The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-27
OARSMEN ON HUDSON
ARE READY FOR GUN
Columbia Is Slight F%avOrite i'm
Betting on Eve of Big
Regatta.
TOMORROW Is THE DAY

f.N A'NA'
,-,inirr to-day and are ready for the
shots that will send them on from krum
,rhov on Monday to settle the fresh
usp iunior and varsity championships
=, the Intercollegiate Rowing Associa-
ia, This year marks the twenty-frst
.,,ual regatta Of the organiEat;on, ana
chile there have been years when bet
,a, crews contended for the honors II
.,rnot hc said that there ever was n
oar when they looked more evenly
matched.
certain happenings and developments
b, The past week. II is true. ave turned
mo Tide Of favoritism slightly up stream
,"nard the Columbia quarters az Krum
r,hov. but the strong pointe OF Cornell,
a-acuse. Pennsylvania and Stanford
Immediately crop nut and the advantage
=, tho Blue and Whi,e varsity dwinc:es.
I'nprecedented shakeups from which re-
esyery seemed impossible set Pennsyl-
vania and Columbia so far back that
sr a few days Cornell attained her
natural position as the ~favorite. but the
ouick recovery and rapid Improvement
Of Columbia has pushed the lthacan
ursity out OF the limelight.
on mast records there IL nothing to
indicate that the records will 20 by the
board. The time trials indicate that the
field is UP TO that OF las. year. All have
lowered around twenty minutes for the
four miles. Conditions vary so that
there is little ground for picking the
probable winners hat way. Technical
excellence. grit. determination. GOODNESS.
courage and other quasi-psychologtcal
factors must be- considered in prefer
ence to time trials. Wind and tide can
make "A difference of a minute In speed.
and both are of such IA nature that the
average layman cannot discount them
when looking AT his watch as the sew
eral crews rip down the four miles.
On method OF owing. physical
prowess aud ability to hold the pace,
however. there is some ground for lin
! Ing up the probable winners. An I'M
| usually good supply OF strokes have APP
peared In this years crop. Cornell has
collyer: Columbia. Worrnser Pennsyl-
vania. Shoemaker Syracuse. Ossman.
and stanford. Mauer. Not one OF them
stroked last year. but three Of them
have displaced men who are still on the
squad. Perhaps the one who has shown
the most speedy development is Worm
ser. He Is 90 years old. s feet . inches
tall and weighs a scant 1874 pounds.
Yet :or grace in Craftsmanship. speed
aud stamina there isn't a man who can
equal him.
Around Wormser hinge the chances
Of Rice's success. He has reorganized
his crew So hat now he has only two
men who rowed at Princeton. II Is one
OF the youngest varsities that ever has
rowed here. every man excepting Brat
ton being just 20 years old. Two Of
them. Jauss and Dieknann. never
pulled a sweep until this spring. and
only one. Wormser. rowed in last years
junior varsity. With such an i%nexperi-
enced crew 1t would seem the height Of
folly to pick Columbia as the favorite
were IL not for the fact that in all
kinds Of water IL has proved itself the
fastest and cleanest working crew on
the river. Capt. Sanborn. Bratton and
Manner, three veterans who have
smelled powder, are so arranged in the
boat that they can steady the mex
perienced men around them. There is
little likelihood that IT will blow W.
Cornell has a powerful man in Coll
yer. He is a tried veteran in athletics.
being "A star on the Ithacan football
! team. Last year he stroked the Cornell
freshman TO the most hollow victory in
years. With plenty of veteran material
and sixteen splendid men from the
freshman junior boats Cornell was fig
ured to sweep the river this year.
Shakeups and defeats have shattered
the confidence OF its followers, however.
Nv ~ W. 10 liAt M hdl ~
hold his seat from last year. Just how
fast the varsity is even Coach Courtney
does not know. He has tried to give his
varsity a time trial but swells from
passing teamer have spoiled them. On
Craftsmanship. weight and drive 1t seems
Inferior to the 1914 combination.
II has been a pretty fight for stroke
Of the Penn varsity. and the question
Of which is the better man, Herb Shoe
makeF ar Harry Narnv 10 eth m oman
one. When Shoemaker was in the
junior boat he continually beat the one
stroked by Marcy, Since their posi-
tons have been reversed Marcy has
habitually beat Shoemaker. ON form
Marcy is the better man. He rows
the English stroke taught by Vivian
Nickalls splendidiy. while Shoemaker
slugs his stroke. With six men from
the crew that finished secon last year
Penn was at one time considered as
second only to Cornell for this years
race.
In the Syracuse craft Ossman up to
q few days ago proved a tower OF
strength. He displaced Glass. who
stroked last year. Ossman IL a second
Thurston. and those who saw the latter
drive syracuse across the line to VIC
tory In 1913 know what such a COM
parison means. a spell of sickness
weakened him. He may have recovered
! since II he has Syracuse has a fine
chance 10 repeat its victories OF
1904, 1908 and 1918. Syracuse next to
Columbia has showed the most knowl-
edge Of Craftsmanship. The Ten Eyck
stroke az demonstrated by both the
varsity and freshman eight defes I'M
provement.
1t il to be regretted that the rest Of
the Stanford crew has not the form of
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