New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Abbott Gives Il
Yale Crews !
A Shake-Up
Three of Eight Seats m
First Boat Affected by
Changes Made

NEW HAVEN, March 29.--FoIlow.
ing the return Of the Yale rowing
squad to New Haven harbor after the
spring vacation, Professor Mather f.
Abbott, director of rowing at the uni
versity, has ordered the most general
change IN the makeup of the first and
second varsity crews which has been
put into effect since the eights were
organized two months ago.
The shift has been made in direct
preparation for the the races with the
University of Pennsylvania which will
be rowed April 10 between the first
and second varsity eights Of the old
rivals. The event opens the season for
both universities on a postwar basis
and will be rowed on the Housatonio
River just above the city of Derby.
course of mile and $50 yards, ex-
actiy the English Henley distance, has
been staked out, and the Yale crews
are practicing on course OF similar
length on New Haven Harbor.
Three of the eight seats in the first
Soe%e civ oAcSlcu uy LIE CnAuRe WHICH
has just been ordered by Dr. Abbott,
stroke, No. 4, and No. 2. The stroke
position. has been giving the head
coach more trouble than any other
place in the boat this spring. Soders-
ton, who stroked the freshman eight
two seasons ago, has been seated in
this position since the rowing squad
reported in January until the shift
was ordered by DR.. Abbott to-day.
Soderston seems better adapted to
four mile than to a race of a mile
and q third, while Hemingway. who
has succeeded him, is full of fire and
enthusiasm and appears to keep the
stroke high for a short race more
successfully than Soderston, who
weighs 159 pounds to $50 for Hemin-
way, who stroked the freshmen last
season.
Soderston possesses stronger force in
his stroke and it is possible that, If
Heminway is kept in the position for
the shorter races of the season, Soders-
ton may be chosen to set the pace
for the first eight in the four mile
race against Harvard or the Thames
late In June and that Hemingway will
be the final selection for stroke oar
on the second crew against the Har-
ward reserve eight in the same regatta.
Schleffelin, who has been been promi-
nent candidate for stroke, has been
given seat IN the second eight at
No. g.
Ewing Succeeds Schieffeiin
At No. d in the first boat, where
Schieffehn has been seated for two or
three weeks, Ewing, who has been row.
ing No. in the third eight, has been
placed He weighs IFS pounds and ia
SIX fest tall Although his Waterman
ship is not smooth, he is a strong oars
man and has been improving RAPIDLY
the past month.
Another oarsman who has been pro-
NOTED from the third to the first boat
IS Moulton. He has been placed at No.
Z, the seat vacated by NJ. +. Patterson.
who is i'll with bronchitis. Carson. the
l2l-pound coxswain of the third eight,
has displaced Hadden, the varsity cox
swain.
DR.. Abbott said to-day that the re-
vlsed order of the varsity eight was
likely to be retained until after the
race with the University of Pennsyl.
wanna A decided Improvement has
peen noted during the two DAYS in
which the new order has been tried,
although nothing like fast time has
been possible since the oarsmen re-
turned from their spring recess
The Henley course on the New Haven
haroor has been covered and the time
made will be basis for the improve
ment which Professor Abbott hopes to
secure before the regatta with the
Quakers.
The second eight is by no means
fixed in membership. The carsmen have
had practically no racing and are yet
being coached on the fundamentals of
the stroke. The order in this shell is
as follows:
Stroke, Soderston; No. 7, Payson;
No. 6, Scheffelin; No. S, Benson: No.
4, Hord; No. 3, Bucholz; No. 2, Law
renee; bow, Mali; coxswain, Lasher.
Of this crew Lawrence is an old var
slty oarsman who has just returned to
the university after two years of mill
tary service.
The statistics of the varsity eight
follow:
Pos. Name VT HI A.,