New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16
PENN VARSITY
BEATEN BY THE
JUNIOR EIGHT
Left Three Lengths Astern
After a Gruelling Trial
at Poughkeepsie.
tBy Telegraph to Ths Tribuns.l

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, juno l6.-Viv-
ian NIckalls. coach Of the University
Of Pennsylvania crews. may be ex-
pected to do almost anything with his
varsity eight following a beating
which II received this evening at the
hands OF the junior varsity over the
four-mile course. The second crew
finished three lengths ahead of the
first boat after a gruelling trial.
A violent thunderstorm broke late
in the afternoon and fiattened out a
heavy sea that had been running all
day and which prevented several Of the
crews from venturing from their boat
houses.
The big English coach Of the Quak-
ers did not wait for the rain TO stop
before sending his three crews out
for their first real test.
The juniors and varsity went to the
top Of the course. while the freshmen
waited at the two-mile mark. The tide
was at its greatest ebb. and the two
shells came down the course hammer
and tongs. rowing in the. lanes which
they will use in the races two weeks
hence.
Passing the Columbia boathouse at
the one-mle mark the juniors had
pulled out to lead Of three-quarters
Of length. and at the two-mile mark.
when the freshmen were picked up
the juniors. were length and q half
to the good. The freshmen had a
three-lengths' start and the juniors
caught them at the bridge. At this
point the varsity was two and a quar-
ter lengths behind and fell back an
other threeouarters Of a length in the
last mile.
The Quakers were the hrst to ven
ture on the river this morning and
met with all kinds Of difficulties on
account Of rough water.
Jim Rice, seeing what was happen
ing, sent his own oarsmen off on a
hike over the mountains and did not
put them on the river until late in the
evening, when Simonds regained his
place in the varsity shell at No. g.
The fight between him and Mansbach
for this seat probably will go on, as
Rice is till undecided which man c
will use.
The Cornell crews went out both
morning and afternoon, although they
had to hug the shore in order to avoid
filling the shells with water in the
morning row. In the evening they had
an easy paddle upstream for several
miles.
Courtney received a wire from Hiram
Connibear, coach Of the University Of
Washington crew, urging the Ithacans
TO go West TO the Seattle race in July
Courtney says he is willing to take
his crew out because he feels they
have worked hard and faithfully and
deserve the trip. The race will be
rowed on July 16 and the course viii
be three miles, according to Conni-
bears telegram. All expenses Of the
visiting crews will be paid.
The Syracuse crews were unable e
go out this afternoon, but they got II
their usual bit on the river In the
morning, luckily escaping the worst
Of the rough water.
Blanchard, bow oar in the Syracuse
freshman eight, is suffering from q
badly infected hand and probably will
not go out for several days, while
Hartwell, at No. 2, is suffering from
boils and will not row tomorrow.
Jim Bodily, the old Pennsylvania
half-miler, who received his NJ. D de-
gree this spring and Is the official
physician at the Pennsylvania quarters
has been drafted by Jim Rice and Ten
Eyck and has his hands full looking
after the lame and the halt.