New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
ROUGH WATER FOR CREWS
Cornell Cubs Smash Their fraiI
Shell Against the Float.
SYRACUSE 0ARSMEN ARRIVE
Columbia Goes to Help of Stan.
ford and Lends Them a
Boat for Race.
By Telegraph to The Tribune J

10y Telegraph 10 Inc ltibuneI
Poughkeepsie, ~ Y, June 15.-The latest
arrivals in the rowing camp here to-day
were the Syracuse oarsmen, who hauled
into the station at Highland late this after
noon Ed Ten Eyck had planned to unload
the shells in order to get out for an even
ing row, but this was abandoned when II
was found that II would be impossible 10
do so before dark Everything will be fin
ished up in the morning so that the crews
can be set for Monday morning.
The first taste Of III luck came to the
Cornell oarsmen this afternoon. when the
varsity four steered into the float In the ex-
element Of landing with the water rather
rough, and smashed the bow of the fral
she'll. The Red and White four has been
going well this season, and Courtney was
anything but pleased with the accident IL
IS probable that John Hoyle the Cornell
boat builder. will be able to Ak up tho
boat in time for Mondays practice, al
though 1t will take him most Of tomorrow
to do the work
A heavy breeze was blowing up the river
again In the afternoon. and Cornell in maxi
ing an early start got the worst OF It. The
other crews waited until late. Stanford nor
starting out with their latest shell until
nearly o'clock.
Jim Rice had despaired Of having his CO.
umbia men get out in the evening and sent
them of for walk They visited the
California men at their boathouse, and ex-
planned to them some Of the secrets Of
handling the Sims shell. When Captain
Downing svaw that the wind was dying
out, however, he hastily marshalled his men
and started them of hot foot for the Co
In ri for tba
Hope began TO grow more promising for
the Stanford oarsmen this morning and by
the time the forenoon was half over things
looked bright, indeed for Jim Rice the CO.
lunbia coach, came TO the rescue with the
she'll that the Blue and White used last
spring, and Charley Courtney insisted on
helping some more by sending John Hoyle
his assistant coach and boat builder, to IN.
Stanford quarters, with instructions 10 rig
the boat and get IT ready for use The
Stanford men brought their own slides.
seats and outriggers from Palo Alto, and II
didn't take Cornel's expert rigger long to
assemble the pieces and get the shell In
first class condition.
The Californians were overjoyed at the
rev turn in their luck. In addition 10 the
offer of the Columbia boat, which was ac-
cepted Courtney was waiting the word to
send back TO Ithaca for the 1910 Cornell
| shell, and Jim Wray Of Harvard, realizing
the predicament Of the coast crew, had
offered TO ship one Of the Crimson boats to
Poughkeepsie. Captain Seward, who also
is coach and manager OF the Palo Alto
squad, has despaired OF getting the Sims
built boat to Poughkeepsie before race day.
He received word yesterday that it was
still on the quay at Southampton, held up
by the dock strike
| In getting the Columbia boat the Cali
fornians are fortunate, for It Is the English
shell that the Blue and White used last
year and in all Of it's preliminary races
this spring. II was designed by Rice par
tfcularly for the rough waters Of the Hud-
son, and is much larger boat than Stan
| ford was getting.
| Practice this morning was anything but
| satisfactory for the Columbia Cornell and
Wisconsin oarsmen, because a chilling
wind from the southeast caused heavy
sea and took all the snap out OF the sweep
swngers. The wind freshened as the morn
ing wore on. and when the crews went out
they had to contend with a nasty chop that
sent the water splashing into the shells.
Rice decided last night that he would use
the new 1912 Ward boat in the varsity race
and put the eight through gruelling drill
the first time out to-day. Since the shape
up Of last week the Columbia boat has
steaded down wonderfully. Between
strokes the shell has a beautiful run and
It lifts out as II made of cork. II seems 10
be one of the smoothest rowing crews that
Rice has ever brought to Poughkeepsie.
There has been marked improvement, too.
in the Columbia freshman shell The
youngsters arc afraid of shift and are
working like Trojans to hold their seats.
The result is that the boat seems TO be an
entirely different combination from the one
that left New York two weeks ago. The
four has not been out much and will have
TO get in a deal of practice II il is TO stand
up against the veteran four that Courtney
has brought on from Ithaca.
The Cornell crews seem to be much
further along In their development than
those Of Columbia. Courtney ascribes II 70
the fact that in the last few weeks on the
lake they had splendid weather. The oars
men are a deep chested. stslwart looking
lot and they row with the precision of ma
chimes. The bodies are not all together but
the oars go I'm and out as II they were
coupled and both the varsity and freshman
combinations nave mastered the courtney
style of rowing. From present indications
the only crews that will give them rub
are those from Columbia.
Harry Vail got his two Wisconsin crews
out for another lmbering-up pull. The
freshmen are a particularly rugged lot and
present a striking contrast to the ransy
lads that Ned Ten Eyck brought East when
he was in charge at Madison. Both the
freshman and varsity boats, however, seem
to be lacking in the finer details or oars
manship. They are rough looking crews
and they row crudely. The one redeemfng
feature is that they put I'm a ton OF power
at each heave and the boat shoots alons.
style or no style. The new Ward shell
which the varsity is using rides beautifully
and Vail is we'll pleased with 1t.
In laying out the courses. all under the
second span of the bridge, the stewards
seem to have let themselves In for some
mighty strenuous kicks" In former years
only four lanes have passed under span
No .. but this time the six courses have
been crowded in. with the result that Nos.
and are right In the path of the not In
considerable eddies that sweep out FROM
the bridge piers. No one has "howled as
vet but the objections are sure 10 come,
said an old waterman to-day
CRESCENT TEAM AGAIN WINS
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