New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Yale Crews 4
Getting Ready
For Penn Race
Carson Replaced by Haddon
as Coxswain; Shake-Up
in the Second Boat

NEW HAVEN, April 12.-Yale's Anal
preparation for the opening rowing re-
gatta of the season was begun to-day.
when the first and second varsity crews
held their first practice race of the sea-
son on the Housatonic River, above
Derby, where they will next week, Sat-
urday, meet the University of Pennsyl-
vania's crews over course equalling the
English Henley In length, distance of
mile and five hundred yards.
To-day's practice had the appearance
Of preliminary race, as head coach DR.
Mather Abbott invited scores of under
graduates and alumni to witness the
brush. while large number of residents
of the cities of Derby and Ansonia and
the towns of Shelton. Birmingham and
Seymour focked to the river banks for
their first sight of the college osrsnen
this year Several members of the Yale
alumni rowing committee came UP from
New York for the event
Equipment Transferred
The transfer Of the Yale rewing eauip.
fnent wns made yesterday sftsfnoes
whefi three shells and the launch
boola' wsfe TRANSPORTED Oh trucks
from New Haven Hsfbor 10 the Heusss
20. TOME course a distance Of .hftsen .mllss,
uhd6f the direction Of Professor Abbett
and Frank Holmes, the Yale boat fisgeY,
and former amateur seuiler. The Yale
varsity oarsmen will make thar head
alafters on the Housatonie until after
the triangular, Princeton Columbia
race 10 rowsd. May g.
After this event tho crews will return
to New Haven Hsrbor to finish their
practice for tho annual Yals regatta,
which will be rowed two weeks later.
Or. Abbott has twenty crews in training
Tor this, including thres varsity, eight
freshmen and nine Other class or dormi-
tory eights. The coaching Of the class
crews is in charge Of Alton Hyatt, cap
tain and coach of the Yale varsity eight
last season.
The makeup OF ths first Yale eight
Ia regarded by DR.. Abbott as decided.
but there 10 possibility Of one or TIVE
shifts in the second crew. A rhakc.up
hhs taken place IN both boats tho past
week. In the first sholl. Stroke Hemin-
way and Moulton, No. 2, have been re-
nlnced respectively by Sodeston and
SchiHeiin. Hcminwsy was suro Of the
scat when he suddenly developed an
attack Of influenza Sodeston stroked
the Yale freshman crew three years ago.
SchiRelin rowed No. 2 until three weeks
ago, when Moulton was given a trial.
Coxswain Carson has been replaced
by Haddon. He and Lasher are divid-
ing the competition for coxswain for
the second eight.
The second crew WAS given a general
shake-up in the middle of the week
after trial race with the third crew
was ordered. In which the third boat
came out victorious. Half the mem
bers of the winning third eight took
seats in the second boat. The lineup
which was formed by tho reorganiza-
tion at this time is favored by DR..
Abbott, although it is by no means de-
cided.
Schneider, . promising member OF
the freshmen crew three years ago, has
returned from military service the past
week and has been given No. in the
second eight. He is a live possibility
for place in the first boat before the
season closes.
Expect Close Races
Yale expects two close and exciting
events in the races with University OF
Pennsylvania next Saturday. The
Quakers will probably arrive on
Wednesday and will row in practice
over the course a couple of times be-
fore their races with Yale on Satur-
day afternoon.
The rowing officials of the universi-
ties are trying to secure as referee
William H. Meickleham, who has Of
fciated in this capacity at more Yale
Harvard boat races than any other
man.
Because of the loses to both Yale
crews, through illness and poor schol-
arship, neither eight has reached the
possibilities promised few weeks ago.
but both crews are full of flight and
will give the Quakers warm arsu-
ment. The probable makeup of both
the Yale boats is as follows:
First-Stroke, Sodeston; No 7, Cap
tain Mead; No. 6, Allen; No 5, Brown
ell; No 4, Ewing; No. 3. Adams No. 2,
Schiffelin; bow, Enders; coxswain
Haddon.
Second-Stroke, Peters; No. 7. Hare;
No. 6, Payson; No 8, Benson; No. L.
Moulton; No. 8, Driscoll; No. 2
Schreiber; bow, Mali; coxswsin,
Lasher.