The New York herald., 1922-04-15
Eight Stroked by Mattison
Chosen by Coach for
Feature Race.
ELLIS IN FINAL WORKOUT
Show Considerable Snap in
Two Spins Over Henley
Course.

Special Dispatch to THE New YorK HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 14.-On the
eve Of the fifteenth regatta between
Pennsylvania and Yale Coach Joe
Wright of the Red and Blue selected his
Red crew as the varsity eight. This
crew, which is stroked by r. H. Matu-
son of Rochester, will fight 1t out with
the Yale varsity over the Henley course
or a mile and five-sixteenths tomorrow
afternoon. The varsity race VIII pe
preceded by $50 pound crews and junior
varsity in the afternoon and graduate
crew race in the morning. The lou
Founders are to get away at $3.50, the
tunio~ at and the varsity at 4:30
o'clock.
Penn suffered keen loss to-day when
T. A. Rugh, No. man in the Blue eight
was taken to the university hospitai
with an infected foot. Rugh has been
complaining for several days, but rowed
Thursday after having the foot lancea.
He thought he would be all right again
to-day. but the foot continued to give
him trouble and several crew mates
took him over to the university hospi-
tai. There the physicians insisted that
he remain. and word was sent out 10
Coach Wright at the Penn boat house
in Fairmount. Park that the 1872 pounder
would be unable to row tomorrow
switch In Junior Crew.
This means last minute switch IN
the boat. and either NJ. w. Muggler, VINO
weighs 100 pounds, or p. r. Williams,
i66 pounds, win get the vacant seat.
Muggler comes from Buffalo and Is a
senior, and williams. a junior, lives in
Washington.
Although this was bad news to the
Penn camp, the Red crew, which Is
stroked BY Mattison of Rochester. was
virtually selected for the varsity race
before Rugh was taken to the hospital.
Back of Mattison In the big Penn
eight. which averages 117ss. viii be
found JellinecF at No. Z: Wheeler, No.
6: Swan, No. 5: Chambers, No. 4: Waid-
ner. No. 8: Howell. No. ?. and Roberts,
bow Five of these eight men in the
varsity are delphians-Jellineck,
Wheeler Swan, Chambers and Roberts.
Yales varsity eight. which averages
IT. pounds. was on the water twice.
taking Il snappy workout over the run
Henley course in the morning and going
out again a few minutes after Penn
when the latter pulled away from the
slip at 5:l0
John Freeman, the 147 pound stroke
oar of the Yale varsity. will set the
mace for the Blue tomorrow. He Is a
former product Of the Ellis $50 pound
crew.
First Test as stroke.
Mattison Is facing his first varsity
test at stroke. He succeeded Captain
Eddie Mitchell when the latter was de-
clared ineligible a few months ago. Most
of last season Mattson was stroke OF
the freshman eight. Just before Yale
went on Tho water this afternoon
Charles Dana Gibson, the noted artist,
whose son Langhorne Is captain or the
BIue varsity. visited the Yale rowing
quarters at the Undine Barge Club and
hobnobbed with the Blue oarsmen until
II was time for Coach Jim Corderry
10 take his crews up the river
The Yale junior varsity will be stroked
Nv r.. Ewing. a 167 FOUNDER, who. ac-
cording to George Corderry, brother OF
Tim. Is zone sweet oarsman." George.
who has coached scullers and crews in
england and South America for the
last fifteen years. is also enthusiastic
over the Yale varsity combination. And
our $50 Founders are also coming along
fast" said George.
The crew statistics follow: