Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-03
each Wright Threatens
Wholesale Demotions Un.
le,s Omsmen Get Rid Of
Excess Pouudage; Bo,O OF
First Eight Heauy

oo.cH JOSEPH WRIGHT. Of the
I,n,yersity of Pennsylsnnin crews
~ tbc warpath. Sir Joseph is sore
.Shs doesn't care who knows 1t. For
."S I'M weeks, come next Monday. his
..ndi,ates have been working indoors
III ont to get into condition for one OF
" most grueling seasons that ever
s.s.d : Red and Blue coach.
S STSe reason for Wright's nnlcashing OF
80 old tomathawk "a the inability OF a
hsi, dozen OF 30 Of his veterans to get
so~u iIr Ia weight. The overweight OF thc
S.rsmen varies from seven to tourteen
U"osnds. which must be removed In short
pUSS pp,Ssr or the third varsity eight Will be
Ccosmnosed of veterans too heavy to row
;nfke regular varsity boat. ,,
mat is Wright's ultimat,im:: Either
81 down to weight or the third varsity
I'm include the greatest array OF YET
s,Sn material in the history OF the Uni
vsrsity, Too much weight. according
toWrisht Is like handicapping a crew
whsn Il comes to a race, and Penn VIII
have all it can do 20 win without Deing
handicapped. 49,. ...,
a. handicapping Is different than IL ls
hare. The crews are handicapped ac-
cording to weight and not by lengtns
ssis done here. If the omciaIs i1'hk
Nat a crew in the Antipodes snouid DC
set back they add weight IN the form
Of lead bags to the boat: ana tne
added weight must be there when tne
race Is completed 1t must NOT oe tnIown
overheard or Discrimination results.
Six Weeks to Yale Race ,..
awe have only six more weeks to
vet into shape for the Yale races said
W,i0ht this morning. with such n
abort time, comparatively speaking:
hefore the varsity, Junior varsity ana
IN0.nound cights get into action the
mon must get down to weights l cannot
sscribe reason for their excess pound
AGO. except that they are probably cat'
IN most anything that comes their
wsv The training table has not ms yet
hetn established and that, for one thing,
is a drawback. :.
"At the present time there, is too
much weight in the bow end of the
boat. which makes II run down. The
,esult is that I must cast about for
members of the other crews who measure
ND to the weight standards and drop
thosc who do not
Wright refused to name the men who
were undcrweight. but little mission.
sry work among the oarsmen revealed
the following startling facts: That Kugh
Is fourteen pounds overweight: Lie.
feld. ~; Rosenburg. 3; Swan, IL, and
Medholdt, 10. Several others are from
two 70 five ponds above the limit they
should be carrying. but Wright looks
for them to get it off before long through
regular workouts. 49,.
Mattison. who is stroking the var
hty boat at the present time. Is one
oi'thc few athletes under weight. n
recent severe cold carried away several
ponds that could be put to good use in
ihe.strokc seat. Wright expects to con.
tnac experimenting with his sextet Of
stroke candidates until he has hit upon
thc ideal one. With Eddie Mitchell out
for the season the coach must do con-
sid rablc experimenting to get power
full stroke who will not wilt under fire
and who can hit just the proper gait
for the men in back Of him.
Twenty Crews on River
From seventeen to twenty crews take
10 the water every afternoon regard
less of weather conditions. The ath-
letcs are bundled up in sweaters and
sweatshrts to keep out the chill blnsts
that sweep across the Schuylkill. The
new boathouse Is one Of the best in the
country. and. according to Wright, is
just 1000 per cent improved over the
old one. Sc
Two tentative freshman ci.hts have
been selected from tine large number of
first year candidates, but they will be
switched frequently before the first one
Is definitely selected for competition, On
Monday the new boats recently ordered
will be christened. and from then on
daily brushes between the various cishts
will be the order.