New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
BADGERS WORK HARD
WISCONSIN MEN BUSY.
Cerussi Likely to Stroke Columbia,
VARSITY -Four in Race.
TBy Telegraph to TIE Tribun. 7

Poughkeepsie, " Y. June t9-Ned Ten Ev-t -.
the Wisconsin crews through some strenuou, v,..
to-day both in the morning and in the aft.-,...
It, is the best remedy for the stiffness that forI-
a long railroad Journey. and for that rssso- -
had the Badgers out for hour az both prar.i-,
covering about sixteen miles in all The 'v,-,,.
eight still shows signs OF fatigue. however ans /.
will probably be the middle Of the week befor. ~.
men are in good condition. Ten Eyck was p,,I.
uncertain after the Friday about the NAL.
I'D Of the varsity. but he made no changes vsz,.-
day so that the crew is rowing in the folIovri,
order: sumnick. bow: Kerr. No. ?. Trane No ,
Hare. No 4; Van Loom. No ); WiIce No :.
Kraatz No. !; Dinet. stroke. and Richardson 20,
swain
Four OF these men rowed in the shell last Inn.
when Dinet occupied the same position at strok.
The men are a rangy Western type When H.
row they seem reach Overfar. and this r,,k.
their recovery slow They pull through with I,.
of steam. and do not clip their stroke The fr..b
men are good sized lot. with plenty Of power
The Wisconsin oarsmen had their first rou a,
the water on April 13. ana have been rovins -
practically the same order ever since ONLY f.t-
weather has prevailed at Madison since the h.
ginning of the spring, that the are a Ftts
further behind in development than usual Ths
will be Offset Ten Eyck hopes. by the extra orr
period of training the Hudson 1t is expected
that the contingent OF Wisconsin rooters at the 70
gatta this year will be larger than ever before A
regatta club organized at the university early
in the college year, each member subscribing g
cents a week. The funds already collected IN th,
way Will be sufficient to bring a whole carload o.
Badger rooters to the Hudson.
The Cornell crews are going very smoothly and
IN the practices to-day did some fine work In ths
morning Courtney took the men out when the water
was Iumpy from yesterdays gale. but BY the time
they had rowed down TO Milton the river was Ike
a pond. There have been no changes in any Of ths
Ithaca crews since their arrival, and ir is very
likely than any will take place at this time Court
ney has not said word about the chances OF his
varsity eight. the only communication he has mad.
being after the time row on Thursday, when he
admitted that # the best rowing his crew had
done since It arrived In the morning practice the
varsity boat did not keep the keel even. sliding
over TO starboard between every stroke. In the az
ternoon however. nothing Of this sort notice.
able.
Courtney has taken the crews over the regular
| course every afternoon this week. something that
he did not care about doing in former years when
the bridge was being repaired. and there was al
ways constant danger OF injury from falling iron
and timbers-
Some complaints have been heard in the town
about the Columbia oarsmen. who take their after
noon hath IN the river at their boathouss and
neglect 10 wear swimming trunks The Columbia
quarters are about three miles above the city and
n Is only few yacht owners who ever get within
sight Of the quarters. II is not likely that arr
formal protest will be made TO The Columbia au-
thorities.
Rice seemed better satisfied with the varsity eight
today than at any time this week All three crews
roved up as far as Hyde Park IN easy stretches
Coming down there was spirited tussls between
the second eight and the varsity. IN which the
first crew rowed away from the boat stroksd by
Csrussf The afternoon row was probably the last
THAT the second crew will have together. as II g
expected that Rice will boat his varsity four On
Monday