The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-22

PHILADELPHIA, April :I.-Pcnnsyl-
vania and Ialo Will meet in their an
nual contest tomorrow over a mile and
a half curse on the Schuylkill. They
gill have "A very swift stream TO aid
them along and I woul not be sur
rrised to see very fast time made.
There IL quite Il difference in the two
strokes being taught by the respective
coaches. The feature of Yalc's rowing
Is a hard catch and ripping IT through
with great vim, but at present her wat
trnaish!p Is poor in comparison with
PENIS. Some oi Els men shoot their
slides IN the iirs Part OF the stroke.
which Is 4 very bao lea: sre, as this will
cause the CREW TO tire qdiJkly. Yale 8
using a very short slide and a long reach.
with a long body swing fore and aft.
keeping well over the keel. Her crew
has u good run VI the boa, bet ween
strokes. which is a great asset, but IL
he water is rough Yale's crew will not
'e ablo to get over the high spots with
IS oars on the recovery because they
are rugged so low. However, Coach
Nirka.ls is a firm believer in this fea-
ture.
The New Haven boys made a very
poor impression AT starting. AT which
hey wer. very slow. splashing consider
ably. while Penn's crew was very fast
ard clean. There is no question in my
mind that Penn will lead by "A good mar
gn IN the first part Of the race. She will
eei the jump on Yale at the crack OF
the gun. | saw Yale make several
starts to-day both in smooth and lumpy
eaier and the performance was poor.
.h'y are likely to catch "A crab, and II
- with these English tholc pins which
they are using some one ma get his
stomach Knocked out with the handle o.
the oar. If they were using Yankee
s~1ve. locks the oar would swing around
Alongside Of the BOA and drag through
The water with no resistance.
lileis men do not seem 10 be trained
TO the minute as PENIS DO. The latter
can row forty-five clean strokes To the
minute Al the start or finish of the
face, whereas Yale can get 1t up TO only
forty at her best for a short distance
ard is far from clean rowing. there
being a great deal of spalshing. the bow
men throwing the wash on the stern
or.
Yale seems to settle down TO her work
MucN earlier than Penn. II appears that
Penn is rowing a shorter, fast stroke, bu,
us is rot a fact, for what Penn lacks
IN body swing she makes up in the long
sides, using more OF the leg than IN.
Yale crew Although Penn's body swing
Is far from being short. j should say
Coach Wright has n beautiful swing on
his men and his crew IL far superior in
"I'srmanship TO any OF the other crews
! have seen this year. They have n
GOOD. quick. firm catch and pull I,
through steadily AT the SANE pressure
tfom start 70 finish IN an even manner.
There = not = pcrceptible kick in the
frish Of the stroke or a heave, rs some
coaches hay. taught in a rough way,
There j. smoothness throughout PENIS
stroke.
Na''s crews are much heavier than
POM IT," makeup OF the crews:
N,e Varstty--Hums. bow =. Giin'lan
capt low I. sheldon; &. Sturtavant
y N,,"r, r. McNdught"n, stroke, Harri'
M, '..sHalu, No..dne.
fa'' Junior Narsity--Newton, bow, .
Ai4ih- 3. Whittlesy: 4. koSitsky; 3. FoN,
f.'1pAfrek. Z. Atkins. stroke. Hyall
~ varsity-Gc!s, bow. 2, wirkman
j. fAhaW I. Guenther; .. Vol. s, Pep
r. : 'h.gkrr!ug stroke, Ross; c~oxsHain
per7 Junior Observation-Disclosures
p" Bfos,ingcr'; g.. T.. Gels. t. Ttiden
'.'r'. D., Nsteira; :, IAttloton; stroke
o.. tor. UuA- vain, ND!rlck.