New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-12
COURTNEY RISKS
HEALTH TO AID
CORNELL CREWS
Ithacan Coach to Give Fin.
ishing Touches TO Oars.
men-Rain Halls Work.

Poughkeepsle, y. l., June IL
Charles f. Courtney will max. on.
more sacrifice for Cornell betor. h,
drops the coaching reins.
Despite his physicians orders n.
"old man" will not return % his Rom,
in Ithaca until after the last race Ia,
been rowed in the big regatta her. 0,
Saturday.
Courtney decided to-day tina. Cornell
needed him more in this last week thss
it has ever needed him, and that for lin
to 90 away az this time would jeop.
ardize the chances Of the Red and
White crews in their final test, even 4.
it did not throw into confusion II.
training Of the final week
Although il rained almost inces,sntly
all day and was dreary and drsb from
morning till night, Cornelps grand "on
man" passed the most comfor.abl.
twenty-four hours that he has sine. /.
has been at Poughkeepsie. He vu
about the house this morning, and after
his MONDAY siests trudged down 70 tie
river, where he spent the Afternoon
tinkerIng with the shells In the boat
house.
Cheering News for Cornell
The announcement tha. Courtny
would stay was the one BIT Of cheering
news Of the day. Il had al electrical
effect on the oarsmen az The 0stss,
and it is certain that the Cornell boats
will swing along with renewed vigor
when they paddle away from the hos.
tomorrow morning for their daily se,.
sion.
There was not much life n any Of
the training quarters, because such a
day of rain as this has rarely been eI.
perienced by the crews. Il didn't make
much difference 10 the Cornell and
Penn men, because they still have
hard tussle with the bugaboo, final eI-
aminations, this week, and they were
able, therefore, 20 get IN some telling
blows OH their lessons.
At Columbia things we're blue be-
cause the men weren't able q get out
for their usual walk until late. Il va,
said that in desperation the squad
prayed that the rain would cease, but
this couldn't be verified.
The Syracuse squad lad a religious
revival-all except Jim Ten Eyek, who
spent the day visiting his aged
father at Peekskill. Before leaving Ten
Eyck mentioned that his varsity eigh.
rowed a four-mile trial on Friday IN
20 minutes seconds and that his
juniors had covered the two-mile
course in minutes and IS seconds,
both good performances, the VARSITY
time comparing well with Columbis'
10 minutes So is seconds and PENIS
20 minutes 10 seconds.
Syracuse Crews at Church.
While Ten. Eyck was announcing
time trials and travelling his oars
men went 20 church. They heard a
sermon by a Highland pastor or How
10 Win" and their own choir, taxing
the places OF the regular choristes,
sang the hymns On the whole iof
coach and oarsmen IL was a day quite
bit out of the ordinary for the SAT-
City men.
Although the big race Is only five days
away the hard work is not yet quite
over. The Syracuse varsity eight
the only crew that will take things
easy. Joe Wright plans another time
trial for his varsity men this NON.
ing and will make an effort 20 smash
ali records. The junior varsity, or
erstwhile varsity, as it prefers to b.
called. will pace the varsity Tor two
miles and then the freshmen will gel
into the fight. o.
Jim Rice will probably put the Co.
lumbia eight over the course once mors,
and maybe twice, in order 70 conyines
the doubling Thomases among tns
alumni that the crew can 90 the jour
ney.
What Courtney will DO has not been
revealed, but he has not as yet ssN
that the varsity is as far along IS
coaching will put them, and this means
that the Ithacans will probably have
another trial.