Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-25
Coach Wright Has Eighteen
Penn CrelUS on SchuulkiU
-Four Men for Varsity Boat and Sir for Junior
Varsity Must Be Developed -Nattison's Loss
Severe BIou
Severe BLO,v
BY JOSEPH T. LABRI'M

THE chill winds that blow across the
= Schuylkill and kick up ripples on
the otherwise placid stream hold no
teIrors these fall afternoons for Coach
Joseph Wright and his University Of
Pennsylvania rowing squad.
Eighteen crews, with eight huskies
in each. clad In heavy sweaters raced
up and down the river yesterday after
noon with Coach Wright. megaphone
in hand. giving directions from his
motorboat.
The fall program n Pennsylvania
this year has been highly successful.
according to the portly Wright. AS
many as twenty crews have been on the
river in single afternoon. Two hun
drcd and eighty men have signed up
for the sport. the largest in the history
of the University at this time Of the
year.
Wright has his hands filled this year
and he knows it. All that he has to
do is develop four men for the varsity
boat and six for the Junior varsity.
The squad is there, numerically speak
ing, but whether it contains finished
oarsmen capable of taking the seats of
those who have graduated or left school
Is another matter. Wright is doing
varsity crews rowing daily, out OF
which he expects to obtain sufficient
stalwarts to man the vacant oars in
the two varsity shells.
The biggest loss to the coach of all
came when Mattison, the brilliant
stroke of the varsity, announced his
intention of going into business. For
two years Wright has worked like the
proverbial beaver to make star oars
man of Matty and just when he had
the stroke ready to be dependable he
Is lost.
IT WILL be recalled that the ste,c-
1 ards at Poughkccpsic ruled Mat.
tison out of the frcshman eight gears
ago. Last year the UOungster
= strOkcd the rdrSity IN brilliant style
to its rictorics orer Yale and Hdr-
rard. He nas counted on heavily
this year.
Three Other Varsity Men Lost
CWAN. Jellinek and Novel;, all of
. whom graduated, are the others lost
from the varsity boat. All three were
capable veterans whose positions will
be difficult to fill. Captain Wheeler
and Roberts are the men around whom
Wright is building his plans for the
spring.
In the junior varsity boat Rosenberg,
captain of the crew last year Hap Day,
Mugger, French, Barnhart and Singer
are among the missing. Wright has
been using a number of the freshmen
from last year in his two varsity crews.
There is a strong posi- bility that the
veterans from the varsity and junior
varsity cights will be combined as one
crew and an entirely new junior var
sity developed.
Doyle, the stripping from West Phila-
dephia who strOked the freshmen last
year, looks like the best bet to per-
form the same task for the varsity this
year. The youngster Is a trife light
for the post, but, according to Wright.
he has the strength and fight that are
so essential in the position.
Doyle strokcd the West Philadelphia
Barge Club eight that won the Fourth
the same crew when it finished second
by scant foot in the memorable race In
the national championship held here in
August. lie also stroked the West
Philadelphia eight that breczed across
the line Il winner in the Labor Day re-
gatta at Baltimore.
The true value of the various crews
will be determined at the time of the
annual fall regatta on November . and
10. At that time the coach will seat
the crews according to the respective
Of the candidates, which
should make for an extra fine regatta.
The lack Of heavy freshmen is caus-
ing no end Of worry to Wright. With
more than fifty Of the biggest men in
the first year class in the University
forced to take the lighter men. Not
one of the yearling candidates weighs /
more than 10 pounds, most Of them |
coming in between 145 and 100 pounds. |
ACCORDING to the census of the
~ first .pc0r class orer 200 students
Who pcigh approximately 100 pounds
on an average, some much more than
that, are desir0us of rOlcing. but more
than so per cent haze failed to re-
port. Wrtght erpects to get his man
dgers on the job before the spring
cork starts.
I5O.Pound Crew Needs Men
'NHERE is also dearth of candidates
l. for tn" 150-pound crew, which
Wright hopes to remedy before tho can
lidatrs report for the indoor work that
starts in January.
1--WE have u big squad working out
iaily,,, SAID wright this morning, ''and
rom the number ! think we are going
% nave an excellent varsity outfit. II
rather early to make any predictions
IN the possible makeup Of the various