Valdez daily prospector., 1914-06-26
ROWING CREWS
 WELL MATCHED
Anyone Has Chance to Win Big Race in the Poughkeep-
 sic Regatta.

line up at Krum Elbow today to fight
 out the intercoll, giate rowing cham pionship With Charles Courtney
 still coaching the Cornell squads, and
 with the same splendid calibre of his
 oarsmen just as apparent to the most
 untrained eye as ever, it is not sur
 prising that the Red and White are 1 the favored ones again this year. The
 long string of victories to their cred
 it do not diminish this feeling of
 confidence, but for all that Cornell
 realizes that there will be a battle
 royal on the Hudson before they car | ry home the laurels.
 The Cornell boat is one of the l heaviest this year that Courtney has
 ever brought to the Hudson and ranks | with the set of giants which the Uni versity of Washington has imported from Seattle to represent the far West.
 The Columbia eight is a contrast
 to this tremendous boatload from Lake Cayuga, but the blue and white octet is running smoothly after sev- eral drawbacks, and promises well. Fortunately the Columbia followers and the oarsmen themselves have not lost their head this year with over confidence, and it is expected that they will row very different kind
 of race than they did last season.
 In the first place they will be or
 dered by Coach Rice to let some
 other crew do the pacing and not | waste their efforts in fruitless spurts to the front, which has been a ma terial factor in the utter exhaustion | which has marked their final miles in several of the recent races.
 After the surprise which the Syra- l cuse Varsity eight afforded on race 1 day last June, when they came up from behind in a tremendous spurt
 and passed Cornell and Columbia, | much interest will center in the work l of this team. In the practice on the Hudson since their arrival, the Or ange eight reveals much of the same
 power which was evident in their shell last year. Many will not admit that the eight is rowing as we'll as they did last year, but there is just as powerful a crew of youths in the
 boat, and if Glass can take Thurs tons place at stroke and do it jus tice, the Orange will come in high
 in the Poughkeepsie ratings.
 A big change is noticeable in the bearing of the Pennsylvania oarsmen and the way they went about their
 training this year. English or Amer ican methods, as they may be, Viv- ian Nickalls is getting lot of en- thusiasm and work out of the Quaker squad, and his efforts to pull them out of the rut which put them last, or nearly so, in the last few regat- tas is attracting wide attention.
 The Pennsylvania Varsity is a much
 better rowing machine today than it proved itself to be in the triangular regatta on Lake Carnegie, when both Columbia and Princeton defeated the Red and Blue. The persistent work
 of Nickalls has produced results fast, and the concnsus of opinion seems 70 be that the crew is one of the best that has come out of Philadel- phia since Ellis Ward was at his
 best. One of the strong points in
 Nickalls' coaching is the enthusiasm
 which he has instilled into his men.
 They work hard for him and there is not the slightest sign of tagging l or discomfort. The crew is getting
 worthy spirit of fight in them, nor is this confined to the Varsity. for the freshman eight have been con- ing along in promising manner.
 The eight which the University of Washington has sent here is an ob- ject of wonder. The eight men av-
 craze easily 175 pounds, about 10 pounds heavier than the Columbia
 eight. Walske at No. takes the lead l with 190 pounds of muscle and feet 3 inches in height The other two
 men in the waist of the boat, Shu-
 maker at 4, and Catlin at 6, are al
 most his equal in physique.
 Hiram Connibar has improved their
 form over that in which they rowed last. June, but there are still sev-
 eral individual faults apparent in the work of the eight which should be eradicated. Their outboard work in dicated that they will have plenty of trouble in rough water, and 1t will
 be we'll for them if the Hudson is mill nOnd today '