New-York tribune., 1910-06-22
IN FORM
Red and Blue Varsity Eight
Shows Well in Time Trial.
CORNELL ROWS RAGGEDLY
But the Ithacans Drive Shell
Through Water at High
Speed-Other Crews.
TBv Telegraph to The. Tribune.

5-- BY Telegraph to The. Tribune.
Peughkeepsie, n. Y, June 2.-Excessive
heat prevented all the crews from doing
any but the easiest kind of work this morn
ing but in the afternoon Cornell. Pennsyl-
svania and Columbia went over the full
varsity course in slashing time trials.
The showing of the Pennsy crew came as
big surprise, for the adght rowed with Won
derful snap and speed and covered the
course in what is said to be excellent time
Conditions were as nearly ideal as pos
sible. a strong ebb tide running under
surface that was absolutely calm. The
Quakers hit it up from the very start, and
from the bridge down to the finish rowed
with machine-like precision. Ward had his
freshman crew stationed at the two-nile
mark when the varsity came down, and
gave them handicap of three lengths over
the first combination. Reath was content
to let the freshmen keep the lead until the
bridge had been reached, when he grad
ually raised the stroke and easily pulled
up on the freshmen. The varsity crossed
the line a length TO the good, pulling 81
stroke for the last hundred yards or so.
The Pennsylvania fours had another race
lust before the varsity trial. The second
four, stroked by Peterson, beat out the reg
ular four by five lengths in two miles, but
Brown. the bow oar in the first boat,
steered all over the river and lost half
dozen lengths in trying to get back into
the course.
The Pennsylvania varsity eight had not
reached the two-nlile mark when Courtney
brought his varsity eight down over the
full distance in the first out-and-out time
row he has given his men in their work
On the river.
The Comedians did not seem to be row.
ing any too well, for in absolutely still water
several of the men splashed badly and
there we're breaks in the boat The most
important thing, however, was the speed
with which the eight shot through the
water. for although the men did not row in
good form the boat fairly SKINNED along
It ran beautifully between strokes and the
spacing was good. The crew raised the
stroke to "a near the finish and drove
across the line at Se-stroke clip Pre-
zfo1s TO the varsity trial Courtney sent his
freshman and four-oared crews through
.wo-mile trial The freshmen rowed
smoothly and finished with good margin
to spare over the four.
Collmbta's trial did not come until late
in the evening, when all the other crews
a e~@N
dawn over the full four-mile course rowing
a long, easy stroke that drove the shell
through the water at fast rate The eight
seems to be wonderfully we'll balanced, and
the workmanship of the men was surpris-
ing considering the fact that the new COM
btnation has rowed only four times in its
nresent order. The freshmen rowed better
than they have at any time since their
arrival
syracuse had easy work both in the
row the Orange eights rowed UP to the
two-mile mark and then went down over
the course 10 the finish
The wisconsin varsity had good, stiff
,,uII for two miles this afternoon. the
.,o,,ger Ten Eyck cutting short what
seemed to be a regular time row when the
at.bt was opposite the boathouse The
freshmen had previously covered the two
.,,,es at a SLOW stroke. The case of mumps
.,,h,cb Schmidt. No on the freshman
~, was supposed TO be suffering from
.aiIed to materialize as such. being nothing
- than q heavy cold. Both Schmidt and
,..hiop M !. were back in the boat to-
5av at their regular seats.
The efforts to arrange race for the sub
...,ta fours are not meeting with much
~,ao.ss The Cornell management favors
- roe hut both Columbia and Syracuse
- declined to enter crews. Pennsyl-
to ,s none too enthusiastic and Wiscon-
=. hss no shell In which ia boat a four.
- s.ems that Cornell will have race
.e,n.en the varsity and freshman substi-
80 fours although the three managers of
lo.e lo.1-nhis Mahon Alexander and Kinney
Colpii'Ir,s.a, I,.a,-snont' the graduate director
Slue Rl,n challenged the Cornell fours.