New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Columbia Crew
Expects Hard
Race for Cup
Princeton Slight ETayorise
for Cl1ilds Trophy Regatta
ON Harlem Next Saturday

The annual Chiids Gun Race will be
rowsd on the Harlem for the frst time
nest Saturday afternoon. Details con
cerning the race, in which the eights oi
Princeton, Penn ard Columbia will
meet, were given out at the atsietic
association Office Of the Morninrside
institution yesterday One end FIVE,
eighths of mile in length, the classic
will be rowed from University Bridge
to High Bridge. The junior event will
take place at O'clock and will pre-
cede the varsity event by half an hour.
The unusually early starting time Of
the races is neeessitated by tide con-
ditions in the ship canal.
Both Pennsylvania and Princeton g
varsity and junior varsity crews will
arrive in town with their coaches,
managers and re&inue Of trainers on
Friday morning and viii work out on
the Harlem that afternoon.
Columbia Captain I'll
Columbia's three crews--varsity.
junior varsity and freshman-~had O
strenuous workout yesterday. The
first boat rowed minus the services OF
Lansing Van Houtcn, captain of the
Blue and White navy, who was con-
replaced him in the first boat and
rowed like veteran It is expected
that Van Houten will be able to re-
sumo his place in the boat to-day or
tomorrow at the latest.
Yesterdays workout was hampered
by strong wind, which blew directly
against the oarsmen and made theil
work rather ragged. Despite the un-
favorable weather conditions the men
rowed about sig miles.
The men Of the figst boat are not at
all scared by the showing of Princeton
against the Annapolis eight on Lake
Carnegie last Saturday and feel sure
that they will be able to beat the Tiger
combination this weekend.
The short distance of the race will be
decidedly in favor of DR.. Spaeth's COM
bination, which has been especially
trained for the shorter spins. Coach
Rice's oarsmen are disciples OF the
sternest protagonist Of the long dis
tance grind in the game. Despite this
fact, the Columbia oarsmen have an ex-
cellent chance to come out ahead of.the
New Jersey eight on Saturday.
Close Race Predicted
The time of the Morningsiders up al
Derby compares very favorably with
/ that made by the Princeton eight on
Lake Carnegie last Saturday. It took
the Columbia crew less than q minute
longer to row the two-mile course on
the Housatonic than the time made by
the Orange and Black in their race
against the Navy.
Columbia rooters. fifteen hundred
strong, will follow the Blue and White
baseball, tennis and fencing teams to
West Point Tomorrow Price, Colum-
bias newly discovered pitching ace
and winner of the last three games
will face the cadets. TIE tennis
matches will follow the baseball game.
The Blue and White baseball team
will make short trip at the end of
the week. 1t will play Dartmouth
at Hanover, n. H.. on Friday, and from
there will go 30 Middletown, N. Y, to
play the Wesleyan nine Saturday.
Another triangular track meet, this
time with Brown and Wesleyan as the
visitors, will be staged on South Field
Saturday afternoon.
The Columbia golf team has two
matches scheduled for the week end
On Thursday it viii play the strong
Princeton aggregation, headed by the
redoubtable Dean. The Amherst links
men will come down to Garden City on
Saturday for a match with the Blue
and White golfers. The Columbia ten
mis- team will fill out the week of Blue
and White athletic activities in match
with the N. Y. U. racquet men Friday.