The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-07
ARE A HEAVY CREW.
Badger oarsmen Are Rowing in
II $50: Very Good, Form. r. :.
THE REGATTA AT. .PouGHKEEPsIE
Coach Andy O'Dea Gives q Summary.
80 of the Work5of: His Men 49,,
1874. This Year. %. ~ -: =

Great. interest is taken in the, west in
the trip Of the Wisconsin university crew
to. ~Poughkeepsie June II: Wisconsin is
| practically the only western. university
| that maintains a crew, and the only west.
! ern Institution that has ever had courage
enough. to pit its; oarsmen against the
cream Of the eastern talent. ~. -.,.Az.::' I
Heretofore the badgers have made "a
good showing in the east. They finished
second three: years ago., and lost first
place only by accident a crate floating in
front Of the badger shell, com Polling the
coxswain ~ steer out of his course, thus
enabling Pennsylvania to gain the lead 2.
/ Two. years ago wisconsin finished a
close, second, beating out Cornell and
Columbia, but losing to Pennsylvania.
The badger freshmen crew won the fresh
man race the same year. sS}.,: -*2I
Last year the badgers only finished
third, although they were favorites be-
Andy ODea.- who has made wisconsin
what She is in college naval Affairs, the
! inventor of. the famous -"'Yarra- Yarra'
| stroke, and one Of the leading coaches Of
! the, world, gives, the following summary
spring: ,ss.'" -: 49,. =. - :. u.s.
| tionally good form, but unfortunately we are
| experiencing one of the worst weather vista
tions that we have had in my experiences here.
1 We have four crews at work, varsity and Sec
| ond crew. freshman and second freshman
| The crews are at the present time evenly
matched. The second varsity at times shows
superiority in suurts but in the, longer rows
the superior blade work and time Of the var
sity b9at tells We Wesah n however, an excep
tional1y good lot of Varsity material to select
from, and it is. NECESSARY to change tM men
almost daily in order to discover the most
suitable men for respective positions *;
| This will be dom until I am fully satisfied
that the best men have been selected. The
freshmen are rowing strongly and promise to
develop into a st-class Junior crew. They
average. in their present order 1853 pounds,
which is far above the freshman average The
varsity crew averages ITO pounds, which is
much. heavier than any other previous crew
| that has reoresented Wisconsin. OF course,
| when the weather warns uD and the boys
harden they will lose a little and possibly will
average in the neighborhood of 165 pounds,
but at that it viii still be the heaviest var
sity crew we have. yet sent to the starter s
! flag. :-~-7 - ~ $50 ..., -. =.
+ Capt ain Fred Pabst Of Milwaukee, who has
! been a great friend to the Wisconsin crew,
and who prior to this season has contributed
] funds toward the navy department. has again
| shown his generosity by donating a new
Ruddock cedar shell fer the use of the var
sity. The boat is ready for shipment and is
expected at Madison this week. The boat
contains many new features, and altogether
/ will be different from anything ever used by
| a Wisconsin crew. 49,.
| The interior braeing- is exceptionally good.
] A longitudinal truss is constructed over the
keelson, to which it is, bo!ted. and diagonal
bracng is employed to tie the sides and center
truss. The washboards place out single fash
ion and give the boat big appearance The
model is of the full order, and it is expected
| To float our heavier crew One-eighth inch
:, higher than boats we have had of previous
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