The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
WITH THE COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOINGS IN THE FIELD or SPORT
~ EAST AND WEST.
Cornell the seasons Leader IN Rowing
Yale Evidently Needs some One %
Get the Oarsmen Into Condition
Veteran Material for Next Year.

victory over ale IN tho four mile iAre there
taken in conjunction with the Cornell vic.
tory over Harvard IN race OF nearly two
miles on Memorial Day and Cornsu's defea,
OF the other colleges At Poughkeepsie on
June p. apparently gives the IthacAns a
clear title to the intercollegiate cham.
pionship. These are results and ~ them
alone can championships To awarded IL
- ~ clear ~ 4, u. &
Hut goins behind the returns one IL apt
90 mud situation that commands atten-
ton For instance Harvard had a very
much better crew On June 80 than on MAY
NJ. This Is not unnatural. Whether Cor
nell could have won 80 de, isively from Har-
ward on tho day that the Crimson beat Yale
IL question that not all will undertake 10
answer. II u had heen "a tight rare the
chances are that Cornell would have won.
Cornell generally does win in tight races,
as witness the contests OF 1901. 1907. 1000
and 1910 on the Hudson.
Tho Cornell crews are great stAyers and
nnisheTS. That cannot be said OF the New
London crews as q rule and Of this year .
Fights in particular. Both Harvard and
Yale appeared to be short of che endurance
work that IL necessary for Q crew. Yale
was particularly lacking in condition and
was unfortunate IN not having the actual
power in the boat 10 hold out against Har-
ward. The Crimson crew was very heavy
able 10 70 the distance.
IL Vas obvious after seeing The way in
which one ale crew after another blew up
on June 50 that Yale must have q new
~ stem Of training IL the old time results
are to he achieved Harvard has been
cleaning W. pretty regularly ever since Jim
WIAv was installed a. Coarh since IsoS
Harvard has won four NJ the Ave varsity
races and II may he said that the rare In
l ~. a very close one as II WAS. might we'll
have gone 10 harvard II Glass. . powerful
veteran had not had TO he taken out Of the
boat lust the dAy before the race
Some folks about Harvard ascrihe the
better condition Of the men 20 the presence
OF doctor in attendance at Red Tor They
say that " Yale had a doctor around the
men wouldn't get into such bad shane.
and they hnd plenty OF instances 20 cite
that the Yale oarsman Of the last few wears
has been rather fragile BODY. Eases
Of the unfortunate Griswold in ioos aud OF
Wallis this year seem 20 giVe pretty good
Indication that there l. fault In the con-
struction Of the Vale boat
Some one ought 10 get in and select a
stroke on a somewhat different system.
and the men obviously need q new style
Of training " they are to I've worked around
into condition not alone 20 so the distance
but 20 make race Of IL with Harvard
IL must be reniCm hered that this years
\ ale crew did good time on the river in
spite 81 crushing defeat by Harvard.
= mi IL j. sire thing that Harvard crew
y a. no >louch and that Il was no disgrace
At all 90 he beaten hy good a lot % men
But the repetition annually OF such scenes
81 exhaustion and breakdown ~ mark
the performance At New London Va. A
bad thing for college rowing There have
been very few Instances ~ such 'h.nRS
on the Hudson. and In tact tho only one
that recalls itself readily l. the Ease NJ
laksisch. one ~ Tho bow four of the Wis
ronsin varsity IN isrs We vent 20 pieces
~ the bridge IN the four mile raC~ and Vas
in serious shape for = time sfterward ~
me time OF the race he Vas q years old
md many will question the wisdom az
citing too old man without proper pre-
iminary experience 40 into such n race
II lakkisch had been rowing from hts early
oyhood that would have made differ
'nrs. hut n was actually his second season
v an oarsman and hi- iirst four mile race
Il j. lust a. had IN let too old mAn row
- too young a one
NJ Poughkeep~ie they do NOT seem 20
eel the need ~ having doctors IN tho quar-
ers and II stands to reason that any coach
u athletes ought to be able 90 condition
ne men II he cannot 10 that he - only
,Alf coach n II u necessary 20 divide
he functions Of coach and trainer IN row
uE The mon lose jus' 80 much through B
he separation Of authority
Ellis Ward at Pennsylvania does not feel /
n" nce' NJ having Mike Murphy about to I
,elp hi, get hts men into shane 'or boat
ace Courtney does not require any aid .
rom Jack Moskl~y To bring his men 10
he line IN proper trim The fault lice
I the men nre not IN proper condition
''h IN" coach alone and here ~ ~ here II
s 10 BE- sought
There has been anne talk that Yale ~ill |
,roV,ds an assistant for coach Kennedy.
\ no Will look after This sort of thinz II
= too bad that u - nccessary for a rowing
oach 70 have such a helper. but y ought
o he all tho hotter for The Vale crows
'orr"ll l. by Virfu" % the line drawn
b"vs The rowing Champion OF tho col.
eyes Thos. who saw the boat race az
'ouEhk~~peis ou June - and who snow What
no" Hr" talNlng about say that there 0err
rom four 10 I've lengths difference between
ours. I've. held by COLUMBIA. Ia favor
4 ~" former. u Tits l. the case. and sS
ap race and not q scratch AFFAIR ~ which
"lumh,a started. he New Workers felt
,ad ever 'Irned out and they we're sure
hat they were the best on the Hudson +
hos" who saw them row and watoh"c
Z the lot
he very worst cour.@ 81 all the Columbia
rev finished two and a hall lengths worse
han cornell The men IN the Columbia
nat we're nghting mad over the way th"v
ere treated ny m" stewards and they
ere all for Challrr gInK psnns wanna To-
Ow the newt day That would have been
unday. but they wouldn't have minded
hat Coach Ri'" persuaded them not 80
end IN any such challenge tn Prnn-ylVaniA
nd there wasn't any race ~ course
There was No chhn's 20 get Cornell 20 row
ssr again, because the lthaCan- slNay-
~ away from the bAke~ g. soon a possible
ftsT the race The men ~ the Columbia
hell although INV illing 10 make a public
tatsmenf that they thought the steward.
ri them out Of the regatta hy starting them
b such water. made rather stronger ~
r~~stOns ~ opinion IN private They felt ,
hui their hole season had gone to waste
IMPLY h"rau-e they did not have an sIuahle .
tauis
\ man ~ New London who knows some
hing about regAttaS SAID That rouldnr ,
app"n here The regatta he"" ., for the .
reN- and not FOR tho people. gnd N il .
sC",~hry we'll holi EN- ~ any time m
rd-t 10 prov id~ proper n alter for the oars
g"n That j. on" reason whv our races NJ
ere Ar" -at'-fHCtOTN to our oIr-nien. even
thD~H N hp come - look Ht them aren't
ID much pl"s-"d occasionally
OF ms year varsity crew tDTnsU loses
pt one man SasgTtt-. bow Sifn-pu !
~ hi-on, sutton = bay. . and Names :.
u save WIk"isy ~ and boweU ~ stroke
III D." -"nlor- n"Nt season Bowen aud