Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-02

portcuKEEPsIE N. v, June AL
though tne movers which run the observa
tfon train at Highland during its ahhua
reeattas have forced the crew hlaiiese hla :
ments OF three large universities 10 ~, t0'
their races week or two peiore M eS'
wanted to, there is one man who iesI' ..'
neither railroads nor faculties NV
| James c. Rice Columbias rowing cosS. c,
| and n cannv one at that. has ideas OF nl'
own about preparedness along navy .''.es .ss,
and one OF them is to come early anu se,
the worm There have been tunes rnoi
instead. but why refer to them wheh ue'
veloping philosophical theories?
The fact remains that in spite OF an
| early date for the races, the same peihs
| June IL. James c. Rice has been present
since Monday with his three Coiuilipls
crews at Their unique and most pract,vsil ~.
| quarters, one and one-haf miles UP tne
| west shore of the historic Hudson from tne
high bridge which crosses at Poughkeepsle'
| However Rice and his crews are mere,
! and that they are worth looking at' tnere
being no others yet in sight, is the problem
| of moment How Rice got 1t all through
| to the present point of development must
| be my story Fortunate is he, though to
| have his men on the job, rowing twice
| day from the old stand and meantime In
dulging in the unpleasant pastime of taxi
ing final examinations under the trusted
eyes of DR.. j. E. Elliott, assistant director
of physical education. These end tonight
but whether the banquet tonight and the
ensuing bonfire are in celebration of the
departure of DR. Elliott and his problems
or as n final blowout i'm preparation of the
work to follow Is an unexpected problem.
All the information obtainable is that ice
will vulcanize the blowout.
Rice Has Big Task
History (everythng along the Hudson is
historic) proves that Rice had blowout
par excellence to repair this season. The
story goes that after last years frightful
rowing calamity from the Columbia view
point new order of things TOOK over the
management Of Columbia's rowing. From
being picked for first and landing much
nearer to last was enough either to kill or
stir up graduate interest Columbia chose
graduate interest and work was begun to
right wrongs
Last fail it would seem from the returns
of the Columbia Yale race. which ended in
that order with the hyphen representing a
boat length or two, that the new order
prevalent and Columbia men got real
chesty The historic days of 1896 and 1914
were recalled with some eclat. Then fall
turned to winter and winter to spring and
Columbia turned its rowing eyes to
Philadelphia.
The date was May 13, and the scene the
Schuylkll River. The plot the Chlds Cup
races Principals were Princeton, recent
conqueror of Harvard in a mathematical
finish of six inches the Navy, winner over
Penn; Pennsylvania itself victor over
Yale and Columbia. Columbia did beat out
Penn. Her race cheered the sight of her
adherents until the halfway mark. There
was the blowout.
Legs Sent to Stroke
James C. Rice is no respecter of per-
1T.
the railroads and the Columbia faculty in
his arly.bird.catches-the-wo policy, he
was not to let mere captain prevent him
from executing his plans. Bang! In no
time Captain Bratton, stroke oar of the
varsity against Yale and against
Penn. but decidedly not against Princeton
md the Navy, was picked up bodily and
placed where he belonged-at No. g. his
Ieat of year ago.
The young man elected by the coach to