New-York tribune., 1909-06-27
0ARSMEN AWAIT WORD
COLLEGE CREWS READY
=. FOR STRUGGLE.
Nesc London and Poughkeepsie Re
gottas Bring College Sporting
e. Year to a Fitfing,C Gilman

New London and PouEhkeepsie. ACoulng the one on
Thursday. the other on Friday In spectacular
brilliancy. in the opportunity afforded for viewing
them and In the scenes they afford event Of the
college wear equals these regattas. not even the
great football games Bitter struggles are almost
certain 10 he fought out. and the result is so I'M
certain that it rash prophet who will stake his
reputation by picking the winning crew on either
river.
At New London Yale and Harvard will meet in
their race trained 70 the mint. with Harvard at
least in the minds Of some Of her most loyal
friends. trained just little bit BEYOND the minute
Harvard started the year with crew Of seasoned
veterans and early in the spring seemed certain 10
repeat last years Victory. hut the result OF tle
fVo-nlile race with Cornell Memorial Day has
made many change their minds. and Whlie 'Ile
Crimson viii start favorte. in all proha oility the
odds should he little more than even
as matter OF fact. Harvard looks Ike the VIM
rer a the arsity race. Wray has taken s'rors
and seasoned crew the Thames has given IL very
light work there and has. in all probability re-
Nttored the fine edge that had been worn on oefore
i1he Cornell Sargent is not strokng me 'o7"
because he had shown the most dangerous bytiP-
'tonr Of entertaining. shortening his stroke Flne
oar as he * This would he = fatal fault in shell
rowing under the Harvard system which "alis
above all else for a stroke that has lers'h @u
power high beat because It is pretty certain
ithat Harvard viii Try n wear Yale down as iaS'
sear's winning Cambridge eight did
Last year this plan SO successful that Har-
fin the first mile the terrihc carry
-ac on he
very fine Yale stroke to such an extent mat n
collapsed utterly and had be taken out of the
boat The Harvard idea is to inst the fear o1
defeat in the 7rst mile and make sure or VIC
=orr then. and Yale this wear viii he better pre-
'rared n fight such attack Wallis, VINO r.
ir1aced Captain Howe ~ stroke the Yale boat
after The losing race with Pennsylvania Is nuch
better fitted for such struggle than his captain
who Is particularly strong oar in the middle "l
the boat Certainly keener or at least longer
n~are EAR ma
fng rae winner is by no means an easy task
At PouEhkeepse the situation. with I'VE crews n /
She varsity race different and even mere COM
rlex Syracuse and Columbia fought It out last |
go Nth ,-o-7ervs rluckv crew a safe third. hut
-7c- : threatening factor In the race at any time
Syracuse and Columbia had the power men to fo" /
q waiting race fer more than two miles ana MAKE
N. race a. TIE finish The writer always thought /
that = Cerussi had had the ability 60 push his /
shell a little more Just before the final squirt ty
Columbia was begun the result would have been
different.
Ce-,lssi Is wonderful oarsrnar. and it Is great
rftv that. as now seems certain. he cannot row"
HIS style is Vellnigh perfect. but he lacks Just
mat last hit of ability drive his crew up 10 /
fast stroke while still holding the long sweep
This year he. ike Sargent. has been shortening
his stroke the cause in both cases being plainly
cvertrairing Cerussi has taken his captaincy very
hard He has had many details of Tie manage
-7srt of the crew thrown upon his shoulders de-
tails he should have been able to leave to the
manager and in addition 20 this he has felt all
spring the strain his long winter season as
--e-,her or Cournbis's basketball team. which had /
sr arduous season. particularly nerve racking 10 |
: man as highly organized as Cerussi- Ryan an
otner f1e Columbia osrsmsn. has also suffered |
from The basketball campaign.
Murphy Is rrroknE the Columbia eight He /
has developed under Rice into fine 7arsman and /
seems 10 have tie ability keep up his long
stroke a. the higher beat or the ability Of the
Columbia men TO follow his stroke there is little
doubt and supporters Of tho New York crew need
Tot fear that II Will not make an excellent show
inE in the great race
Syracuse has another extremely powerful crew.
with four II last years winning eight Il takes
= crew @ enormous physical strength and tire
sessness 20 win for Syracuse, for Ten Eycks stroke
Is thu hardest the river and DOOR crew Is /
tost Win II only the Victories Of iso4 and 1sos /
have justified The method Of the salt City coach. /
The Orange crew will probably he a savorite but /
ODDS are hardly justified. for the crew has rowed /
Enezenl-.
Cornell is q dangerous factor in the race this |
year The layuzn Who IS mildly interested in row
sng points that since Cornell began to have
winning crews IN lsm, Courtney has never had /
.ro losing crews in succession. and has in point
Of fact lost only two races. In this cme Courtney
has turned out Two wonderful crews. those OF 1871
snd 1913 TIE -e17 had a Titanic struggle with
Columbia. and some have always held that the
New York oarsrren really Won
Cornell crews row at an even stroke. They have
never developed great ability ia a driving finish.
and the stirring races Of le1 and l20- in each of
lrhch Columbia beaten oy a few feet inches.
each wen ty crews that had big
lead soon after passing the bridge and before the
other crews spurred In each case the Cornell crew
vas rowing lis very best for half mile before the
finish while the second crew was coming from
behind and making space TOO late 10 win. though
e feW yards would have turned the tide
There Is good deal OF justification therefore, for
Ire impression that # Cornell leads from the bridge
this year powerful crew. coming from behind
win the finish + has d coxswain who
tnoWs Just when 20 make his spurt In Eddison
Columbia has a pretty keen coxsvsin who has
shown lot q good judgment this year.
Columbia has one advantage over both Syracuse
and Cornell Rice has had two good crews all
spring. lie sent disorganized crew TO Cambridge.
70 be badly beaten by Harvard and his second
crew went Annapolis the navy good
raoe. But the crews have been pretty evenly
matched, and both have acquired good deal OF
sesl racing practice in this way.
Courtney mas hal one or the other of his varsity
egFTs boated IN fours Of the year, and at
Syracuse the second ls probably min
1tes slower than the varsity over a four-nle
course.
Wisconsin has powerful crew. too. but it has
shown little he Hudson. The crew has had q
longer time get used 20 the new water than Wis
consin usually have had. it has had .
more pra crice waters than the West
got before Ned Ten Eyck has mag
rihcent stroke in Dfnet. has no superior on the
river this year. and Iakisch in the boat this
year 10 collapse in the ;hird mile. II the crew can
hold the pace until the final squirt begins will be /
e dar gerous contender
Pennsylvania started well 10y defeating Yale at .
miles April. just Harvard started well /
by 5eating Columbia. Ellis Wards crew has been !
shot 10 pieces since then. however. and Pennsyl- /
vania VIII have show better form than the eight |
has vet displayed 10 oJt of last place
- he r5ssl Is "a than,