New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

list, of Philadelphia, watched officially
as the crews crossed the finish line.
Other officials maintain that there was
no Interior motive in getting an alienist
for this particular race.
II is maintained that the reason why
the time for the junior race was better
| than that Of the varsity race was due
70 the fact that both coXswains In the
varsity shell did some bad steering.
Both shells veered over toward the east
! side. Those who have studied the many
vagaries of the Schuylkill course main
tain that the west side is the better
water: not that there is particularly
good rowing water anywhere on the
Schuylkill.
The time for the second crew race
was taken as: Yale, Z minutes 70 3-5
seconds, and Penn, minutes 29 20
seconds.
! The eminent alicnist who watched
at the finish might have found subjects
OF interest among those who tried to
follow the race on the West Drive
along the Schuylkill. Three thousand
or more assorted samples of motor We
hicles tried TO run the entire length OF
the drive and became pied at half
mile. Flivers bumped limousines in q
most familiar fashion and mere taxi
cabs tried TO kick racing cars out OF
their way.
American coaches and experts ex-
pressed great sympathy for Guy
Nickalls, but they did not look It
Those English thole pins and the Eng
lish stroke, Of which Guy Nickalls is
the chief prophet and advocate. caused
some commotion among the angoras OF
hos
When the thole pins and the English
stroke won at New London last year
the native coaches took it as a personal
affront, not as a thole-pine triumph.
Sympathy Runs Riot
Mr.. Nickails hardly seemed to APP
preciate the condolences either as ne
stroked his collar ffty-eight to the
minute by a stop watch. But he may
find some little satisfaction in realiz-
ing that the shell that beat Yale also
used the thole pins.
Coach Wright of Penn was very
modest about his triumph. 81 was sure
that they would win. It's fine crew
and heavy enough TO suit me- he SAID.
The opening regatta on the Schuyi-
kill attracted bigger crowd than has
| gathered along the course for some
years. The mixed automobile race on
both sides Of the water in the wake OF
the crews was almost as exciting as
the races themselves.
The flock of rowing critics and
coaches from other universities was
also large, and it was augmented by
| delegation of Canadian oarsmen, who
/ had travelled all the way TO see Joe
Wright's boys Ellis Ward. veteran
Penn coach Of years ago, WAS one Of
the most delighted Of the visitors.
What Penn will do with the thole
pins and Canadian stroke on the upper
Hudson next June remains to be seen.
Coach Jim Rice has nothing to say for
publication on the subject OF thole
pins, but he has thought OF them
rather heatedly very often. He thinks
Of them every time his food disagrees
with him. and he thinks in expletives.
/ But he thinks very kindly OF the light
Penn crew. and Is Of the opinion that
Il will give the others lots Of trouble
at Poughksepsie.
The Yale veterans have . lot TO think
about, too. II they expect TO vindicate
the thole pins At New London this
year. In this their opening the var
pity eight did not seem in the best OF
condition. Thew appeared to lose their
stamina at a mile.
DR.. Potts, the alienist, who judged
the finish. had nothing to say about
thole pins. though the American
! coaches hold that those who use them
are subjects for observation by an
alienist