Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1913-05-09
COLLEGE CREWS
WORKING HARD
0dIsmen Getting Into Trim For
Coming Rowing Rsgattas.
HEAVY BOAT At CORNELL.
Varsity Eight Men Win Average 175
Pounds - Columbia Not Any Too
Strona-Penn Weak-Yale Has Vet
Grams left--Otter Crews.

Grams lett--Other Crews.
Nothing Dut weary days OF toll nj the
sweeps remains before the college oars
men who have already beguu the long
grind OF training that will know no
.nd unit the finish line has been cross
I'd az Poughkeepsie. \ Y or New Lon
iuu. Conn. as the case may be The
last few weeks have seer nearly every
rev on the water. and from the pres.
eDt Indications there seems reason to
believe that the crews In the big re-
.attas Of 1918 will be the best that
have ever been turned out oy Ameri
ran colleges or universities.
The mild winter and the early spring
nave made Il possible fer the crews TO
get aa earkef start than has been the
ease u, wears. and II they are favored
with good weather ail through the
spring there will be no excuse ON that
account for not doing as well as eS'
peetetd This will apply particularly
to Columbia and Yale. which have to
row on unprotected sheets OF water. In
| the colleges there seems to have been
a marked revival In enthusiasm. for
this year. with one pr two exceptions.
more men have turn ed out for rowing
than in gears. and the coaches are par
dcuiarly well pleased.
Jim Rice. at Columbia. is one Of the
unfortunaies. fer II seems no matter
how be- tries and how well his crews
OF the preceding year have done he Is
always face To fG.e with the old buga'
boo Of too few men to ill the boats
Rice has squad af some thirty yarsi'
~ and thirty-tive freshmen. and ne
will be- lucky ii he gets more than 6ve-
eighths on the water altogether
Columbia next 10 Wisconsin. was
the last of rhe Poughkeepsie crews to
be.in outdoor worlS Cornell has been
on Cayuga for Sume time. and Penn
sylvunia has had several weeks train
ing on the ScliuylkilI Syracuse. too.
has been out for several weeks
Both Harvard and Yale the factors
IN the regatta at New London the day
before the poughkeeTSie race, are well
on the way Harvard has had consid
eruble training Oh the waters Of the
Charles. whi!r the Yale squads have
been on the New Haven harbor pre-
"a, rinu for fut,,p.. oypnts
The preliminary plans Of the Har
yard crew are rs ambitious as the
Crimson has ever attempted. and II the
Cambridge men should happen to come
through victorious they will certainly
be hailed the university champions Of
America In addition to the annual
race with Cornell. the Crimson will
figure In II four cornered race between
Pennsylvania. Princeton. Columbia and
Harvard Yale. on the other hand. has
no early season races, and II seems
that the policy Of the New Haven row
ing instructors Is to keep away from
anything that savors Of actual compe
tition before the hip day at New Lon
don.
The other early season races that
nave been booked for this year are few
and far between Syracuse has refused
to row the Navy for the first time In
ten years, and the Orange will have no
preregatta races on its schedule this
year, Cornell will have only the Har
ward race at Cayuga, while Columbia.
IN addition to being included In the
Harvard regatta on May II, may get a
place in the proposed race between
Princeton and the Navy on Lake Car
negie the week before the race on the
Charles
Pennsylvania will have the Harvard
regatta and will aso figure In mile
sprint with the Navy crews. and that
about ends the college racing program
In the east Wisconsin may get race
on with the st. Paul boat club, but AZ
yet IL is rather doubtful. so that the
Badgers will probably have to take the
long trip east again without having had
a chance to try themselves out on their
home waters
So far as veteran material goes, Co
iumbin seems to be little better on