New-York tribune., 1903-06-18
CORNELL'S CREW OUT.
Arriccs at Poughkeepsie- -Men Al
in Good Shape, Says Courtney.
Inr rr1rcRArH TO TIE rRIRUNE.I


ro,obkeonsie n. Y, June 17.-Cornelrs crew
SQUAD. twenty-four in number, came to town THIS
morning and at once the centre OIL popularity
among those who lake an interest IN the coming
regatta The Cornell oarsmen arrived here at
7S0 o'clock this morning and at once went to quar-
1crs at the Oaks on the west BANK ntue ABOVE
the finish of the four-mile course. All the men
were in good shape, according to Charles courtney,
their coach Their shells came with them' anu
included new varsity eight and new varsity 1our'
which will be used this year for the hrst Tune
The boats were constructed by John Hoyle: pretty
much after old times, except that the varsity
shell was built to accommodate an unusually heaNy
crew. as Cornell averages over ia pounds TO the
man this season The freshmen Will use Doa'
in which the varsity rowed in 1900
This morning Courtney devoted to rigging his
boats and chatting more or less non-coinnht'aHS
with The Tribune correspondent He said;
r,,r men are all in good condition and that is all
I care to say about them shouid prefer Hol st ~,
qtScuss qt w We heVe no excuses to make; have a
good crew; we always do; when we are beaten II
I saw 7 don't care to pass any criticism upon the
ability of my Any one is welcome TO CONF M 0uf
or Crews VS. merits We plan row day in in the the
e Ho9r9f ho% fee Gs It" It viii admit be Necessary
to give the crew more work at P3ughkeepS&1e & u, fhe
case in the past. Usually we come to Poughkee3p, 3
picnic here. 1t will be different this year What a
is nv honest opinion of the crew? II toio gou
people would say l was fabricating
Tho Cornell crews went on the water this after
noon for their practice. They rowed'fp to the
head of the course at twenty-four stroke Coih-
ing hack the eights rowed at a pace OF twenty
eight and the varsity, without attempting any
thing in the way Of race, distanced the fresh
mon hv twelve lengths mile and a half SPIN
As usual Pennsylvania was first on the water
this morning. The three crews rowed up 10 the
start of the four mile course, where they were
somewhat hampered by rough water The varsity
conceded three lengths to the freshmen ana the
latter a similar distance TO the four. The three
crews raced downstream with the tide
The senior shell managed to finish out the TWO
miles a shade ahead of the freshmen, who were
lengths before the varsity four. The eight tnen
continued the remainder OF the four miles running
10 A 36 stroke the last nile Their time was unsat-
;Sfact0ry and they exhibited ragged Body swing
and blade work. ..to,
Pennsylvanias crews again took routine practice
this afternoon, rowing easily some six miles 90
lTn1f,ias three crews also had a brush from the
TWO mile mark to finish. Rowing in good form
at a low stroke varying between % and 80, the
varsity beat the freshmen by half a dozen lengths
The four was close behind the O6 boat, and did
e1Irnrisingly we'll Columbia'S men took five mile
iaunt down toward Milton late this afternoon
Townsend No. in the Columbia boat was slightly
varsity was taken by Taylor, freshman sub.
The Wisconsin again suffered severely for
lack o watching launch. as the men We're 1orced
TO 60 out hy themselves and do the best they could
without aid from their COACH Andrew O'Dea, Inc
Badger rowed a low stroke up the river morn
ing and afternoon. and then came down ar good
clip showing strength, If not perfection OF style