The sun., 1909-06-06
HARD TASK FOR COLUMBIA
GETTING a CREW MEANS WORK
or TOUGHEST SORT.

! GEITING n CHEW MEANS UVHn
or TOUGHEST SORT.
Cornell In Good Trim After Successful
Preliminary Season and syracuse
Looks FormidAbio-Pe0n Uandl-
capped and Wisconsin an Unknown.
Colum bias crew squad at Poushkeepsie
10 working toward one end. The men want
rest more than work In some respects, but
what they are after ts TO get combination
that by means Of judioious training can be
made into an eight worth while. The lscs
OF fall practice. the brief season on the
water before tho big races and bad condi-
tion Of several Of the men made things
very Awkward for the New Workers. After
| the race with Harvard the Columbia men
we're satisfied to be able to say that Har.
ward had q great crew and that Cornell
| had something coming to 1t. After me race
| with the Navy II was excuse enough. ex.
cises were needed, to remark that this was
mot the first Coiumbial crew; at least did
not have In II all the men whom Rice re-
ssrded as his best.
When Syracuse defeated the Navy by
three lengths that WAS a hard blow. but
the outcome OF the HarT ard-cornell contest
was worse. To have the ithacans defeat
handily the crew which had beaten Column
ba 80 badly made the New Workers look
bad indeed. For the frat time the gradu.
atee, who had all sorts of confidence that
| things would pan out, began to look dubi-
Gus. The Columbia eight did some irregn-
| lar rowing after the race with the Navy.
but nothing that was Of much value TO tho
men. 1t Ia conceded that when the men
have had chance to get settled at Poush.
keepse. with nothing TO worry them ana
nothing to do except to train and 10 sleep,
q great change will be noticeable.
One leading Columbia rowing follower
said recently: Rice hasn't lost his grip
entirely just because his crews were beaten
in q couple OF races. and Columbia men
haven't lost confidence solely because Of
the defeats We Know full we'll that there
Is the mat erial in the boat from which q
first rate varsity crew can be constructed
and We are sure that crew will be turneS
out which will be a credit to the univ ersity
! 1t is simply the case OF having confidence
in coach and oarsmen and letting them
work out their problem together.
1t is a pretty safe bet that any one who
sees the Columbia varsity crew after .
weeks stay at Poughkeepsie Will get
pleasant surprise. Then the men will
ss. ssnh srf esns Ssarss 'ss e S g, Sys see
their mi nds In the way of examinations and
euiee out the plan he had in mind for a crew that
would be pretty capable and when, he
gets that boat in working order there
0usof Sou@Ds no "a fss%!' isn any worse OF at ,h.
season last year. The lthscans came s to
definitely made UP and there were changes
right up TO the very last week Of training
Cornell rowed a fne race and. although
were considered better. II the Columbia
sustem is right and the men are In condi.
ton. Columbia may, not be the winner. but
should make good showins Rirss ,oos men men
much was expected Of them this time;
il they fail to win. but do as well as Cornell
OF syst EN- and will help to prove that Co
lumbia Is going on the right lines.
CSrnelvs crew. having comn mnished ddw ,he'r ,o
pects Of he days OF old. Following the
race with Harvard Courtney put back
year who up 10 that time had been dividing
their time between fours and elghts; II
is curious what an impression there r. OF
believed when he, first split np what might
be considered his, real varsity bost into
fours that he had decided .si,n his so.eal,fd
that hat he had picked a varsity four a long
before Oo and ss iss
There is seneraliy method in the Court
nsn pPs SsrR he he ssry s9f! a
a certain man who was pretty, good oars
man was dismissed from his place in the
In his place was put another oarsman
Of whom the world in general knew nothing,
I guess that man was the best stroke Cor
! and he certainly wasn't Tar behind
them. II is a good thing to remember that
when Courtney drops man WIN great
bea' betteq P' to % put in hi. place Otherwise he
puts up with the men he has. Courtney
,hs shsswdss, old hsnS II hir this fsIms
could be copnted with ease on Miner
The Cornell crew has in it Kelley, bow:
Day. 8: Names. !. and. Weed stroke. Kelley,
simson. Day. Names and, Weed were in
the Junior varsity Boz, Nv, which !. Won in the
Keiiey from 20 bow. Kelley was the bow
Of The The s.s'S Sss S.sS 0u soS s' Of se sa
| boat. went out and Clark. the commodore
the G9rnsb nay wes oy.d po, u ihs sea'
toward the stern to 4. giving Ba ckus. an
OF her varsity veteran, a seat AZ ., Sutton
Of the junior boat Yielded seat ~ ; to Stevens
trio remained the same, There Is nothing
at all weak about this combination and
not be strongly favored for the race,
The varsity four which Courtney made
up a long time ago, even before ne oars.
took ne ~ nas Se SeeH
coaches pick a four from the varsity Ieft
overs late in the season has a great start on
the other crews. This crew ia made up OF
Bullen bow Wurst, 2; Iaderty. 3, and Craw-
ford. stroke. A these men have had plenty
Of rowing experience. ana Crawford stroked
There IA only one thing that can be
counted against Cornell The Ithacans
have shown all their ability thus far in
| rowing races at about Two miles, and five OF
the varsity men never have rowed In four
Whether or not they viii be ft to 90 the dis
They rowed high stroke against Harvard.
a stroke that they couldn't manage for
four miles unless they we're except ionally
good. Perhaps they are.
Most persons hink the most DANGEROUS ri
cuse men. They have shown from their early
season work that they can go two miles to
material is in the boat Simmer, Fisher.
Champlin, Hemenway and Armstrong are
tough customers. while Gere. Gulbord and
Putnam we're good oars In issa ;sk year. fresh,
lot OF practice. together for the bulk OF
the season and they haven't had very
bad conditions to struggle AGAINST. They
have been very well taught and are a self
reliant lot. Syracuse was able to beat the
Navy two years In succession, and there
take the Poughkee psie race twice in sue
cession.