Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
OPENING OF THE
ROWING SEASON

former Columbia oarsman. But neither
man could succeed, and now the Column
bians are stalking all on the ability or
Rice, the new coach. Rice is known as a
theorizer. and he will have to make good
with a vengeance 70 hold on to the position
to which he has been called.
Zen Eyck Stirs Up Wisconsin.
There is no doubt whatever about Wiscon-
sin being competitor this year. The entire
undergraduate body. including the co-eds,
are working with characteristic western en-
ergy to raise sufficient funds with which to
pay the expenses of the crews east, and
success is now in sight. The engagement
of James Ten Eyck. the son of the Syracuse
coach, as the instructor for Wisconsin has
been sufficient 70 give rowing at Madison
jblg boom. Young Ten Eyck knows the row.
ing game quite as thoroughly as his father,
and he has started things going in the west
with an energy which means trouble for
the eastern crews. The new coach is fortu-
nate in that he has all but two members of
the 1906 eight as a nucleus The two vet
Grams lost are Burling, bow. and Johnson. 2.
The following the six veterans retained:
Wilder. 2, B; Leusse, 4; Davis, ]; Ruth. g;
Hne. /: Lea, stroke. All of these men
have rowed two years or more at Pough-
keepsie and are therefore experienced.
Coach Ten Eyck already has about seventy
five men out for the crews, and inasmuch
as other sports are somewhat unpopular at
Madison, there has been no trouble in get
ting out good men for the crews
Much Is expected of the Georgetown crew
this year. The southcrners foster rowing
under very great difficulties. 1t is seldom,
In fact. that they have enough candidates
to much more than man one boat. But this
year. under the coaching of Russell. the
first graduate to undertake this work, the
squad has been Increased and this spring
there win be two varsity eights in add ton
to Il freshman crew. Georgetown is lucky
in retaining all but two members of last
years crew The men who have been lost
NJ Sf.u md Ia l1p To - lo1,-
the southerners with the following veterans:
Edmonds, bow; Lynch. >; Moran, 4; Foy ),
and Rice, 4. That Georgetown is branching
out IN rowing and in a way that will! do her
the most good is shown by the announce
ment that the southernerS will send junior
college eight to the american regatta at
Philadelphia on May -.
How Yale and Harvard Compare
There will be hot fight in the dual re-
gatta this year between Harvard and Yale
at New London At this writing the
chances are very much in favor of Har-
ward, whose crew downed the Els last
year after long series of defeats. There
are two very good reasons why Harvard
ought to beat Yale this year Primarily
Harvard retains all but two members of
her 1906 crew, while Yale has lost four.
The second advantage which will help Har-
ward a lot is the fact that the wearers of
the Crimson have had more real racing
experience in the past than have their New
Haven rivals, and they will likewise get
more during the coming year. To date
Yale has arranged but one other race in
which to try out her crew, this being with
Annapolis. Harvard. on the other hand.
will both Cornell and Columbia, and
will go down to New London with known
strength and the confidence which comes
of racing experience. Capt. Filley of the
1905 and 1906 crews, is responsible for Har-
ward activity in entering her crews in so
many regattas, and he must be given full
credit for turning the tide of Harvard de-
feats. For some reason Yale steadfastly
refuses to mingle much with other oarsmen,
and but seldom completes in the American
regatta for second crews, although Julian
Curtiss is a steward of the A. r. A. AS
long Yale continues this policy she may
expect to be beaten.
The two men whom Harvard has lost
are ex-Capt. Filley and Dan Newhall. AL
though only these two men missing,
they were the strongest oarsmen Harvard
has developed in many years. and Coach
Wray will have his troubles in trying to
fill their places. This leaves Harvard with
the following veterans: Capt. Bacon. q;
Richardson, ): Glass, 4; Morgan. 3; Fish,
=, and Tappan. bow. Then the Crimson is
particularly rich in substitute material, and
ought to have fully as strong crew as in
1906. Coach Wray has already started the
men at work indoors and is confident of
repeating his success of 1906 on the water.
Yale's rowing authorities have good cause
for Worriment In the first place, the oars
men have been obliged to worry along with
out the services of John Kennedy. their
coach, who has been away from. the uni
yersity on account of illness. AS If this
were not enough, the Ellis have lost four
of their very best men from the 1906 boat.
These are eX-Capt. Morse, g; Chase, 5;
Bigelow, 4. and Weeks, bow. Three of
these men have left the university, while
Bigelow has decided to give up rowing
since his election to the captaincy of the
foot ball team. Efforts are being made to
have Bigelow reconsider his determination
to quit, but SO far they have not been sue
cessful. The four veterans Yale now has
are Bolton, stroke: Ide, {: Capt. Noyes, 3,
and Graham. 9. OF course, Yale has big
rowing squad, and as the Ellis have fac
ulty of getting more out of poor material
than any other university in the coun-
try the rowing enthusiasts at Yale have
by no means abandoned hope.