Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29
ROWING SUPREMACY
SOON TO Be TESTED
Harvard and Cornell Clash on
Cambridge Course
Tomorrow.

NEW YORK, May S-The preliminary
boat races this year, the two-mile at
fairs that annually cause SO much heart
burning and confusion, promise to give
good deal better line than usual on the
important regattas at New London and
Poughkeepsie. The most important OF
all these early races, that between Har-
ward and Cornell, Is still to be rowed, and
the critics are bound to reserve opinions
until after the meeting Of the two uni
versities that stood at the head of Ames-
ican rowing last year. The race takes
place this year at Cambridge On Ne
mortal day.
The Navy takes part In no intercof-
legiate regatta this year, the hoped-for
permission to go to Poughkeepsie not
having been obtained. But the Annapolis
early in the season a close race, and, be-
coming seasoned I'M that trial, beat CO.
lumbia- The victory over Columbia.
which was won without much dtfhculty,
was followed up by grueling struggle
with Syracuse, victory resting with the
Syracuse was third at Poughkeepsie
last year. well beaten by Columbia, which
crew gave Cornell q pretty hard fight Tor
first honors. Columbia and Syracuse both
have good crews this year. excellent COM
binations for speed and well ntted 90
row two-mile races early in the season:
Therefore. II, Harvard, rewfng on tne
Severn. could beat a crew that disposed
of Columbia and Syracuse, 1t 1s reason
ably safe to assume that the Campf'os =
eight Is formidable in the extreme. -
ought to be, as q matter OF fact. IT ousnt
to be a crew even better than the SUPER
one that rowed the heart out OF faie a.
New London last year.
But it will not do to assume that liar.
ward Is going to beat Cornell easily. ~
would be unwise to bet on Larvae ~
beat Cornell at all to any large amount,
and 1t would be equally unwise 10 pet
much on Cornell. Courtney had two great
crews on the Hudson last year-his var
sity and his freshman eight. He ought:
barring troubles of the kind that wrecked
his crews in 1908, none of which has de-
veloped as yet. to have better crew TINS
wear. And, with each crew better than a
wear ago. the race on the Charles ought
to be we'll worth watching. Local cond'-
one object--to beat Yale-and has stopped
develnning two-mile crews for races
May So 49,. - >,
the race with Yale. the ultimate test; II
Is being trained to row four miies, NV
last years crew went after the big race
from the gun. shot into the lead. kept up
a heart-breaking pace for three miles and
had to do little more than paddle IN the
last mile. A crew trained to row that
way is better in a two-mile race than one
that is content just to keep on even terms
for the first two and a half miles ana
trust to a, squirt toward the end Column
bia has been trained in just the Opposite
way. r.,.,,.
In the last three years the Columbia
crews at Poughkeepsie have rowed alb
soIutely to a time schedule for the first
three miles, paying no attention at all to
any other boat, and squirting only In the
last mile. Each Of these crews in 1907,
1905 and 1909 has been beaten by less
than a boats length by the crew that mad
made It's bid just trife earlier and
had tho power and the stamina to stand
off the rush OF a strong crew rowing
from behind.
Thus Harvard. since the advent ct the
new system. has been able to 90 good
work in two-mile races, while Columbia
has failed to make particularly good
showing before the Poughkeepsie race.
Last year. for INSTANCE. Harvard fairly
rowed away from Columbia on the
Charles, and was, in turn, beaten by
Cornell. Then Columbia. largely despised,
turned around and. at Poughkeepsie, gave
Cornell q remarkably stiff fight.
Harvard's race with Cornell ought to
crystaIlize the situation pretty WELL Yale
is an, unknown factor. more or less. but
Yale will have to have q much better
crew than last year to have chance to
beat Harvard. At Poughkeepsie, Penn
sylyania and Wisconsin have failed to re-
veal any indications Of their form as yet.