New-York tribune., 1922-06-18

NNAIN mas tfN I'D AiiNH' 'it Hti' t' H"r'"
course, are conceded az this carly writ
I ing 10 be the cremo de- ia crcme Of tho
rowing world. with Pennsylvania
ranked high and Syracuse and Colum-
F ba rated as uncertain and unknown
quantities Cornell from present ap-
poarancos has one Of the best crews
that has represented tho Red and
White in years. and that is saying a
great deal Washington has stall
wart. powerful eight somewhat lack
ing m experience, bur endowed physie-
ally as no other crow ia EQUIPPED. The
Navy has demonstmtod its right 20
being hailed os one of Tho aeasons
best crews by iis victories over Prince
ton. Harvard and Syracuse.
Il is safe 20 say that Cornell VIII not
make tho mistake .h.a year of giving
an it has IN the arst two miles and
then trusting 90 n kindly Providence
to carry it thrlurf tia fnal stretch.
+ That was tao kind ~ roce fre lt1acans
r0woi last yClr and Wro1 tro last
/ mile came tloy were unable fo bold 30
/ Navy in the wild squirt for the finish.
In fact. 'hc ''nacan8 faItered so badly
that California COOK second place %
finale that VIII .olF bo remembered 40
Cornell Morc Experienced
But this year Cornell prepared %
| give everything t has .n tse arst two
7 miles ard s'i.l have siNc.ert reserve
20 carry b. through fHe auai mile. For
one thing, John hoy.o has o. crew thai
's infinitely moro caror. fenced fnn1 was
,ho crew which rouoi itaof out
against last years champions. Fiiils,
.ho Cornell stroke oat .s orc ~ the
rost fr bed 0arsmrn 0n fFc river
nd ho has % knack ~ forcing Pie crow
% ercct heights. Hc takes rank with
"Si' weed, Dole and tie other great
Cornell strokes ~ q decade ag1.
Washington. with powerfully ana
evenly built combination, bias at ne
essential elements that 90 INFO the
making 81 a good crow Ei Lcadeb
tho Washington coach. BE- only ka
among such gfayhcarl7 az Jim Rice,
Jim Ten Eyck and Joe Wright, but
Youthful or not be- has developed n
fne.looking crew. 10 has ifs faults,
10 be sure. one ~ which seems 90 be
that il is too short n the water, but
II is fact worth iottirg down that
while the oar is in the water the
, blade IS thoroughly covered ard is
, working hard all the time. Tho hnisA
, rs weak. in striking contrast % tne
, kicking finish Columbia gets. and the
, hard drive that marks the hnish 81
, tho stroke o. most OF tho other crews
. with the exception ~ Cornell
Syracuse and Columbia present un-
d. "'.|
rated as deserving ~ especially h'gl
rank. YET both are potentially Gool
crews. and there is n chance tha. ono
or both will find itself on race day just
as PENNSYLVANIA needed the fire of he
race 10 bring out the best that was IN
IL last season. Syracuse has che neaV-
lost varsity eight on the river, oYerag-
inc over $50 pounds. but the weight IS
NOT evenly distributed, the port side
outwoiQhing starboari By more than
twenty pounds t0 tho man. Such a dis
parity makes for ursfoad.noss on the
ka.l and likewise would indicate that
there is q great deal ~ p0wor being
uselessly expended. FOR II the III
pound starboard side is able % hold
the l9l pound port side, there must be
some one on The port side who has
great deal of weight that l5 getting q
free ride.
Columbia n Mystery
Columbia, of by itself 20 Crum f.
bow. has presented somewhat Of mys-
terry from its arrival Jim Rice has
made humorous changes in the boating
Of the varsity eight and only within
few days has struck upon % combina-
ton that appears to be satisfactory.
Columbia is apt % be- dangerous 40 all
times, but Rice has bad 80 many ups
and downs with his crew this season
that 10 BE- granted only an outside
chance Of being able even % yet into
be thick of the fighting. Another week,
however. may change the whole com.
rlcxion of things