The Washington times., 1922-06-11
TWO FIGHTS
INSHAPE TO
Is ROW FOR, ELI
IN BIG TEST
White Boat Has Slight Lead
Blue to Represent Yale
n Regatta June %.

Z %ixyALE CREW QUARTERS.
skH Gales Ferry, June 10.--Yale
itself this week and has spent
,Hieix days since the arrival here OF
the varsity and freshman oars
men In learning the new strokes
which George Corderry began to
teach when he was, given charge
,pof the oarsmen ut the time Of
the triangular race with Prince
!. ton and Cornell. He has worked
n q decided transformation In the
appearance Of the two varsity
Z crews. while his brother Jim, the
former varsity head coach, has
- kept the freshmen at the top OF
y, their swing.
as George has not reached the period
OF time rows for the two varsity
: crews yet. He has devoted his first
I, week as rowing executive to tubing
4 practics and he has put in the pres
ieHent week in giving the two eights
padding work OF from five to ten
.miles daily at a stroke varying
q from twenty-four to twenty-eight.
10 Trial Spin Last Night.
\ |, After the coaches have examined
Il the first time trial. which was sched.
81 uied for tonight, they will plan for
the time spins Of next week which
s.ii ,,i II all the time possible before the
M regatta Of June 23. as custom on the
Thames requires that the curtain
"a uiiaii fall on time rowing the Satur-
lGi saturday night only daily condition
aing paddles will be orfered until re-
aisT Little has yet been decided about
4Yale's entry into the Harvard
regatta. Some Of the things that
sotare undecided are:
~ csWhether the Whites or the Blues
n Will represent Yale In the four-mile
sSaeace as the varsity eight.
an English or an Ameri-
sfcan-rnade boat will be used in the
!, whether American or English
yo5built oars viii be employed.
rnr American Fashion.
,s.op It has been decided to use a small
rigged scull, American fashion.
~ and all the boats here have
been adjusted in that manner.
There are shells of three makes
flfere-one by Davey, of Cam
hridge, Mass, two by, sims, df
.fiPntney, and one by Rough. of Ok
ford, England. The English shells
:, are lighter than the American, and
as the waters Of the American
Thames are much rougher than
i those OF the English river Of the
/, same name, the stauncher, heavier,
American built boats are seen to be
.yktof much value. - ...
The Blues have shown the best
form in the short trial races held
this weak. Most of this octette are
former class oarsmen, half of them
belonging to the freshmen shell last
M. year. Sherman Ewing. freshman
I fetroke last June, Is also stroke for
Ia, the Blue. He weighs eighteen pounds
~ more than Johnny Freeman, stroke
% of the Whites, who was also stroke
'nd of the varsity eight that led Har-
q ward to the finish In the fouSmile
race last year. Cornelius Wander
bilt Whitney, member of the second
n varsity crew for two years, and
q relly. stroke of the freshmen two
,,I eeasons ago, are in the Blues. They
average nearly nine pounds more to
the man than the Whites.
! axe whites More Experienced.
40. Members or the Whites include
y Freeman, Haldeman, James Still
gfitnan. Rockefeller, George Ellis Leslie
= and Russell, who were varsity oars
eG'nien last year. This Is the more
q experienced eight and IL is felt that
"a n win eventually be chosen. Gener-
ally speaking, II has been the Yale
F,i.first eight this spring.
9p'rS Indications point to a record
.aAbrealSing crowd on the Thames June
%. Signs are that the yachting,
" Kautomobiling and observation train
viii be the biggest in
~ Yale-Harvard rowing Of more than
GiIA half century, despite the fact that
aGsb both universities have been de-
-, feated hgnally several times this
spring. The demand for train tick
sinsts, for hotel and garage accomnno-
~ dations cannot be met even at this
early date. Because of the crush
Z the universities have been COM
PEELED to limit the number Of train
IA Ill a. Nw.nr.