New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-13
College Crews About
Ready for Big Races

eight When Rice brought il up the
river ten DAYS ago ~ was niue more
than n scrub combination, but Worm
scr tho stroke, has whipped IT INTO
Wonderful form. and the varsity mas a
hard time in losing II IN tWo-mlIe
snrint The Blue and White freshmen
however. are ragged.
The direct antithesis Of the Colum
hia freshman eight Is the nrst year
combination that Jim Ten EycE mas
hroueht down from the Onondaga VI
all 9he crews that Ten Eyck mas
brought 70 the Hudson IN the last naIi
do,cp wears. none has looked more
nromisine than this 1918 toatload. II
Is n husky. smooth rowing combination
that apparently has power TO ourn'
go what's more. knows how % apply
tho mower without much lost motion
I, drives along much the same as me
Syracuse winning crew OF iSI"' ana
rows the same hard. fast stroke
Ten Evck's varsity eight. IN com
,orisop with his freshmen, does not
iook 40 good. but nevertheless It is a
conformation that will probably meas
mo mn we'll with the others: Glass
Who stroked the varsity elght years
GOO has lost his seat, and is rowing al
10 The change seems TO nave
,,.ortod wonders in the Orange eight
end Ten Fvck is confidently looking
Sorvard 10 the race. for he believes
mat the Salt City boatload, II II gets
Of 70 the right kind Of start. WIZ
Trver be heated. The timoer from
which +, is made is much the same as
the Syracuse eight which SURPRISED the
rovino world in 1904, when Cornell was
rowed into the ground.
Nickalls Sees Light Ahead.
Vivian Nickalls. the big. genial
brother Of Guy Nickalls. the Yale coatch,
- iust beginning to see the light OF day
ahead with his varsity combination.
Tickalls tried every known eXpedlent
and few that were unknown 70 as
cover whv the Junior eight could al
rsvs defeat the varsity in two-mlle
brush Last week, he thinks. he dis-
covered the reason. when Marcy. VINO
boe been out Of the big eight since
eerIv April. when he contracted heaVY
coid in the race with Yale. was re-
turned 10 his old seat al stroke. Marcy
in two DAYS pulled the eight together
and il won its first victory over the
Vickalls had tried two strokes IN the
she'll In Marcy's absence; he had SHIFT
cd the crew around, and he had even
changed shells. But he couldn ma
where the trouble was until Marcy re-
sumed his old position. Naturally TINS
long search Tor the right man has re
tarded the development Of the Quakers'
md il is small wonder that they row
pretty raggedly. There is clear toTrt-
hight left for hard work. and Nlckallss
thinks he will have a crew whipped
into shape by regatta day tnat VIII
have to make no apologies.
The Cornell squad is due 70 arrive at
the Cakes, just opposite Poughkeepsle'
early this morning. As there IS an IN
written law that the crews shall not
row on Sunday, the lthacans Will not
get ont until tomorrow. Courtney IS
bringing on his full equipment, which
includes chefs and walters.
The Leland Stanford eight IS not que
20 reach the Poughkeepsie course until
next Friday, and will have a shorter
stav on the Hudson than any OF the
other college crews. The Californlans
are bringing along a couple Of su6stl-
tutes. and Jim Rice will let them nave
an extra pair-oared gig.
Rice feels that the Stanford crew is
his own protege, because II Will use a
Ward shell. built on lines laid down by
Rice for the 1912 varsity boat.