New-York tribune., 1906-06-20
CREWS ON THE HUDSON.
HARD WORK THE RULE.
Fear That VARSITY Race UM Be
RozCed an Slack Water.
IBv Telegraph to The Tribune-I

| tBy Telegraph The Tribune-I
/ Poughkeepsie y y June 19.-The college
crews were busy this afternoon taking time
rows seizing the advantage offered By the per-
| fectly smooth water and a slightly favoring tide
They had 10 go out rather early 70 get these
conditions. The morning was tempestuous. the
breeze kicking up quite lot OF whitecaps and
making II hard for boat 10 go any distance
without shipping lot of water. In spite OF this
/ althe crews took a long row in the morning The
! time is growing short for fast work, and arter
4 tomorrow none Of the crews will get any speed
i work
| There is a lot OF argument over the toes TOT
| rext Saturdays race. and il begins 70 look as
/ If the first two races of the day viii be rowed
under adverse conditions, while the third race
for the varsity boats viii be held without a BIT
| of favoring tide. except for the crew inside.
/ which happens to be Syracuse The Salt city
| oarslnen will get all the advantage at the start
in this way. According 10 the general outiooH
| IT is going to be full high tide az 4S6 on 5etur-
day afternoon. The varsity four-oared race -
scheduled for o'clock. so that II II starts Oh
time the crews will have TO go against the IDA
which will be running in with considerable
force.
Ont In nnidstrearn II will be running IN for =
much longer time than along the shores. There~
fore even for the freshman race, which Is cnA
az 4:45 there still VIII be a rather strong sos
verse tide Along the shores it VIII be slaox a
that time.
If the varsity race starts promptly ~
O'Clock. the hour for which 1t is scheduled ns
crews on the courses outside viii be rowing On
what Will be slack water only the crow ~
Course No. I, and perhaps on NO. 2, VII sos ezT
Of the ebb tide. Il is quite certain thae oysN~~
onsa ON the west shore will be the first 70 feea
any change in the tide. which Will oeeln % ruo
|, out on the inside course before tne raoe s.ss
Columbia may get little, too pe1ns hSi su s-.y1
of the upstate men. but Wisconsin. CANAL
Georgetown and Pennsylvania VIII De IN saA0s
There Is some dissatisfaction over this oona
dition The idea Is to have the varsity -
rowed each year on the strength on uae e1O - -
sstance from the stream Last year OoIHest
had all the best OF 1t, the race being Towse p
that there was slack water tnshoro and tho coo
vas ebbing on the Cornell course. which Wa
the furthest from the shore Ten Eyck. coe9o
Of the Syracuse crews. IN speaking Oh 1iiS' s~
to-day:
What Is more the coxswatn did not stay in Ia
course He went even further over tov,aro
Poughkeepsfe IN search OF the strong TIDE. ms
Pennsylvania crew. which was on course NO ..
held TO the line. We tried 10 get over. put Tera
hemmed in. Columbia got much the worst OF ~
and the wonder Is that they did as well as they
did The race is supposed 10 start under fair
conditions and it IS to be hoped that It VIII ILLS
time. The boatnen who work along the river AL
the year say that it is no use to study the gov
ernrnent tables for the tides here. The weather
has TOO much influence on the tides, and they
1a-,ar can feu exactly how they will be except a
fsT avs ahead At any event. IT looks II the
fotIrs and the freshmen would be forced 70 row
against tide on Saturday.
The difference in tides Is enough TO put an n
rarior crew which has the stream with IL on q
level footing with better crew which starts
from the line and goes on slack water. The
courses cannot help but be unfair unless the races
are rowed with a view 70 the best tiIne Tor the
oarsuen instead of for the persons who come up
10 look on. Stin, I believe that the committee
! has done its best, and under the circumstances
1t is rather hard to see what else II could do
Several OF the crews suffering from minor
injuries and casualties, which. however. are not
likely to be permanent handicaps- The Wiscon-
sin men besides having substitute in The boat.
are worried over the condition OF Hine at No. a.
Ruth at No. 6, has a case OF blood POISONING
He scraped his ankle a few days ago and
neglected it. As a result he is under the
weather, and O'Dea Is taking care or him. me
swelling is painful. but it is expected to reduce
in time for him to get back IN the boat for the
race. Richter has been put in his place Hine
has a strained shoulder ODea had launch
this morning which bore the name, appropriate
under the conditions, Moaning OF OTneOui- The
launch did not come around In the afternoon, -
it was not quite fast enough. The pennsylvania
launch took O'Dea out in the afternoon
Columbia had an easy row in the morning
Goodwin has placed Spaulding in the freshman
boat at No .. in place OF Hodgki1son. Inc
change from Dorsey to WinsOw in the Colurl-
bia varsity crew is the result of trials which
showed that the latter could get better results
ont of the crew When he was in the second
varsity 1t beat the regulars for two miles. and
the reverse condition was true when he was
the varsity in their last few brushes when the
first year take up pacing after the varsity
has covered two miles The New Workers have
had ten time rows since they have been here.
and none have been held under what Goodwin
calls favorable conditions. The crews are doing
fairly WELL although several men in the senior
boat are not quite up TO the mark that he de-
sres.
Cornell went over the course rather slowly in
the morning in the frothing waves. and ths
Ithacans were pounding all the time They
made no attempt to go fast. Courtney had
Judge Irvine with him in the afternoon. and he
treated the Judge 70 a sight Of a Cornell crew
rowing fast four miles-how fast was not an
nounced but fast enough TO be pleasing to all
concerned.
Syracuse. according TO Ten Eyck. VIII have no
more time rows. His men have done about all
that they need in this line Ten Eyck says that,
everything considered. his men have done lit
tie better than the crew of 1904, and that sounds
pretty good for SyracUse's chances. Ten Eycla
has put Aradine at bow in the freshman boat. In
place of Murray. Aradine had oar br7utse IN
the palm Of his hand and out OF the boaf
five days. Rice, No. In the varsity. has had
a boil his left wrist. but rowed this after
noon
The Georgetown crews nearly swarlped
by rough water in the morning. but got out for
a good stiff row in the afternoon. Laplants. al
No g. has boil on his foot but expects 10 row
in the race Ellis Wards men took IL easy for
about four miles in the morning. The crews all