New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-15
COLLEGE 0ARSMEN BUSY
Cornell Crews Row Over the
Course on Hudson.
HARD WORK FOR COLUMBIA
Varsity Eight Covers Thirteen
Miles and Pulls Away from
Freshmen.


poushkeepsie. " Y, June 1.-THE first
warm weather that the oarsmen nave e1-
oerienced on the Hudson this year brought
all the crews out for light work this morn
ing while in the afternoon long rows mace
I'M the chief work when the sun mad gone
ueU down behind the hills. Courtney va
r,ed this order however. and sent his Cor
nell crews over the full course this morn
ing In what appeared to be time row.
hut which the Ithacan coach said was only
4 little practice spin. In the afternoon ne
pu. the varsity and freshman e!gnts
through a good stir brush starting from
the finish line below the city and hnisnlns
at the two-mile mark
There was q strong food tide, and that
helped the shells along wonderfully. Fhe
varsity combination. however. was unable
20 do more than hold the freshmen, al
though the stroke was kept up at racing
pitch 1t was the first day that the entire
Cornell squad was on hand, and as re-
suit Courtney had enough men to SEND
out in addition TO his two Fights, three
varsity fours.
Saunders-who is at No. In the Column
bia varsity shell. but vino has been IN
the boat only a week. having missed more
than two weeks practice on account OF
conflicting geological trip-rowed better TO
day than at any time since he joined the
SQUAD He had been unable TO train on
the trip. and consequently was not In the
best of condition when he got back HIS
stomach bothered him good deal. out ne
is all right again.
Rice took the Columbia crews for
thirteen-mile row early In the evening"
going as far as the island at West Park'
at the start of the upper course aooVe
Krum Elbow The varsity eight ro"eo
in splendid form. and Rice said that II
was the best piece Of rowing IL had done
since 1t arrived at quarters Ii mad no
trouble in distancing the freshmen leaV-
ing them four lengths behind IN three
mile tussle.
Ellis Ward. whose brother Benjamin was
killed by a train at Cornwall this morning
took his crews out as usual, but did not
pay much attention to them He put the
varsity through a time row In the morn
ing. and In the evening let the two eisnts
paddle downstream as far as Milton AFTER
the morning practice the Quaker coacn
shook UP the varsity tours, something that
had been expected since yesterday morn
ing. when the first boat met a decisive
defeat at the hands OF the second crew
Ferguson and Patterson, who rowed NO
and stroke in the first boat, were rele-
gated to No. and No. in the second,
and Thomas who had been rowing No. 8
in the first four. was sent in at stroke
N. p. Smith and Stifei. No. and No. 3, re-
spectively in the second four, were adj
vanced to the same places in the first four
Ward tried the new combinations against
each other in the afternoon. and the newly
created first four walked away from the
second crew.
The elder Ten Eyck kept the Syracuse
crews down below the bridge both in the
morning and afternoon, covering in all
about fifteen miles. Greggs. No. in the
freshman eight is out with a bad case of
boiIs. but Ten Eyck expects 10 get him
back Tomorrow Smith is taking his place
for the present. Williams. No in the
varsity eight Is recovering rapidly from
an liberated tooth. which failed 10 respond
to treatment until the tooth had been re-
moved All the other men AZ River villa,
the Syracuse quarters. are in first class
condition.
Ned Ten Eyck who seems to have a. bet
ter crew from wisconsin than usual, d.
vided his time between the regular and
lower courses. going over the former IN
the morning and trying the latter in the
slow stroke.