Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
RAIN AT POUGHKEEPSIE
HURTS PENN'S CHANCES
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their little mite toward victory. II this
does not transplre, then Columbia will have
such advantages as come from rough
water, and they are great, for these New
York crews were born and bred in New
York harbor and have the knack of wealth
ering seas that would sink peaceful
Quaker sailor
Furthermore, the eghts of Cornell and
Syracuse have had more experience at this
same style of rowing than have those of
Penn, because their early days were fire.
quently upset by storms on the lakes they
did their training on. Washboards and
pumps are in demand this morning, and
their shells to keep on TOP the the water % should
the race be rowed in anything but calm.
CI. n-.
uiooIh Trocession
Worst gloom of all Is from the old wharf
and river men up here who keep on saying
that the races cannot be rowed today and
that Monday will be the day of this 1915
regatta These men are hated for their
persistence in this doctrine, for no one
cheers UP over the thought of being here
over Sunday. So strong is this conviction
among men who know the moods of the
Hudson that John Hoyle, who is Cornel's
coach today, thinks 1t a good plan to row
the race in submarines, lor should 1t be
calm, which Hoyle does not think it will
be, and the heavy fogs hang over the river
suggests that the oarsmen be started and
the one which Is farthest down stream when
the fog lifts be given the prize. Hoyle
broke all precedent this morning by in
viting Ellis Ward Penn's old coach, to
ride in the Cornell launch with him during
the races. Ward accepted in rush.
The Penn boys spent the morning at the
quarters at Lake Chodikee. Wright talked
with them about what he expected them
to do and gave them little heart-to-heart
talk about racing, And he gave his cox
swalns their last instructions. These boys
will run the crews in each race and upon
their headwork much depends.
Constant hlddlng
Thus by constant kidding the men got
into the humor Of the thing, and whereas
one week ago the Varsity could lick them
length in a minute row. Yesterday they
were holding this crew even. Thus from
sure defeat this crew has been so wonder
fully and psychologicaly handled that 1t
will enter todays race in splendid shape
both mentally and physically. 1t Is COM
plete Transformation.
Andrus, No. 2, in Cornells junior shell.
who is a senior this year. and who did not
get into the Harvard race because of an in
fectlon, all but lost his last chance to pull
an oar today when the old trouble came
hack First aid checked II in time and this
how will be in his place. All the other crews
The Quaker quarters were visited by
many students, who came TO cheer and TO
pass the long day with the hopes OF the
Red and Blue. Each oarsman had a good
nights rest and all of them are in the
mink of condition. Wright has brought them
10 top form in the last week.
The most remarkable OF conditioning is
his work with the Junior eight, the former
varsity. -Four days ago this crew was
the most discouraged and disheartened eight
ON The river. n was mentally stale after
IL found n was not the varsity Wright
gave the nroblem a long study and he and
5ra',ta,. 80 ,,,dr,eaI n,,t IL aaoh roa,
Fostsr Coxsws,U hsgan p' tdding tbe man mem
AS the eight started out he would veil Are
-. 20, sftSa, - tSe rt,,
W. we nnIs On W. ,t 'he The TSpS v,rs
Slogans s followed such as % from roster Are
SLOGANS toso"su suen as rom PostTp, are
we rosteh crew. answered by we are
not; Tbe ,,n,or rae. rnds corno,, ,.,or,,.
l Ihe JUNIOR y. race nhus Sorneil a taYoIite
race against Princeton and Yale Penn,
sylyanla Eases IT'S claim Tor superiority mere
second crews, forgetting that its own crew