New-York tribune., 1913-06-18
CORNELL CREW COMES
BACK INTO OLD FORM
Courtney Well Pleased with
Varsity Eight After Cruel
ling Time Trial.
WASHINGTON SETS RECORD
Four Clips Time, in Trials, from
Two Mile Mark for the
Course at Pough-
keepsie.
tRy Telegraph to The Tribune

Pcughkeepsie, y. Y. June f7.-Cornells
varsity eight had another gruelling trial
over the four-mile regatta course this
evening, and Charles T. Courtney. the
coach of the Ithaca oarsmen. showed
plainly that he was not letting any grass
grow under his feet in smoothing out
the faults Of the men in the bow of the
Cornell boat The trial this afternoon
was every bit as serious an affair as
yesterdays. and the shell from Cayuga
tore through the water at wonderful
speed. The bow four was still the weak
spot Of the combination. but the blades
after all. this. according to Courtney. Is
the prime factor IN the makeup Of the
successful or unsuccessful crew.
The three Cornell crews started at the
head Of the course and the two eights
went the full distance at racing speed.
The four kept up for two and a half miles
and then dropped back. The varsity
eight beat the cubs to the finish by five
lengths and Courtney said the time w2s
much more satisfactory than IT was last
night The morning practice Of the Cor
nellians was devoted altogether TO ra :-
ing starts The varsity eight showed
impressive form I'm these starts. and
several times reeled on half minutes
with the sweeps making twenty full
strokes each time.
The Washington varsity eight and
four-oared boats had time trials this
afternoon. According TO the time. which
( ~.
distance In . .5s. three seconds faster than
the record made by the Cornell varsity
four in the race on July 2. 1909. Cont
bear however. could not be forced 10 an
nounce the time made by the big eight
IL notice that none Of the other coaches
are giving their times for the varsity
boat" said Conibear tonight. "and 1
don't want the people here In the East 10
think were a lot Of windjammers because
We want 10 tell our time every day. I am
we'll satisfied with the outlook. however.
and am awaiting race day with i'm
patience"
The return ~ cooler weather gave the
coaches an opportunity to drive their men
a bit harder tonight than they had
planned The stin trials Of Monday night
took "a lot of lie out of the crews. and
the morning work to-day Was confined
mainly 90 easy paddles. In the after
let 40 again. and nearly every one went
down over the fun course
Jim Rice played a little trick on the
newspaper reporters by sending his crews
out IN tho moonlight on Monday night
for time trip up the course with the
tide
Every ono. excepting the ever watchful
Courtney. had deserted the river when the
Columbia oursmen came downstream. and
no one saw them get N on their trial
Rice said that the trial was a good one.
and Courtney bore him out by saying
that the first two miles were mighty
good.
In consequence Of their hard workout
last evening Rice did not have his men
on the water until late to-day. He may
decide TO give them another spin over the
course. for II the present weather con-
tlnues the men will be able 10 stand up
under Just trlhe more hard work
Joy reigned IN the Syracuse camp again
boat OF Landers. one OF the two fresh
men who had 20 have boils on their backs
treated iu the hospital last week. Bas-
sett also was I'm the shell. Ten Eyck. az
ter giving the youngsters an easy row
in the morning. sent them over the two
mile course In the afternoon paced by
the varsity They showed their speed
by beating the varsity couple OF lengths
IN the two miles.
The PENNSYLVANIA four. which had the
accident yesterday, had a quiet day In
the borrowed Wisconsin boat. but the
Quaker varsity and freshman eights had
another day of hard rowing. The varsity
was sent up 10 the head Of the course
late in the afternoon and rowed the hrst
two miles unpaced.
At the two-mile mark the freshman and
four-oared boats took up the pacemaknig
and carried the varsity through to the
finish The freshmen had another sur
prislngly good day. and beat the varsity
by more than two boat lengths of open
water I'm what was said TO he close TO
record time.