New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
'SPEEDWAY SEASON OPEN COLUMBIA 0ARSMEN WIN
Varsity Eight Leads Nonparell
Using SOULS.
ALSO BEATS SECOND CREW
Annual Spring Try.out Shows
That Jim Rice Has Well
Developed Boat.

All Of the Columbia crews that will he
seen In competition between now and ths
end Of June we're put through their PAGES
yesterday afternoon In the annual uni
versity spring regatta before big crowd
of admlrlng graduates. who thronged the
boathouse at Edgewster and crowded
steamboat that followed the three races
that made UP the days programme. The
Blue and White varsity eight proved al
most beyond doubt that II is one Of tbs
best crews that Jim Rice has ever deyel-
oped. for it won two races.
The big crew had an easy time in show
ing its heels TO the octopede crew OF the
Nonpareil Boat Club, which was 10 be used
In a test to determine whether the eight
armed with sweeps was superior TO the
crew rowing with SOULS, One handicap
that was almost insurmountable for tho
boat club crew was the fact that until II
embarked IL had not rowed together this
spring, although the individual members
had had a little practice in singles and
doubles. r. G. Pearse stroked tho Mons
and kept the crew we'll together.
Conditions were none of the best when
the two crews that were in the feature
race padded away from the float. \
squally south wind rolled up a nasty sea
on the west side OF the Hudson and the
Mons had hard time I'm very small boat
that was hardly intended for rough water
use. By the time the crews reached the
start, mile and a half from the boat.
house, the Mons had shipped water gener-
ously so to make the conditions a little
more equal the Columbia eight was set
back a couple Of lengths. At the gun the
college crew beat the stroke up TO IS and
tore through the rough water at great
rate OF speed. The octopede got off at 4.
% beat too. but the Columbia men caught
It in the first twenty strokes and then
settled down to a padding stroke. rowing
Is and finally "a strokes to the octopede's
34. The Columbia boat, even at this low
stroke, forged steadily ahead, and fur
long from the finish was leading by five
lengths. In the sprint that came at ths
end the Blue and White crew piled the
stroke UP TO "a and pulled away from the
Mons, winning by ten lengths. The boat
club crew had TO get TO the float In hurry.
as it was shipping water every minute
In preliminary race the first fresh
man eight pulled away from the second
boat Of youngsters. winning by full
length, with a little open water TO spare.
The summaries follow:
One mile and half-Won by Columbia
varsity eight Civilians. bow; Rdprecht.
No. 2; Rothwell. No. 3; Bissell. No. 4.
Iiadsell, No. 3; Moore, No. S; Latenser, No.
Z; Downing, stroke; Brock, coxswain); Nom
pareil Boat Club second Uttley, bow:
Payne. No. .; Rogsn, No. 3; Pergold, No. 1:
Coughlin. No. .: Crowley, No. s; Schwartz.
No. I: Pearse, stroke: Burt. coxswain). No
time taken.
varsity: Columbia junior varsity second
OPybe bow; Phillipson. No. ?; Oldfeld, No.
3: Peterson. No. 4; Miller, No. .: Robinson,
No. s: Herkert, No. Z; Mccarthy, stroke:
Bird. coxswainl. No time taken.
one mile and a quarter-Won by Column
bia first freshman eight; Columbia second
freshman eight second. No time taken.