Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
ALL BIG CREWS OUT
FOR PRACTICE WORK
Middies Take Spin and Finish in Poor Shape-Cor-
nell Looks Good, Does Columbia.

this afternoon, was made up of Chapran.
bow; Woods >: Murray. 3: Cronin. 4; Foy.
>; Stuart. 6: Rice, I. Fitzpatrick. stroke,
and Duff, coxswain. Like the Pennsylva-
MIA men. Georgetown has both Manager
Stuart and Assistant Manager Woods row.
ing. Pennsylvania sent down for Frank
Wood. manager of the 'c6 crew. to come up
to PoushkecESie to take charge of the '07
varsity. as both Manager Townsend and
Assistant Manager Philler are rowing.
Nitte. No. in the Wisconsin boat. was
in his seat when the crew went out. He
has been suffering recently from a serious
burn on his right hand.
Capt Davis of the Syracuse team has
been taken out of his seat at No. because
OF his poor condition. He is apparently
overturned 1t is now considered that he
may not be able to row in the big race.
\. l.. Hale of the 'O5 varsity crew has
been filling his place.
Tie arrival of the torpedo boats Manly
and Talbot at Poughkeepsie this afternoon
made IL possible for the navy crews to go
over the course later on. About o'clock
the first crew was sent the full four miles,
although some critics deemed it a wiser
move to wait until later for such a trial
All the way down the course the Naval
Academy senior crew ran the stroke up
nigh. II was between thirty five and thirty
six strokes to the minute almost all the
way. and the men spurted up to forty at
the end. They finished in bad condition
apparently. several of the men falling over
in the boat. Coach Glendon did net an
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which the men went along was not ac-
counted encouraging.
Cornell a Factor as Usual
The Georgetown crew went over the
course later keeping along the west shore
instead of out on course ), which is the
in which the Neutrality-suspicious. were
drawn for the varsity race. Coach Murray
Russell sad after the row that he believes
that the port side of his is too
strong and pulls the crew over toward that
side. Coach Russell said that he believed
that the race would be between Cornell and
Annapolis.
Coach Ten Eyck announced positively to-
night that the place of Capt. Davis at
would be taken by Hale. Davis has wor-
ried himself into poor condition.
The Columbia crews had a day of hard
work. Coach Rice sent them over the full
course twice. They rowed very well. con-
sidering the amount of work put on them.
and the outlook for the varsity race is
considered encouraging. All the colleges
had their crews out in the afternoon when
the tide ebbed rather strongly. The Cornell
crews used the lower course. They were
alone in this.
The complication over courses and 3
for the varsity race has reached a stage
where it Is nexpIicable. The Pennsylva-
MIA men appear to be satisfied to row over
1t as 1t is. and the officials of the regatta
say that the course Is all right as 1t now
Is. mat Is. III Spitt OIL tuS idct THAT tiiete
Is a difference of ninety nine feet between
the way the course marks now are placed
and the way they should be according to
the blue prints sent out by the regatta
association.
Mix Up Over Courses.
When the course marks were put up at
first the engineers In charge found that
there was a difference of only 100 feet be-
tween them The pier is twenty-five feet
through so that there would have been
only thirty seven and half feet between
course and course ). That would
hardly have allowed clearance on either
side the pier for the oars OF the crews
which have these lanes.
After the discovery was made the stew
ards were notified and it was announced
that the distance should be made thirteen
feet more on each side. That. however.
leaves only about fifty feet on either side
the pier. and when the tide Is strong ebb
there is an eddy from the buttresses which
runs out sixty feet. However, if neither
Pennsylvania nor Georgetown. in and
j. respectively. make an objection, the
race will be rowed that way.