Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-03-29
ROWING sure -.
(. HOLD ITS own
Coming Season Should Be Great
One For 0arsmen.
SYRACUSE APPEARS STRONG
With Veteran Crew Salt City Boys
Ought to Make Splendid Showing.
Courtney Will Be Missed at Cornell.
The Outlook at Various Colleges.

ne UNLOCK at various NClIeQeSs
Rowing will hold it's own as a sport
in 1917" is the way James A. Pilking-
ton. president of the National Associa-
tion of Amateur Oarsmen, views the
outlook for the coming season.
I'VE cannot hope for more at this
time, for in many places where rowing
once flourished facilities are so poor as
to make general interest in the sport
out Of the question. But we are no
longer losing ground"
While this is true Of club rowing, the
sport in the colleges has taken a fresh
hold and is gaining in favor. College
crews carried off the honors in 1916.
and unless all signs fail they will do so
again in 1917.
Perhaps no better crew was ever
boated In America than the Syracuse
varsity eight of 1916, and as it will
take the water intact with a single ex-
ception in the coming year there seems
every reason to believe it will continue
on its invincible way.
Seven of the eight men who rowed
the Syracuse shell to its astounding
victory over Cornell, Columbia and
Pennsylvania on the Hudson will man
the sweeps next season. This eight.
regarded by competent rowing men as
a better crew than either the Columbia
1901 or the Cornell 1905 Fights. is made
up in the main of oarsmen who learned
fhpir r.0yuinp oc y-0pn oc{orc OF t1,o I'm
luth Boat club and have become adopts
at the sport,
What will happen at Cornell is con-
jectural. With the passing Of Charles
e. Courtney from the actual command
of rowing affairs at Ithaca. Cornell
men do not view the present year
with the equanimity that has been
their wont. John Collyer. who has as
sumed the duties of head coach, will
act with the advice of Courtney. He
was captain of the Cornell eight last
year and has withdrawn himself from
the squad in order to coach. Cornell
will have five veterans of it's 1916 crew
on hand to constitute a nucleus for the
boat.
Harvard, which defeated Yale in no
uncertain manner last June. will begin
the new year With four of its 1916 men
eligible. Perhaps the most striking loss
is that of Lund. the stroke. He was
the man who stroled the Harvard jun
ior crew to victory in the Grand Chal-
lenge Cup race at Henley in 1911.
Yale is hardly more fortunate than
Harvard in the matter of retaining
veterans. Although five members of
the 1916 crew remain in the university.
three and perhaps not more than two
will find places in the crew next June.
Both Columbia and Pennsylvania
have lost approximately one-half of
their 1916 strength. Columbia will
have five of it's veterans on hand. while
Pennsylvania will have only four. Lack
of suitable material has been the plant
at both universities, bat things have
changed since q year ago.
Columbia is conducting its crews
upon a broader policy. While pemsyl-
vania by engaging Joseph Wright. for
mer captain and coach of the Argunaut
club of Toronto. who volunteered his
services a year ago. has set up a fixed
regime and eliminated the uncertainty
Of action which has handicapped row
ing there since Ellis Wards retirement.
There is little likelihood that Prince
ton will change the policy it adopted
when it reintroduced rowing. of limit
ing its crews to two mile races. The
Tigers have been eminently successful
under their restricted program. and
with more than half of the 1916 crew
to form the basis for this years eight
they have reason to look forward with
the prospect OF achieving a full meas
ure of success.
The intercollegiate regatta at Pough-
/ keepsie. the annual Yale-Harvard race
OF the Thames and the national regat-
Ia in August. which probably will be
| hold at I-D,l NlSs will ho tIn l1,t