New-York tribune., 1910-06-27
SURPRISE IN REGATTA
PennsyIvania's Showing, Rather
than CorneI's Victory, Cause.
HARVARD AND YALE NEXT
Chances Seem to Favor Crimson,
with Grew of Veterans Against
Untried Blue Eight.

II was suggested in these columns some
days ago that no one need be surprised fc
see Cornell sweep the Hudson again this
wear, and probably few persons were sur
prised when the Cornell varsity beat Penn
sylvania in the gathering darkness on sat
urday. In fact. the achievement Of Penn
syIvsnia was decidedly the more surprising
of the two. No one supposed that Ellis
Ward had put SO good a crew upon the
water although. as the race drew near
it had been generally admitted that the
Quakers were likely to be among the first
three.
Ellis Ward did have a creU-as matter
of fact. a crew that was almost good enough
TO win But there was little luck and a
whole lot of good management to boot In
Pennsylvania's race. Ward. studying the
conditions, laid out the whole four miles
for his coxswain before the race began.
and that astute youth. following orders
implicitly, seemed to find every bit OF
smooth water for the whole Journey
Columbia before the race was said to
have a good crew for rowing in rough
water, and the contest. as a matter of
fact, did not disprove that theory at all
But proper allowance must he made for
the fact that Columbia. got all the rough
water that Jim Rice had been looking for,
while Pennsylvania and Cornell rowed In
comparativeIy smooth water most of the
time Columbia rowed superbly in the
rough going toward the middle of the
river but the handicap was too much
to overcome and the Blue and White oars
men. though they made a game fight, never
had chance.
Cornell looked for smooth water after
the start but did not do so as assiduously
as Pennsylvania Cornell had a crew of
veterans, men who had already tasted VIC
tory, and an older. better muscled lot
than Pennsylvania sent to the race. There
fore Cornell was able TO plough along
through the choppy water and still at the
end to have the extra pound or two of
strength to stave off PennsyIvania's final
rush.
There is not very much that can be done
in the way of deducins from what hap
pened on the Hudson on Saturday what
is going to happen the Thames on
Thursday. Cornell gave Harvard a good
deal Of a trouncing. but it did not take
Saturdays race to show that Cornell had
q good crew.
no easy one to figure on Harvard was
beaten at two miles by Cornell last year.
but took crew to New London that
would have given the young men from
Cornell all they wanted In a four-rniIe
better crew than the one that so decisively
beat Yale last year, and there Is no par
ticular reason why the Crimson should
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year.
Harvard's varsity eight beat Yale by
FIVE lengths Of open water last year Har-
sters by fourteen lengths of open water
Harvard rows on Thursday with four of the
men who sat in the varsity shell last year
r. ". Cutler is again stroke. and Waid, At
No. Z. is this years captain. At No. S, IN
place of the redoubtable Paul Wilmington,
is Strong. a sophomore. who sat In the
splendid freshman eight last year in the
same seat. r. G. Bacon is at No 8. he and
L. Wilmington having changed places since
last year, Wellington being No. 4 In place
Of Faulkner and Lunt. at Nos. 3 and 2. are
Metcalf, No in the 1912 boat last year.
and Newton. who stroked that crew At
bow. in place OF Elliott Cutler, last years
captain. is Whitney. who held the bow seat
in last years winning four
That makes q. pretty strong combination.
Every man in the shell has rowed win
ming race against Yale. and the sophomores
are good oarsrnen. is Whitney, who
might well have been in last years eight.
It has been a smoother crew since the de-
feat by Cornell. working prettily in its
time trials, and 1mpressing all beholders
7avorably.
Now for Yale. Kennedy has on this
years crew Wallis, stroke a year ago: wo-
He'll. No. last year. but now stroking the
port side of the eight at No. T. and no
other members of that beaten crew Wal
is is a good oarsman, who sets a fine, even
pace, and can shoot his stroke UP on oc-
,asion. but he was nightly distressed at
he end of the struggle last year. That
ioes not mean that he would be unable 70
lcquit himself on Thursday, however.
The new men in the boat are mostly
angy, big fellows. giving a lot of weight
% the waist of the shell. Wallis, Inc
stroke. Is the 1ightest man in the boat,
Weighing only 154 pounds.
At No. s, in place of Howe, last years
captain. is Buckingham, of the badly
beaten freshman eight of 1909 Van Sin
leren. at No 5. has had a fair amount of
owing experience, and is big fellow who
ried hard to make a name for himself at
ootball Campbell, at No. 4, is a new man.
With a sweep, comparatively speaking, but
S the heaviest man in the boat weighing
80 pounds d. NJ Baker, at No 5, was No.
of the freshman eight last year and its
captain. He caught wonderful crab in
he first mile of that farcical race but is
eally good oarsman and a powerful one
rolburn, at No. 2, and Frost, at bow. come
rom last years four.
The makeup of the crews, therefore is
lot such as to inspire much confidence In
Tale men, on the face of the returns. But
Yale, none the less. has a pretty good
rev, and, while the chances seem de-
.idedly to favor Harvard. the Blue NAV
,rove surprise. If Harvard does win IN |
viii be the first time In the history of
rowing that the Crimson has
gon three varsity races in succession. Har-
ard won races in pairs in 1928 and In |
9OS-'09. but that Is all. II must ba said |
owever, that 1t looks a good deal as II a |
ew precedent would be established on /
thursday.