The Washington herald., 1907-06-19
CREW CHANGES MADE
Georgetown 0arSmen Again
Shifted by Coach.
MIDDIES PICKED TO WIN
Navy Does Not Row So High n
StrOke-COunt Thirty-five to the
Minute-AI Interested Admit Ann
ap0Iis Men Stand Good Chance of
Capturing Event-Ward Worried.
spsclal to The WashInEtan Hsrald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Poughkeepsie. n y, June 1S.-The
Georgetown crew was out for a paddle in
the morning. as the water was too rough
for much else at the time.
Coach Russell made ii change In the
afternoon by putting Murphy at 2, from
8. Woods going in at No. > Cronin, T..
and Stuart. c. also changed places.
In the afternoon Coach Russell went
out for a little visiting trip. He went
over in the launch Robert Collier to see
James c. Rice. the Columbia coach.
whom Russell knew in Baltimore. After
brief talk with Rice, Russell went TO
the PENNSYLVANIA house and talked with
Ellis Ward about the courses which
Georgetown and Pennsylvania have in
the varsity race There is some trouble
over these courses, but neither Ward nor
Russell made any point of explaining
whether they would take action in the
matter.
Russell spent some time talking with
Coach Courtney, OF Cornell, and later on
went back % his own b0athousc and got
his crew ont. The men went out for
short workouts by fours for a time, and
then they turned and rowed up the river.
The boat moved along smoothly, but il is
question if the power is there.
varsity Change Permanent.
Coach Courtney made the announcement
to-day that the change he had made in
the varsity boat would De permanent.
lis crews did not have much hard work
in the course of the day
Once more Coach Glendon sent the
Naval Cadets over a fun four-mile trial
to-day. and for some reason he drove
them. fin ,he late afternoon, down the
river against the wind and tide. The
navy crews did not row nearly 50 high
stroke to-day as they md on Saturday
and yesterday. but they certainly s.ugged
through hard. They were counted thirty
five 10 the minute Just after leaving the
bridge on the way down, and they
n0tched il up a couple of pegs more be-
fore they crossed the line. The other
coaches and the followers of rowing gen
orally have no hesitation en- saying that
the Annapolis oaysmen are the most pow
erfUl men he~e. and that they should win.
In their time row this afternoon the navy
crews came to the bridge fairly even, but
the varsity combination beat the other 10
pieces right along from then on and won
BY nearly six lengths
Navy in Fast Form.
It is understood that in their time trial
yesterday the Navy crew came down from
the bridge to the finish in something
under four minutes and forty seconds.
and there is a report that it was a dozen
seconds faster than the figures named.
II the crew did so fast a mile and the
authority is good. if is the c0ncensus OF
opinion that they VIII be unbeatable
The Columbia varsity crew was ont
late this afternoon, going up the river
with the assistance Of tide and wind for
four miles. The Oarsmen did not have
much TO do iD the morning The con-
diti0ns throughout the afternoon were so
favorable that few of the coaches could
resist the chance 90 try some speed work.
Ellis Ward has been worried over his
fOur-oarcd crew. and IN the afternoon he
sent a combination. stroked by Foster.
over the two miles II was a hard row,
not q time trial The Pennsylvania fresh
man and varsity boats did not work hard,
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