New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
Penn Oarsrr,en
Arrive To-day
For Cup Race
Navy Grew Due Tomorrow;
Loss of Van Housen Hurts
Chances Of Local Eight
By lack Lawrence

Pennslyvania's varsity eight wilt ar
rive here to-day and begin its final
preparations for the Childs Cup race
on the Harlem River on Saturday. The
Princeton navy Is due tomorrow after
noon, and will make it's headquarters
at the Nonpareil Boat Club, 196th
Street and the Speedway. The Quak-
ers will be quartered with the CoIum-
bia crew in the Union Boat Club,
whose float adjoins that Of the Non
pareil.
Until yesterday, when it was deA-
nitely ascertained that Captain Van
| Houten of the Blue and White var
sity, would not be able to row in Sat
urday's classic, Columbia had reigned
favorite in the betting, with Prince
ton the choice for second and Penn
| sylvania third
The loss of Van Houten and the sub
stftution of Sidney Waldecker has un-
questionably reduced the driving power
Coach Jim Rice was frankly skeptical
as to the chances Of his men. Aquatic
experts along the Harlem last night
were inclined to believe that Columbia
and Princeton are all set for the bit
| terest kind Of q struggle, and that the
/ best way to forecast the result is to
toss up coin.
/ Loss Of Van Houten Blow
/ Rowing at No. z, Lansing Van Hou~
ten balanced his side Of the boat beau
| tifu1ly and worked smoothly behind
Franklin Brodil, the Blue and White
stroke. The combination has been pro-
nounced one Of the best ever deyel-
oped at Columbia.
| Waldecker, as an understudy 60 Van
| Houten, will reduce the weight in the
local she'll, but as the same time he
will probably Teduce its power. Wal
| lifts the beam at 180, the difference
Of fifteen pounds being rowing Drawn
carried by the Columbia captain.
| While the Columbians are partial to
| 3 long race and show to the best ad-
vantage OF distances above two miles,
Jim Rice seemed we'll satisfied last
night that the Chi1da Cup course is
only a mile and half. He appeared
to believe that Waldecker could go that
distance and make good showing. As
| Columbia yesterday 1t wat said that
Van Houten would probably be in shape
to row in the American Henley on
May %.
Princeton's colors will be be carried
on Saturday by DR.. Spaeth's IA"
varsity, stroked by Captain Hugh Cress-
we'll. This is tho eight which made
such a showing OF Harvard's junior
varsity on Lake Carnegie last Saturday.
No Line on Princeton Crew
Because OF the fact that the Harvard
/ men were unable to give Cresswelrs
boat anything even resembling a fight
for frat place It ia difficult to get line
on the actual capabilities on the Prince
ton "A" crew. Until a few weeks ago
| 1t was considered faster eight than
! the "B" crew that took the measure
of the Navy.
( Captain Cresswelrs crew on Satur-
| day will strike an average weight OF
! ia pounds, while Columbia, without
Van Houten, will hit about the same
( figure.
The spectacular defeat of the Navy's
championship crew m Lake Carnegie
appears to have had decidedly ioltine
effect at Annapolis. One very visible
result has been tbs clamor II has
raised among the cadets for the en-
trance Of Glendon's stalwarts in the
great regatta at Poughkeepsie on
| Uncle sar,'s embryo naval officers
have launched q vigorous campaign
TO this end. and they are raising the
very just claim that in view of the
magnificent record of The Academy
oarsmen they should be given the op-
portunity to win back Che laurels
which, in the opinion OF many rowing
fans, they lost on the unrippled sur
face Of Lake Carnegie.