South Bend news-times., 1921-05-18
STAR TIGER CREW
WILL NOT ROW IN
EASTERN REGATTA
Scholastic Rules Keep Con
querors of Navy Crew
Out of Event.
BY JACK VEIOCK.

bN lnIEEuaNl0NNA news service.
NEW YORK, May 17.-Too bad
Princeton isn't going 20 row IN the
Poughkeepsie regatta.
After giving the champion navy
eight a beating on Lake Carnegie
and springing the surprise Of the
rowing season. DR.. Spaeth's Tiger
oarsmen should be among those TO
pull 20 the starting line In the big
intercollegiate classic. On account Of
rules at Old Nassau. however. the
Orange and Black sweepmen will be
unable TO row on the Hudson.
Princeton deserves great credit
for the wonderful showing Of her
crew. Quite naturally a lions share
of the credit must go to DR.. Spaeth.
who is the only amateur rowing
coach OF a big college crew in this
country and whose novel manner Of
handling his varsity this year has
excited great praise.
DR.. Spaeth is a professor Of Eng
lish at Princeton. He is also a great
rowing coach, but he receives moth
ing for his efforts 10 turn out win
ming crews. After looking over the
material this spring he decided that
he would name two varsity crews,
an "A" crew and a "B" crew.
IN the early weeks Of practice on
Lake Carnegie the "A" crew lived
up 10 its classification in that II
consistently defeated the ''B" var
sity. About 20 days prior to the tri-
angular race with Harvard and the
L.
stroKed by Heinie Leh, began 10
show its real form. What did II do
but step out and turn the tables on
the "A" crew so consistently that
DR.. Spaeth determined 70 start 1t
in the big race. That he made no
error in selecting the crew that was
right to race that day was proven
when Leh's men swept over the I'M
ishing line a third OF length ahead
of a very tired octet Of Middies.
Grit of Ieh Put Princeton High.
Heinie Leh's name Is now emblaz-
oned in rowing annals at Princeton.
IL was his gameness and the grit
and stamina Of the men in his boat
that hoated the colors of Princeton
high above those of Harvard and
the Navy. During the last mile or
the race Leh struck a crab-that Is
he lost his oar, and here is the rea-
son why: His hands were blistered
and bleeding from his exertions, yet
he gamely continued, losing but one
stroke. That kind of grit means
something in a rowing crew and il
meant victory for Princeton
After the race the members of
the Navy crew asked their coach,
Dick Glendon, to seek another race
with the Tigers. Coach Glendon did
not need urging. He asked DR..
Spaeth for another race. but because
OF the Princeton schedule Spaeth
was unable 10 grant the request,
much as he would have liked to.
Eddie Graves. captain of the 1920
Navy crew, pust about expressed the
thoughts OF the Annapolis oarsmen
after the race when he said:
Princeton has a great crew. She
wen because she outrOwed our boys
and perhaps because our crew
wasn't expecting such a struggle.
think the defear will serve as a
hard d-earned lesson 10 Navy. I don't
believe they viii lose another race
this season. What hurt me most in
the whole race-and I was just a
spectator, Of course-was to see
Princeton come along and win aft
er Leh had grabbed"
And chats the way all Of the Mid
shipmen felt about il.