New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

laCCedly, and although there are no
bad breaks in the boat there are worse
faults, uoticeably a raggedness at the
catch that is surprising in a Cornell
crew. II is this raggednesS which de-
notes an uneven application of the
power that handicaps the Cornell eigh:
more than any other single factor.
Given an even chance, il is hard to see
how this uneven Cornell crew can beat
the smooth rowing Columbia boatload
unless II Is on the basis of sheer power,
and the difference in weight between
the two crews does not give the Itha-
cans an overwhelming superiority on
that score.
Syracuse has a surprising crew. AL
thoHgh light, it is one which rows
mighty fast, spurred on by one of the
best stroke oars on the river -Osman,
the old Duluth sculler The Orange
eigh. is a good crew and has few faults
that cannot be traced directly back to
the stroke which Jim Ten Eyck teaches.
Ten Eyck's theory of rowing is that the
best way to keep a shell moving is to
lose no time after the finish of one
stroke TO recover and get the blades in
again. This results in a rushing Of the
slides on the recovery and a consequent
jar, which checks the boat The result
is that the Syracuse crew always rows
high stroke, whipping the oar
through the water and swinging for
ward for another stroke with great
speed. Osman has this Syracuse eight
well behind him in this peculiar way of
rowing, and he carries the beat up at
a high pitch, so high that it is hard to
see how his light crew can stand the
pace and survive more than two or
three miles of that kind Of rowing.
Other Syracuse crews have done it,
however, and Ten Eyck believes that
this crew will be able to 90 the whole
journey and have enough sprint left at
the end to offset any flash of speed by
Cornell or Columbia in the last mile.
Many Trials for Penn.
The Pennsylvania varsity combina-
tion has suffered many trials and tribu-
lations in the short time it has been on
the Hudson, and only four of the men
who rowed regularly in the varsity
shell are there to-day. 1t is crew
that will do better in the race than il
has ever been able to do in practice.
/ Physically il is the best crew on the
river, barring always Stanford, and
Nickalls has his men in better physical
condition than any of the others.
The crew does not lack in veteran
material. because six OF the eight
men have been through the mill of a
four-mile race and they know what
is expected of them. Shoemaker, the
stroke, was stroke oar of the last
crew turned out by Ellis Ward. in
/ 1913. He failed to make the eight last
year because of sickness, and he got
his chance IN the big shell only ten
days ago. lie seems to have much
lost motion, but his crew is well to-
gether behind him.
The Quakers do not row smoothly
and when they strike patch Of rough
water it looks as if section Of Mag
ara Falls had escaped. But for all
that they drive their shell through
4 the water at a good rate of speed and
/ they will not finish in last place.
/ The Quakers themselves feel that
= they will have little difficulty in de-
feating Syracuse and expect to give
Columbia and Cornell a hard rub.
Little can be said of the Stanford
crew aside from the fact that il is
made up Of giants who, knowing how
TO row as a man who learns under a
master rows, would win by almost
any margin. Frank Guerena, the Stan
+ ford coach, has worked wonders with
the Californians and with more expert
ence he will be able to boat crew
/ that will keep the best of the profess
. SIGNALS moving fast. lie lacks the ex-
/ perience that comes only from long
years Of patient practice and his crew
reflects this lack Of experience. If
sheer power could win Stanford would
/ win by fifty lengths. As IL is the
eight will make good showing, but
/ it can hardly be expected ID do bet
/ ter than that.