Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
WITE 7 E COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOings in the Field Of Sport in East
and West.
INTEREST IN BOAT RACES
other Crews Better on Than Cornell
and Columbia - Pennsylvania
Apparently strong, wis
cOnsin a. Well.

regatta this season. The internal dtssen-
sion at Cornell has disrupted the organi-
xation Of the crew and has forced upon
the coach the necessity Of rearranging his
men much later In the season than he or
any other rowing coach likes to have TO
do It. Most Cornell varsity eights are
selected by the time II is necessary to go
on the water. At any event the plan is
to have the same combination at work from
the first week In April. As for Columbia,
the New Workers are short of work, al
though that is a defect the coach is doing
his best now TO remedy on the Hudson.
The New Workers. are far heavier than they
should be, Something has retarded their
development and at the same time has
hurt their speed.
1t is certain that the others-Pennsyl-
vania. Syracuse. Georgetown and Wiscon.
sin--are better off than they were last year
at this time. Probably the Pennsylvania
eight is the best OF these. The Quakers
had a thorough try-out, as far as their
speed was concerned. in the race In the
American Henley, where they rowed a
dead heat with the New York Athletic
club eight. There they did not show par
t~icularly smooth style. That is a prevail
ing defect OF Pennsylvania crews.
But It must be recalled that they were
at one time In that race more than a
length behind the New York crew and that
they pulled up nightly at the end. There
rarely Is a question Of the endurance Of
Pennsylvania boats. That race showed
they had pure sprinting speed and could
pick zip the stroke when the occasion called
for II. Those things are very helpful in
four-mile races. as the finish last year
showed. II the Columbia crew had been
able to muster ever so little a squirt In that
final quarter mile maybe the result would
have been different.
Better Conditions at wisconsin.
At Wisconsin conditions earlier in the
season were extremely unfavorable. There
was a great deal OF rough water. In the
Easter holidays the students had TO work
twice a day at Madison. That was given
over later, but toward the end Of May the
twice-a-day rowing began again. The oars
men got up with the lark and rowed a
short distance, about five miles. at day.
break. In the afternoon work they covered
stretches Of from nine to twelve miles.
All this was performed on water much
smoother than usual and all the conditions
were very helpful to the men. With some
thing like this to work from, the WILSON,
sin men are getting a bit more confident.
Their work, while 1t has not aroused their
coach to great enthusiasm, at least has
impelled him to say that the outlook is
decidedly more cheerful.
Captain Wilder OF the Wisconsin crew
said recently: 1.-THE crew is In just as gooN.
II not better, form than last years varsity
was at this time. The men are all work
Ing hard and with a fairly good draw for
positions at P~oughkeepsie we ought to
win. The freshmen are in far better form
than last years freshmen were at this
period. but freshmen are always an uncer-
tain quantity and they may not improve
consistently. Last years boat made enor-
nous Improvement In the last two weeks"
Well. any crew that is lots better than
last years Wisconsin freshmen eight can
win the race.
Wisconsin, Leaves Early.
The Wisconsin squad leaves Madison on
June 1S for the Hudson. They will have
a day less than two weeks Of rowing, a
longer period than usual for the Badgers.
The men and the weights Of the varsity
as 1t probably will row at Poughkeepsie
are: Sumnicht, 164, bow; Wilce, ITO. 81
| frame. 1853. 81 witte. lib, I; Dreutzer. $50. 81
r Iakkisch. III, 6; Wilder, 176, 7; Dinet. IT.
! stroke. This makes an average Of 17s1t
pounds, a heavy crew. and a worthy one
r II these men can pull their weights.
. The freshmen names and weights are
NOSCHs wv OOWs AlPNht Auof - 0NNWNANNi
] 1876, 81; Clark. l0, 4: Roberts, ITO, 3; wiel
176. 6; Kraatz. ia. 7; Hare. 1877, stroke. This
is an average OF 18TH pounds.
1.-THE race on Saturday was a source Of
great satisfaction to the Pennsylvania ad
2 herents. The way the varsity pulled VI
at almost the very last moment on theii
opponents from New York and with
superb effort came In even with them die
: ones heart good TO watch. 1t was al
Q excellent exhibition Of rowing. We con
graduate the crew heartily for its worl
and hope TO see a repetition OF 1t a
Poughkeepsie." remarks the Pennsylvania
$ anent the race at the Haniey.
The crew which did all this was yer.
n much a veteran affair, 1t was and &
made up Of Doering. bow; Townsend, 2
u Rogers. 8; Hendrie, 4; Shoemaker. 5; Dray
ton. 6; Dean, z; Emig. stroke. and II tina
n doesn't look like a winning combination
. It at least resembles a crew that will pu
o up a tough fight, Shoemaker and Draytol
are as strong oarsmen as Pennsylvania
ever had. The others all have had exepri
y ence. some OF one year, others OF two
but taken all in all this is a hardy crew
= When Ellis Ward has a group of me,
y under his care for three years at a stretc'
: he generally makes them show something
" The victorious career Of Pennsylvania I
1893. 1889 and 1900 was chiefly by force o
y keeping the same men together. The mex
= period ended with the 1906 race. whe
" Pennsylvania was second. This crew. II a
= signs hold good. will be the fastest 10
~ four miles that Ward has had.
i The ouakers will leave on June 10 for ~
10 Hudson regatta They will take to Pougr
is keepsie a freshmen eight and two four
The freshmen crew Is: Thompson, bow
90 HUM. 2; shafer. 8; Stiles. 4; Smith. s; Fo'
6; Bennett. 7; Howard, stroke. The fou
n at present is; woodhouse. bow; Heysle
he 2; Kirkpatrick. 8; Gawthrop, stroke.
In The Syracuse crew last season was M
first class. The boat this year is goin
Id much better. for two miles certainly
ly not for the longer distance. The decisiV
tn victory over the navy eight on the Sever
lis has Impressed the upstate men consider
ably. zone and a half lengths in a twt
on mile race over one OF the best eighths
n. the county. Now for ~PouRhkeepsie."
the way the Syracuse Daily Orange pu
"a II. II certainly was q good showing, bI
the boat has to be a lot better than la
on years to have a look In. The Syraeul
men take n lot OF comfort anyway in a
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