Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
Harvard and Yale.
Opening the Rowing Season.

With the beginning of rowing practice by
Harvard and Syracuse few days ago the
intercollegiate boating season of 1907 Tor
mally got under way. 1t is customary FOR
the rowing enthusiasts to refer to each sue
Ceeding season ON the water as 1.-The most
successful in the history of the sport.
whether 1t is true or not. FROM present IN
dicatious some such terms these can
safely be applied to the outlook for the
coming season There has not been another
wear in the last decade when such another
busy campaign of regattas and dual races
was outlined for the colleges of the country
as that which now lies before them.
But there is no certainty that the stand
ard of rowing. as indicated by the strength
of the various crews. will be any better
than in 1906. This is due to the fact that
the different college crews have been rid
died in worse shape than usual by the in
roads of graduation and strict eligibility
rules. In fact, there is not a college crew
in the whole country that has not sustained
some serious losses. Harvard and George
town escaped the easiest, while Pennsyl-
vania and Yale are bewailing their misfor-
tunes.
Mention has been made to the I'M
usually large number of regattaS which
have been arranged for the season. In adj
diton to the two big intercollegiate meet
ings at Poughkeeps;e and New London
there are more than the usual number OF
dual meetings. Yale. Pennsylvania, George
town and Columbia, and possibly Cornell,
have arranged for dual races with the
United States naval cadets at Annapolis.
Then Harvard and Columbia will hold
race at CAMBRIDGE on May IL, while Cornell
and Harvard hold their third annual race at
ithaca on May -. This is likewise the date
of the fifth annual american Henley" at
Philadelphia. which will bring together the
strongest junior college Fights of the whole
east. together with half a dozen or more
school Fights and the pick of Americas club
oarsmen. Finally this year will see the first
race between an eastern and a western COL
lege crew, the contest taking place at Lake
Mendoza May so, between Syracuse and
Wisconsin. With so busy a season this
facing them it is no wonder that every one
connected with the development of college
crews is beginning to hustle
OF the crews which row at Poughkeepsie
Cornell is the best prepared to defend her
self. 1t is true that the Ithacans have lost
three of their best men. but they are only
drop in the bucket compared with the
wealth of material which Coach Courtney
finds every year. 1t may therefore be taken
for granted that Cornell will be every whit
strong this year heretofore. The men
whom Cornell loses are Foote, the veteran
stroke; Lee, l. and Barton, =. This leaves
Coach Courtney with Newman bow: Stow
ell, 3: Dods. 4; Gavett. j. and Cox, 6. With
the 1906 varsity four and freshman eight
from which to pick the 1897 boat will not
suffer particle by the losses.
Pennsylvania Hard Luck
Pennsylvanias hard luck stories are based
on actual conditions. The Quakers don't
the eight which gave Cornell such a des-
perate struggle for first place at Pough-
keepse Pennsylvania has only three left
These are Capt. Emig, stroke: Doering .
and Dean. 3. The other five veterans are
lost. Capt Hermann of the 1906 boat grad
uated. while Bogardus bow Kelley. 5, and
Drayton, q, failed to return to the univer-
sity. Shoemaker at No. is just recovering
from severe attack of typhoid fever. and
Will not be able to do any rowing at ALL
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acute is the fact that last June il was
thought that every member of the eight,
with the exception of ex-Capt. Hermann
would return to the university. Although
the indoor practice has been going on for
q period of several weeks the turnout of
new candidates has been Disappointing
that a mass meeting of the undergradu-
ates had to be called for the purpose of
getting out more men. Trainer Mike Muir
ply of the track team is sending some of
the candidates for his team to Coach Ward,
and in this way the rowing squad may
finally he put into shape for the develop
ment of a representative eight.
The Syracuse crew, which was third last
year. loses four veterans One of the men
thus lost is Packard, who was acknowl-
edged To be one of the best strokes since
the days of John Gardiner of Pennsyl-
wanna. Ordinarily. the loss of Packard
would he very severe, but his position
has been taken by Ten Eycks son. who
rs member of the Syracuse fires hmen
eight year ago made a great name for
DlmSt II. ana VIII ne nrSt-CldSS varsity ma
terial this spring. The other Syracuse men
lost Squires, bow: Anderson. g. and
Rice. .. This leaves Coach Ten Eyck with
the following veterans for a nucleus: An
drewS. 3: l.. Rice >; Davis o. and SAILS
bury. = The situation at Syracuse is also
helped very much by the presence of the
famous freshmen eight of 1906. which won
such splendid victory at Poughkeepsie.
1t has been said that Ten Eyck could make
this his varsity eight and have even a
better crew than his 1906 varsity.
Columbia's Bright Prospects.
Columbia University has excellent pros
poets for a first-class eight. The New
Workers lose only two members of the 1909
crews. These are Heinrich, 4. and OLough-
lin :. This leaves the Blue and White with
the following veterans: Braun. bow: Roy.
q: Earle. 3; erris, - Boyle. d; Mackenzie,
stroke Columbia men are very enthusi-
aStc their prospects for this year
They have been trying for years to make
Cseditable showing a Poughkeepsie. but
for some reason are seldom able to finish
better than fourth. Much of their trouble
has been attributed to constant changing
OF coaches. First Hanlon tried. and
then he had to give way TO Goodwin. a