The sun., 1907-04-21
SYRACUSE EIGHT HEAVY.
Coach Ten Eyck wants = New Shell for
Oarsmen Because They weigh so Much.


The Syracuse varsity crew ls so much
heavier this season than any former Orange
crew that within the past week Coach james
A. Ten Eyck teleRraphed to W. H. Davy. the
Cambridge boat builder. asking II a special
shell could be constructed for the big crew
by May 20. in time for the Wisconsin trip.
Davy Immediately, answered that he would
he unable to turn out the boat. much to the
disappointment OF the Syracuse navy man
agement and the coach
The boat Thich the varsity Is at present
using was Luilt last year by Davy. IL Is in
excellent condition, but when the men are
rowing it sits low in the water, and IN the
Hudson happens to be rough on the day OF
the big regatta Syracuse will suner. Davy
has on hand an order for a new eight Dared
shell, which the Wisconsin crew will use ut
POughkeepsie. but he has only started it.
Considering the cold windy weather OF
the last week the Syracuse crews have been
getting along fairly well. The four is the
only boat which has yet shown any approach
TO real form.
The varsity boat is not rowing in the form
shown by last season a varsity eight at this
time. The men are strong and pull their
oars through with power. but they have
many faults which will have to be corrected
before they can be considered a smooth
crew. Several men are inclined to clip their
stroke. or. as Coach Ten Eyck says They
all feather too high" This prevents the
men from getting the full benent OF their
reach. and also has q tendency 70 let the boat
slope down first on one side and then on the
Ths old man has not had much TO say to
the four, which seems to indicate that he u
fairly well pleased with the progress or the
men, two of whom, Spencer, stroke, and
Cummings, 2, rowed in the boat last season
Just at present the port side seems TO be a
little stronger. There are two new men on
the starbOard. The men keep the boat
riding level most OF the time sShiefer Of
veIoping into first rate pilot.
The freshmen are not as far advanced
asd"t and they S" swing a. all over the boat They are
heavy and manage to drive their boat through
the v ster with fair. speed but their form is
'TSinS Cummings, the Brooklyn boy who has
Is eT one of Of the strongest men in the boat. but
he seems unable TO reach out and pull long
stroke without sending his n6iS BODY over the
well back but has a tendency to fall away
! from his oar. Forbes, who has been rowing 9,
seem % to see the necessity Of pulling all the
| time. -
! enclosed field at present. The Syracuse
batting order contains two new names. G..
| Rrst base owing to the latter's slow fielding.
and Waugh Is being tried out at third base.
| RaahauD has been OhanRe0 from thiru TO
! second by Coach Hedernan, Owing TO the
| cold weather and poor condition OF the dia-
mOnd. the team has not yet had a satisfactory
workout; Mack, stein; rhayer and Watkeys.
| with sullivan and Dollard. backstops, form
! as good battery candidates as there are in
| the colleges Heyniger. the crack Princeton
| twirler and Mack, who faced each other
| in the game yesterday. were opponents when
schoOlboys at Corning and Elmira resDec-
| lively.
Coach Keane. Manager jidley. Young.
sprinter: HOrr. weight man, and Capt, Allen,
| pole vaulter. will leave for Philadelphia next
| Thursday TO attend the Pennsylvania relay
games. The coach has spent considerable
| time with Young lately trying TO get him
away from the scratch more quickly. He
| is a powerful sprinter when under way. but
| Dunster, the second string man. can get
| away faster than he can, Keane thinks
Young viii surprise the experts this year IL
he can correct this fault. HOrr Is daily i'm
| proving In form, and Capt. Allen, who ls the
metropolitan champion, IL far ahead Of his
| form at this time last year.
Syracuse students are looking forward to
the track meet and baseball game with the
Carlisle Indians at Elmira on May 10. This
date will be big day in Elmira, whore no
college teams have competed since Cornell
and Princeton used to 10 the old days.