New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
A SHELL FOR COLUMBIA
Varsity Eight Gets New Boat
from University Club.
TEST FOR BASKETBALL MEN
Blue and White Starts Inter
collegiate Series with
Cornell.

According to an announcement made
Yesterday by the rowing authorities at
Columbia. the Blue and Whito varsity
eight will have a new racing shell for the
intercollegiate regatta on June q Of next
year The now boat IS the gift Of the
Columbia University Club, and in part its
cost has been provided for by the surplus
remaining over and above the expenses
Of the special trains that the Columbia
club sent to the race last June.
Al Ward, of Edgewater, who has built
most of the Columbia raceboats in the
past. has the contract for the new shell
and # is being built under the super
vision Of Jim Rice, the Columbia coach.
All the best features Of the English built
boat that Columbia used in 1911 have been
embodied in the craft, and it is said to
have even finer lines than the shell Co
lumbia used iast June, which, too, was
modelled on the English style
Rice will make no notifications IN the
rig of the boat. He tried out the English
system of side rigging early in his coach
ing at Columbia and decided after a
years trial that he could get better re-
suits when the men rowed in the ortho-
dox American style. The freshman eight
will use the shell that the 1912 varsity
crew Vas boated in. and the four-Oared
combination win use the boat that has
seen service for two seasons.
Columbia will play its first game in the
intercollegiate basketball series against
Cornell at Ithaca on Saturday afternoon
The five has won two Of its three pre-
liminary games, and although the season
is early. gives promise Of being a stronger
and better balanced combination than the
one which carried off the intercollegiate
championship last winter.
Osterhout, who, although weak as an
offensive player, was one of the fastest
and keenest guards that Columbia had,
was graduated last June, and II Is his
place that Harry Fisher is having the
greatest difficulty in filling. Osterhout
altefnated at guard and centre and was
effective in both positions. Burghard,
who is in the lineup now at centre. is Il
better man in following the ball than
Osterhout. but he does not begin to have
! the versatility in covering his men.
Captain Jacques. who was not regular
on the team last season, is another Of
the doubtful points in Columbia's line.
His health has been poor and although
he plays a fast game, has as yet been
unable TO stand the pace for the full
forty minutes. The three other members
of the team, r. Benson. j. G. Lee and
Meenan, are veterans. who came through
last years contest with flying colors.
Meenan and Benson are two of the
headiest forwards that Columbia has had
since the days Of Kiendl. Benson is a
sure shot, and has been caging the ball
from almost every corner of the floor.
Meenan is particularly aggressive
player. although his shooting In the early
games this year has been below the
standard he set last winter. Lee, the
varsity guard OF last years team, has
| improved a great deal and should be a
mainstay on the defensive.
II is just possible that Fisher will re-
organize the team af'er the Christmas
| holidays, although at present he seems
well pleased with the Tying of the com
! bination. Lee, a much TALLER and livelier
player than Burghard, has a chance OF
being put in at centre. where he played
for short periods in he early season
games. Needer. the old Princeton guard,
has taken to Fishers coaching and has
developed into a really skilful player He
has been in every game az guard, and
| his work has been so promising that
there viii be little surprise II DE finds a
| regular place before the season is over.