Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09

Cerussi has been stroke oar of three crews
before this year. He made that place in
his class eight in 1896. Last year and the
year before he stroked the varsity boats
that finished second in the big race.
Cornell Has Two Flights.
Cornell has two Fights at work now. In
the first varsity are Williams, bow,
Backus. ,; Sanger, g.; Beyea, 4; Stevens. 5;
HOLSTER, 8; Clark, :, and Horton, stroke.
Williams was bow oar OF the freshman
crew in 1870. which finished last. lie was
: in the varsity crew last year. Backus
was = in the freshman crew Of the class of
1910 and 4 in the varsity last season.
Sanger, Beyea and HOLSTER, although they
have been rowing right along, have not
been in first varsity combinations before
this. Stevens. although a senior, made his
first appearance last year as in the var
sity. CLARK made his class boat at 3 in
1900 and last year was a varsity man, hold
ing seat 8 Horton, who stroked the sec
ond varsity against Pennsylvania last year,
was put in the varsity shell at . when
Coach Courtney had trouble with Bromley,
Holt, Gavett and Weed.
The junior eight is made up Of Sea-
graves. bow; Simson, ?; Kelly, ;; AiJchison,
4, Sutton, 5; Day, ., Names, :. and Weed.
stroke. Barring Kelley and Weed. this is
last years freshman boat. as Il won the
race al Poughkeepsis. Curiously enough,
1t is rowing in exactly the same order as
the freshmen did last year, HadIey being
8 and wiechers stroke. The last named
would be in the varsity boat today 1t is
a safe bet, but for illness.
Kelley ana Weed have had tempestuOus
times as Cornell oarsmen. Kelley rowed 3
in his freshman boat in 1870, the crew
which finished last. He was bow oar OF
the four-oared crew which ran into the
float while leading hsndily at Pough-
keepsie last year. Weed stroked his fresh
man boat in 1896 when Syracuse won from
Cornell. He made no crews in 1871, being
a varsity substituted he was one Of the
four men whom Courtney dismissed from
the rowing squad because Of some dissen-
sion. The others were graduated last year,
but Weed got back into standing again.
Courtney also has selected a four-oared
boat which should not repeat, By reason
OF 'ack Of practice. the bad steering which
lost last years race. BuIIen, the bow
oar. rowed in his freshman crew three
years ago and was a varsity substitute
last year, Wurst vas > in the 1873 fresh
man class, and Lafferty. a substitute for
last years freshman boat, has seat 3 in
the four. The stroke is Crawford. who
was a substitute for the class eight Two
years ago, when ne entered college and
stroked last years misguided four.
Pennsylvania has not the veteran collec-
ton which earlier conditions made il appear
would wear the red and blue in the race.
The latest changes have put Reeves at
bow. He Is a big fellow, who rowed in
PCnn's junior crew last year. Stiles, who
s.roked the freshmen boat last year, is ?
in the varsity, Bennett. ;, sat at Z behind
Stiles last year. HOsgland In an alto
gether new man who Towed against Yale
this sprng Walton, who vas : in the
freshman boat JWO years ago. made the
varsity I'm 1907, being seated a. 4 Last
year he didn't get a varsity seat.
Captain Shoemaker, 6. is the most veteran
Oarsmsn on the river, lie roWed in his
freshman boat al 5 in 1895, being then In
the class o. O In the varsity she'll in 1906
he was at 4 That was the best varsity
boat Pennsylvania had since the days OF
the GARDENERS II finished Second. Shoe
maker was not in college in 1907. but last
year he came back and had seat ) in the