New-York tribune., 1910-06-21
CREWS BUSY ON HUDSON
Rice Makes More Changes in
the Columbia Eight.
A RESCUE THAT FAILED
Cornell Oarsman Finds Out That
One Girl, at Least, Can
Swim.
A RESCUE THAT FAILED
GBy Telegraph to The Tribune.I ]

Poughkeepsie, y. Y, June 2o.-Jim Rice,
coach of the Columbia crews. made some
further changes in the boating of his
varsity eight to-day for the purpose OF
trimming the boat and getting it TO ride
on a more even Keel Murphy, who dis
placed Saunders, was shifted from No.
to No s at the morning practice. changing
places with Downing. Renshaw, No. 3. and
Pitt, No. 5, also changed about. so that the
crew rowed as follows: Steinschneider,
bow; Hamman, No. 2; Pitt. No. 3; Down
ing. No 4; Renshaw, No. 5; Murphy, No s;
Miller, No. T. and CIapp. stroke
Rice used up most Of the morning prac-
tiee period in drilling the crew in racing
starts at point opposite the two-rnile
mark on the regular course. After that ne
put the varsity and freshman eights
through d stiff mile brush. in which the
varsity held its own against the first year
men and pulled out to A half length lead
at the finish. Rice seemed pretty well
pleased with the work of the crew and said
1t was highly improbable that there would
be any more changes in the order of the
boating.
Saunders the deposed varsity oar, who
was boat captain Of the eight. went in at
No in the second crew.
Gil Crawford, stroke of the Cornell
varsity four. which is the favorite in the
betting. gave the Cornell squad a good
laugh just after the varsity practice this
morning A launch containing J. s. Thiess,
OF the Nassau Boat Club of New York. and
his sister came down and passed close to
the Cornell quarters at the Oakes-
Miss Thesis was sitting on the top of the
cabin and did not notice a projecting pole
which came out from the dock and brushed
her off into the water. Crawford. who hap
pened TO be standing at the window, rushed
to the hoat and dove in, but the girl was
a strong swimmer. and Crawford's help
was not needed which seemed 70 amuse
the squad.
W. B Eddison, the Columbia substitute
ccxswain, also played the hero in the after
noon in a way which proved profta BILE
With the other members of the Columbia
squad he was standing on the deck of the
houseboat when a piece of green paper
strongly resembling money came floating
down on the tide Rice does not let his
oarsmen go overheard, so Eddison was the
only one who could jump in. He dove and
came up with the green paper. which
proved to be two s. bills. Eddison kept the
money.
Cornell had some stiff practice both in
the morning and afternoon Courtney took
the oarsmen down for about three miles
in the morning and drove them back to
the boathouse in q fairly fast brush. Late
in the afternoon he took all his crews to
the head OF the course and put them
through an easy roll which covered the
entire four miles. Neither the varsity nor
the freshmen tried 10 hit it up
the morning and afternoon In the early
practice the Salt City crews rowed below
Milton, covering a little more than ten
miles, and in the afternoon Ten Eyck sent
them over the regular course. The varsity
crew rowed in fits usual order. Camps hand
being in good enough condition TO let him
get in the boat
Ned Ten Eyck gave the Wisconsin var
sity an easy row in the morning but in
the afternoon he sent them over the course
at fair speed. Sioblom and Schmidt were
still out of the eight. the former with d
bad boil, and Schmidt with a sore throat.
which the doctor thinks may be mumps-
Baker was in Stobloms place and Lamson
in Schmidt's.
Pennsylvania rowed over the course early
in the evening, but not in time trial In
the morning the crews were hampered by
lot of driftwood that covered the sur
face of the river and the shell OF the
varsity eight was badly bruised at the
stem.
Rice waited until after sundown this
evening before taking the Columbia crews
out They were up the river beyond HYDE
Park, six miles above the boathouse. when
last heard from. Before going out Rice
said that ne intended going up somewhere
in the vicinity of Albany.