The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-17
ALL WATCHING NAVY CREW
TRIAL ROW or ACADEMY OARS.
MEN had GOOD POINTS.
They Have Experience n Weight but Need
age 70 Stand High Stroke Used In the
First Hudson Performance Columbia
suffers From Conditions on Harlem.

PouoHKEEPs1E, June 10. - The college
crews now preparing for the regatta
on the Hudson on June 20 have had o
ohanoe 10 show something OF their style
although the Naval Academy oaTsmen and
the Georgetown crew were out on the river
for q single day only last week. The showing
OF the Navy Grew In It's row over the COURSE
yesterday afternoon leads 10 some figuring
on the part OF those who have made a de-
termlned effort this year on having the Hava
Academy men rated az favorites. They
showed some defects. but not many. which
viii have 10 be remedied before the crew
is At 10 60 the dista nee 10 company with
the other Fights.
The Naval Academy men rowed too high
q stroke. IL appears. to make II sure that they
can 60 four miles In a satisfactory way. They
were notohing all the way from 81 to 90 strokes
10 the minute throughout their trial and tina
has been considered all along too high a
stroke 10 row for four miles, Although
james A. Ten Eyok, the Syracuse coach,
says that his crews do not row a high stroke,
recollection OF the race In 1904 won by SYRIA
cuss Is that the upstate men were going
about seas all the way That was an eX.
cephonal crew The men were very powerful
and fairly well q ged They also had several
seasons experience. With a crew Nike that
II might be expected that they could so a
distance driving very hard.
Ia the case OF the Navy oarsmen. thinss
are slightly different, Although the men
In the present Naval Academy senior eight
ell have q great deal OF experience as oars
men. they lack the age for one thing .hat
seems 10 be so necessary to the success OF a
crew. In another respect, however, they
ere put up In a wa TO stand very hard strains.
Physically the Naval Academy crew lie the
best on the river The men all are very
well built and their weight average Of lie
pounds is the best on the river The men
may not be as heavy according to the figures
as the present Syracuse crew. but there is 9
better distribution OF the weight
In their time row on Saturday the Anna olls
men covered the whole course al GOOD speed
They were driving the boat all the way and
their finishing squirt wss run Up about to
forty strokes TO the minute. However.
when the men finished they were very much
exhausted. While the Navy osrsnen might
naturally be expected to feel much better
when they got on lively water. the change
from the Severn might so have operated
on them as 10 distress them In their first trial
on the Hudson. The fact that they finished
exhausted is not encouraging to those who
wish the Navy crew we'll, but II does seem
TO prove that they are able to work very hard
In The course OF a trial. which indica ties in
turn a good quality. They can drive them
selves.
~ ~ p'AN ~ ~ N'N FAlOhN W. = q W
the minute at the end OF a four mile trial is
something Of a feat and that may account
for some Of the eXha ustion. There are few
crews which are able TO pick up a squirt in
that. way. To most rowing judges that
would indicate a deal of ability in the Navy
crew, The oarsmen ali were handling them.
selves in good style and the workmanship
was far from bad. Taken all in all, although
the time row did develop some things which
are not for the best, considered soberly they
also gave the, coaches of the other crews
IS smali g%u s9 1elnF t6 GTeT the be- a aP ssddds AND p ISTrr
are there, In the Anna polls boat. and that
they can be applied, but there is some doubt
proper way. The race viii show that if sub
du Tine oG 9Ra last ors %seR has R Hfsa sSSvacpoo seEE
James g.. Rice has been making changes
Of pne kind or another rather frequently;
man goes in the boat be does not break up
the smoothness of the eight. For another
up IN weight, That always, is a favorable
sign and in this case 1t furnishes a very good
argument against the continuance Of Col
Some Of the men who were decidedly under
the weather In the earlier part of the year
Rice SAYS he believes that 1t all can be
traced back TO the bad conditions on the
That place would kill any one" said Mr..
Rice recently. The malaria aud the sewage
all combine to make the, place unfit for any
one, Inc way the InPn have picked up since
shows what is the matter with the Harlem"
Ellis Ward. coach Of the Pennsylvania
crews. says the same thing about the Harlem.
He says that he had a long experience Of
the stream and that IL is unwise for any crew
The Cornell crews have been rather under
q cloud since the arrival hero and Coach
Courtney has had small hesitation, in cay;
much chance to win in the big race, Courtney
always says these things and then gdds;
the use OF my saying that? But / can assure
that this Cornell varsity crew isnot as good
a. last years. not by minute and 70 seconds"
by many persons. However. there are many
rowing coaches here who would like to see
more of 1t before deciding what the chances
The Ithacsns have been down toward
to say lust what they have been doing. The
coach may not change his order again; but
s Hoi ssy to t d". h he s $40 Us hat hat t6ins. T navar Ne here rs
to upset before and that the next days move
ment9 alw,ays are a puzzle to him. IT. Is a
havc the style TO cover the distance.
PENNSYLVANIA varsity crew has impressed
he rather contemptuous at first. The Quaker !
certainly have not been well provided with
material and they we're Disappointed at the
veterans of the best Pennsylvanla boat ever.
However, the men row smoothly. they ap-
p%arently have the and they make the
boat go along between strokes.
Never before hav We the Fights come to the !
Hudson 50 far behind where they should be
in condition. The spring has been very I'M
favorable and all ha We been affected about
alike. This is the case whore the institution
which was most favored by the weather seems
to have the edge on the others. The opinion
seems TO be that the Navy is that favored crew.
The oarsmen spent to-day mostly in church |
or in taking launch rides to visit the others.
The Naval Academy OUTFIT naturally, was the
point for many visitors. The midshipmen
probably will be popular avorltes In many
ways during their stay here.
The Syracuse crew has elected as captain
w. Andrews. the only other veteran OF the
1905 varsity boat besides ID. A, Davis, the
first captain elected, who has retired because
Of poor condition. Andrews rows No. 3.
CREW CAPTAINS CONFER.