Crimson Eight Carries Lutz and Pocock Shells to Ithaca for Cornell Race--Choice of Crew Depends on Cayuga's Condition

The University crew has rowed two brief time trials in front of the Newell boathouse to test the comparative speed of the Pocock shell which it rowed in the triangular race, and the new Lutz boat. They rowed a little more than a third of a mile each time, first in the Pocock and then in the Lutz, and they rowed the distance about a second faster in the latter shell.

Accordingly, the new Lutz boat has been shipped to Ithaca in addition to the first and second University Pocock, the red cedar shell recently presented to the University as a present by R. F. Herrick '90, and made by Pocock, the famous boat builder who has supplied shells for the victorious Washington State eights for a number of years past. If Lake Cayuga is smooth tomorrow at the time of the Cornell race, the University may row the new Lutz boat, but if the water is at all rough the crew will row the shell it is used to.

The University second crew has also tried the Lutz shell but rejected it in favor of the 1925 Pocock it has rowed in its two winning races.

Coach E. J. Brown '96 leaves the choice of shells entirely up to his oarsmen, whatever may be their personal opinion. He feels that they will row better in a boat in which they have confidence.

The Crimson crews, the University and the Seconds, pulled out for New York State last night and will row on Lake Cayuga this morning and afternoon in preparation for the race tomorrow. The eights realize that they have a hard task ahead of them at Ithaca. Cornell boast eight of the most powerful oarsmen in the East and two miles is their distance.