Evening star., 1940-06-11
Cornell Hope Of East;
Eli, Crimson Tutored
By Huskie Grads
Big Red Crew Is fIoshy;
California Loses Caste
By Making Shifts
BY the Associated Press.


POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y, June II.
University of Washington's oars
men were due here today for a final
week of preparation for the inter-
collegiate regatta next Tuesday. And
the chances are that even If the
Huskies don't win Washington still
will be the ruling power in the row.
ing world.
For two Of the Eastern contenders
for the intercollegiate title-cornell
and Princeton - are coached by
Washington graduates. So are Yale
and Harvard, which don't row at
Poughkeepsie, and some others. The
consensus hereabouts is that if any,
one beats the Huskies this year it
will be Cornell.
Under the guidance of Harrison
Sanford and Norman Sonju, both
Washington alumni. Cornell has be-
come about the most potent rowing
power in the East. The big red eight
was fourth in last years record
smashing varsity race then won the
Eastern sprint" championship hands
down this spring.
Cornell Displays Power.
Arriving only Sunday, Cornell has
shown Poughkeepsie observers plenty
already. The Ithacans followed Wis
consin downstream yesterday when
the Badgers went through snappy
time trial and while Sanford
wouldn't admit he had timed his
men, Cornell showed a good turn
OF speed to go with it's acknowledged
power. 1t is an exceptionally heavy
boatload, but it applies it's power
smoothly without a sign of wallow-
ing or checking between strokes
This spring Cornell has beaten
Syracuse. Navy Princeton, Harvard
and Yale at distances up to two
miles.
Princeton, which has supported
crews since 1872, but never before
sent one to Poughkeepsie, is a rank
outsider among the nine varsities.
The Tigers had a rather dismal
sprint season. beating only Navy.
They appear light. and with no ex-
perience at rowing on the rough
water that often turns up here they
don't seem to have much chance
in the 4-mile grind.
But Fred Spuhn has been bringing
them along carefully in an effort to
develop power and stamina. Prince
ton is exceedingly smooth and had
a smooth-running shell with fine
spacing.
Ebright Is Not Disturbed.
Ky Ebright, who has won more
Poughkeepsie races than any other
coach. dropped his 1889 champions
a notch or two in the eyes of some
observers when he made several
shifts in his boatings yesterday. But
that didn't seem to disturb the coach
and the shifts may have been merely
experimental The Golden Bears
took licking from Washington this
spring so Ebright knows what he's
up against.
Columbia and Syracuse may be
the dark horses of the varsity race.
Hubert Glendons Lions had a sue
cessful sprint season and. as usual,
they have been training here longer
than any other crew That long
session with no distracting elements
has been helpful to previous colum-
bia crews, Syracuse improved steadily
through an unsuccessful season and
its rowing here has looked good
perhaps even a little smoother than
Columbia's.
Navy, which isn't due until to-
morrow, can be judged only on its
sprint record, and the Midshipmen
didn't win race.
Wisconsin has shown considerable
improvement since its arrival, but
still doesn't look good enough.