The sun., 1908-06-21
lCOLUMBIA'S CREW is PANCIED
,yEW YORKERS HOPE FOR ROUGH
WATER ON HUDSON.
They Believe Their Chances VIII BE Best
in Intercollesiate Regatta Under such
Csnditsens PsnnsyIvanih and syra-
cuse Crews Held TO Outrank Others.

cuse crews Held to Outrank Others
~ II there is any breeze at all from the soutf
next Saturday TO kick up little sea on thu
4 Hudson River the Columbia varsity crew \
3 expected to come very near being the frs
\ 10 cross the line In the intercollegiate regatta
n The New Workers. are the best rough watel
crew OF the Ave that have been for two week.
or SO training over the Poughkeepsie- High
4 land course in preparation for the thirteenth
renewal of the regatta. That Is the thing
that will be most In favor OF the chances o
The Columbia men, II the going Is smooth
that Is. If there is no head wind. they mal
not do as well. But at any event they are
not likely to show up as badly as some re-
* cent reports indicated they might do.
The greatest interest in the regatta earlier
This year was In the prospect Of the renewa
\ Of the struggle between Cornell and Columbia
Y. When the race was over last year and Cornell
Y had won by three feet every one expected
that the race this season would certainly be
a almost as keen. Those who expected this
were banking on the fact that both colleges
would have many veterans back In the shells
Il to row again IN 1908. Since then, however
chance has raised havoc with both crews.
HI The matter OF fact Is, however. that the
4 Cornell varsity crew is not rowing at all
( tadly. The men have all the technique
4 smoothness and finish Of the average Court
ney crew. but what is lacking is the power
and ginger which have marked preceding
Cornell varsity combinations. 1t would be
4 no surprise at all II the Cornell crew finished
down near the tail end In the race next Sat
urday. 1t would be a much greater surprise.
even to those who have had the training Of
the crew In hand. II the Ithacans were toward
the front at the end OF the race. In fact.
not a few persons expect to see a most un-
4 usual happening this year. They think
: there Is a fine chance that Cornell will not
A finish first In any one Of the three races
That seems like long chance to take and
T In other years 1t would be a very bad betting q
proposition. But In other years Cornell has
bad certainly two first class crews out of the
three or at the very least one exceedingly
z good crew Since 1904. although Cornell
supremacy on the water has not been so pro-
nounced as before that time at least, the
lthacans never have failed to land first In at
q least one race on each succeeding regatta
day. However. this time II seems as II.
barring the freshmen race, Cornell might
very wen be shut out.
As for the freshman race. although Cornell
has q splendid crew, Wisconsin apparently
has a better. Those who are figuring on the
freshmen race as Cornell 8 best chance to
escape a shutout will have to pay attention
to the work OF Ed Ten Eycks men.
ssi The race this year has not at all figured
out as 1t appeared it might last year. Seem
! hgly it will not be between Cornell and Co
simbia In the varsity eights, because there
gare other crews 10 be figured on In spite of
, hard luck, Columbia has a crew Of superb
Workmanship and general excellent execu-
tion. Therefore Columbia may be a con-
tender where Cornell is unlikely to be. There
are other crews which have a right to be
considered.
Y Pennsylvania has much veteran material.
and although it is not at all pretty looking
crew Ellis Ward believes it to be better than
last years and perhaps as good as the 1906
crew. the fastest he has had in recent years.
The Syracuse eight is much better looking
boat than last year s, the men being more
evenly placed and the weight being better
distributed. Five of Jim Ten Eyck's men
rowed In last year g crew and two others
were in the freshman eight. There is only
one absolutely new man and he has had some
Experience Judged from the trim appear
ance OF the Syracuse crew 1t ought to have
chance and, a good chance.
OF the five crews on the river Columbia and
Cornell are rowing the pretuest and smooth
est style. There is very close resemblance
between these two college crews. The men
In both are masters of the long reach, the slow
recovery and the forceful pull through. There
Is no jerkiness about their work, II is pretty
and smooth.
Compared 20 them Pennsylvania is very
awkward indeed. The Quakers have long
reach. but 1t is u long reach only because
they take. so much time to go back for the
next stroke. They clip the stroke at both
they forget much Of what has been taught
them. But I Is certainty that the crew
may do. to Otlseb workmanship, PennSyl-
venia will have chance to improve.
The Syracuse men thls year retain ths
y io rowhsss taught a T By the. elder Ten Eyss
apparently involves this disregard for the
e. W. ons mile Is nq
takes On exceptional crew, such as that Of
1900. 70 win: This years is an M Msxceptional
and Of the remar able evenness Of the dis
same as Syracuse has had for a couple Of
strength as well as experience.
The syracuse men average l7S pounds IN
All n the 1rs @en are Big that Is to say
bulky. II is by no means as tall a lot as the
other colleges have, but the weight that they
hat hat hard. straining style for four miles and
ss %o H. nsf hfn ax WI any ns
sons believe. that they. can do It becau use Of
their sxeegtional physical i atsaipmeDts at. old
Rs'if Re likes @ s little BIT better. ~
reshmen % % have tfe put over rH" the Badger varsity
or tive ,lniles, and even three miles. This
speaks more for the strength OF the fresh
men than for the ability Of the varsity. Coach
Cornell says that good varsity
rev ought to pnt II all oyer oyer goSSd fresh s
lreshmer.is,. distance, There Is no denying
hat the Wisconsin varsity men row nicely.
They stroke with a hard catch and there Is
power In what they do. But they do not
leem TO make the boat go alon e as they should.
ID other words, they aren't impressive, The |
freshmen crew. on the other hahd. |
!. impressive. 1t wouldn't be any surprise at
III to see them win.
In case Of rough water. however, the Wis
they have had lots Of rough water work on |
heir hikes at home, and Furthermore they |
ave not missed any rowing at all on the Hud- |
on because OF rough water. They are very |
yell used 70 It and there is email doubt that |
hey would do well in rough water and doubt |
ass good deal better than they are likely |
% do !h smooth water.
No one can say offhand looking at crew 60 |
" just what that crew is going to do In a
aces themselves always tell the story, OF
that vas a crews especial ability and what
ras itssworst defect. 1t Is always a lot easier
o roaeob backyard to a known conclusion
han u reason forward with only premises.
KeeISfak these things in mind and making
" statements with u careful reservation IL
,oks as -if hrst honors in the race might lie
et eens Columbia and Pennsylvania with
yraouae a. very, DANGEROUS contender. On
hey aiS doing Cornell and Wisconsin do not
,ok dan gerous 1t Is the first time in q long,
,ng while that any one has had the feeling
hat hScould say that Cornell was not dan
cohilsS bia has had it's share and a little