The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-17
WISCONSIN OARSMEN
HAVE STIRRING DAY
Swamped. Nearly Killed by Fly
ing Stones and Rescue a
Girl From Drowning.

PouGHKEEPsiE, y. Y, June l6-Led by
Wisconsin the various crews attempted to
defy the elements to-day and practise IN
spite OF a stirring wind that made the
Hudson as chorpy as the waters about
Sandy Hook. The attempt proved stir
ring day for the Badgers. They swamped
once and filled once. were neasly killed by
stones flying from a quarry blast and fig
ured In the rescue OF q girl whose hat was
blown overheard and which she ultimately
followed in trying to regain.
Pennsylvania was the lone other crew
that was willing 10 rival her chances in
the morning and all three Quaker Fights
filed 40 fast that coach Nickolls gave a
hurried order for all crews to point their
bows for the float.
II was around 10 O'Clock IN the morning
that Coach Harry Vail sent out the Wis
consin varsity and freshman Fights. de-
spite the fact that a gale was blowing on
the river Bin Richardson, cJxswain OF
the varsity eIghts In 1893 and 1910, now
graduate manager OF Wisconslns ath-
letics, decided To take the rens OF the
freshman eight. The waves whipped about
his charges. and as he had no wash boards
7 II was not long before his shell began to
B fiji. The varsity soon met similar condl-
/ tons. and It was not long before both
B crews were hauling their shells up o. the
rocks to pour out the water.
The varsity went along down stream
until about a mile below Milton. where on
the east shore Is a stone quarry. just
as the crew and coaching launch were
passing a shower OF stone fell on all
sides A few rocks hit the launch and
several grazed the shell, but fortunately
no one was injured from the results OF the
/ terrific blast.
Earlier In the day when Commodore
Schweltzer. Vice-Commodore Mackay and
Freshman Manager Warner were leaving
Poughkeepsle In the coaching launch with
A load of supplies they heard a yell from
the shore and sighted girl strug,,l .ng In
the water. The three Wisconsin youths
swung the launch alongside and by hard
work managed to rescue her. She refused
to give her name. but said she was reach
ing for her hat when she fell overheard
| Graduate Manager Richardson said that
there was great possibility that Wiscon.
sin would row in other regattas than the
intercollegiate Coach Vail agreed with
him.
I'VE might" said Richardson, "row ir
the Pacific coast regatta which Is beine
worked up in conjunction with tn,
Psnsma-Pacihc Exposition, but I hardly
think so. I see that Cornell and Co
lumb.a are opposed to the trip unless al
expenses are paid them. We will not ash
that much.
The plan announced in this morning,
SUN by Connbear would be n wonderful
boost TO college rowing in the middle Yves
II adopted. l happen TO know the Keokuk
Ia, course on the Mississippi River and 4
is a perfect one. The river never gets a!
rough as the Hudson and 1t Is CENTRAL,
, located"
There Is no doubt that the conference
colleges would benefit much II they sa,
US rowing with such we'll developed crew
as Cornell, Syracuse. Columbia and Wash
lngton. II would mean revival an
greater interest when the regatta retuTne
TO the Hudson. II Is hard on the me
who donate the money and never see u
in a race. We have no competition I
speak of with the clubs that row us an
We usually have to give them severs
lengths In a short race to make things eS
citing. The Eastern colleges owe US a
least this much. We will not fight 10
the change. We want the intercollegiate
Rowing Association to take the Initiative.
The Columbia launch, which cracked ivy
cylinders, Is still on the dry dock. Coac
Rice sent his men for a short paddle tC
night. Coach Courtney and Jim Ten Eye
sent their crews down stream around
o'clock, and Coach Connibear watched hi
husky coast crew dodge the waves for
few miles up stream. After the mornin
experience Coach Nickalls kept the Pen
crews on land in the evening.