Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-24
|Rapid Rise of La Rouche
and Muggler Threatens
Positions of Veteran Oars.
men; No Fresh Eight
RELAY TEAM CHOSEN

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IRELAY TEAM CHOSEN
| SyoAcH JOSEPH WRIGHT, of the
III University OF Pennsylvania crews,
fr.srted his third week Of indoor prac-
dee yesterday by doing little shifting
h, Ma varsity crew. II will be remem-
hsred that the famous Canadian rowing
tr,or came down from his home across
a. Lakes shortly after the holidays and
,oupd himself face to face with COM
rlete varsity eight, something that
HASN'T occur often In college rowing
s,,c,es and which is not the most un-
,,.asont thing for a coach to have.
Seems that some the VARSITY men en-
..rdsred the idea that they would re-
..,r their positions in the eight no
ro,t.r what happened. Not that they
a,d not nut all their might and all their
w,r TO Il, but they had certain amount
:, sans froid that made 1t appear as
,houcb they had the jobs cinched.
Coach Wright has some other ideas
N.,ort sucb things. A varsity crew,
s.cording to Wright, is not complete
E,rtii the men enter the shell on the dny
~ a race. Previous to that time ana
sfter, too, changes may DC lnaue tnat
misht not satisfy the veterans oue
which will be entirely satisfactory 10
ths coach. -.
yr ,o uncertdIn terms, Wright
kos come out pith a def that the
rdrsity eight IS by no means
rSo,en and that every member OF
the cre,p that raced at Pough.
kssp,is last June must cork hard
N retain the precious seats. Yes-
tsrday JelIinek and Hopell, too
l Al fhe vets, turned up late for the
ssuoI t,celve. minute drill 10Th the
A cars.'y eight. The result toas that
Z wright sent La Rouohe and Mug.
sler. TOO hard ,oorkinJ substttu:
t,s Of last year, into the regulars
wais. And the parSitv eight moved
/ pilk a rythpm and stoino that
l forced ckuckle out Of the veteran
l Wright.
I w hone these veterans will get II out
La their heads that they have their
Ioiaees clinched," said Wright shortly
after 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
bis rowing sanctum. 1.-The old fight for
Iplaces is the thing that makes a varsity
leisht, and / am more than pleased
with the showing Of any number of men
nwho are determined to make bid for
|the varsity eight, even though every
vmember Of last year is back again.
IThere IL something commendable IN that
Kind of spirit. More Of it and we will
have q fine varsity eight to place on
khe water this year"
ySubs Last Year
IN Both In Rouche and Mugsler have
hade rapid strides in rowing. Last
|ear the first named, q strapping big
Fellow weighing 1910 pounds and stand
bnE @ feet 2 inches in his stocking feet,
was q member Of the third varsity eight.
In three weeks OF indoor rowing he has
bhown brand of blade work that
makes him look like a dangerous rival
tor any member of the varsity eight.
The same can be said for Muggler.
Last year he took up rowing for the
ant time, and although he was unable
10 make better than the last varsity
brew, showed an aptitude to learn that
food him in good stead when the sea-
bon opened this year. He has made
euch rapid strides that he has been
Rowing for two weeks on the second
VARSITY eight in practice and yesterday
kece.yed his first opportunity to row on
1he varsity crew. He, like La Rouche,
Recording to Wright, will make the
best Of them on the regular eIgnt hustle
70 retain his post.
Both Muggler and LaRouche,"
sc!d Wright, "have youth, uei0ht,
reach, strength and stamina to be-
come good odrsmen. And they
sren't Gfrdid of too,k. Thep are
the kind of men I Would like to
count by the tens in this squcd.
do not contemplate keeping them
sn the varsity oreto, at least not
.op, out u they continue the same
lind OF rork they have been doing
!afer on / do not knop hoto / can
keep them out Of that Varisttv
Wright 10 inclined to be supersti.
aelS these days, meaning the time OF
nid, year examinations. In January,
slS, he seated freshman eight that In
mctice and in size and all the other
ttributes Of an Oarsman looked like
ne best yearlng eight in many moons.
Iong came the mid-year examlna-
lons and all but three Of the first year
Nh were dropped from college. So
IhiS year the first year aspirants are
owing In the early crews that have not
cen carefully culled. AFTER the
iams I'll check up and then make up
N eight" said Wright.
ppsn Borie Cup Race
lne Borie Cup race for college oars
en unable to make either the varsity
junior varsity eights may be opened
%ner colleges in the East, according
wright 1T would be an excellent
petus 70 all colleges to have such a
~ as this, so that men unable to make
regular eishts can get their much
rsIed chance of getting into a race.
am hopeful that the cup will be Of
@ea @ 70 oil colleges having eights COM
Vsee OF men unable to secure seats on
nrSt and second varsity crews"
aSterday Wright had ten rowing
h,nes rmhnes on one side and the same
Imoer on the other side chuck full
@'s9en from 3 80 until after g, in
wv Ns,.,u u the midyear examinations.
sciIa nel"Ves that student, can
,hi0s.m .mathematics, business, law or any
i:oSs' under the sun II he takes a
cIso a'minutc workout every afternoon
NeI up his mind and remove aomc
ody;e de S'asslshness from his study. torn
ne Relay Quartet
ben "e tS,oMr wright was putting his oars.
hnt. "tough their regular aftarnoon
FacE ,oeh SoSeh Lawson Robertson. of tho
tneam' was holding tryouts for me tbe
mnile relay team entered o' the
sppS srS'{n p College games SATURDAY nioht Inc
tIIeS, brown, to show that he ia in Sn'' sr.