The New York herald., 1922-04-23
Penn Regatta Finds Blue at
Handicap Because of Train
ing Method.
LATER DATE WOULD HELP
Postponment of Event Until
Midseason Suggested as
a Remedy.

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NEW HAVEN. April ga change In
the early season rowing program az
Yale. by which either a special crew
viii be developed to meet Penn or the
date of the Pennsylvania race post
pbned. is advocated by the Yale Daily
Netcs In reviewing the three defeats
of Yale crews at the hands of the Red
and Blue on the Schuylkill last Satur-
day.
In referring to tke Yale crews II
might be said that the relief of Capt.
Ianghorne Gibson OF duty i'm the first
crew during the week to tighten the
varsity for the Columbia and Cornell
and Princeton regattas is causing a
good deal of unjustifable talk by those
who see in Coach Corderry's move
what they call demotion for the
captain.
s.Capt. Gibson is undoubtedly the best
oar In Yale, and his stepping out in
favor of lighter man for fle shorter
races is characteristic of the ran. His
weight would jeopardize Yales chances
IN the two races ahead of the varsity
and knowing this. he voluntarily offered
MS seat to man carrying fewer pounds.
s,Gibson. and Freeman the stroke. are
Essentially four mile men AMI the stste-
nent is definitely made that 10th will. be
~ the varsity boat when the Ellis meet
harvard on the Thames in Jure. In the
meantime. Corderry will have n lighter
crew to coach than the one which was
braten by Perm and consequently Yale
will. Ii Is expected make better show
ing against Columbia on the Harlem a
week from to-day than she did against
tie Pennsylva6ians week ago to-day.
Mhfte Crew 10 Row Columbia
THE White crew which Is expected TO
rpw against the first Columbia crew
raxt Saturday has been rowing in this
oroer during the greater part of the
week: Stroke, Ewing No. Z. Haldeman !:
10. 6. Rockefeller; No. 5. Haines; No.
& Sheffield. No. 3. Russell; No. 2. Car.
nan; bow. WI tncy; coxswain, Chase
|. The Blue cr-w Is seated In this order .
Stroke. j. Freeman No a, Leslie Nc
s, Goodwin: No. 5. Capt. Gibson: No. 4.
Fills: No. 3, Littier: No. ,. Cheney ;
low, Bigelow coxswain. Thomas.
Time trials held on the Housantonic
River course during the past few days
have shown much Improvement over the
work of the crews previous to leaving
for Philadelphia. Cordsrry believes he
has hit upon a winning short distance
the Columbia races are awaited with
more than the usual interest. Yale wants
70 wipe out the memory of the Penn
regatta, but IL will have only two races
in which to do 1t, the first and second
varsity events. Neither the $50 pound
crew nor the freshman crew is scheduled
TO meet Columbia.
The Yale Notos comment on the early
season race with Penn is Of interest.
LAS long as Yale continues to par
ticipate in premature dual meets with
Pennsylvania" says the Netcs, "the re-
suit Is quite certain to be just what 1t
has been four times in the last five years.
Unlike the other major sports, rowing
Is an art at which the most adept can do
nothing without a preliminary period of
objective training. Considering the ex-
tent of the reparation which the uni
versity crews have received this spring,
the outcome of Saturdays races was not
only not surprising. 1t was inevitable.
Quakers Better Prepared.
Preceding the Schuyll<ill meet. Penn
. sylvania had been put through approx
mately four times as many time trials
as the university. so much the worse
for Yale seems TO be an unanswerable
retort. Yet to change the present
scheme OF training so as to render the
racurrent excuse unnecessary would
make 1t tenfold worse for Yale In June.
While Pennsylvania trains intensively
for the dual meet. the university must
be leisurely preparing for the Harvard
race two months hence.
III we are to meet Pennsylvania an
nnaliy with reasonable chance OF es-
Gaping defeat. one of two changes is
necessary: Either a special crew must
be trained for the early races or the
date OF the meet must be postponed
As II IS, the experience of being con-
sistently beaten in the first race OF
the season is unquestionably profitable
snd certainly unpleasant. BY advanc-
ing the annual dual meet further along
In the schedule the management might
At least eliminate the impossible. To
do this Is only justice to the crew"