New-York tribune., 1918-04-21
Harvard
Bats and Oars
Cross Saturday
Crews Will Go to Lake
Carnegie; Ball Team to
Play at Home

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 2O.-Crew
and baseball will find Harvard and
Princeton opening their seasons the
coming Saturday as opponents. The
varsity and freshman crews will take
to the water at Lake Carnegie in the
afternoon, while the ball mines will be
fighting out their differences on Sol
diers' Field.
The Harvard crews will finish their
training for the races this week on the
Charles River and Lake Carnegie, going
to New Jersey on Thursday noon for
the tuning up trips before the regatta.
Harvard's last visi. to the jungle
swamp was two springs ago, but under
vastly different conditions The var
sity and junior crews of both unlver-
sites took part, and two OF Americas $
best known amateur coaches matched
skill ard wits. Herrick, Harvard's grad
uate coach, had the fine achievement
behind him of turning second Grim
son eight into tho winner of the Eng
lish Henley year or two before, while
Spaeth, Princeton's savant-coach, had
achieved considerable fame as handler
of the Tiger winning eights.
Both systems were tested thoroughly
over the Carnegie Lake course of ap-
proximately two miles. Princeton, fore
seeing, bolted badly down the course
from the very first stroke. Harvard,
surprised. followed in her wash, made
gallant fight, and the tape was
crossed with the Tigers holding the
officials decision by six inches. The
last quarter was so close that spec
tators on points of vantage for time
believed that the Crimson had borne
it's colors to victory. Harvard had little
trouble in winning the junior varsity
race by two lengths, and the losing
Crimson crew subsequently swept to
victory over Cornell on Lake Cayuga,
and over Nickalls Yale eight, on the
Thames.
Famous Coaches in Service
To Herrick and Spaeth rowing now is
of small moment. The former is allied
with the government in a number of
activities and the Princeton professor
is laboring at a military cantonment.
Replacing them are William Haines,
Briton, and Keene Fitzpatrick, Ameri-
can, both assistants to the departed
coaches and professionals. Haines has
coached in England, Germany and Nor
way; Fitzpatrick is better known as a
Princeton track coach and trainer of
her football teams than as the Tigers
claimed that he was the real power be-
hind Princeton's row of rowing sue
cesses. Both men are standing on their
own feet, and have their chance this
spring, though with crews of time
strength, much different in calibre
than in ordinary times.
Harvard's varsity crew this year is
of the cave man type, not so much in
appearance as in the strong oar they
pull. Form will undoubtedly be sacri-
feed for strength in the Princeton
race, and no time will be lost in driy-
ing the eight from its starting stroke
Captain Emmet, at stroke, may have his
hands full to keep the men behind him
picking up his stroke. Fred Whitman,
No. Z, and Frank Parkman. No. S, rowed
with Emmet on the 1919 eight, which
defeated the Yale freshmen in 1916.
Whitman may be shifted to or 5.
Parkman's showing has been salts
factory, and with Coleman, No. 2, and
Bowen at bow, has held his seat several
weeks without shift. Dave Withing-
ton, at No. 6, is inexperienced, but
quick to learn. His brothers, Paul and
Lothrop, were crack oarsmen, and the
younger brother has their fine physique.
Charley Batchelder, who has been
placed at No. this week, after a
weeks stay with Grew B, is green like
wise, but pulls very strong oar Ste
vens. at No. 8, is good oarsman, and
unless something radical now turns up
will row against the Tigers.
Freshmen Promising
The freshman crew looks most
promising, but, like all frst-year ath-
! letic teams, may go to pieces just at the
wrong time. Three men in the crew
, are experienced oarsmen-Captain Bor-
land, at No 4, who stroked and cap
fotn lon
who rowed No. 2 in the Middlesex
School four, and Olmsted, the stroke
who is from st. Paul's School, The
1921 eight recently defeated the var
sity in a mile and a half race, and
; may repeat the dose before Saturdays
race. The order of the eight is: Stroke
( O!msted; Z, Damon; 6, Morris; 5, Sedg-
wick; 4, Borland; 3, Pond; 2, Sise;
, bow, Davis; coxswain, Pierson.
Such early baseball rivalry is some
thing new in Harvard and Princeton
) athletics. Harvard will use Erb, New
ton or johnson in the box, with Tom
B Gammack behind the plate. None of
the men are experienced, and Harvard
p seems to be in the same boat with
Il Princeton in this respect Lucky
+. Jones. unless a cruel faculty intervenes
I In the meanwhile, will cover first, and
: his hitting, with that Of Dick Halowell
the. third baseman. should be on par
with any other members of the team
Red Wolverton is in shape to play
again and will cover second base, and
Il Captain Gross, who leaves college in
!, three weeks to enter Federal training
d camp, will play shortstop Gross has
been hitting timely and fielding we'll.
In the outfeld positions will be Hank
Ward, Eric McCouch and Lee Evans
light stickers and fair fieders. The
team is shy of subs, nd only thirteen
varsity suits have been ordered, as a
: matter of conservation. Harvard is
>eing handled by Coach Duffy, a vet,
iran Lacquer of playing and managerial
experience, while Fred Dawson, q
Princeton graduate, has taken charge
down Jersey way since Bill Clark de-
parted.