The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-20
a good place Cornell is most feared by


the badgers.
Cornell and Wisconsin are dividing the
chances for first and second place be-
tween them in the opinion of a majority
Of the experts with third undecided be-
tween Columbia, Pennsylvania and
Georgetown. Syracuse seems to be the
weakest crew. They hang long time on
the catch and do not have the power that
the other crews show.
The Wisconsin quarters is one OF the
most conspicuous spots on the river.
cardinal flag with a white "W" floating
from the Flagstaff of the academy can be
seen for miles UP and down the course
All the Pennsylvania crews went out in a
driving rain at Poughkeepsie yesterday. They
rowed hard along the course, the freshmen
and fours Tor two miles end a half and the
varsity for three. The coach seemed to be
driving the varsity to work out their endur-
ance
The Georgetown crew appeared on the river
shortly before II o'clock, every man looking
in the best OF condition. They rowed about
four miles, Dempsey coaching them in starts
and spurts. a
Courtney's announcement that his varsity
crew made the -four miles Wednesday night
in 1920 under adverse circumstances has made
Cornell more, than ever favorite in the bet
ting The Cornell varsity did not go out
freshmen and varsity four rowed short
stretches. 5-
Both Wisconsin e!shts went out early. They
rowed down stream {against the tide Tor
three miles. and then came back at hot
pace the freshmen rowing half mile ahead.
The varsity covered over five miles IN all,
and OfDea gave all of his attention to this
boat.
Columbia's varsity eight was primed FOR
two-mile race with the two varsity fours. The
second four. received a handicap Of forty-nVe
seconds on the eight. and the regular four
got off thirty seconds ahead. The regular
four was passed half mile from the finish,
and few hundred yards further the second
boat was caught The time for the two miles
was considerably under ten minutes.
Wisconsin had a severe days work. for the
first time since Monday the crews having a
double period of practice. They appeared to
stand it we'll. Coach O'Dea said their form
was better than ever before. They are now
rowing we'll together and are accounted dan-
gerous factor in the race. The varsity COW
cred over four miles in the afternoon and al
most as much in the morning In the arter-
noon they padded up the river for two miles
and raced back the. same distance with the
freshmen They were timed, but O'Dea would
not divulge the figures, although he admitted
that the time was fairly good under the conai-
tions The freshmen negotiated six miles
during the day, three ana a nali ol WAlenl
were rowed going to the start in the afternoon
and during their brush with ehe VARSITY.
The practice of racing starts was an inter-
esting feature of the work Of the Yale varsity
and freshmen eights at Gales Ferry, Conn,
yesterday morning. Both crews rowed oS
short stretches about two miles up stream'
and were tnen pitted against each other IN
starting practice. Several times the regular
o& fhn dfn h1y
the latter crew quickly drew UP and passed
them Rowing a short distance. the teams
were stopped and turned back to the line
again for other trials.
In the freshman boat Hal2en was put IN
Ferguson s place at No. 5, and Ferguson was
put at No. g. dispIacing Raymond who is
now out of the boat. 1t Is thought the change
may be permanent s-'' I: '&.=s5s.a - .E-rt :
The varsity four-oar took easy practice in
shor. stretches. -
The Harvard varsity eight did not go out
yesterday forenoon. fThe strike was rather
low Wednesday, and as it was thought posi-
BILE that this may have been an effect of the
hard work of four-time rows in eight days
the coaches decided to omit the forenoon
practice yesterday -
Tho announcement Of the change OF time
of the freshmen race to o'clock and the
varsity to o'clock next Tuesday was made tt
the men yesterday.
The freshmen crew was coached vest erdaJ
morning by Messrs. Higginson, Storrow ane
Blake Racing starts were tried. and the
stroke was raised g. little.