The Minneapolis journal., 1904-06-23
BADGER CREWS
ARE CONFIDENT.
START MADE FOR POUCH
KE.EPSIE REGATTA.
Late Spring with Ice-Bound Waters
Delayed the Early Practice, but the
Eight and Four Have Been Row
ing i'm Close to Record Time.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis, June 23.-The Wisconsin
university eight and four left this morning
for Poughkeepsie, N. Y, where they will
take part in the big intercollegiate regatta
next Tuesday. The two shells were shipped
in a special express car yesterday even
ing. Coach Andy O'Dea says that his
charges are In splendid physical condition
and have been rowing in fine form for
several weeks. The crews have been row.
ing against time during the last few days,
and while no official announcement has
been made, it is understood that both
have done their distances in record time.
If there Is no reversal in form or con-
dition during the long trip to the east,
it is confidently believed that the crews
have good chance of winning.
There are four new and four old men
in the varsity eight this season. OF the
old men 'Pa" Jordan, captain, and Stew
enson, last years captain, are the stars
and the best known. Stevenson Is row.
ing the stroke oar, and is regarded as one
Of the best men who have held that posi-
tion on a varsity crew. Captain Jordan is
at No. 6, the same place he held last
year. Both he and Stevenson have been
rowing four years. The other two old men
are Miller at No. Z, who is rowing his
third year, and Bartlett at No. 2, who is
also rowing his third year, The new men
are Schumacher, Van Meter, Burling and
Davis. Schumacher rowed at the bow on
the freshman crew two years ago. and
was candidate for a place on the varsity
last year but was compelled to give up
training in the middle Of the season.
Van Meter and Burling were both mem
bers of last years freshman crew. Davis
is the only freshman on the crew. He is
strong and heavy, but his work is not as
| smooth as that Of the other men in the
shell. Buck Sawyer is coxswain, po-
Sifion yte- held four wears
The four crew consists OF Reed at
stroke, Bodenbach at No. g. Dean at No.
8, and Chrisman at bow. They are the
pick of the freshman crew and varsity
substitutes. They are regarded as be-
ing as strong as the eight.
The crews will arrive at Poughkeepsie
Friday and will spend most Of the day in
Strengthening out the kinks in their legs
and arms and in rigging the shells for
their first spin on the Hudson Saturday.
The crews Of the other contesting uni
versities are already at Poughkeepsie. The
other institutions represented are Cornell,
Columbia, Pennsylvania, Syracuse and
Georgetown.
Rowing at Wisconsin is at somewhat
disadvantage with that at the eastern
institutions because the lakes here are
SO late in opening, thus giving but q
short time for work on the water each
| season. This year the lakes were even
later than usual In opening, It being the
middle of April before the crews could get
on the water.
The Wisconsin crews have always made
a creditable showing In the east, and
have done more to advertise the state
university in that section Of the country
than any other athletic agency. Wiscon-
sin first sent crew east in 1885, when the
badgers overwhelmingly defeated the Yale
freshmen. That year the badgers also de-
feated the Minnesota boat club for the
first time In 1897 the Yale varsity defeat
ed Wisconsin on Lake Saltonstal in Con-
necticut by three boat lengths. The fol-
lowing year Wisconsin rowed its first race
in the Poughkeepsie regatta, and got
third place, Pennsylvania winning and
Cornell being second. Cornell had pre-
viously beaten Yale and Harvard that, sea-
son. In 1899 Wisconsin was second at
Poughkeepsie, and were it not for the fact
that a berry crate f1oated into the course
would probably have won. In 1900 the
Wisconsin freshman eight won the race
and the varsity was second at Pough-
keepsie. In 1901 Wisconsin was third. In
1902 second and 1908 third. When it is
remembered that there have been from
four to six competitors in each race at
Poughkeepsie, the showing of the wiscon-
sin crews can be better appreciated.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 2s.-It has
always been argued that the outside crews
have an advantage for the reason that
the tide flows stronger near the outside
course.
The drawing for positions in the inter-
collegiate rowing races on June % took
place today with the following results:
Varsity four cared race-No. 1. Colun1
b1a; 2. Georgetown; 8, Cornell; a. Wiscon-
sin; 5, Pennsylvania.
Freshman eight-oared race-No. 1.
Pennsylvania; 2, Cornell; 3, Syracuse; 4,
Columbia; s. Wisconsin
Varsity eight cared race-No. 1. George
town; 2, Columbia; 3, Syracuse; 4. Penn
SYlVania: & Cornell. & Nisconai.