New-York tribune., 1910-06-23
LIGHT WORK FOR CREWS
0arsmen at Poughkeepsie Take
1t Easy for a Day.
oUAkERS IN AN ACCIDENT
Rover In Second Four Pushes
Foot Through Shell, but Men
Land Safe.
by TeIsgraph t. Tha Tribune 2

Peughkeapsie. N Y June 2s-Iishter
work than usual prevailed all along the
line among the crews to-day, although
Columbia, Pennsylvania and Cornell went
down over the course in the afternoon. but
net ia anything Ike trials against time.
In the morning al the crews went down
stream and none except columbia did very
much work The. Syracuse oarsmen kept
out OF sight both morning and afternoon,
rowing over the lower course
The Columbia crews did not leave their
quarters until nearly noon in the morning
row. and the varsity eight padded easily
down TO the lower end Of the course After
waiting for the Pennsylvania varsity TO
set past, Rice sent the Columbia eight I'D
stream AT a thirty-two stroke. At the
bridge they caught the freshmen. who
were waiting for them, and had a pretty
race to the two-mile mark The freshmen
got on a length in the lead, but the varsity
elgnt cut this down stroke f-r stroke. and
az the mile-and-a-half marx was swinging
along little ahead OF the freshmen. In
the last half mile the varsity literally
walked away from the cubs. and won by
more than length. The varsity was
going as high as thirty-six at the finish
and rowing in very good form.
Courtney was out early with the corneI
crews, taking them down stream for more
than three miles. \ short distance below
the boathouse a lot of driftwood was
encountered and the crews had to switch
over TO the east shore Of the river. Court
hey would not let them put the stroke uu
very nigh, although the freshman and
varsity eights had a spirited brush on the
way nome The ithaca crews passed very
close to the Syracuse fleet iust opposf+a
Blue POINT ha
on down the river almost as far as Milton
vaughan, No. Z in the freshman. .boat vas
back IN his seat after a days absence
The Pennsylvania crews had about +b.
hardest work Of any. rowing about four
miles downstream in the rnornfne, AMI
practlslng racing starts. getting back to-
the boathouse with smart race between
the varsity and freshmen. The Ouakers'
second four-oared crew had slight acoi-
dent just below the bridge. when n. D
smith, at bow, pushed his foot through
the bottom of the shell after MuIford. ar
No 2 had caught q crab. The boat filed
rapidly and it was all the men could do to
reach the boathouse
Ward was out early in the afternoou
with the varsity crew and sent it over the
course at fair speed The eight is showing
wonderful Improvement from day to day.
and the fact is being brought home that IL
IS the real dark horse in Saturdays race
Reath. at stroke, is proving to be an es-
peclaHy effective man The Ouakers were
not down near the finish when Courtney
game along with the Cornell crews. The
1thacanS were not wasting any time in
sett1ng down the river but thew did nor
finish Up at the end with a sprint such as
they would have made if they had been in
a time row. The varsity eight Showed tire
way TO the freshmen for the first two
miles, when the first year men dropped the
stroke down and took things easy to the
boathouse- Wisconsin also rowed over two
miles of the course in the afternoon.
As usual Rice waited until we'll after
o clock before letting the Blue and White
crews go on the water for the evening
row Then he took the varsity to the end
of the course and sent them over the full
four miles IN good time. The crew did not
put up the stroke very high but il rowed
right along and maintained an even 50 all
the way until the last half mile, when it
light work, rowing only down to the bridge
There was plenty of rough water cut Whare
the varsity eights had their evening rows.
and the Columbia crew showed by far the
best form in the heavy going The men
feathered low. but despite this there was
scarcely a splash 10 be detected when the
oars were going back This apparently
bears out Rice'S statement that the crew
will row best in rough water il there IS
any On the course on the day Of the race
Plans for the gentlemens four-oared race
have been abandoned. as Cornell was the
only squad that would enter crew