The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
COLUMBIA VARSITY
A SOPHOMORE CREW
Six Of Nine Men R0wcd in Cub
Craft, Which Had a Poor
Record.
NINE FACES STRONG FOES

Though the Indications are that Co.
lumbia will have a good varsity crew
before the season IL over. Coach James
c. Rice said yesterday that a lot OF work
will have to be accomplished before q
smooth working combination IL in sight.
Two weeks on the Hudson have shown
the crew to be ragged but promising.
The inexperience Of the men also Is a big
factor to be overcome. As Tho first var
sity 10 boated now II Is distinctly q soph-
omore crew. there being no juniors In the
shell and only three seniors-Captain
Norm Braton at stroke, w. II. Dick
mann at No. S and o. B. Myers at
No. 2.
Diekmann Ia the only man rowing in
the seat he occupied at Poughkeepsie
last June. Captain Bratton has rowed
for three years.. but this Is his frs, sea-
son at stroke. He Is a powerful fellow,
20 years OF age. 5 feet III inches tall
and 1s5 pounds in weight. Considering
the Light and stocky Rice strokes Of the
past, Bratton seems out OF place, but
his work against Yale last fall shows
him capable. IL anything should hap
go y dIlt
would go up In smoke. OF the two men
who stroked last year. Felix Wormser
has quit the game and o. y. Myers is un.
NJ because of his wciterweight build 10
row astern. He is rowing No. 2.
There has been "A continual dropping
on In the Columbia squad. which has not
been noticed very much because il has
been so gradual. But when Rice summed
up his losses yesterday he found that Of
the slNfepn man uhn rau.ol To- tAo ,..
sity and junior boats last year oniy two
were lost by graduation. Yet out OF the
fourteen still eligible only four are on
the squad at present. Important among
those who have been lost for one reason
or another are Manner, veteran a, bow
for two years richborne. Ferris. Worm.
ser. Simonds. Mansbach, Sturgeon and
Munroe. Just these eight would make a
formidable varsity crew.
SO II appears that Coach Rice has
been forced practically TO seek his var
eity material from last years freshman
boat. As a cub combination Il did moth
ing wonderful. finishing third ut Pough-
keepsie to Syracuse and Cornell. How
II ever improved enough to beat Vale
In November was one of the wonders "
the world. II il Rice alone who be
lieves that too much emphasis mus, not
he placed on the Yale victory II the crew
VIZ sidy 10 dkllIlSt
Annapolis. Pennsylvania and Princeton
and on June II against Cornell. Penn
s~ylvania, Stanford and Syracuse.
The race against the first named trio
'or the Childs cup at the American
Henley. Philadelphia. will occupy Ricc's
attention for the next month. After
that he will worry about P~oughkeeps.e.
AS the Childs Cup event is more or less
OF a sprinting race. the Columbia crew
will be drilled on starting and getting a
snappy stroke with iots OF drive in il.
The fact that the crew averages MY
1914 pounds I'm weight will not be con-
sidered much Of "A handicap In the short
race. The lightest man in the boat is
J. II. Trowbridge. who In trying to hold
down the bow position. a seat that has
been a tinx AL year. Trowbridg.
weighs l4e pounds. He was s.roklng
the Junior boat until las, week. ". is
he finest student of the Rice stroke
that the mentor has had in years.
In build Rob Pennel is nearest the ideal.
He IL 20 years old. s feet 4 inches tail
and weighs III pounds. The varsity
boating is.