Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
OARSMEN AT PENN
HAVE MERRY TIME
WORKING ON RIVER
Daily Practices Are Proving
Attractive to a Large Body
of Athletes-Men in Fair
ly Good Shape.
By j. VAUGHAN MERRICK, III
Captain Of the University OF Pennsylvania


Captain OF the University Of Pennsylvania
Crew.
The University of Pennsylvania varsity
eight finished second to Columbia at
Poughkeepsie last year. With six OF the
eight men who rowed in this shell al
college, in addition to Herbert Shoe
maker the stroke, who was lost for the
championship race because of an opera =
tion for appendicitis, it seems to me TO
be the year for Coach Vivian Nickalls
to win premier rowing honors.
The Red and Blue oarsmen are work
ing hard every afternoon on the Schuyl-
kill River The sOphomores. juniors and
seniors have not forgotten that last fail
Nickalls sprang a surprise when he got
together an eight which won the inter
class championship. The rivalry this
year is keen, for II is no secret that
Nickalls is again devoting most OF his
time to the first-year oarsmen and that
the upper Cassmen will have to bend to
their oars and 'go some" to win from
the "freshies."
The juniors have a number of varsity
men in their boat Chickering is stroke;
Bob Gotham. No. 7; Francis Harley, No
8; w. Scott, No. 3; f. Gels, No. 1; p.
Harjes, No, 8; Gunther. No. ., and Brett
enger. bow. The juniors have the varsity
coXswain, Foster, in their shell This Is
the makeup OF the boat as IL was an
nounced by Acting Captain Chickering.
The sophomore boat is made up of the
winners OF the interclass race last year
and are therefore considered dangerous
aspirants for the title with the ex-
ception OF Drayton, the boat is intact
Drayton has taken Dick Ferris place at
No. Q. This change will not weaken the
sophomore boat, as he rowed at Annapolis
"hen the Urst-year athletes won the race
with the Plebes, The same day the var
sity eight won its race with the Navy
In the sophomore shell will be Shelf
chik. bow c. Gels, No. 2: Schmidheiser.
NO. s. Campbell, No, I; Kayu, No. .;
Drayton, No. 8; AdoIp Vol. No. :: NJ
Downs, No. $, and Felt coxswain. There
are eight coXswalns out for the various
crews, and Coach Nickalls is finding II
iihcult TO provide enough boats for them
so early In the season. Ferris. the former
freshman star, is back at college and
Will take up crew work later in the
year.
The seniors at present have two repre-
5entatves OF the varsity eight working
Tor class honors. Raymond Watrous. last
years captain; II. K Marcy, stroke. and
myself are now upholding the sourtb
Iear end IN rowing. The seniors none 10
get out more oarsmen. The College Boat
club swarms with freshmen ANA sophO-
nores at present who are taking adyau-
age OF the ideal weather for spius i'm
he barges on the SchuylkiH River while
many OF the seniors ana juniors ha,oe
allied to respond.
There may be a big upset when the
event is held late in the
month. The freshmen are planning a
pig surprise for the upper Nclass men
-oach Ntckalls takes them up the river
'arly In the afternoon. There was bro F.
.ound mystery at the boathouse yester-
lay as To the makeup Of the first-yesr f.
'oat. No one would tell who womb /
ow, but il is quite certain that TiIden .
he stroke, White youngster from
Washington. u. c., and Hahn. a yesr- .
rner' a trio OF strapping fellows would .
make good
II was reported that Shoemaker woulI 4
rot be- able to do any rowing this far
because OF his illness last spring. rut
he was out IN single shell Yesterday
ma went as far as Girard avenue bridgs
eturuing 10 the Bachelors Boat rrIb
oat Shoemaker Is going 10 take h
asy for time and does not expect IN
oW In the interclass race W. n M
Teton. r. b. Garvin. c. F. Dearnla,,
nd ID, G. Hughes are numbered anpor-,
he seniors who are prevented frnn,
owing because OF pressure OF their col
age work WV
Football, too, has played its part f,
aking a number Of the star oarsmar
'utlfT on the varsity eight. No. fn
lst year boat, Is lost To the seniors
+ terrott II, II. HlIdebrand and
O. Madeira are also playing f5otE9U
no are lost to the sophomores. as is
: iA'Ietoh' who is busy with scholas-