The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-09

sycamore, are out out OF tne bOHu luBt us
Davy OF Cambridge makes his and on the
shape Of these depends all that important
fsctor in speed. the sectional curve OF the
hull, for which DR.. Ware developed the
twin circle theory.
George Sims's sections look like the
letter u, with the fattened bottom and short
sides. The great thing in the beginning Of
construction OF boats OF this kind Is TO keep
tho keel absolutely straight, and the fact
that the boat is constructed upside, down
enables the builder 10 make repeated tests
With his truolng line before planking. The
ribs on each side. The skin or %planking
IL usually put on in three lengths. Sims
has II novel method of curving the plank
ing, which he does after dampening II by
placing on il hot sand. which makes the
thin cedar conform quickly TO- the shape
he desires it to k The late W. w. Rud-
dock used to burn shavings to reach the
same result. sims has been noted FOR the
remarkable smoothneSs OF his models.
II Is very important that the curves he has
made from instinct have had some sub
sequent connection with the mathematics
Of water and its movements.
1Sims has succeeded in Enfl md because
lac has been more observing and painsta king
than most of the other builders, and his
triumphS over the Elton schoolmaster
whose designs he beat. was because he was
nearer nature and possessed an intuitive
skill that was worth more than the theories
Of the educated man
Harvard this selson has been the trial
horse for the preliminary ia ces OF two of
the college Grew VS. and some very interesting
things az TO the probable outcome of the
Poughkespsie regatta have been deduced
from The races OF the Crimson against Co.
lumbia and Cornell, Also there are things
which have been shown which may have
their eiect in that other regatta on the
Thames at New London. Columbia beat Har-
ward by getting away even with the Crimson
and rowing the Cambridge ties down in the
latter part Of the race. Harvard was too
much inclined TO let the New Workers go
and take il out in squirting Of he end. They
were carried too fast for that.
That taught a lesson to Richard Glendon,
the Annapolis coach. who saw the race be-
tween Columbia and Harvard. He saw
that II the Columbia crew stuck 10 its policy
OF. getting speed out Of thirty-two or
thirty-three strokes to the minnie a
crew using o higher stroke all through
should he able 10 beat the New Workers.
ConCh Rice OF Columbia was not looking
for victory at the price of sacrifice of his
principles. So when the Annapolis crew
went out at ihirtv-nine strokes 10 the min
ute and rowed thirty-eeven strokes about
all the way through. naturally enough
Columbia was hcatcn. II was n four mile
crew rowing ita style against another crew
out only to win n two mile race. That was
u powerful reason why Rice was not dis
coIraged by the result of the Columbia
Annapolis race.
Coming buck to Harvard. it appears that
tho Cambridge men took 10 heart the lesson
Of tho Colnmbia-Annapolis race. They
saw there how they might have beaten
ColumOia. In their race with Cornell on
Memorial Day the Harvard crew caught the
p'atar az rortv-two strokes to tho minute
and proceednd TO stroke thirt y-seven to the
minute throughout the rest Of the race.
Cornell like Columbia was coached TO row
tln F1Rn nE nm tfpi.l.nt IL, Rr.It-at-.. 49,.
training. not n life and death affair. The
IthacanS with their own style were able to
hold Harvard and then to 20 ahead after
the visitors ~ CayuRa Lake we're Passing
away. There was n length difference
between the two crews at Ithaca. Column
bin beat Harvard almost q length. These
distances mean nothing in comparing
Columbia and Cornell. The races were
rowei on different principles. They may
be taken to mcln solely that both Columbia
and Cornell are better than Harvard.
The regatta az Madison served TO show
that WISCONSIN, has some claims TO atten-
ton this ear in the iNteTcolleg'a ate regatta.
The defeat ha~de1 ou 10 Syracuse MAY
OF course have been due to the fact that
the WeStcIrcrs were more accustomed 10
the roughre's OF the water on their lake.
Onondagn Lake, where the Syracuse crews
are traire1, almost never is rough. The
WeStcrA lake, Mendoza and Monora, are
rourh pretty much all the time. That
iact mas fPel SPt lOrTn Otte1 Ivy Wisconsin
nc in explaining whv their crews are
urab'e 10 ret IN enough preliminary, row-
ing to he staycrs or course Son Ed Tel
Eyck probably has bee, training his VARSITY
eight with n view 10 beating Pa Jim's eight
nj Madison. but i stands 10 reason hat
II mus; be n very good Wisconsin crew
which ran win from Syracuse The SYRIA
cuse eight Is good.
II may he poor rea sonine to Law 80 mucl,
stress on the two mile races that these COL
lcGes row, The ~apologists FOR The defeated
college always point out that a two mile
race and the training for il differ so much
from that necessary for the longer rae that
they should not be mentioned in the same
breath However, IL is agreed that all
the rowing coaches are glad to nee that
Wisconsin, has q good crew. Although
James Ten Eyck, Sr.. does not like a little
bit to I've beaten, and especially by his own
son. it is a good bet that he lie sportsman
enough 10 be glad that the race right out
there AT Madison was won by Wisconsin
Syracuse had 80 much prestige in its brief
rowing career that is a big thing to beat
the Salt City men. A victory like that helps
t" establish rowing AZ Wisconsin. and the
SvracIsans are generous enough to he
willing to be sacrifices for the general
prosperity of the game in the colleges.
There has thus been a chance TO 500
what the seven institutions entered In the
Hudson regatta and two in the other re-
gatta seem to be capable OF doing Co.
lumbia has n very good crew. il NAV be
said. So has Syracuse. the defeat by Wis
cousin to tho contrary uotwithstandinp,
Cornell plainly is not as good ms Cornell
usually is Annapolis NAV be formidable
because the material in the boat il very high
class. II is only a question Of doing we'll
in the four mile race. The showing Of the
Pennsylvania varsity crew in the American
Henley was not encouraging Reverting
to comparisons again, the New York 4.
T. defeated Pennsylvania varsity eight
very handily Oh the %Schuylkill, the Quakers
being third. The Columbia eight disposed
Of tho New York A. C.. very easily on the
Harlem The New York collegians stuck
their old 3?-23 stroke all the vay too.
GEORGETOWN did not do veil against An
napoiis. although certain conditions ~ the
race probably operated tremendously
against the Neutrality-suspicious.. Georgetown's
crew is very light for the race, although
il was not heavier in Ian3 when the Wash
ingtoaians were second to Cornell IN the
Hudson.
II is always an unwisn hing 10 make pre-
dictinns. nut there is small danger in saying
that G 'lnrnhia is going 10 be a contender at
Ppughkeepsie. very much 90, unless signs
fail. Also that Annapolis and Wisconsin
deserve watching. II may after all be a
return to the good old DAYS Of 1899 and 1900
when Cornell was so far from being a con-
ender thet the lthacans finished third In
both varsity races. There are many per-
sous who believe that il would be a good
thing for somo other college 10 win
he big race and shelve Cornell for the