Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-21
CRIMSON OARSMEN SUPERIOR
Outlook for Events During Coming
Season Are Much Brighter.
TRAINING WILL START SOON
AZ PouRhleepsie Most Interesting
Contest VIII re Between Cor
nell aud Columbia, as IL
Was Last Year.

Was Last Year.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9o.-with the college
oarsmen getting ready TO begin their
early indoor training for the races next
season, rowing experts in reviewing tho
season Of 1911 can hand first honors to
Harvard. Yale and Harvard were
brought into competition with the crews
In the early season which later rowed
at Puughkeepsie. and the result Of their
races showed the superiority Of the Grim
son.
The last season was marked by the re-
entrance OF Princeton into intercollegiate
rowing after an absence Of over a quar-
ter OF a century. BY Its fine perform
ance. In competition with the veterans.
Cornell and Yale, II jumped into the
limelight OF the rowing world. College
rowing IN the west also took a big boom.
and big western regatta may be held
next year
The outlook for this year Is most bright
for even a greater college rowing year
than the record breaking one OF 1911 All
OF the crews will be ON the rowing ma
chimes IN a few days. AT Poughkeepsle
the fight in all probability will be. as II
was last year, between Cornell and Co
lumbla. Courtney, as usual, has an
abundance Of good material He has
many veterans left.
For the first time In years Columbia $
chances are most encouraging at the be-
ginning Of the year, AS rule few men.
either old or new, come out, and the uni
versity has 10 be faked over By inside
scouts. Even then some OF the really
good ones present themselves only after
the boats are on the water. thus losing
the individual coaching for body work.
which Rice pays so much attention 10 In
doors that he may have more time for
blade work later
Like Cornell. Columbia has the bulk
OF last years crew. including Stroke
Downing, who, by the way. Is now cap
tain. Hitler. an excellent oar OF couple
Of seasons ago, Is back at college and has
an excellent look In for a seat. Then
there Is the whole boatload OF rafting
good youngsters who 70 easily ran away
from Cornell in last years freshmen race.
TO fall back upon.
stroke IL Different.
The style Of stroke at Columbia aud
Cornell have gradually drawn apart and
bid fair TO be even more radically diff
ferent this year. II IL well known that
an outsider who watches different crews
year In and year out. detects changes as
he sees them between Intervals. while
the coach himself who Is constantly with
his men. Is often obllvlous to the gradual
change.
Cornell. without a doubt. has Increased
the slow part OF the recover. A few years
ago the first three-quarters OF the slid,
on the recover was very rapidly done. and
after that came the slow down. courtne,
has decreased the fast part so much
that to the eye II seems as II the proper.
tons were reversed and that only The
first quarter was fast and the last three
quarters slow. This Is carried out in tn,
swing.
| Rice has shortened his stroke. But h.
has made this change Intentionally. II,
has cut out the useless over-reach. which
brings the shoulders far forward ant
which makes the men drop on the full
reach. bringing the blades too high JUS
before the catch. In this he leans slightly
toward the Belgian style. The slisht
/ amount which be loses in length is mad,
up for by two things: % The more ia
tional placing OF the applied force and e
quickness
Yale Makes Departure.
After It's yleissitudes Of the last few
years, Yale has again made a radIea
departure. and the pendulum Of her row
ing policy has once more swung back {,
the graduate coach system. Rogers, az
old Eli rowing man. has been made heas
coach, but Il is not at all impossible tina
Bob Cook will be on hand. too. The oil
Yale coach has long been out Of Il. bu
IL he can come back and teach rowin,
in the rare way that he once did. tn
monotonous series Of Harvard victories
may be broken.
The Canadian sculler. T. b. Butler, VII.
won the American single scull champion
ship at Saratoga, was the sensation o
the season. Starting comparatively re
Gently. he has gone up through the rank
at meteoric pace until he reached the to-
OF the ladder last summer. An hour be
fore the race he was not even eligible 10
the senior event. as he had to win IN
association singles TO quality.
This he did. and after a short res
went out for the big race As topper b
took the senior quar,er-mlle dash. beat
ing the hitherto almost inyiEeible 10
the distanes) Fred Fuessel But in q
three races be rowed hard only at IN
beginning and end Of the course. In eacl
event he shot out. got a commanding
lead. and then simply rowed well withli
himself keeoing his men safe.
Just before ihe finish he let out an,
won as be pleased. So We don't knos
what he really can do when he ma
choose to cut loose Thus IL is that "
have q youngster upon whom all rowin
eyes are focused. He viii be heard frer
some more this year.