New-York tribune., 1906-06-25
COLLEGE ROWING.

The victory Of Cornell in the eight-oared var
stty shell race at Poughkeepsie on Saturday
establishes once more her supremacy on the
water and emphasizes the superiority OF the
particular style OF rowing which Charles E
Courtney teaches Cornell has five Of the
last six races rowed the Hudson River not
because her men are better or stronger phys
ically. nut because their style is more finished
and they are taught how 10 get the most power
in the stroke for the least amount OF exhausting
energy. It was another triumph for the Court
ney school and the Courtney methods which
place the art of rowing above mere Drawn and
muscle. The Cornell oarsmen We're q sturdy lot
and trained 10 the minute. but the forty other
young athletes which took part IN that long,
grdelling race were quite their equals in the mat
ter OF build and size and strength and courage.
On looks alone some of the other crews appeared
even stronger and huskier, but II availed moth
fng when the test came The Cornell crew pulled
down over the four miles without a catch or
break, and the Workmanship was pleasure TO
watch Syracuse seemed 10 threaten danger
from time To time. but 10 the practised eye the
short, jerky spurts of the Salt City oarsmen
meant no trouble for the long. sweeping stroke
of the Ithacans Barring accident the Cornell
eight had the race safely won from the first half
mile, as the men were never called on to give of
which the Syracuse men rowed encompassed
their defeat and even lost them second place TO
one Of the hest crews Ellis Ward has turned out
for Pennsylvania in the last eight years. Co
lUmbia, as usual. was far astern. and perhaps
the least said about the crew the better, as hope
ran high only 10 be dashed once more. The men
worked hard and gave of their best but that
best could not cope with their rivals As Cor
nell defeated Harvard decisively. her position in
the college aquatic world cannot be questioned.
The Yale Harvard race on Thursday now
holds the centre Of the stage in the rowing world
and pretty struggle is IN prospect The Har-
ward Bulletin" IN commenting on the race. saws.
There exists al New London. even if II goes
no further the most remarkable and ,rr,,-ar -
fanted feeling that Harvard is sure 10 win 7ba
university race this year based on rba o1ora
race and magnificent squirt which Harvard ,,a,7o
last year The facts now, as far as they can h.
si" 5 ~ aIe 'ilese- Ihe Harvard men are stronger
O.. more enduring than their rivals h1r The
Aale oafsnen ara by no means weak So fa~ as
eAIS'lehced men are concerned. one crew ts &C
Wen on as the other Mr Wray bes bss "a. - .
way In the selection and rrsfrirr - - 0 - -
NaTd crew this year. None OF the Tnar Nh, -.
coacned IN the past have interfered this eaaso'
-, 90 MI W ray must stand or fan hv his reoo-S
THIS year Last June ne had ,Ineynec,5 "a, l'I9 @ j
fortune, ior no one expected the Esrr,ar5 @
10 make as good showing as ft did r,sI,a NJ
eiieLti srssI4n s;sI ls ihls: can Mr.. Kennedy take
s-1sHly INFERIOR material and devefop n inc -
ere" mat can row faster than The eiot+ -. l
y Htue stronger buy does not have n,,,ta u -
600 Coachlngt For not even Afr Vra,5- r,.~. -
enthusiastic friends believe thar he - iLioSt @
DIld experience in coaching eigbt-oare5 .s -
- as resourceful and efficient as Mr. If-ross =
-T.birb go I!5' al, eI ihese questions ne can tell
So 1'e-I oItW VIII win the four mile race on -
= BUT the man who allows bi1,eeIs -. "a II . me
- harvard VIII walk away from ya1a lin
- t"o elents draw alongside o4 eacL -
VIII be terribly shocked as he saas eaSH @ "ther
loiiA ana precision OF Captain Morse's cre1- ~