Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-16
Rowing; sure To
HOLD IT'S OWN
Coming Season Should Be Great
Ono For 0iTSIan.
SYRACUSE APPEARS STRONG
With Veteran Crew SAT- City Boys
Ought to Make Splendid Showing.
Courtney Will Be mlssed at Cornell.
The Outlook at Various Colleges.

Rowing wifi hold its own as sport
in 1911" Is the way James A. lflking-
ton, president of the National AsSocia-
ton of Amateur 0arsmen. views the
outlook for the coming season.
we cannot hope Tor more at this
time for in many places where rowing
once fourished facilities are SO poor as
to make general interest in the sport
ont Of the question. But we are no
longer losing ground"
While this is true Of club rowing the
sport In the colleges has taken fresh
hold aud IS gaining in favor College
crews carried Off the h0norS in 1916.
ana unless all signs fail they viii do 50
again ia 1917
Perhaps no better crew was ever
boltel III America than the Syracuse
varsity eight Of 1916. aud as II viii
take tic water intact with a single cX-
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 viii 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. / made
UP in the main Of oarsmcn who lnarEed
their rowing rs youngsters at the Du-
luth Boat club and have become adopts
at the sport
What will happen at Cornell is con-
jecturnl With the passing of Charles
+. Courtney from the actual command
of rowing affairs at Ithaca. Cornell
men do not view the present year
with the equanimlty that has been
their wont. John Collycr. VINO has MS
sumcd 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year and has withdrawn himself from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 III order to conch. Cornell
will have five veterans Of its 1916 crow
on hand to constitute IA nucleus for he
boat.
Harvard. which defeated Yale In no
uncertain manner last June. viii begin
the new year with four Of its 1916 men
eligible. Perhaps the most striking less
Is that Of Lund. the stroke He was
the man who stroked the Harvard jun.
Tor crew to victory In the Grand Chal-
lenge cup race ut Henley IN l0i4.
Yale Is hardly more fortunate than
Harvard In the ma ter Of retaining
veterans Although five members of
the 1916 crew remain in the university.
three ana perhaps not more than two
will find places IN the crew next June
Both Columbia and Pennsylvania
have lost approximately one-haIf Of
their 1910 strength. Columbia will
have five Of its veterans on hand. while
Pennsylvania will have only -four. Lack
Of suitable material has been the plant
at both universities, but things have
changed since year AGO
Columbia Is conducting its crews
upon n broader policy, while pcnnsyI-
vahlN by engaging Joseph Wright. for
incr captain and coach Of the Argonaut
club of Toronto who volunteered his
services year ago. has set UP fixed
regime and eliminated the uncertainty
OF action which has handicapped row.
4 ing there since Ellis Wards retirement
There Is little likelihood that Prince
ton will change the policy 1t adopted
when 1t reintroduccd rowing. Of limit
/ ing its crews 70 two mile races Tho
Tigers have been eminently successful
under their restricted program. 0nt
with more than half of the 1916 eleW
/ to form the basis fer this years ei@h1
they have reason to look forward witt
1 the prospect OF achieving full meas
IRE of success
( The intercollegiate regatta ut rou III
keepsle. the annual Yale Harvard rae,
on the Thames and the national rcgat
Ia IN August, which probably will bt
/ held ut Lynn. Mass. will be the out
standing racing features of the year.
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