New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-09
Columbia, Princeton and
Pennsylvania Crews in
To-day's Regatta.
TIGER COACH PRAISES
THE BLUE AND WHITE
Quaker Oarsmen Make Fine Ap.
pearance and Their Showing
Pleases Nickalls.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Princeton. n. j., May s.--A busy time
on Lake Carnegie to-day has not been
without its measure OF satisfaction to
the coaches and partisans OF each one OF
the crews that will row in the regatta here
tomorrow.
Two PENNSYLVANIA crews. the varsity
and the freshman. and the Columbia crew
went out twice to-day for short brisk
pulls. and the Princeton crews. both
varsity and freshmen, had one practice
late this afternoon.
In their first appearance on the lake
this morning the Quaker oarsmen pulled
over the course in time which proved sat-
isfactory to Nickalls. despite the change In
the seating necessitated by the illness Of
shoemaker, the veteran stroke a.
Littleton worked we'll at his new position
at stroke, and Madeira. who filed Little
toms former position at No 4, brought
little loss of power or skill After watch
ing his men so over the course Nickalls
announced Pennsylvania readiness TO
give any OF the other boats a race worth
rowing.
The Columbia men went out for about
a half hour Of racing starts and easy
padding both this morning and after
noon, and Rice seemed to enjoy putting
them through their strokes for Nickalls,
whom he took out in the coaching launch
with him.
DR.. Spaeth. the Princeton coach. had
this to say: without a doubt Columbia
has the most finished crew in the regatta
tomorrow. have rarely seen better or
cleaner blade work. The Columbia men
seem to easily excel 10th the other
Fights for polish. but am sure they can
not equal our men for power
Il have not had much opportunity TO
watch the Pennsylvania boat, and do not
care TO pass any critical judgment on It.
but / am very sorry TO learn Of the alb
sence Of Shoemaker for | hoped to have
a race I'm which all contestants would be
absolutely in their best form.
THE Princeton eight is only an average
one, in spite of it's unusual power, for II
is not fully developed We got late
start this year. which has retarded Us
by about a week or ten days, and the
crew cannot be said TO have the same
polish as the one which rowed Harvard
. last year. can De sure, HoWcNci' TIA
Princeton is going to pull race which
will make both of her opponents row
| some TO beat them"
! The three varsity crews will race fol-
/ the Childs cup. which. except for two
years ago, has not been in competition
! for a quarter OF a century Columbia
" on the cup in 1912. when the Princeton
/ PENNSYLVANIA Columbia combination
! was revived. AS there was no race a
| year ago, the cup by deed of gift re-
/ verted to Pennsylvania.
The boating of the varsity crews VII
be as follows:
Columbia-Bow. Naumer; No. .. Rothwelii
No. 3. Williams; No. (. Sanborn; No. .. PIT;
/ No. g. Bratton: No l. iladsell stroke. Nc
I Carthy; coxswain. Wood.
! Pennsylvania-Bow Watrous; No. 2. Butler;
No. g. Perrott: No. T. MADEIRA; No. ,. GarVln'
No. g. Merrick; No. I. r. Littleton; stroke, 4.
3 LittIeton: coxswain. Foster.
/ Princeton-Bow. McKibbin; No ?. Pyne. No.
g. Heffron: No. 4. Gadetbusch; No. .. Robin
son; No. 8. Quinhy; No Z. briggs, stroke, put
nam; coXswain, Dunn.