New-York tribune., 1905-06-27
WISCONSIN'S HARD LUCK.
CREU.S IN ROUGH WATER.
Conditions Unfauorable for Last
Worb: Ont of the Fights.
INV rr,rcRApH TO THE rR1BuNB.l


,orgbleansie NJ Y June 26.-On the very
eve of the boat races here, on Wednesday,. WIS
oonsin's varsity crew has run into the nara
luck that was most feared when the Badgers
left Madison on their trip East The shortage
of funds as we'll as the lack of available oars
men made it impossible for the Westerners to
bring along more than just twelve men, 10
5av Van Meter, No. in the varsity eight was
stricken with tonsitis, and when the boat was
rugged for the men to go out van meter couiu
not take his Mace O'Dea had to break up his
four and put Hine, bow Of that crew. as IL is Ilo"
made I'D, in place of Van Meter. 1t is reared
that the sick man will not be able to go into
tho race and Il that is the case the four VIII
NOT start Things could hardly have been
worse for the Badgers, in view or the dlsau-
vantages they have labored under all along.
The weather to-day was miserable for row.
ing work. All day the river was rouEh' anu
the water was lashed into whltecaps py tie
Gale Under the conditions hardly any OF the
crews could get out TO row over the course
cornerI and Pennsylvania braved the stormy
waves the Ithacans almost being s"anped
over on the east shore. They started over from
+,a ,,oatbouse early. with the idea of seeking
the east shore, where apparently there was a
,;4+,a r,ro+ection from the wind. The men wal
lowed around in the trough OF the waves, ana
at times they were so far buried IN the waters
that only half of their bodies showed. 1hey
risked breaking UP the Shells but courtney
was anxious that they should do some WORK
Thev got over to the east shore. and 1ouno thaI
tho water there was even worse on that slde'
Courtney turned the men at once for nome anu
they narrowly escaped capsi%lAs oeAo-e '
reached the float once more
THE Pennsylvania crew roWed up hussihs
tho west shore for about two miles, and came
80 tho crows except Columbia could do. Wis
oonstn and Georgetown and Syracuse kept TO
.hsir lighthouses after waiting in vain for
obance to launch their craft. There was no
Ietun all morning. Columbia pracused s'af's
IN the cove above the house at Krum Elbow.
courtney has been especially anxious to get
b;s freshmen out III rough water for tney neeo
nractice in this kind of going. They can go
Iii eroupb in the smooth water that prevailed
q short time ago. but their form IN choppy seas
is rough Therefore Courtney was Wiling 10
take a chance in the morning.
The afternoon was no less stormy ana tne
,,e,,s had a hard time to get away from the
eoats The Syracuse people gave 1t up as a
,od iob along about dark, and started out for q
walk It is announced that Packard. the strohe
oar of the Syracuse varsity eight. Is IN eooo
sbane and that he will be able TO row III the
race on wednesday. This announcement came
foro r,ool< the graduate manager of the Onon-
daeas who said, moreover. that Packard never
- heen sick and that the newspaper men VINO
.nraad the report were simply misstating:
Tn view of the fact that the story of Packards
,,,nass came from Ten Eyck direct there ap-
pears to be lack OF team "ork III lIie I t
Quarters 1t is thought by some tnat the scory
aras eiven out originally IN order to test It's
erect on the betting ODDS on the race 1or tney
have not been satisfactory TO Syracuse men;
Wisconsin, after the change necessitated by
49, t1Inass of Van Meter, got out on the water
FOR a snort piece. ODea has not yet been able
70 have q time row over the full course because
he has had the use OF a iauoch ohiy once since
when the Cornell launch was placed at his dis
posal by Courtney.
,vas+ hank again in the afternoon, and the Cor
Ill craxvs had to wait until 1t fairly dusk
in order to get out for snappy. energetic row
down the course
avening and the had row out on the
unner course for long jaunt- This was about
ali that the Columbia men need, for they are
IS closely trained they can safely be. 1t is
unlikely that they will do more than merely
erat info the boats for to-morrow's work. Good
win saws that all the oarsmen are in the best
of shape and although he was unwilling TO haz-
ard an opinion to the outcome OF the race
was sanguine of the chanoss for the New
Workers.
The tide conditions for the race OF the var
sitv eights on Wednesday are apt to be unfa-
vorable to the making or fast time, although
there are three crews in the race that are con-
sidered to be so good and so close together, as
far as time performances are concerned. that 1t
looks as If the record OF 1898 10 for the four
mile distance wouId go by the board 1t is
known that Cornells time correct
ported as being under the record and that Syra-
euse also clipped along at something under 10
minutes for the distance 1t was reported TO
Sav INV a Syracuse man that the eight of the
Onondagas covered the four miles on the lake
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