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CORNELL AND THE BIG RACE
Courtney Has. Not Yet Picked His
Crew, but Has His Huskies
working Hard.

ITHACA, N. Y, April E.-It is still hve
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
impression, however, that because of the
great amount Of competition this year
Cornell will not be allowed to take any
chances Harvard has all of its old men
back in the boat, and while Pennsylvania
has been unfortunate in losing a number
Of good men, 1t has the encouragement
OF good second to stimulate it's work
this year Then there is the entrance of
Annapolis into the race, which is not to
be regarded lightly. For the past two
years Annapolis has been making a name
for itself in college acquatics. This year
It is said that It has dual races with
Pennsylvania, Yale and Columbia, and with
this competition It ought to develop a
splendid eight, especially when It has the
prospect of entering the Poughkeepsie re-
gatta before IT,
Courtney is rejecting the keenest Of this
new competition in the way he is making
his mon work for their places in the first
boat He is not altogether encouraged
with the results of his experiments thus
far, for most of HIS new material is far
from being ready made and It is a diff
cult proposition to I'LL up the vacant places
of such men as Eddie Foote, 'Os, Cornell's
famous stroke oar; w. F. Lee, O6 who
rowed No. for three years, and r. c.
Barton, '06, who filled the position Of No. q
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 to fill in.
The five men who have returned to col
lege together with Commodore w. @. Tay-
Tor, '0, as coxswain. rowed in the follow
ing seats in the last years winning boat:
w S. Newman, o. bow; w. s. StoweIl.
%, No. 8; ]. P. Dods. Os, No 4; L. w.
Gavett '0S, No. 8; c. P. Cox, 'Os, No. 6;
w. G. Taylor OF, coxswain.
Following the precedent of the 1906 crew,
when c. F. Boesch. 'o6, was elected the
first commodore of the Cornell navy, the
office OF captain does not exist in the Cor
nell eight. The coxswain, whoever he Is,
shouts out the orders, and every other man
pays attention to the problem of pulling
the bottom of the lake up with his oar.
Taylor, who stands but a trifie over five
feet in height, is the only man not an
oarsman who has been elected to the posi-
ton Of commodore. Whatever Taylor lacks
in 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 result Of the work on the machines
and before the crews were sent out on the
quiet waters Of the inlet. Courtney had
worked out varsity combination, which
contained besides the old men, three new
ones. who had little experience previous
70 Nng-Nn mi,
'0s, the big right tackle on the foot ball
team, who looks like an exact reproduction
of George Foote, the giant, who with his
brother, Eddie Foote, rowed in both the
varsity and four-oared races In 1904 Brin-
ton was then rowing in No. g. George
Foote's old place. and seemed to be a
fixture there The other two men were
T. F. Beddow. No. 2 and E. 1. Bayer, 'Os.
No. 4. They are now In one OF the two
crews which are fighting It out for the
honor OF being in the Cornell Junior varsity
eight to go to the American Henley
In this first eight ], p. Dods. '0s. and
c. P. Cox, 'OS, were fighting It out tooth
and nail for the place OF stroke. Dods
made the crew in his freshman year, a
feat which was accomplished before by but
one man, F. F. Bandow, '05, who later had
his leg amputated from blood poisoning
and who is now coaching Cornell intercol- !
lege crews. Dods before, always rowed at
No. T. Cox stroked both his freshman and
the worlds record Junior varsity eight in 1
his first year, when it covered the Ameri- 4
can Henley course IN Phiadelphia in /
six minutes and thirty-four seconds, .
mark which still stands Last year he 4
rowed at No 8 In the varsity. At present .
Dods seems to have the advantage though /
the competition is by no means decided .
The crew. as II first went on the water /
was made up OF: w. s. Newman, O7, bow; 1
T. F. Beddow. 'O9 No. ?; l. w. Gavett, /
'0S, No. 8; F. I. Bayer. co. No. 4: c. c. !
Brinton. 'Os No. 8; ]. P. Dods, 'OS, No 6; |
w. s. stowel, 'O7, No. 7; c. P. Cox. Os, |
stroke; w. c. Taylor, 'O7 coxswain
The crew. as It has been rowing for the I
last week, however, Is much different. c. |
j. Cooler o. at No. 4. and L. r. Crazy |
'0S. at No. 6. have been added to the boat |
in place OF Beddow and Bayer. and Brinton I
has been the only new man retained /
Cooler stroked the varsity four for the |
last two years, and also rowed in his |
freshman crew. Crazy rowed in the four |
last year The other men have also been |
all shifted about