Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
SYRACUSE CREW
STRONG FAVORITE
in BIG REGATTA
Ten Eyck About Due for
Another Boat Win,
Is Dope
HE IS MAN OF MYSTERY

POUGHEEEPS1E. N. Y, June i2-Three
things happen about every four years An
extra day fits into the month OF FEBRUARY,
the voters elect the President of the United
States and Syracuse wins the annual re-
Eatta of the intercollegiate Rowing Asso-
citation. with the twenty-second annual
four-miie classic only n week away II APP
pears as If the established order In so far
rowing is concerned, will obtain.
What foxy Jim Ten Eycl did in 1904.
in 1908 and l9l3--fate slipped n cog In
1912. but made up for It the next year
seems destined to be done again In 1916.
Everywhere in this town the same answer
comes to the question, who Will win the
big racer" Invariably the answer comes
We'll. Jim Ten Eycl's about due this year. "
None of the coaches are admitting that
Syracuse has the better crew, not even Ten
Eyck himself. If history repeats itself,
Judging from the meagre comments of
Coaches Wright Courtney, Ten EyclS and
Rice, 1t will be after the hardest battle the
historic Hudson has experienced since the
regatta first was held here 81 years ago.
Open Race
To the coaches 1t is an open race with
not enough difference in the relative prowsss
of the crews-especially Columbia, Cornell
and Syracuse-to warrant any one being
shoremen" and the rowing experts who
have no tangible connection with any crew
to prejudice their Judgment, Syracuse APP
pears to have an edge not only on its rec
ord for the season but also on its form
shown while here.
There Is no better barometer for ac.
curately testing the relative strength OF
crews than watching Jim Ten Eyck Wher
Ten Eyck is mysterious Ten Eyck has O
powerful crew. This year the mysteries OF
what is the seventh point and who was the
original masked marvel are open book.
compared to Ten Eyck. After a fast tim,
trial few days ago Ten EyclS was asked
how fast his crew had covered the foul
miles
II didn't time them" he replied "Tha
was only paddle" While the Interviews
was blinking his eyes in an attempt to ge
his bearings he missed Ten Eyck's winl
to his sterling squad of oarsmen.
Non-committal
do you think you have a good crew /?
| the interviewer continued blindy.
II don't know" Ten Eycl replied '"w
| haven't rowed n race this year unless o
| course you call beating the Navy n race
| The interviewer replied that he thought Tel
Eycl had more up his sleeve than wa
visible to the naked eye. Jim allowed tina
| maybe he had
AS Columbia and Pennsylvania had failet
| to overcome Annapolis in the Childs cul
race, the interviewer thought Ten Eycl
was Understanding his victory over th
| mdshipmen and was sure of II when tn
| Syracuse crews rowed away from the float
In the varsity shell are four men VIII
rowed on the national championship crev
of the Duluth Boat Club-Stroke Whitesde
| r, F. Williams, No Z; A j. Osman, No, 4
| and Captain Glass. No. 2. Two of these
Osman and Glass have stroked varsit.
crews here before. That might give lin
| on how much better Whlteside is thai
| either.
| Whitesde stroked the Syracuse freshman
boat that burned over the course a WHINE
| last June by three lengths. He has no
placed a losing crew since entering col
| leRe