The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
WITH The COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOINGS IN THE FIELD OF SPORT
IN EAST AND WEST.

DOfNGS IN THE FIELD OF SPORT
IN EAST AND WEST.
The Two intercollegiate RrEsttss -Celum
. Back On Rowing Map Once More
Ed Ten Eyck's success-where Navy
Eight Was Lacking yale Rowed We'll.
The college regattas at Poughkeepsie
and New London completed the Cycle Of the
athletic year in the universities. 1t was an
unusual season in college aquatics. In
the intercollegiate Rowing Association the
prestige OF Columbia was restored. The
race the New Workers. rowed against Cornell
on the Hudson put them right back on the
athletic map. On the Thames Yale again
demonstrated her superiority over Har-
ward In rowing and checked the Crimson
when there was some idea that the Cam
bridge men could not be beaten. Behind
the Hudson regatta lies another thing.
The decisive victory of the Wisconsin
freshmen makes It more or less certain
that the Badgers will come another year to
the Hudson even il the rsengagement Of
z. II. Ten Eyck az coach directly after the
Wisconsin regatta did not insure
il before.
AhO AuoCo Ou JtC "a III Wcrt bDuJ uD
well. Syracuse. Wisconsin and Cornell
each took a race, n there was general
satisfaction that Cornell did not take all
three, as has been lone In some years.
II is not that any person is so unfair as to
hope that the best crew will not win. but
It kills public interest in any sport
when n college Is so overwhelmingly
superior that the result Of any race may be
forecast with certainty. The public would
like always to see an outsider do well, on
general principles. so II is that very many
persons want Wisconsin to win a varsity
race solely because the Badgers have been
coming hero and trying hard for nine years.
In that time the only victories won by Wis
consin crews have been in the freshman
raoe, and they number only two.
It 10 q coincidence that the victors in the
big races In both regattas were regarded
In advance as logical ~victors, but at the
same time q mental reservation as to what
some other crew was likely 20 do clouded
the possibility OF making a straight out
statement that either Yale or Cornell would
win. The fact thai Coach Courtney had
TO change his men around nine days before
the regatta and put In two men who had not
been regarded az anywhere near certain of
the varsity was a deterrent too. IL Cornell
had lost the race q statement Of the reasons
underlying that change would have been
made rom Ithaca which would nave re-
vealed a curious state Of affairs within the
Cornell navy. Behind the change as a sig
nifioant remark lies the statement by Coach
Courtney that his men could row "if only
they wanted TO-"
That Italian fou~xhar -{th A. o.. A..
there was q season long struggle over the
likely man for stroke oar Of the eight, end
ing with the RELOCATION OF man to the
second boat. may explain something to
those who read between the lines. In spite
Of the fact hat the man 80 put back to the
second boat q rowed In the varsity crew
for two years previous he a not regarded
as rightly belonging in the boat. The
Cornell eight, as was pointed out before
the race. was composed Of men OF known
physical quality and ability as oarsmen.
who legitimately should win the race. The
chance Of defeat rested solely with them.
1t . happened that they began to row
before the regatta and then hung together
throughout the race. II the same mutinous
spirit had prevailed up TO and including
regatta day Cornell would have gone bach
home without the Seaman cup.
A great deal Of stress has been placed
on the fact that Coach Courtney changed
his boat about only a short time before
the race. In making statements like these
one Is apt to lose sight Of the fact that
the crew which was second In the race by
three feet also was uncertain In make up
until a week before the race. Coach Rice
Of Columbia was changing his men around.
too. 8. Mclean. Gillies and Starbuok werc
tried In turn in various seats only eight days
before the regatta. IL was a hard blow
TO Hce's figuring that Jack Ryan was I'M
able to row In the Columbia eight. Ryan
threw out a weak knee while fooling about
playing baseball at the Columbia quarters.
Physically he was more powerful than
Starbuck. who took his place after the
accident. d.
The incident Of the change was not
noted particularly at the time, because
OF the general impression tina Columbia
probably would not amount TO a great deal
In the coming race. It is a curious thing
and has been noted before that Columbia
has boon guilty Of sending In several false
alarms. Whether with the knowledge or