New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-29
Again Wins intercollegiate nahon Championship Penn
Columbia Varsity and Junior Crews Favored to
Finish in Front of Yale Fights ON Harlem To-day
Eli's Second Eight, How.
ever, Expected to Give
Rice's Oarsmen a Tussle
BY lack Lawrence

The varsity and junior varsity crews
Of Yale and Columbia will meet this
afternoon over mile and q half course
on the Harlem River, probably the
most historic stream in the United
States so far rs rowing is concerned,
1t Will be the first time that Yale has
dipped an oar in local waters in many
years.
Columbia should have no great diff
iiculty in capturing the varsity strug-
gle and has an excellent chance of
finishing in front in the junior event
In the same regatta a Year ago. which
WAS romcd on the Housatonic, jim
Rice's Blue and White crews made a
clean sweep Of all three races There
was n freshman race in that regatta,
but there will be none to-day
The junior varsity race this after
noon will be started from point just
north OF the foot of Dyckman Street
uud will fnish at the piers of High
Bridge. The juniors will be sent away
at 500 o'clock AND the varsity crews
at $40.
All four crcwe went through their
final workouts late yesterday afternoon
and no changes We're made in the boat
ing. Columbia's varsity will be strokcd
by Franklin Brodil, husky youth who
learned the game on the same waters
over which he viii row this afternoon.
and Jack Freeman, a Philadelphian.
VIII be the pacemaker in the first Blue
shell. Freeman. who is the lightcst
stroke in collegiate rowing. is the gsme
youngster who stroked Yale 70 shat
marvellous victory over Harvard OF The
Thames River last June. freeman
weighs less than $50 pounds.
Ewing, who was tried out recently
at stroke in the Yale varsity, will hold
that position in the junior varsity this
afternoon, while Willett. who is proba
bly, the only oarsman that ever came
from Bisbee, Arizona. will set the pace
for Columbia's second string shell.
Neither jim Corderry, Yale coach.
nor jim Rice, grizzled veteran Of
Morningside Heights. would make any
predictions yesterday afternoon. jim
smiled and said nothing, as is his wont.
Corderry WAS nffable and complacent,
and if he loses this afternoon it is
quite certain that he will take the
reversal gracefully.
Columbia's varsity and junior var
sity had a snappy brush 81 sundown
yesterday over five -eighths Of a mile
and were thrashing away at about
NHAi " -IltiAO StAphtS " ti' minute wien
Rice called q halt, The varsity had
no trouble in heading off the scrappy
Junior shell A half dozen racing
starts were tried and then the crews
came ashore
Corderry sent his two boats out at
6 o'clock for the second workout of
the day. Both SHELLS were out at 10
o'clock yesterday morning and padded
over the entire course once. The eve
ming spin was series of short sprints
in which starts were practised and
the stroke WAS worked up to something
in excess of thirty-fou:. IN Il half
mile dash the New Haven crews hit
al easy beat Of thirty-two. Both boats
seemed to have lost lot OF the jerk
ness that marked their work at Phila =
dclphia two weeks ago and the spac-
ing was improved considerably.
The junior varsity race this after
noon should be the most evenly con-
tested. Ysle's second eight made the
best showing at Philadelphia and can
be counted upon to give Columbia a
real tussle this afternoon