Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
CHRIS cox MAY Be
CORNELL'S STROKE

ITHACA. n Y. April 21.-It is still five
weeks before the race with Harvard in the
Memorial day regatta on Cayuga lake, and
some have wondered why Courtney has not
picked his crew. 1t is the general impress
sion, however, that because of the great
amount Of competition this year Cornell
will not be allowed to take any chances.
Harvard has all of her old men back in
the boat. and while Pennsylvania has been
unfortunate in losing a large number of
good men. she has the encouragement of a
good second to stimulate her work this
year. Then there is the entrance of An
napolis into the race. which is not to be re-
earded lightly. For the past two years An
napoliS has been making a name for her
self in college aquatics. This year il is
said that she has dual races with PennsyI-
vania, Yale and Columbia, and with this
competition she ought to develop a SPLEEN
DID eight, especially when she has the
prospect of entering the Poughkeepsie re-
gattd before her.
Courtney is rejecting the keenness of this
new competition in the way he is making
his men work for their places in the first
boat He is not altogether encouraged with
the results OF his experiments thus far,
Tor most of his new material is far from
beng ready-made, and 1t is different
proposition to NIL up the vacant places of
such men Eddie Foote. 'O6. Cornelrs ia
nous stroke oar; W. F. Lee 'O6 who rowed
No. . for three years, and K. c. Barton.
U6. who filled the position of No. for two
years There seems to be none of the new
men who can step into the shoes of these
old stars. so Courtney has been forced to
take some Of the men out of last years
championship four to fill in.
The I'VE men who have returned to COL
lege. together with Commodore w G.. Tay-
Tor, %. as COxswain, rowed In the follow
ing seats IN last years winning boat: w.
) Newman, 'O7, bow; W. S. Stowell, 'O7,
No Z. J. y i1giS No l. w
Us, No. D. C. 2. Cox, Os, No. q; W. G. Tay-
Tor, %, Coxswain.
Head of Cornell Navy.
Following the precedent of the 1905 crew,
when &. r Boesch, 90, was elected the
first commodore OF the Cornell navy, the or
fee Of captain does not exist in the Cornell
eight The Coxswain. whoever he is, shouts
out the orders, and every other man pays
attention 10 the problem of pulling the bot
tom Of the lake up with his oar. Taylor,
who stands but a trifie over five feet in
height is the only man not oarsman
no has been elected to the position of
commodore. Whatever Taylor lacks i'll
physique, however, he more than makes up
in ability, and promises to be one of the
best Leaders that the Cornell crews have
ever had.
As a result Of the work on the machines
ana before the crews were sent out on the
quiet waters Of the inlet. Courtney had
worked out a varsity combination, which
contained besides the Old men, three new
ones. Who had had little experience pre-
N.uus 20 TINS winter. one was G. c. Brin-
ton Us, the big right tackle on the foot
bah team, who looks like an exact repro
Guctipu Of George Foote, the giant, who,
With his brother, Eddie FOote, rowed in
both the varsity and four-oared races in
1891 BTiutOn was then rowing in No o.
George Foote'S old place. and seemed to be
a fixture there. The other two men were
7. + Bedduw, No 2, and F. l. Bayer 90,
y Cd : IltsN are in nna Of la fys-n
crews which are lighting 1t out for the
honor OF being in the Cornell junior var
sity eight 10 go to the American Henley.
Cox a Candidate
In this first eight, J. +. Dods, 'Os, and c.
+ Cox, 'os. were fighting 1t out tooth and
nail Tor the place of stroke. Dods made
the crew in his freshman year a fea,
which was accomplished before by but one
man, +. f Bandow, '06, who later had his
leg amputatcd from blood poisoning and
who Is now coaching the Cornell intercol-
lese crews Dods before always rowed al
No. 4. Cox. who is a Washington, ID. c.
boy. strOked both his freshman and the
worlds record junior varsity eight in his
first year. when it covered the American
Henley course. in Philadelphia, in min.
utes "a seconds, mark which still stands
Last year he rowed at No. In the var.
s.ty. AT present Dods seems TO have the
advantage. though the competition is by nc
means decided. The crew as ii first went
on the water was made up of: w. S. New.
man, %, bow; T. F. Beddow, 90. No. .
!. w Gavett, '0s, No 3; F. l. Bayer. 90
No. 4. c. G. Brinton. '0S No. 8. ]. p. Dods
'0s. No d; W. $. StoweI 07, No. Z; c. p
Cox, Us, stroke; W. G. Taylor, O7, cox
swain.
The crew. as it has been rowing for the
last week however. is much different. C.
GOUdicr, %, at No. 4, and l. r. Gracy
'Os, al No. 6. have been added TO the boat
In place Of Bcddow and Bayer, and Brin
ton has been the only new man retained
Goodier stroked the varsity four for the
past two years, and also rowed in hi:
freshman crew. Crazy rowed in the fou
last year. The other men have also been al
shifted about.