The New York herald., 1921-05-21
COLLEGE CREWS IN
THREE BIG EVENTS
Cornell-Princeton-Ya ale Regat-
ia at Ithaca Leads Days
Programme.
NAVY MEETS SYRACUSE
Harvard Narsities Take On
Three Mass. Tech Fights
on the Charles.
NAVY MEETS SYRACUSE
BY DANIEL.

This afternoon will see probably the
biggest one day programme in the his
tory OF intercollegiate rowing, as thre
event will bring together Cornell,
Princeton and Yale on the lake waters
or Cayuga. while the competition of
second importance will find the Navy
p.tted against Syracuse on the Severn
at Annapolis. Harvard will take on
The crews of Massachusetts Tech on
the Charles. An added attraction will
be a race between the champion class
crews of Harvard and Yale.
The triangular regatta at Ithaca viii
be watched with unusual interest, as
the Princeton varsity which beat the
Navy will carry the Orange and Black,
while Cornell will he represented by
the great freshman eight OF last year
which made so brilliant a showing IN
the same regatta on Lake Carnegie IN
1920.
The Yale crew, already beaten by
Pennsylvania and Columbia. has under
gone thorough shaking up and may
spring big surprise. The Blue has
the material and the proper spirit, and
may be able to accomplish over two
miles what 1t could not do over
shorter route
Cornell Looks Good.
While the Cornell crew has not been
seen in action against another varsity
this season glowing reports Of its form
and strength have come down from
ithaca. We saw the eight in action
last season. in which 1t won all its
races, and We are inclined to believe
That Princeton will have to improve
on Its work against the Navy-winning
work though II was against great
crew-to beat the upstate combination.
Even last year, as lot OF fresh
men, the Comedians looked better than
most OF the varsities-and let il be said
that on many an occasion the freshmen
beat Charley Courtney's light and heavy
varsites. John Hoyle. Courtney's sue
cessor. decided to keep the freshmen
intact for this season and his Judgment
has been vindicated. for the second
year eight has won the right to row as
the varsity over two other first class
aHgregations.
Last year Cornell had quite its own
way against the Tigers and the Ellis.
Courtney brought varsity and a fresh
man crew and won both races with
Princeton second in both. The Tigers
beat Yale in the second varsity race so
that Yale went into eclipse after brill
i6nt successes against Penn and Colunl-
bia. This time the Blue may reverse
that procedure, but the chances are not
rosy. 1t takes time for a crew to re-
cover from two staggering blows such
as Penn and Columbia dealt TO Guy
Nickalis's charges.
Navy Likely 10 Win.
Down at Annapolis the Navy may
beat Syracuse. We would not venture
that prediction If the real Syracuse
varsity were to race, but we understand
that Jim Ten Eyck's big eight will do no
rowing against outside opposition until
Il takes the water at Poughkeepsie To-
day he will use his light varsity, which
Is reported 10 be at least a length
slower than the heavy eight over a mile.
The contest will be over the Henley
distance--one mile and $50 yards.
Harvard. which made so disa ppointing
showing in the regatta with Princeton
and the Navy, will get chance to make
its first move toward recovery against
Massachusetts Tech. The Engineers.
who are going in for rowing on bigger
scale than ever, with boathouse all OF
their own, are doing very well consid-
ering, but we do not believe that they
have 1t In them to beat a Harvard
varsity.
There will be three races. all FOR var
slty oarsmen-hrst, second and third
crews. There will be no freshman race
AS Tech has no yearling crew. Harvard's
freshmen. by the way. are reported to
10 better than the varsity, but by the
time the boys reach the four mile duel
with Yale things should be different