The Washington times., 1914-06-25

1neu- 100, lnSI6 Is TIE OAlNcISlly
OF Pennsylvania eight. regenerated
under the rapid-hre coaching Of Wv
ian Nickells, the hearty and hale
brother Of the coach Of the Yale
oarsmen. The University Of WASH
inston eight, too. is slated as having
more than an outside chance, so that
that unanimity OF opinion which one
would expect after reading Rioe's'
prediction fails to prevail universally
on the Hudson
Cornell and Columbia have made
the fighting in so many OF the races
in the last half dozen years that they
are probably entitled to first con-
sideration, largely because of their
splendid early season records, when
both swept down all before them
and showed that they had crews of
more than usual merit The Syracuse
varsity. which would in the ordinary
course of events be rated with Cor
nell and Columbia, fell down badly in
its one preliminary race, and in its
practice on the Hudson has not
shown the speed which justifies its
being placed alongside of the two
all powerful crews turned out by
Jim Rice and Charles Courtney. Cor
nell is a slight favorite over Colum-
bia-
Both Courtney and Rice are Of the
opinion that the varsity race this year
will not be a repetition of the big race
last year. when the Cornell and Column
bia crews maddened by the first flush
Of battle, forced the pace beyond all
reason In the first half Of the journey,
only to be exhausted and worn that
they were unable to finish, what they
Victorv does mot alwavs coma to the
crew that leads at the two-mils mark.
and that is a truth that both Rice and
Courtney are trying to drive home
in these last days before the race.
row their race this year as IL they |
were miles apart and were working
for the best possible time over the four |
miles. |
as the Columbia varsity eight. whose |
form is almost perfection personified-
Not even the Cornell eight can COM
pare with the superb oarsmanshtp OF
the Columbia crew. Rice has always
been noted for the absolute cohesion
II his crews, and his varsity eight this
spring is no exception to the rule
The Cornell eight, on the other hand,
Is not the smoothly polished machine
that one would expect it to be-
Spransy. the stroke oar, hurries his
crew along at q fast pace, and. as
the No. is not quite up to the task
Of passing the pace along as fast as
il comes from Spransy, the result Is
the oarsmen, with the exception OF
Bird, at No. 6; Duffie. No 2. and GILL |
man, No. 4, are away late on each |
stroke. and they upset the harmony OF
the port side.
Cornell in the early season rowed TO |
easy victories over Harvard. Prince |
ton, and Yale, and Columbia's record |
includes almost as easy a victory over |
The Tigers. On a line through the |
Princetonians, Columbia and Cornell |
are almost q match. Cornelps victory |
over Harvard was the more impress !
sive, because II came within two days |
after the race with Princeton and |
Yale.
English rowing methods have made |
their advent on the Hudson after a |
long disappearance IN the rigging Of
the University of Pennsylvania crews, |
lluakers are not over optimistic over
the success of the English ideas as
they have been tired out. nor do they |
expect TO be at the head OF the line |
when the crews reach the finish goal. |
The Philadelphians finished a poor |
last a year ago. and II Nickalls can
pull the crew up to the leadership OF |
The second division the pennsylvania |
rowing committee Will be grateful.
Nfckalls made a brave start, TO be |
sure, by defeating two Annapolis crews
with his varsity and freshman eights. |
This early season reputation was not 1
sustained, however, when the Quakers |
fell down badly in their race with Prince
ton and Columbia on Carnegie lake. the
varsity eight is much improved com.
bination over the one which rowed az
ra-.1Ia h,rf tf Is not vet a powerful