The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-20
TIDE FAVORs SYRACUSE CREW.
varsity Boat viii s,et Advantage Prem the
FIN Practice laaMe.

PoudHEEsPsis. n. Y, June o. AithouRh
tho stew ards we're SUPPOSED 20 have made
everything all square for the college crews
when they declared that changes would be
made In the course for the boat races a new
cause Of objection has arisen. Coach Ten
Byck OF Syracuse to-day pointed out that
the varsity race a. at present scheduled
will have TO be rowed on slack water, with the
crew inside. which happens to be his. the
only favored one. az far as ebb tide Ia con-
eerned. The other two races will be rowed
under unfavorable conditions. The varsity
tours will be against the tide, while the fresh
men will be on nearly slack water. with o
slight opposing food against them.
The race for the varsity eights 10 supposed
to be rowed as nearly as possible on the
ebh tide. 90 that all the crews can get the
advantage Of IL. II 1t Is owed on the hour
scheduled this year. o O'Clock. the crews In ell
courses except No. 1. which Is close to the
west shore and which 10 held by Sy raouse.
will be on dead water. Syracuse will have
the vanta &c that Cornell had last year. .
The trouble arises because the stewards
in fixing the times for the races have looked
up the United States Government report
on tides. But the local watermen declare that
the local conditions so affect the tides that II
Is impossible to prognosticate exa ctly what
they will be from the Government reports.
issYed a cSnsldsEsble TING ahssa .A.
viii be ,ebbips along the shore, II s wen
known that there is about an hour cd difference
between the conditions In midstream and on
exact times that these things can be expected
70 happen have been figured out carefully.
how. these things are. Coach Ten Eyok has
and John Hoye, the Cornell boat builder.
have been figuring for a long time on these
things.
The crews had a hard time doing anything
. .he . aderb bsiss opposed aas . @f' so a ss ssIt ye WIND Gp1 tsa;
kicked up whitecaps. all over the river. All
{he boats were In difficulties. but all we're out,
rowing. About noon time there was a slight
rain which beat down the whltecaps and the
wind su6sided' . The water was calm n the
Time row. AH Cornell aneh'S did L a I lot ISo Better Il" than
yesterday, and Judge Irvine. re- Corneil mem;
chance to see a corhell crew do ;about, the best
time that has been returned by any boatload
on the river this season. The exact figures
factory. In the morning the Cornell men
took a rather strenuogs row oyer the dga
pieashlip go out mn n m nsta esSa. AS S'A AA'0
Columbia had some easy work In the morn
ing, Coach Goodwin has decided 10 keep
son; Coach C,Dea this morning had a launch
circumstance, The Wisconsin brigade triea
to do a long row this morning. but came back
pretty soon, water logged. In the afternoon
disposal. as his own boat vas not fast enough.
Georgetown was almost swsInped. in the
morning. In the afternoon the Washing
went over the full course. Their No. 5 man,
Laplante. has a boil on his left foot just where
it goes under the shoe in the boat. The
Georgetown crew, under unfavorable con-
ditions, turned on three miles recently In II
minutes . s-5 seconds. They are beginning
to loom up.
Ellis Wards men were going easy In. the
morning and in the afternoon turned of
a time trial. The Pennsylyanians are re-
puted to have beaten 10 minutes in a time row
and that Is the fastest time ever re corded
for a Pennsylvania crew since they started
coming here. either In q trial or race.