New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
But Cornell, as Usual, Is
Likely to Furnish the
Winning Crew.
RICE SAYS COLUMBIA
WILL BE RIGHT UP
On Form, at Least, Others Appear
Weak, but They Possess Both
Weight and Drawn.
~ TeIeEraph Do The rrLbune. !

lege boat races this country has ever
seen. and one that is attracting nation
wide interest, will be rowed on the Hud-
son River here on Friday afternoon of
this week. when crews representing Co
lumbia, Cornell. Pennsylvania, Syracuse.
washington and Wisconsin will battle
over the historic four-mile course.
From the preliminary records of the
crews and the form that they have dis
played In their two weeks practice on the
regatta course, indications point to a
close race. with all the crews buncned
right TO the very end.
Those wizards OF the river, Charles u.
Courtney. the Cornell coach, and James
c. Rice, who has charge of rowing at Co
lumbia, have both predicted that the race
viii be a very close one, and Rice has
gone a step further and said that the
battle at the end will be between his crew
and the Cornell varsity eight
Rice is OF the opinion that the hrst
three miles OF the race will be record
breaking, and that IL will not be until the
big bridge is passed that Cornell and Co
lumbia will be able 20 struggle TO the
front and row to a desperate finish.
Because of the Ions years of victory be-
hind them and the wizardry of Courtney
the Cornell crew is picked generally as
the favorite, and there are many who be-
Ieve that in the final struggle which
Rice predicts Cornell will prove the win
ner. as they were in 1907, when inches
separated the powerful machines Of these
two great coaches
All Of the crews have been assembled on
the Hudson for nearly two weeks. ana
practically all OF the hard work is over
There remains TO be put on only the M
ishinr touches, although some OF the
coaches may put their crews through ad-
,litional time trials in the early part Oh
the week.
To DELAY a trial until Wednesday OF
Thursday, however, would be weh-hish
fatal IN a crews chances in the big race
because the oarsmen would not nave tiiiie
20 recover from the effects OF the test
u is certain that the varsity race inns
wear will not be a repetition OF the Dig
races Of 1911, 1912 and 1913, when CORNER
and Columbia smashed their way 10 tle
front in the first half-mile and endeaVoIe'
10 row each other down.
Roth Rice and Courtney have 'earneu
,,,,, ,bis kind Of racing does not bring
-, and both will go back 10 the con-
,.a,,,ional stvle, which calls for q shorI
sprint at the start, two OF th'ee - .o
Steady pull, ana another sprint ~
finish line. .,,.,, raca
the varsity race will be in truth 4"oo
for the national championship IN ro"iiie'.
soma one OF the half dozen crews nc
In take part has beaten Yale HarEalu'
1,-i,caton Leland Stanford ana odii
s.,ia the only universities when nave
l-av.s outside Of the six which VIII ~"
OF. the Hudson. .,,A.
Tho University of Washington eish'
c,amrions of the Pacific Coast nave
r,ade 4 tourney of nearly $500 mics VIZ.
,,o sole object OF winning the uluoi'
coyated title. Cornell has to us circuit
,,,asbinq victory over the harVaIN
,.-ar,,,,, eight and another equally prll4-
;,,t victory over the Princeton ana 1ale
crews. 90, -,, e,,.ra-
,,,so has the least promising OUTLOOK Il
mast performances are maze Ine o@0,S
COMPARISON. The Syracuse crew. "HiO''
s,,rprised everybody by winning the
Nv race a year ago, finished Oau 'H9'
ont of FIVE crews in the stewards -,
- AZ the American Henley, ano az
tboush they have picked up "ohuei 49,
- ,ho,r arrival on the Hudson they
GO NOT taken seriously as contenueis 49,
the big race ....,.h 90 more
-,1,e is 2 state OF AFFAIRS Wnicn ~ niois
-. ~ an anomaly, because SIX Oh inc
LIGHT men who rowed In the eieH'
- are in their old seats IN tne el'e-a'
onI,, new men being Lander NO q
md Glass, the stroke. 1,.,r.
Tho cornell varsity eight when -.
- hrougbt down to the Hudson TINS
- ~ In its makeup only two men
- rou,ed in the varsity contest S'@-
Hrhev are Eddy. No. 3, and SprSnsS'
49, This Cornell crew averages 'uS'
ID under 176 pounds, and Is inc
heaviest on the river. II mas 1Uu- 800
who tip the scales at more ''''-''
cr,rensv. the stroke oar, is a giant i1
,ot,ad No 6 in the 1912 and 1915 Val So,
X4a stands feet / inch III nelsH' CO
-.o;s,bs 1St mounds In the early raV'
= a.r,opstrated that he can shoot tit0
80 mn 10 almost any notch. The DIE
r,,,agt,o, in Courtneys mind, however %
Thetbsr he can last the distance OF iouI
niles and at the same time keep MS Gre"
behind him. - ori,,
The Columbia varsity eight has oulS
three veterans of last years crew jim
Rlce had mighty poor material to seiec'
s-o,, when he set about building up ms
. .reu, six months ago. In addition 10 the
,bree men from the old eight he had TWO
boldovers from the substitute squad VINO
ne promise, and two from the four-oareu
crew. ....a a,s-
The Columbia eight rows better ana ais
,,avs more Workmanship than any other
nrey an the river, and the only question
nat needs answering is whether the men
u.bo make I'D the boat can stand the pun
'ebment which will be meted out IN the
srst three miles Of the race
p;ce thinks they can. and he says that
2 thew are up with the leaders at the
ridge they will row better thah 'hey
nov how TO the finish and viii take
=, ~ heating In the final sprint Inc
rev Is lighter by ten pounds thah tue
CORNELL eight, and is the hghtest on lne
liver nv a margin of four pounds or more;
Weight in so far as 1t sisnihes OIo s'
strength u a wonderful asset 10 ei."'