The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-23
SYRACUSE OARSNEN
POWERFUL FACTOR
Their Showing Against Navy
Makes Their Chances on
Hudson Look Good.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Syracuse today looms up as the prob
able winner IN the intercollegiate re-
gatta and. unless the unforeseen hap
pens. should be a pronounced favoTlte
when the i've university Fights so TO
the stakeboats on the Hudson early in
July.
An athletic aggregation may fall heir
to almost any misfortune in the course
of a month, but II Syracuse can con
tinue the improvement that may be
expected there is no reason why a
thoroughly roundabout crew should not
sponsor the Orange at Poughkeepsie.
All this is gagged from the showing
made against the Naval Academy on
the Severn yesterday.
A week before the AIidshipmen dis
posed OF the Potomac Boat Club crew
with consummate ease. and in such i'm
pressive fashion that there were many
who believed that the Navy was IN
beatable. particularly on the Severn.
where the peculiar conditions of water
make It decidedly difficult for visiting
oarsmen TO show their true form.
Highly Adverse Conditions.
But yesterday the conditions could
hardly have been more adverse. A
comber-covered course made rowing out
of the question at the time originally
set for the race. and 1t was not until
shutdown that the coaches agreed to al
low their charges 10 venture out on the
turbulent waters So strong was the
sea running that the boats we're barged
and taken TO the starting line while
the Oarsnen went 10 the mark on
launches.
on to a good start, the midshipmen
did not long maintain fifelr lead, Tor
once the New Workers caught their real
stride there was nothing to II but SYRIA
cuse. With their powerful tear through
and hurried recovery, peculiar to the
Ten Eyck style Of coaching, the SYRIA
cuseans fairly lifted their cedar out OF
the troubled waters. Down the course
they went with a stroke varying from
81 TO IS 20 the minute, until they crossed
the line, with the middies still three
lengths aWay-a most creditable show
ing considering the acknowledge
strength OF the navy and the unfavOr-
able conditions for a visiting eight
To the veteran Jim Ten Eyck, under
whose tdtelage Syracuse mas risen from
med1ocrity 10 supremacy IN aquatics-
the victory was particularly gratifying.
To him il not only proved that he has
a most formidable eight this year, but
vindicated his ideas before the Naval
| Academy, where he was coach several
seasons back
The defeat Of the Georgetown fresh
man and prep crews in the American
Henley on the SchuyikiII yesterday
comes as a keen disappointment TO
those who had hoped that, by winning
the Fights, would rehabilitate rowing
at the university. For three years,
I aquatics at Georgetown have been in
/ a rather precariOus condition, but the
/ sport Is now facing the greatest crisis
since its establishment. Those who
have the better interests Of the insti-
/ tuition at heart have not yet lost hope,
4 and il may be that such an interest can
/ be aroused among the undergraduates
/ and alumni as to place rowing on q
1 sound foundation.
! A generation Of students ago. George
town was an acknowledged power in
national intercollegiate athletics. Her
| baseball nine was defeating the best
! teams IN the East her track men were
| scoring victories and annexing place
/ points IN the classic meets Of the coun
| try, her crew had come 20 be feare-
/ at Poughkeepsie, and even the football
| team. BY its showing against Princeton
/ Navy, Indians and otner thoroughly
representative elevens, was working IL
self 10 an enviable position