New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
CREWS HARD At WORK
FOR COLLEGE RECATTAS
Good Material to FIJI Boats
Is Plentiful, Columbia Be-
ing Only Exception,
VETERANS ARE NUMEROUS
Harvard Programme Includes a.
tCornered Race That Will Test
It's Strength Against Lead
ing Poughkeepsie Crews.

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Nothing but weary days OF toni at the
sweeps remain before the college osrsmcn
who nave already begun the long grind
of training that will know no end until
the finish lire has been crossed ut Poush-
feersie o. New London, as the case may
bc. ne last week las seen nearly every
crew on the water. and from the present
indications there seems reason to believe
hat the crews in the big regattas Of 1918
win he the best that have over been
turned out by American colleges or uni
yCrsiticS
The mild winter and the early spring
have. made it possible for the crews to
get an earlier start than has been the
case in wears. and If they are favored
with good weather all through the spring
there will be no excuse on that account
FOR not doing as well as expected. THIS
will apply particularly To Columbia ana
Yale which have To row on unprotected
sheets of water In the colleges there
seems TO have beer a marked revival IN
two exceptions. more men have turned
out Tor rowing than in years. and the
coaches are particularly well pleased.
sim Rice, at Columbia is one OF the
unfortunates. for it seems no matter how
ne tries and how well his crews of the
preceding year have done. he is always
face TO face with the old bugaboo Of too
few men to fill the boats. Rec has
squad of some thirty varsity and thirty
five freshmen, and he will be lucky If he
sets more than five-eighths on the water
altogether. At this early stage of the
season he should have a dozen boats on
the Hudson. The material seems 10 be
Of better quality, however. than in the
past. This is particularly true Of the
varsity. although the freshmen seem a
little better than usual.
Columbia had its first spin on the water
ON Thursday of this week and, next TO
Wisconsin, is the last OF the Poughkeep-
sic crews to begin outdoor work. Cor
nell has been on Cayuga for more than
a week. ana Pennsylvania has had two
weeks training on the Schuylkil. SYRIA
cuse. too, has been Out for two weeks.
Wisconsin expects TO SET on the water
in a day or two.
Both Harvard and Yale. the factors i'll
the regatta at Nv London the day be-
fore the Poughkeepsie race, are well On
the way Harvard has had week 5
training on the waters OF the Charles.
while the Yale squads have been on the
New Haven harbor for two weeks, save
for two days interruption necessitated by
tho cold xyeathpr Of "a week ago.
The preliminary plans of the Harvard
crew are as ambitious as the Crimson has
ever attempted. and ii the Cambridge
men should happen TO come through VIC
torious they will certainly be hailed the
university champions OF America. In ad-
dition 10 the annual race with Cornell,
the Crimson will figure in d four cornered
race between Pennsylvania, Princeton, Co
lumbia and Harvard. Yale, on the other
hand. has 10 early season races, and 1t
seems that the policy of the New Haven
rowing instructors is to keep away from
anything that savors of actual compet-
ton before the big day al New London.
The other early season races that have
been booked Tor this year arc few and
far between. Syracuse has refused To
row the Navy for the first time in ten
years, and the Orange will have no pre-
regatta races OH its schedule this year.
Cornell will have only the Harvard race
at Cayuga, while Columbia, in addition 10
being included I'm the Harvard regatta IN
May II, may get a place in the proposed
race between Princeton and the Navy on
Lake Carnegie the week before the race
on the Charles.
Pennsylvania will have the Harvard
regatta and will also figure in q mile
sprint with the Navy crews, and that
about ends the college racing programme
i'm the East Wisconsin may get Il race
on with the st. Paul Boat Club, but as yet
it is rather doubtful, so that the Badgers
will probably have to take the long trip
East again without having had chance
to try themselves out OH their home
waters
SO far as veteral material goes Columbia
seems TO be a little better OFF than any
of its rivals at Poushkeepsie, and at New
London Yale has an edge on Harvard.
with only one man out of the 1912 varsity
crew. Cornell and Wisconsin. however,
have some excellent material TO draw on
from the 1915 freshman crew. while Co
lumba will be lucky if it gets more than
one or two men from the freshmen eight
that finished last Ilarvard's freshman
crew OF last year was one Of the strong
st fhat the Crimson has ever had, ana
there will be little wonder il Wray fills
his varsity boat up largely with men
from the 1915 first year combination.
Jim Moore. at NO. .. is the only man out
Of last years Columbia boat; in fact, he
j. the only man that Rice loses from his
entire squad The varsity four will lie
back intact and so Will the 1915 fresh
man. In Downing. at stroke, Columbia
has perhaps the most capable man that
eyer sat in a shell. lie was unfortunate
last year In receiving a sunstroke three
days before the race, but in spite of that
he rowed a remarkable race when any
other man in his condition would have
been in bed.
Rice. however. will undoubtedly make a
good many changes in the varsity boat,
and il would occasion little surprise if
one or two of the men who pulled oars
last June should find themselves in the
second crew this year. The starboard
side. with Ro;nwell. bow: Hadsell. 8:
Latenser. 5, and Fritz Miller, Z, Is a com
bination that can hardly bc improved
upon.
The other side of the boat. however, Is
weak. Ruprecht, Bissell and Downing
arc the three left, and the first named is
hardly strong enough TO undergo the
riGors OF a stiff contest, although lie did