The Washington herald., 1907-06-23
By CONSTANCE S. TITUS.

keepsie. where l carefully looked over
the seven crews entered in the intercol-
legiate race to be rowed on the Hudson
next Wednesday. l have come to the con
clusion that it will be the greatest boat
race this country has ever seen. \ hard
and close contest throughout. with a
grueiing finish, in which a blanket will
cover at least four Of the seven crews.
Based upon what I saw at Poughkeepsie,
/ predict that Cornell will win by a short
margin. Syracuse will fight it out with
Columbia for second place. Wisconsin
and Annapolis will give the leaders a hard
race. and one of them should be third.
Pennsylvania viii not be very far behind
this division, and Georgetown win bring
up IN the rear.
OF course, boat race is a boat race.
and peculiar things may happen. The
condition of the water must be given con-
sideration. Then. again. there is luck in
boat racing. as in all other sports, and
one can never be cocksure Of what the
result may be. 1 an simply placing the
crews on the form they have shown in
practice.
Courtney. the Wizard Of the Hudson,
has an awfully smooth crew in Cornell
Their workmanship is far superior TO the
rest Of the crews, and their form should
carry them through. For instance, their
boat runs all the time between strokes,
and that IS art in rOwing-tO have your
boat travel when not applying your
strength on the sweep.
Has Clever Crew.
Any one who sees Cornell viii quickly
necessary movements. Courtney has good
common sense. and he knows that an oar
is a mere Dry to move the boat along
through the water. and. therefore. he can
teach his men more scientifically than any
coach I have ever seen how TO use their
pry most skillfully and obtain the best
results.
And another very important point about
Cornell Is the easy, cat-like movement Of
shifting their weight fore and aft in the
boat which is remarkable The boat does
not seem 10 get off her lines in the water
and therefore. Courtney's boat has less
skin resistance or wetted surface in the
water.
Ny second choice for form is Columbia,
and James Rice IS truly deserving Of
great credit for the excellent condition 20
which he has brought the Morningside
Heights boys. The crew has a little longer
body swing than COrnelrs crew, especially
on the finish. which sinks their boat in the
greater wetted surface or skin friction
Columbia s hladework is remarkably
clean. In fact they look 10 be very
smooth crew, and I think they can go the
journey of four miles. and Columbia
ought 10 be up IN the finish
Watch Syracuse.
But don't overlook that wise old fox.
James Ten Eyck Of Syracuse. He has
always got an ace up his sleeve. so keep
your eve on Syracuse. Their form may
not be as pretty as Cornell or Columbia.
or they may not be as light on the slides
as Cornell, or the boat may not run be-
tween the strokes Ike Cornen's but they
can 90 some.
James A Ten Eyck, jr., who so gal
lantly stroked his freshman crew last
year. and at that time weighed only 135
pounds. has taken on twenty pounds more
and looks much better physically. If syria
cuse needs any driving, I think he is the
man capable of handling the throttle. as
he has been rowing since he was knee
high to a duck, has pulled in many a good
race himself, and by this time he should
be a good judge Of pace.
The much-heralded Annapolis crew at
once attracted my attention, because /
expected considerable, perhaps from the
sensational reports heard Of their work
After carefully looking them over and
watching them work. I should say that
they have been OveTrated, if form counts
for anything
Il is very true that the Middies have
beaten some very good crews and are
deserving Of great deal Of credit; yet
II must not be forgotten that all these
races were at two miles. But when you
come to double up this distance in
boat race against the very cream Of
American fact. the cream Of the world
and all in fit cOndition-you must con
fess it's little harder proposition.
Can Middies Lastf
There is a question In my mind after
their boat has gone two miles, or a
littel more, how their blade work will
look then. with the very high stroke
which they use. I think they will work
themselves 20 death and get very little
results They will be tanning the air
in the greater part Of their race. and
clipping the stroke. which does not get
a boat along
The crew is not as heavy as reports
that have been given out by at least
ten pounds, so I cannot see where they
are going to be a sure winner. as some
Of the wise ones have doped out.
1 should like to see this crew finish
well up, as it is their first attempt on
the Hudson, and they have the en-
thusiasm, which should be encouraged.
There is so much confidence IN Dick
GlendOn In turning out so many winners
for them at the shorter distance that
none should be disappointed in his first
attempt al this longer distance.
For great many years Wisconsin has
not figured very high in the results of
this regatta. 1t must be taken into con
slderation that the crew has a good coach
This year IN Edward Hanlon Ten Eyck.
who himself was one Of the greatest oars
men America ever produced. In fact. he
came from a family OF great oarsmen.
He IS a BIT handicapped in this, his first
year al Wisconsin. but wait until he gets
them into his methods. and we may read
about him and his crews in big print some
day
Badgers Are Husky.
He has a big field Of husky young
WesteTners 10 pick from. and a good
body OF water 10 coach them on If It's
raw water at Poughkeepse on the 26th.
the Badgers may fool a few Of the critics.
as they say that out on the Madison Lake
they are all sailors In fact. during the
spring practice the water on the lake was
so bad that the crew rowed with their
shell half full of water. That didn't stop