The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-18
COLLEGE OARSMEN
TO RACE THIS WEEK
Three Rcgattas Will Be ROwcd
Two i'm East and Third
in West.
HARVARD MEETS TIGERS

Three college boat races will he rowed
on the Pacific coast. Harvard and
Princeton will begin their owing seasons
on Thursday with IA race over the mile
and seven-eishths course on Lake Car
nesie. and on Saturday Yale and Penn
s~yivania will meet on the Schuylkill.
while at San Francisco. Stanford and
California will row their annual regatta.
The two Harvard crews (there will be
Q junior race at Princeton on Thursday
In addition to the big STRUGGLED reached
Princeton on Sunday evening and were
out on the water twice yesterday despite
the rain. Robert +. Herrick. the Har-
ward coach. is by no means satisfied with
the amount Of work he has beer able to
accomplish this season. despite the ex-
petitions to Lynn before the ice was
out of the Charles, and his disxltisfac-
ton Is more or less evident from the
fact that he still refuses to call either
crew first varsity and insists ON calling
them Varsity a" and Varsity H." Of
course Varsity A" will row against
the Princeton varsity boat on Thursday.
bu, according t o hte Harvard coach that
ont make It the varsity crew, for he
OxTSNls W uAAt hIs ihCH iVuiH dc oOVi
a. he gets back to Cambridge.
Princeton, on the other hand. has a
well defined varsity o in fact. II In
90 much better than the second and third
boats that Coach Duncan Spaeth has no
such problem on his hands as that
which c%onfronts his rival. The Prince
ton varsity includes only two veterans
from last year. Capt. Cochran at stroke
and Lee AZ No. 4. Cochran is not a
veteran in his present position. however.
as he rowed at No. 8 last season. The
boat as it Is now averages l1l% pounds.
against Harvard's average OF a shade
over 1863.
The Yale crews. varsity and Junior,
will reach Philadelphia to-day. but prob
ably will not get on the water until
tomorrow morning. Under the guidance
OF Guy Nickalls they are rowing the
oxford stroke. with It's long reach, that
bends the oarsmen almost double Just
before the catch. and have spent most
OF their time in long ten and fifteen mile
rows on New Haven Harbor. Whether
or no, that sort Of practise will enable
them to get up much speed in a short
race will he revealed on Saturday after
noon.
Ever since the ice went out of the
echuylkill Joe Wright. PENIS new ANA
teur coach. has had his men out on the
water twice a day. In the morning be
fore breakfast and in the afternoon after
the college day is over. The Penn
oarsmen AVE been rowing at a much
higher stroke than has Yale.
Out on the Pacific coast the University
Of California oarsmen have cheered M
considerably since stanford was so badly
beaten by the University OF Washing
ton on April Z. and now have high hopes
~ winning on Saturday. stanford
plight has been made worse by the fac,
mat capt. Orme. who rowed at No. 4
last year AZ pc-yhkeeps.e and was In thc
same seat in the race against Washing
ton. had 10 give IN his place after the
crushing defeat. lie seemed TO be over
trained and Coach Guerena seems &c
think that he mas not be able to row
again. The big race on saturday viii
{, be preceded by a contest between the
Stanford and California freshman eigh,s