The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-10
COLLEGE CREWS
GETTING READY
OarSmGn Of Many Universities
Preparing For Supreme Test.
YALE HARVARD MATCHED.


Will Be Very Interesting u'hess All
Signs Fail - Poushkeersie Events
Should Result In G~sat Finish.
All the big college crews are now on
the las stretch of their rowing year.
WITH their various dual regattas be-
mind 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. a
An unprecedented thing has already
happened in college rowing For the
first time in many, many years it looks
as though this years intercollegiate
champion four mile crew will be the I
winner at New London instead of /
Poughkeepsie. 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
nnnuranf1U nUnnlv
matched, and their meeting this month
viii attract great attention. The Har-
vard eight has engaged in two dual
regattas. During Easter week the
Crimson won 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
a race which stamped Harvard as 4
great crew Harvard's margin was
about the same as Yale's over the Cor
hell crew the week before.
Yale has likewise engaged in two
races. During Easter week Yale won
from Pennsylvania in decisive fashion
That race, though, was rowed in a
blizzard, so the followers of the Ellis
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 won every race il
which they had started and had beat
en- in decisive fashion the Navy, Penn
sylvania and Columbia. But Yale CAV
the Tigers two lengths beating ant
won from Cornell by a quarter of
boat length.
The showing of the two crews mean
that they are very evenly matched an
that there won't be much choice be-
tween them when they face the star
er at New London. A good man
rowing critics think that Yale is cor
siderably stronger this year than las
in spite of the many veterans VIII
have been lost from the boat. One
the strongest factors in Yale's preseI
strength is the confidence and enthus
asm the men enjoy. They have ha
enough racing experience this year
convince them that they can win, al
Harvard is sure to find Yale a might
tough opponent.
Inc ueledI Oh the COEnell crew
both Yale and Harvard on successiv
Saturdays was foreShadowed by mar
experts. The results of these two race
however, should not be taken to meG
that Cornell won't be a lot stronger
pOughkeepSie Coach Courtney hi
made a number of radical changes
his boat within the past couple
weeks, and the promotion of Collie
last years freshman stroke, to the Z
sition Of pace maker for the varsity
likely to prove most beneficial La
year Cornells freshman stroke w
pronounced one of the best in the cou
try, and as good a judge as Vivi
Nickalls the Pennsylvania coach, {
clared that the Cornell youngster b
the making of one of the best stro
oars he had ever seen.
The Pennsylvania crew, which ma
rather a poor showing in its RAJ
with Yale and at Princeton is % I
cent stronger on account of chang
Coach Nickalls has made. The retu
to his old position at No. of Gary
the strongest man in last years sh
and of Marcy the 1914 stroke, |
greatly encouraged the Quakers Sh
maker, former stroke oar, is also
this boat, so that the eight is stron,
physically than it was year a
Coach Nickalls has always maintain
that the crew was best at four mile: