The Washington herald., 1908-06-15

Philadelphia. June 1.-THE Pennsylva-
MIA crews took their last row OF the sea-
son on the Schuylkill yesterday morning.
and then packed up their shells and
shipped them to Poughkeepsie. The oars
men will 80 up 70 the course on the Hud-
son tomorrow morning. and then will
follow the final two weeks grind in
preparation for the big races on Satur-
day. June o. The work yesterday was
Of light order-just enough TO keep the
men in trim. Coach Ward was unable 10
follow the men up the river. as the coach
ing launch Franklin. with Capt. Kirk in
charge. left on its journey for Pough-
keepsie on Friday.
Thirty-one men viii be in the Pennsyi-
yania squad this year-the varsity eight.
two varsity fours. the freshman eight
and two substitutes. Coach Ward Man
ager Phlller. and Assistant Manager Scott.
PENIS crew this year is a puzzle 20 the
experts Some are so impressed with the
size and strength Of the eight that they
pick the Red and Blue for first place.
while others say they will not finish bet
ter than third Every man In the boat
has rowed at least once before at Pough-
keepsie
Crew Well Balanced.
The crew is composed largely OF tall
men-the ideal form Of oarsmen-and is
we'll balanced. The average height is half
an inch over s feet, while the average
weight is 176 pounds. In the waist Of the
shell sit three Eiants-Hendrie. S feet 3
inches; Shoemaker, S feet " inches, and
Drayton. feet 314 inches. The average
weight OF this trio is 1sS pounds The
shortest man in the boat is Dean, at No.
:. who stands feet 9 inches tall The
Hghtest man is Townsend. at No. ?. who
weighs I6o pounds.
On paper this is a great crew. but the
form shown 10 date has not justified the
expectation that they will win. While
Cornell seems 10 be less formidable than
usual this year, other crews have improv-
ed and il will take a mighty good eight
70 carry of first place Columbia. with
six Of last years crew back is sure TO
be dangerous. Last year. under the
coaching OF Jim Rice. Columbia gave Cor
nell an awful race. This year they have
not been considered very much. because
they were beaten by the Middies early in
| the season. But they are sure 70 prove
dangerous. however. They have the
strength and the experience They have
been on the course at Poughkeepsie for a
week. having the start on all their rivals
! in this respect
Syracuse Is Dangerous.
/ Syracuse claimed attention as danger
Gus competitor by trouncing Annapolis.
At that time they had A splendid crew.
but the faculty ban has been placed on
Ten Eyck. their splendid stroke. With
him out Of the boat, Syracuse's chances
Will be weakened but the final decision
has not yet been made II Ten Eyck IS
allowed 20 row. Syracuse will surely be IN
the hunt for first honors.
Wisconsin meanwhile has been plodding
along quietly. No one in this part Of the
country knows accurately the strength Of
1 the Westerners. They won the freshman
| race last year. and on those men they de-
/ pend largely for victory in the varsity
( race this year.
Cornell has had internal dissensions
! galore this year. and seemingly as a re-
suit thereof was beaten by Harvard two
weeks ago by ten lengths. The Cornell
shell at that time was half filed with
water and several OF those ten lengths
were undoubtedly due 70 this-just how
many II is impossible to say. Coach
Courtney has had such troubles before
and has bobbed up serenely on the day Of
the race with victories in one or more
races. So 70 count him out Of this years
race is unwise. he has had hard luck
and in his public appearances his crew
has worked badly, but il is almost A safe
bet that the ere = that beats Cornell will
win the race Courtney will have a good
crew when the gun goes OF