeds
than has ever been noticeable before
and the boats travel so well in practice
that they will undoubtedly be very close
together during most of the four miles.
Tomorrow at o'clock in the after
noon a race between four-oared crews
of Pennsylvania and Cornell will open
the two days racing. This is practically
match race, although the committee
of the Poughkeepsie Highland Regatta
| Association are hoping that next year
it will lead to entries in singles, doubles
and other tours so as to make the sport
general Ills race OL lOuI CN NlCNS
will but whet the appetites for the race
of the freshman Fights Of Columbia,
Cornell and Pennsylvania which occurs
at on the same afternoon.
Tuesday, June o. at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, or as soon thereafter as the
weather will permit, the race of the
varsity Fights of Columbia, Cornell,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will be
rowed. This is the race that well in
O. I fes To 1a of he
closest and fastest ever rowed by col
| lege crews.
The crews are in the pink of condition
and have devoted every minute of their
| time to the work in hand. There are no
suggestions of staleness, or of not
enough nerve and each coacher today
claims that his men are all in the best
| of condition. OF the crews as units the
heaviest is the Columbia varsity which
averages about 1853 pounds, coupled with
an average height Of five feet eleven
and one half inches as in comparison
with the crew of Wisconsin, which for
| it's average height of six feet and one
| inch has but an average weight OF l6z
| pounds. The men have been under the
personal direction of their coaches for
many weeks and their frankness in
claiming exemptions from such training
| diseases as have heretofore formed eX-
1
Charles Courtney, who for years has
| trained Cornell for their great series Of
victories, is in charge of the Cornell
crew this year. DIR. Peet, an old rowing
and athletic enthusiast, is in charge of
| Columbia and has had to change the
mems methods, so much so that he has
| had a very hard task. Ellis Ward is the
! Pennsylvania coach. He has in the past
| three years brought his men UP to
wonderful standard. In two races in
which Pennsylvania has seemed to have
| good chance for winning, she has
swamped on this course with no appar-
ent good reason for it except splashing
| of the oars.
The coach of Wisconsin is a mere boy,
c. C. McConVille, who only few years
| ago stroked varsity crew which beat
Yale. He was a pupil of Andrew O'Dea
The freshman crews of Pennsylvania
| Cornell and Columbia are in splendid
| condition and the two mile race Will be
done in fast time. This is always an
exciting race because its brevity gives
a chance for a display Of dash and squirt
rowing not possible in the long four
mile race of the senior Fights The pair
cared race Will be roWed over the TWO
| mile course also.
The Poughkeepsie varsity course of
four miles runs along the west side of
the river in the shadow of the high nils
and begins at point three miles above
the Poughkeepsie bridge, finishing
mile below. 1t is as straight as tight
~ drawn line could be and the current
Of the river affects it but little, If the
race is not rowed at a time when the
up-tide makes a swirl in the shallow
water. The miles are marked with big
round white disks, and the entire race
is visible from an observation train
which runs on the west side of the river.
The two mile course for the four
and freshman eight is rowed from the
two-mile point of the course to the nm
ish.
The four mile stretch of water which
has come to be known as the Pough-
keepsie, course, has been the scene of
the most important college boat races
that have been rowed within the past
four years, or since 1895, when the
course was first brought to public notice
through it's selection for the triangular
race between Cornell, Columbia ana
Pennsylvania universities.
The course holds the worlds record
for four miles, it having been estab-
lished by Cornell in 1896, when the Itha-
cans Travelled the four miles in 10 min
utes 20 seconds.
Following are the crews that will take
part in tomorrows races:
CORNELL FRESHMAN CREW.
Arthur Freeman Brinckerhoh, bow, Mt.
Vernon, n. Y. Age, 10; weight ISS;
iig Henry LORD Lord chase, No. 2, New York
Age, 49, weight, 1856; height, 5;llh.
Lawrence Sprague Haskin, No. 3, Fort
Adams. Newport, r. 1. Age, 10; weight,
i' Frank nix Henry TagIe, No. A, Cleveland, o.
Age 20: weight, $50; height 6.OA
Y, Age. 20; weight, l57; height, 5.10A.
Edward Harrison Powley, No; 8, Ran
somviiie. n. Y. Age, 20; weight, 1856;
hY EDWARD 1iig David Toohill, No. T. Auburn,
n. Y. Age, 10; weight, 145; height 5.101a
John NJ Francis, Troy, n. Y, stroke.
Age, 20; weight, l54; height I'll; IIIu,-o-no-
Guy Edwin Long, coXswain, WilkesDar-
re. Pa. Age. 20; weight. 1O7; height, 5.5.
William Boothby kugler Philadelphia,
substitute. Age, q; weight, las; height
Emery Lafayette Walker, Tacoma.
Wash. substitute. Age, p; weight, l35;
iiS Walker olive Boyer Buffalo. Age. 21;
weight, l45; height, 5.9l5.
Eastman Albin Burrows, Grand Forks,
N D. Age, -; weight, l52; height, 5.612
Average weight Of eight men on crew,
Average age of eight men on crew. 1875
years.
PENNSYLVANIA FRESHMAN CREW.
John ?. Carr. bow. Prepared at Roman
Catholic high school. Philadelphia. ROwed
on his school crew. Age, IS; weight, 49,
Samuel ] Henderson. No. 2. Prepared
at Dwight's school, New York. Age, 49,
weight, III: height, G.
John NJ. Campbell. No. g. Prepared at
Central high school, Philadelphia. Age
II: weight las; height. 90.
Howard W Arrison. No. 4. Prepared
at Browns preparatory school. Philadel-
phia Rowed on the school crew. Age,
20; weight 1874: height. 5.u.
Charles y. sharpless, DO. a Prepared