The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
CREWS HARD WORK
BEGINS THIS WEEK
Bclated Cornell Oarsmen Will
Arrive To-day on POugh-
keepsie Course.
PROBLEMS FOR COACHES

PorGHKxEPsiE. June 1t-Activities
preliminary to the twenty-'rst annual
regatta OF tho intercollegiate Rowing
Association on June rs viii, take on real
proportions with the arrival OF the Cor
neil navy Tomorrow. The dctralnment
o: the big Red crews will complete the
roster OF Eastern e!ghts that will fight
for the titles.
The belated action Of the I%thacans has
caused considerable Usually
they arrive about three days after
Columbia. This year they will have
only two weeks IN which to become ac-
quainted with tho course.
Coach Jim Rice of Columbia said to-
Gay that he suspects that all is not go
ing we'll with the charges of Coach
Courtney, Just what the trouble is Rice
was at a loss 10 understand.
That freshman eight which Courtney
had up here last year was a phenomenal
crew" he said. His Junior varsity
proved itself the class OF the river too.
with these sixteen men as a nucleus and
several first varsity It locked like a
cleanup for him his year. 1t is said
that his varsity has improved consider
ably since tho shakeup OF n week ago.
/ am anxious 70 see them in action"
Rice's anxiety Is no greater than that
OF Vivian Nickalls or Jim Ten Eyck.
All want 10 see and compare. As far as
Craftsmanship Is concerned there Is little
ground for belief that Cornell will show
Up Columbia unfavorahly. Rice has two
crews which both individually and as
units are unsurpassed.
IL Columbia repeats its notable VIC
tory OF last season II will be because OF
this very factor. The varsity Is down
TO the ridiculously low average Of 49,
pounds. but II has learned how TO con-
serve It's strength and make a pound
inboard net ten pounds outboard.
The return OF T%ichborne has strength
ened the crew Just where needed. With
out big Red Columbin's chances for
victory would have been poo His
temporary ineligibility forced Rice to
use a new combination. and when he re-
turned the Columbia coach decided to
continue experimenting in order TO get
more power into the shell. No harm
can be done, since each OF the sixteen
men seems to have reached about the
same proficiency in Craftsmanship.
While Rice's problem is too keep up
the weight OF his men Vivian Nickalls
is concerned with the task of knocking
his crews down in weight and solving the
problem OF which one IL the better for
the big race. The first varsity has i'm
proved remarkably in Its short stay
here, but Nickalls says II Will have TO
show more stun in order to atone for
the string of defeats by the junior
varsity before the squad embarked for
here. He is going to chase the pair
over the four miles az least every other
day for the next ten days.
Hard work will mark the programme
at the Syracuse quarters. Ten Eyck.
while pleased with his freshman eight.
is not contented with the form Of his
varsity. He has Ossman. the husky Du-
lu,h boy. stroking again. Ossman
stroked the first OF the year blu failed
to come up to the mark.
Glass. last years pace setter, was
placed in the stern and the shell inn
proved. Just before leaving for its new
quarters Ten Eyck announced that O~-
man would go back at stroke and Glass
to No. /. Next TO the Rice camp SYRIA
cuse. however, seems to have perfected
the nne points OF rowing.
The Orange freshmen's stroke ana
No. :, whiteside n Williams, have
rowed in the championship -four OF the
Duluth Rowing Club. where Jim Ten
E.yck. Jr., Is coach. 1t averages III
pounds. two more than the varsity, Old
Jim continues to hide his cubs by row.
ing along the east bank and at times
inopportune for the other coaches to
see them In action. In it's only race the
freshmen beat the Penn cubs by two
lengths.
Thus the early form OF the crews
gives Columbia the position of ~favorite
in the varsity n Junior races and
syracuse the edge In the freshman boat.
The appearance OF Cornell may upset
the premature choices of the experts.
Leland Stanford's arrival next Friday
Ia looked forward to with keen interest.
The coast champions will be under an
enormous handicap. but expect TO keep In
condition on the 5000 mile journey
across the continent by exercising In
the cars.
Their only advantage-and It can
hardly overtop all the disadvantages-is
the drawing OF the inside course along
the west bank. The mountains will pro-
tect them from the winds and give them
their familiar smooth water, while the
late hour of the starting time of the big
race probably will give them a shade
In the speed of the lowing tide. The
tide will be close to ebbing in midstream
ana running ABOUT Il HnIe an HOuT IN
shore at 6:lb p. NJ. two weeks from
Monday.
All the crews finished up the week
tonight with the hardest days rowing
since their arrival. The Penn varsity
alone escaped a double grind on the
river. In the morning Coach N'ckalls
drove his first eight over four hard
miles, the last two at a racing clip.
The freshmen took up the pacing at
the two mile mark and were lost by
three lengths. Nickalls was not any
too pleased with the showing Of his
varsity,
There was a double shakeup in Ten
F,yck's promising Syracuse freshman
crew. Port took the place Of Williams
at No. 7 and Ryan went in for Blanch-
ard at bow. The Syracuse coach gave
no explanation for tho shakeup, lie
sent both crews down the river for
four miles and on the return pitted
them against each other for a scrap
from the finish line back to the SYRIA
cuse boathouse, a distance OF about two
miles. The wind spoiled tho race dur
ing the last mile,
Coach Jim Rice rave his Columbia
varsity eighteen miles of rowing. In
the afternoon Harry A. Fisher. Francis
Bangs. w. Otis lockwood and Judge
Cornell viewed the crews from the
coaching launch 1900. Jim Rice sent
both eights down the course at a stif
clip to two miles beyond the finish.
The quartet OF graduates expressed sur
prise at the improvement OF the crew
since its arrival ten days ago.
GSanta Siuu DurtmOuth Catcher.