New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-17
Weather Forecast Cancels
Hope for Record
Time.
EXPERIENCE AID
TO TEN EYCK'S MEN
Cornell Handicapped by Court
news Inability TO Properly
Coach 0arSmen.

rP, rs.ssrara &c II Tnsunel
Pouehkeersie. ~ Y. June l6.-Rain
hat came ir drizzles and showers all
,,r made Che outlook for the inter
.oii,eis.o regatta 70 be rowed on the
.sssi, Pouchkeepsio Highland course
4, the Hudson tomorrow dreary
enough Tor The struggling advance
-u.r8 Of the race day crowd and the
,srsmen and coaches who are on
,3g. for The final test which they
face Tomorrow
No, s.. several years has the wealth
Or outlook been more unpromising
Aan F. was to-day. and already the
,re,. F, beng felt because where
.bs-e wen, ro reservations to be had
/, either Of NE leading hotels Of the
,i.v da~ seo. the cancellations came
/, so thick and fast to-day that one
could yet accommodations for the
, asking 49, e.. -. ~.
gloomy skies and dripping landscape
was one O. depression.
An Of the crews were on the river,
r,itb fhe exception Of Cornell, for
rrbt pn5dles with racing start now
and again just 70 keep them &C
eustomed 20 the feel Of the boat
There was no hard work and the
crews radted 70 quarters to get
Within range Of camp stoves.
Although no records are expected
% fsu. f. is believed that the big
rsce viii he thrilling battle between
four evenly matched crews.
Syracuse Favored TO Win
c~rso,so .s favored TO win the con-
test. but those who have 1oIioWeu tle e
oarsmcr in their ten days OF pIa ..''s
m The river are inclined 10 the opi.ni l.'ll
nat Cornell hos crew that Is uNeI!
70 nrove dangerous factor. while tne
Unexpected may develop both with 90
ImbIa and Pennsylvania. ,.
Syracuse has q powerful comolha-
-or one that has a wealth OF power
and i'm addition, is the most eAperl-
c-ced Oh the river. The stern loul
has been moved over intact from Ine
freshman boat of last year. and pro
vidos the framework OF a ere" WIZ t
I. aid IN be the best Ten Lyck mas
tvsr brought down the Hudson.
II Is I'm experience that syracuse
.,lsirs its greatest superiority over the
Ic.bsre The stern four were veteran
csrsr-er when they came 70 the UNI
,er.itv. having rowed on the Dulutn
crews for seVerai sea
Tbsr last wear they rowed in the
host freshman crew that was ever on
,bo river. Three OF the men IN the
sbcu rowed i'm the varsity boat las
year and together with another graz
- Of The famous freshman crew
r,oko ND the combination.
Tho stroke is slightly longer thai
,,.,,si probably because the body swlni
!. 1orger. The main power, however
cones from a leg drive that shoots 'h'
.sL.il LONG with lightning speed
Corrollis chief handicap this. yea
hoe hoen in the fact that Charles I
Co,rtrov the veteran coach, has peer
,,rsbIe 10 do any active work WIN MI
-.@,,s On1v twice since the Fights hav'
teoo 81 Poughkeepsie has he been wei
,-o,,~, 10 follow them in the launch
and not once has he lifted mega
rhone 10 his lips.
Cornelrs Powerful Crew
But despite all this, the Cornel
e.rbt is powerful crew. 1t IS neaVl rs
s1d &C. more evenly balanced than IN,
syracuse boatload. The. blade WORK i
no. AS clean as that Of some coiieg,
crews of the past, but the stroke Is a.
triae longer because Of a better DOC!
swing .-.u- g., ~,
With two exceptions the crew ls 'n'
same that was defeated by Harvard d
Cambridge less than month ago, yu
- isa greatly improved crew JON
Collyer. captain and stroke is an oars
nan of rare ability, and ne mas IN
,o.rel his crew with the gre;a.t.esSS
amount Of confidence. There is ht'i'