New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-11
Twenty-one Candidates for
Senior and Junior Boats
All That Rice Can
Muster.

SO far as veteran material goes. Cor
rel seems to be worse off than any Of the
other big college crews this year. but the
handicap to the Comedians is on paper
only, because. although Courtney has
only two men left from the eight that
finished second at Poughkeepsie last June,
he has so much excellent material coming
up from the four cared the freshman and
his intercollegiate crews that he is indeed
better off than If he had the whole var
sity eight remaining. The place where
there is a real lack Of material Is at Co
lumbia. Rice has only three of the eight
men who rowed I'm the 1913 shell and three
of the four-oared crew. This is bad
enough But. to make matters worse.
when the call for candidates was issued
last week and the first practice was held,
only twenty-one men reported.
In view of the fact that the Intercol-
legiate Association has abandoned the
four cared race and substituted a race for
junior varsity Fights. thereby necessitat-
ing the boating Of two eight-oared crews.
Rice is indeed i'm a bad way. Two or
three years ago it was lack of money that
hindered the Columbia crew. but with the
change in administration and some care
full planning OH the part of Morton g.
Bogue. chairman of the rowing club at
Columbia and chairman of the lnterco-
legiate Rowing Association. Rice was able
TO get what he wanted in the way of
financial backing. The lack of candidates.
however. is becoming a more serious
question on Morningside Heights and
seems TO have reached a crisis this year.
Conditions at Columbia are indeed pc
culiar. Rice is conceded TO be one OF the
best coaches in the country. but this
seems to make little difference to the rank
and file Of Columbia undergraduates. They
come out for practice in sothful style. re-
port irregularly, and on the whole seem
TO take little real interest in what Rice
is trying to do. At this early day it looks
as if the Blue and White were I'm for a
sound trouncing at Poughkeepsie I'm June
IL not In the preliminary races that It will
row in the early season.
The men who are back this year are
williams, bow: Captain Hadsell. No 8,
and Rothwell, No T. II is barely possible
that Claghorne. who rowed No. 5. Will
return i'm February, although he IL out
West and has written friends recently
that it is doubtful whether he will be
able To come back 20 Columbia or not. OF
the crew that Towed at Poughkeepse.
Rice loses Ruprecht. No. .. BisselI. No. s.;
Miller No. T. and Downing. stroke. The
hardest loss. OF course. Is that OF Down
Ing. who was one Of the greatest stroke
oars that Columbia has ever had Miller
too. was an exceedingly valuable man and
was capable and experienced No. man.
80 that when he and Downing were row
ing together the eight had that wonder
ful rhythm which is 50 marked in Rice's
best crews.
Horkert. Sanborn. Cronenberg and Me
Carthy. Of the four, are all back ia col
Ieee. but Herkert will be unable to row
because OF a conflict In his studies. The
freshman eight averaged last year only
Iis pounds, with only one man tipping the
scales nj 100. so that Rice has no hope
OF getting any material whatsoever from
the 1916 squad. lie IL most concerned in