New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23

at . Lum. 5. and Spransy, at 6. from the
| crews that won last year. Consequently
Courtney has had to do some careful
planning to get his crews sorted out lie
has taken over Dole. stroke of last year $
four-oared crew and put him in at stroke
of the varsity boat. and Chapman. No
8. of last years -four. has been put DC
hind Dole. at No. I: Spransy retains MS
old seat at No. 8. and Lum has moVeu
down from No. to No. .. Bates, NO. b
in last years freshman eight has Wake
ley's old place at 4. while Mum. sub
stitute last year, is in at No. 3. Commo-
dore Bates has kept his place at = and
Lawrence Eddy. who was bow in the 1914
freshman boat is in at bow i'll this year
varsity This crew is a mighty combi-
nation and averages nearly 40 POUNDS
Courtneys freshmen arc better looking
than usual, and the opinion seems TO he
prevalent at Ithaca that Cornell VIII
have another cracking good freshman
crew.
Three men who rowed for Pennsylvania
last June have been graduated, leaving
Madeira. bow: Iousol, No. :; Natrous,
No 8: Baines. No. .. and John Alexan-
der. No. T. The Quaker crew last June
was one of the poorest that Ellis Ward
ever turned out. From the freshman
boat Ward has n scrappy lot of young
sters To fit i'm the vacant places He IL
trying Herbert Shoemaker out at stroke
Syracuse has lost only two men from
last years crew-Babbitt. NO. .. aud Top
ping. 40. sand the eight which Ten
| Eyck has put on the water contains every
one of the six left in college. The va
/ cancies he has filled by taking Propst and
| Summervile, substitutes OF last year,
and putting them ia The big shell. The
/ eight as he has l-Oatcd IT -: Thurston,
stroke: Hilfngcr. No. T. Rich, No. 8;
| Mahan. No o.: Robbins. No. 4: Summer
| vile, No. 8; Propst. No. ?, and Butler,
| bow. Inasmuch as Ten Eyck has mis- fun
! varsity four left from 1912. IL Is safe
/ bet that he will use il this year, for once
he gets four men working together he
does not like to break up the combination.
! The Syracuse freshmen last June were
disappointment, and il is doubtful If Ten
EyclS will get any material that is above
the average.
out at Wisconsin, Mackmillar. B. ana
Poloack, 6, are the only men who VIII
be missed this year. Their places may
| be filed by Nittick, I, and Everett. stroke
Of last years crew, and this viii leave
the varsity eight practically as strong as
/ it was in the race last June. The fact
| that Vale is to have four I'm this year
regatta means that he will have To have
bigger varsity squad than usual.
The candidates for the Harvard varsity
/ and the freshman crews are hard AT work
in the boathouse, under the charge Of
Coach Wray. Six university and the
| been organized, and there are few extra
men. As soon as the crews go on the
river the number of candidates in each
| squad will probably be cut down TO
enough To fiji three shells.
Although the loss Of Strong, Newton.
| Metcalf. Balch and Eager, Of last years
victorious crew. will DC seriously felt, the
outlook for this years university eight IS
by no means discouraging. Mills, Good
ale and Reynolds are left for a nucleus,
| and last years four-oared and freshman
crews developed good material.
Captain Romeyn was the only man who
went out of the Yale varsity eight last
year, leaving Gage, bow; Buggy, >; Ste
vens. 8; benson. 4; Freeman, 6; Allen, z.
and Snowden, stroke. for the coach to
begin work this .ear.