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Show COACH RICE BEGINS TO TAKE HEART New York, Jan. 24. Coach Jim Rice of the Columbia university crew is beginning be-ginning to take heart again after a month or more of bitter disappointment. disappoint-ment. When Rice issued his first call for crew candidates the turnout was so small that if he had used all the men who reported he would scareelv have been able to fill the three eight- oared shells for the Poushkcepsle regatta re-gatta in .lune. Mass meetings were held and an effort was made to arouse somo enthusiasm en-thusiasm over rowing A lew morr-candidates morr-candidates reported and then last .Monday came the mid-yea'.' exams, and the list was apain depleted. The examinations ex-aminations closed yestt-rday and It is probable that a great manv mon will report for crow practice on Monday. Captain a. w. Hadsell, who has been ill for some time, is again able to be ahout and Rice hopes to get a fresh start and put his men through some hard training between now and June. |