The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
YALE AND COLUMBIA
CREWS RACE FRIDAY
Four Veterans in Blue Boat,
Two in New Workers.
Close Struggle Likely.
sPRINTING CHIEF FACTOR

Both Yale and Columbia have done
the bulk Of their training In preparation
for the first rowing race between the
two Institutions sincs July ~. 1896. and
are ready for che real test in the reepec.
tive opinions If Coach Guy Nickalls Of
the New Haven crews and Coach James
c. Rice Of the New York navy. Both ex-
pect to celebrate the twentieth %anniver-
sary since their last meeting with q VIC
tory. Columbia won that last race. Be-
cause. however. Of tho showing Of the
Blue crew last June. when It padded
across the finish line at New London a
winner over Harvard by seven lengths.
Yale is considered by most Of the experts
to be the slight favor,ta
The crews that row Friday afternoon
on New Hsven harbor-the ava base
Of all Of Yale's preliminary operations
will not be the samo In personnel as
those Of last Juno. Yet their relative
strength is nearly tho anne. Columbia
has improved much In the last month.
but isn't the best crew that Rice could
develop II he had all tho men who are
eligible TO row. Only Capt. Bratton and
Diekmann OF last years crow are IN tho
varsity boat.
Football Takes Away STAR.
Football robbed us OF four good men,"
~atA Dt.- ssG...a1A. r1zlraa ~
and Donoho are of no use 70 me until
after tho gridiron season Is over. Itch
borne. Jauss and Ferris. all OF whom
rowed in the irst shell at Poughkeepsie.
have been lost because of parental OBJ
jectiona Wormser. who stroked tho var
sity las, June. Is si!ll on the squad, but
has been supplanted by Capt Bratton.
IL think Bratton one OF the most capa-
BILE men Columbia ever had ] ought to
have tried him more last spring. He has
more sna III his stroke than Wormser
and the men seem &c work harder behind
him. Although this crew has been row.
ing In It's present boating only two weeks
IL Is In surprisingly good form. The
Hudson seldom is ideal for good rowins.
yet the crew rides without much hitch
and with practically 40 check IL the run
OF the boat.
"of course It isn't a finished crew. but
then neither Is the Yale combination.
For that reason | think the race Will be
u hard fought event even II not up 70
the standard which both crews will
reach when they get their full develop
mcnt next spring"
Yale has -four men from last years
varsity. This advantage wouldn't be
sufficient to rule her the favorite II Il
were not for the fact that this quartet
formed the major strength of the crew
which defeated Princeton. Pennsylvania,
Harvard, Cornell and the Navy. Tho
Blue crew averages ~ pounds and &
feet In height. while ,uluinbia averages
l67 pounds 8 feet los inches In height.
The Yale veterans are Allan McLane,
coxswain Capt Seth Low, stroke: Cord
Meyer. No. s, and Alfred Sturtevant.
No. ..
Coach Nicknlls was In a guandary for
a while about HIS stroke, but finally
chose seth Low, the son OF the former
president of Columbia University. In
discussing his crew Coach Niokalls said
I'll varsity crew has been hard at
work all week and although o must
not expect to see the finished product
= '' % 81 - 80 AafTA WV = w
licve II will be worthy OF Yale traditions
I haven't been able TO find a stroke OF
the same character or style OF Appleton
or Morse. yet l have no fear that one
will DO oun or made.
Capt Seth Low is evolving slowly
into a capable stroke. His style lacks.
as II always has. certain attributes ono
naturally expects OF strokes. His great
est as..ts are = head on his shoulders
and an ability TO learn"
Because the race 10 only one and
seven-cighths miles. Yale's advantage In
physical superiority IL not expected to
he as important a factor as Il would he
IN a four mile event. Coach Rice al
ways has developed crews which can
sprint, and this one seems no exception.
Yale will try to help In !nstructing CO.
lumbia In the beet features OF the course.
The Blue and White navy will embark
for 49, Haven Tuesday and famil!arize
itself with the course. II tho harbor
should become squAlly. AS II often does
the race will he postponed to the next
morning SO as to afford those who come
early for the Princeton game all
opportunity TO See the only varsity crew
race this fail.
II is strange that Columbia and Yale
haven't met for so many years IN view
VI lHe ldtl titI the TWO Always nave
been friendly and only two hours apart
by train. Columbia sen freshman and
varsity crews to New London from 1880
to 1895. In 1895 the intercollegiate
Rowing Association was formed and
since then tho Blue and White crews
have rowed AT Poughkeepsle. although
the Columbia freshman eights continued
TO row against Yale az late as 1908. In
the last varsity and freshman raceA
Columbia won.
Columbia first rowcd against Yale
July ~. 1878, on the Connecticut River
IA three mile down stream course.
Eleven other crews 70 wed. II was a six
Dared event without coxswalns and Yale
won, The next year the regatta went
to Saratoga and Columbia carried of
the honors, If tho race Friday proves
. success, II may become All annual fan
event Columbia belle yes II win Dc much
to imulate rowing during the dull days
before the crews get on the river IN the
spring for the big races.