New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
Columbia Coach Has Only
Two Veterans from
Varsity Eight of
Last Year.

Columbia, under the able direction Of
Jim Rice. takes up IN earnest to-mof-
row the task of building its 1915 var
sity crew. With only two men back
from the eight which swept down the
Hudson 20 victory last June, the work
will not be easy, the more so because
the material out OF which Rice must
select his men comes from freshman
crews which never finished better than
fourth in the yearlings' races.
To add to the burden the COLUMBIA
oarsmen begin the new year under DIS
couraging financial conditions brought
about by deficits incurred by the 1913
and 1914 crews In the seven years
that Rice has been on Morningslde
Heights he has never been confronted
with such a combination Of disheart-
ening prospects such as he has 10 face
this year. The only streak of hope lies
i'm the fact that the quarters at Pough-
keepsie are ia first class condition, and
as il is at Poughkeepsie that Rice
whips his crews into condition for the
climax Of the year he is not wholly
downcast
OF the men who rowed IN the 1914
championship crew, Rice has only San
born. No. 4. who was elected captain,
and Bratton. No. 6. on whom to rely.
Manner. the bow man, is still IN the
university. but he has transferred his
scholastic duties to the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons, and doubtless
will be unable to combine his medical
curriculum with work on the crew. An
other member Of the 1914 eight who is
still i'm the university is c. +. McCar-
thy, the stroke oar.
Mccarthy is completing his course
for a degree in mining, and inasmuch
as he has had four years Of rowing
one year in his freshman eight and
three years as varsity mamie will
not be candidate again this year. al
though there is no university regula-
ton prohibiting him. The men who
were graduated are Rothwell, No. 2;
Williams. No. 3; Pitt, No. ,. and Had
sell. No. :.
Rice's chief difficulty in boating his
1915 crew will be in the selection Of a
suitable stroke oar. Meyers. who
stroked the junior varsity last year, is
a capable man. but he lacks experience
and weight, the latter. in Rice's mind,
being an important quantity. Neither
Of his two veterans Is adaptable for
the place. so that Meyers may get the
place, more because Of the fact that he
stroked the juniors than, for any other
reason. Donoho. the stroke of the 1913
freshmen. may got a chance at the seat.
He is a bigger and heavier man than
Meyers, but does not have the fire that
Rice believes essential in stroke oar.
With the exception of Richards
how, and Robinson. No. !, the junior
varsity boat is intact. Richards, like
Manner. is in the Medical School and
a. out Of rowing for that reason. while
Robinson was graduated LAUDER and
Simonds, who rowcd Nos. and 3, re-
spectively. viii he among the first 70
be tried out in the varsity combina-
ton. Both rowed al times ~ the var
sity she'll last year, Slmonds at bow
and LAUDER al No. ,. Cronenberg, No
.. was 10. : IN his freshman crew and
with Sherrich. No. Z. in the junior boat.
will have first call on the vacancies
on .he starboard side.
Both are light. but are heavier than
any of the starbtard men in last years
freshman crew Ferris, bow; Cochran
40 3; Munroe, No. >, and Tichborne.
No. Z. Of that crew are all eligible. but
Murroc j. the only one of the lot who
seems likely to get seat in the var
sity.
Sanborn end Bratton probably vii
b kept NJ their old places in the wais,
Of the shell Rice has tried the expert
ment o. making port man into star
board man on several occasions. and
has been none too we'll pleased with
the results. although he feels that san
born would probably be an ideal man
for No. J. Spurgeon, of the juniors,
has the build and weight for a place in
the varsity and will be tried out. With
the exception OF Wormser and Lorenz