Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-14
aNTERcoLLEeIArE ROWING.
Harvard Looks Good Ter Sig Racs on
 tho Thames-

I lhTERcoLLEciATE ROWING.
 Harvard Looks Good Tor Sig Raes on
 the Thames
 By SOL. METzGER
 Coach Washingon q Jefferson
 Football Team
 intercollegiate rowing, which had bad days threatening it's very exist ence at many institutions at the be-
 ginning of 1917. has taken on a new
 lease of life by reason of the lessen : ing of the Poughkeepsie racing dis tance from four miles to three for one
 Of T buddinr t6 inIo f5 yss sveay pTomise a year or two, Although the year opened with everything favoring Syra- cue to repeat its cut and dried victory aI Poughkeepsie, just as Cornell for merfy did, the adoption of new eligible ity rules governing these races will no doubt upset the calculations of Syra-
 cue and thus open the way for the
 return of Cornell to rowing supre-
 macy. But the shorter distance brings other factors into consideration,
 namely Columbia and Pennsylvania,
 crews now in position to cope on
 something's like equal terms with Cor nel land Syracuse. The indications are that a race is to be rowed at Pough-
 keepsie which will be stroke and tstroke affair all the way down.
 For the New London race Harvard
 looks best. Its splendid system, in-. laugurated last year, seems quite firmly
 entrenched because of it's triple win over Yale and the outstanding fact
 that the varsity eight was the best ever produced at either Harvard or
 Yale Yale is in none too fine shape
 with Nickalls late in arriving. and Princeton and the Navy, which lack the hide-bound alliances of other insti- 3 tutions supporting crews. have excel lent prospects. The Tigers did mag InlflC0ntlY last in fxun mi ing. In the far West Washington looms up especially strong.
 Syracuse with its victories over the Navy and at Poughkeepsie had one of the greatest crews of all time last spring. Of this remarkable eight coached by James Ten Eyck but one man, Captain Glass, graduated. Ow- ing to new eligibility rules governing ,, the Paughkeepsie course it is doubt ful if all of the following men who sat in last years shell will represent syra Williams. No. z; Worden, No. 6; Hop kins, No 5; Osman, No. 4 ;Wallis, No. 3 and Sprague, bow. Cornell, which was second to Syra- cuse last year, should be stronger this season. In the first place Courtney, the coach Of the past 33 years, who was i'll last spring, is in much better health and although but adviser to John l.. Collyer, senior, who strolxed l the last two crews but is now coach, l should do much by his presence to l bring Cornell back to it's own. John l Hoyle, the boatbuilder, assistant to 1 opportunity of succeeding his chief ! when he failed to get results last year. ]
 Cornell had an odd year in 1916. l Harvard beat it's varsity on the seven eigllths miles by about two lengths but in a two mile race witt; l Princeton and Yale at home the next !. week Cornell defeated the hitherto ] fpT PT-I hOa rxyal1 Val in stirring finish. Then Syracuse won at Poughkeepsie. This year Cor 1 nell meets Yale in a two mile race i over the new Housatonic courst at ] Derby, May 19, and on May 26 rows i Princeton upon Lake Cayuga.
 The men back who rowed in one or | more varsity or junior races last year | are (varsity) Bacon. No. 8; Nelms, No | 4; Gushing, No. S. Brewer, No. '; Coll 1 and (Junior varsity) Fitzpatrick, bow; l yer. stroke, and Kephart, coxswain, | Kirkland, No. 5; Brickerhof. No. 6; | Cowan, No. '; and kngsland, stroke. Out with them for the first crew are all of last years winning Freshmen, Hoffman, Webster, Jefferson, Short, Quick, Aimer, Aloe Kirkland and | Hendrie, coxswain.
 Columbia began last year ausrici- ously by defeating Yale. in the fall in a mile and seven-eighths in splendid | style. At the American Henley Co., lumbia came in third, due to poor headwork in stroking of the boat At Poughkeepsie the best Columbia | could get was third Fortunately a ing life and the outlook is good at this university which has ,on the whole, always come up to expectations in rowing under Jim Ric9. it's coach from last years varsity eight are Sengstaken. bow, Captain O'Loughlin, No 3; Lahey, No. 4; PenneI No '; | Leys stroke and Thomas, coxswain, To- | bow; Burghard No. 2: Swinburne, No 3; Hooven, No. 4; and Lorenz stroke 1 Columbia will row in the Childs' Cup races May 12, in the Hudson River June 21. and possibly with Harvard
 Pennsylvania did a fine thing for rowing when Joe Wright, the famous Argonaut oar, was signed for a term Quakers had nothing to brag about last year-Wright's first season as tutor-except the good walloping it gave Yale in its first race. This year April, may go to the Navy for a race about the first of May and will meet Princeton and Columbia May 12
 For this years eight Wright has of last years crew from the Juniors, Captain Woll, Ross, Wirkman, Gerald and Clans and from the 1915 boat. second year should give Penn a far ; better eight than in many seasons.
 Harvard under the direction of Robert Herrfck, a graduate who cosc&ed last years crew, has but eight e that winning combination to draw from this year-Taylor, No. 6; Coolidge, No. 5: White, No 8, and Cabot, bow. Last year the varsity de- feated Cornell an dlost to Princeton 1 {, In a thriller during the preliminary but wound up the season in } blaze of glory by rowing away from Yale, making this victory the third straight for Harvard that day. The big job at Cambridge is to find a stroke oar to fill the seat left vacant l by Lund, a fighter hard to duplicate.
 Yale under Guy NickalIs experi- enced its worst season in many years i