Evening star., 1911-05-28
to see how the Ellis solve their

terested to see how the Ellis solve their
difficulties.
Good coaching is just as important to
good oarsmen. Yale has always been
rolling in athletic wealth. Her foot ball
teams have invariably contained more
star scholastic players than any other
3, nes the track snd sas. Ss
In crew Yale had twice as many candi-
dates as Pennsylvania, Columbia or Syra-
cuse. Probably the members OF the Yale
crew were tho equal physically OF the
This being the case. the fault Of poor
work must rest In q large measure with
the coach and the rowing committee
which, at Yale. supervises the coaching
more than Is the case at Cornell and
most other universities.
Immediately after the Pennsylvania race
Coach Kennedy changed strokes and
made other radical changes in the seating
Of the cr>w. More changes have followed
the defeat at Princeton. Yale has always
done lots Of experimenting in rowing.
She has had an English coach. an Eng
lish shell. and one year sent her present
coach. Jchn Kennedy. over to the other
side to study the English rowing system
without avail. But Yale Is not the sort
Of university to remain with folded hands
and watch its crews go down to defeat.
II the Ellis lose their fourth successive
race to Harvard next month there will be
something doing in placid New Haven.
Princeton's Next Move.
rowing world as to what Princeton will
do for further competition. There is an
element among Princeton's alumni which
opposes the Orange and Black taking
part In any intercollegiate regattas OF
Lake Carnegie. But this policy is not in
accord with the movement to place
Princeton at the front in all branches OF
athletics. It is q safe prediction that
within another year or two Princeton
will be participant in some other regat-
ia. Which regatta this will be Is q de-
with Harvard and Yale as long as these
two institutions row in New London, fol
there Is not room enough on the Thames
for more than two crews to row abreast
Both colleges have permanent lighthouses
there now, and change to Springfield
Princeton could be accommodated Is al
most out Of the question.
For this reason the Tigers are moe
likely to apply for admission to the
welcomed on the Hudson. too. for the
presence OF Princeton would furnish q
new competitor that would greatly in
crease the attendance at the meeting
Another reason for the belief that Prince
ton would favor the Poughkeepsie regat
Ia Is the fact that her coach is DR.. Dun
can Spaeth of the English department, I
graduate Of the University OF Pennsyl
vania and q former Pennsylvania oars
| man. In DR.. Spaeth Princeton comes tn,
nearest OF any college in the country t.
having a strictly amateur coach. Whil'
DR.. Spaeth does not pose as a coach, h
has certainly accomplished great things
| with Princeton's crew.
Corne1l's Good Ball Team.
It is still a tribe early to make com
parison between the different college bas
ball teams of the east, but If there is an!
team which seems to have something OF
its rivals. 1t Is Cornell. The 1thacan
have beaten Pennsylvania, tied will
Princeton and beaten Williams. the con
queror Of both Yale and Princeton. TIL,
Cornell team has played a uniforml.
strong game all season. while all rh'
ratio. Princeton being the only one t
play up to the standard set by Cornell.
AS a matter of fact, the standard o
college base ball this year is not as hig1
as that usually maintained. Pennsylva
MIA, Yale and Harvard have all fallel
there has not been developed moro thai
ono or two frst-class pitchers. thougl
the coming month may bring better re
suits. The best man of the lot appear
to be Davis Of Williams. whose pitching
was largely responsible for tho defeat o
enough to win from Cornell. Princeton
has a first-class man in Woodle, whil
Pennsylvania and Cornell have two capa
BILE twirlers in Clark and Nisbet, re
spectively.
The best work is being done in the field