Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
CREWS LINE UP FOR RACE
Boat Houses Are Opened and Shells
Put in Commission to Compete.
MORE NAvrEs BEING FORMED
Many Colleges which Are Not EN-
tered for This Season Prepare
for Water Events in the
Future.

NEW YORK, March 19.-An-American
college crews which will compete at Pough-
keepsie and New London are now rowing
on the water. From Puget sound to the
Charles river the boat houses have been
opened and the shells put into commission.
The prospects for successful seasons are
reported to be bright at most OF the in
stitutions and the sport is gaining in popu-
larity Institutions which are not repre-
sented on the water are beginning to con-
template the formation Of navies. Mime
sofa, Missouri and Chicago university stu
dents are agitating a movement to establish
varsity crews. Stanford university is con-
tinuing rowing by means of clubs and Sc
curing as many candidates for positions in
the shells as turned out when rowing a
varsity sport at the University. The
co-eds at Washington university have or
ganized a crew. In the east, Princeton
will meet Annapolis in the first intercoI-
lcgiate contest in which the Orange and
Black has entered a crew for years.
The Harvard boat has recently been sub
ject to change in the position of stroke
Newman, who rowed in that place during
the early spring practice, has been changed
to the second crew on account of back
work and Cutter has been shifted to stroke
According to reports, the Crimson varsity
is rounding into good early season form
and the only changes which may be made
in its present seating are apt to occur in
the bow.
Yale has Harvard's weakness in the bow
Of its varsity shell, but the followers Of
rowing in that institution believe that the
prospects OF a winning crew are much
brighter this season than they were "A
year ago at this time. The Blue crews
reached the water a bit sooner than the
average squad.
When the first call for candidates was
issued at the University OF Pennsylvania
Coach Gray was amazed at the number of
his recruits. His squad was almost un-
wieldly and reached an unprecedented size
for Pennsylvania The men began work
this week and several preliminary regattas
have been scheduled for their practice.
Coach Rice of Columbia is in a peculiar
situation with the Light Blue and White
candidates. He believes that he has the
material for good eight-oared boat and
fair four, but the squad is so small that he
has no reserves. Rowing at Columbia has
been in precarious position several times
during the past few years, and this sea-
son the directors of the rowing club ser
sport. AS it is now, If one Of Coach Rlce's
good men is incapacited he has no suitable
substitute
short of Men.
At Syracuse, Coach Ten Eyck had a hard
time securing enough men to make serious
competition for the crows. Since the Orange
has been represented at Poughkeepsie II
has had several remarkable successes and
there was plenty OF rowing enthusiasm at
the Salt City college. Ten Eyclt's exper-
ience this year was a surprise to many
oarsmen. He resorted to mass meetings
to arouse sweepswinging spirit, His crews
are now on Onondago lake, and the work
has settled into the steady grind, prepar-
ing for Poughkeepsie.
For a time the Cornell oarsmen were
afraid that their spring practice would be
seriously retarded by the severe winter OF
northern New York, which locked the
Cayuga Like Inlet with ten inches OF Ice
when the crews should have left the ma
chimes. A sudden warm spell broke up the
ice and the subsequent flood drove the
cakes onto the lake little over a week
ago. Coach Cortney Immediately hoisted the
flag on the boat house. and now he has.
including nine coxswalns 101 candidates put
In boats with smooth water and compare
lively warm weather. Three OF the crews
are in shells. That rowing is on no decline
at Ithaca was shown by the number Of
under graduates who have lined the water
front during the last few practices. There
are more spectators watching the crews
this season than have turned out for years
at Cornell. Courtney has seven varsity and
four freshman combinations at work. Little
can be learned Of the coachs opinion OF
Cornelrs prospects, for, like Ten Eyck Of
Syracuse. Courtney Is secretive and will
not talk until after the Poughkeepsie
races.
The United States Naval academy crows
have been on the Severn for some time
and the mddies win soon have real con-
tests 20 face in dual meets. Harvard rows
at Annapolis on April a. After that Prince
ton. Columbia, Georgetown and Syracuse
take the "Trip in the order named.
A good many candidates have turned out
for Coach Dempsey at Georgetown and he
has four varsity boats and a problem be-
fore him in choosing one OF three likely
candidates for the strokes seat George
town has some interesting contests sched-
uled before the big regatta In the Hudson,
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