The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-07-23
COLLEGE CREWS
GETTING READY
0aTsmen Of Many Universities
Preparing For Supreme Test
YALE. MATCHED.

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Will 30 Very Interesting Unless All
Signs Fail ouehkeepsis Events
Should Result In Great Finish.
All the big college crews are now on
the last stretch of their rowing year.
With their various dual regattas be-
hind them they have stopped working
over two mile courses and now are
training for the four mile distances at
Poughkeepsie and New London. This
training grind will last for a few
weeks.
An unprecedented thing has already
happened in college rowing. For the
first time in many, many years 1t looks
as though this years intercollegiate
champion four mile crew will be the
winner at New London instead of
P~oughkeepsie. There won't be any
four mile race between the crews from
these rival camps. but Yale and Har-
ward have already beaten Pennsylva-
mia. Columbia and Cornell over the two
mile distance in decisive fashion.
Therefore the crew which wins at New
London will probably be acclaimed the
intercollegiate champion Of the year
unless Syracuse or Leland Stanford
should win In decisive fashion on the
Hudson. Neither Of these crews has
met Yale Or Harvard, so a victory for
Syracuse or the Californians would
leave plenty Of room for argument.
But there isn't much prospect that
Syracuse or Leland Stanford will win.
Right now the Yale and Harvard
crews are apparently very evenly
matched, and their meeting this month
ward eight has engaged in two dual
regattas. During Easter week the
| Crimson vol easily from the Navy.
though this was not considered a great
achievement since the Navy hasn't
won a race this year. Recently Har-
ward beat Cornell on Lake Cayuga IN
Il race which stamped Harvard as a
great crew. I1arvard's margin was
about the same as Yale's owe the Cor
nell crew the week before.
Yale has likewise engaged in two
races. During Easter week Yale WOn
from Pennsylvania III decisive fashion.
That race. though. was rOwed in II
blizzard. so the followers Of the Ellis
wanted their crew to give another
\ demonstration Of their prowess before
they were willing to become too en-
thusiastic. The chance came in Il three
cornered race with Princeton and Cor
nell on Lake Carnegie. The Tigers
had previously O. every race in
which they had started and had beat
en- in decisive fashion the Navy. Penn
sylvania and Columbia. But Yale gave
the Tigers a two lengths beating and
won from Cornell by a quarter of Il
boat length.
The showing Of the two crews means
that they are very evenly matched and
that there won't be much choice be-
tween them when they face the start
er at New London. A good many
rowing critics think that Yale is con
siderably stronger this year than last
in spite Of the many veterans who
have been lost from the boat One OF
the strongest factors in Yale's presen,
strength Is the confidence and enthusi
assn the men enjoy. They have had
enough racing experience this year tc
convince them that they a win, and
Harvard Is sure to find Yale q mighty
tough opponent.
The defeat Of the Cornell crew by
both Yale and Harvard on successive
Saturdays was fOreshadowed by many
experts. The results Of these two races
however. should not be taken to NEAR
that Cornell won't be a lot stronger a
POughkeepsie. Coach Courtney ha.
made a number Of radical changes II
his boat within the past couple O.
weeks. and the promotion OF Collier
last years freshman stroke. to the po
sition Of pace maker for the varsity l
likely to prove most beneficial. Las
year Cornell's freshman stroke wa,
4 pronounced one Of the best In the coun
try, and rs good a Judge as Vivian
4 Nickalls. the Pennsylvania coach. de
clared that the Cornell youngster ha'
the making OF one Of the best strok
! oars he had eve e
& The Pennsylvania crew, which mad
rather a poor showing In its race
8 with Yale and at Princeton. Is 25 pc
cen stronger on account Of change
Coach Nickalls has made. The retur
to his old position Mt No. 8 Of Garvil
the strongest man in last years shell
q and Of Marcy. the 1914 stroke. ha
greatly encouraged the Quakers. Shoe
5 maker. a former stroke oar. is also i
: this boat, SO that the eight is stronge
physically than it was a year ag'
Coach Nickalls has always maintaine
r TINT the crew WINS hest ut four miles