New-York tribune., 1922-04-15

The duel between the varsity crews
will be watched with keen interest as,
for one thing it is expected to give fol-
lowers Of this great sport a line on
what Jim COrderry, successor to Guy
Nickalls, has been able to do as head
rowing coach at Yale This is the first
year that he has had the full authority
of this Office and students of the game
are anxious to ascertain whether his
marvellous feat in whipping the much
defeated and much -maligned eight Of
1927 into shape TO defeat Harvard on
the Thames last June was merely a
fash in the pan or a forerunner of
greater things to come. Corderry took
charge of the Yale crew hardly ten
days before the New London regatta
hopelessly demoralized. The victory
over Harvard was regarded as some
thing Of a magic achievement.
If the present Yale varsity, several
members Of which are veterans of last
years heart-breaking struggle against
Harvard, rows with the amazing game
ness and courage displayed by the 1921
eight on the Thames, it seems safe to
predict that a victory will be registered
this afternoon over Pennsylvania.
Joe Wright, head coach at Pennsyl-
vania, announced last night that the
so-called Red" crew would row as the
varsity this afternoon against Captain
Langhorne Gibson's New Haven com
stroked by Mattisoh and has been re-
garded as the varsity eight throughout
the training season, although there
were times when it was forced to take
the wash Of the "Blue," or second
varsity The latter combination will
row to-day as the junior varsity.
The Red" eight is a formidable
boatload Of athletes and many experts
have predicted that it will defeat the
Yale varsity this afternoon. 1t would
cause the writer no great surprise If
such thing came to pass, as the
course and the distance seem to favor
Wright's men very considerably. A
longer voyage would be more to the
as picking winner is concerned it
looks like a case of tossing up coin
and abiding by the result.
The contending Junior varsity crews
also seem evenly matched, although the
same conditions that appear to give
Pennsylvania first eight q slight ad-
vantage apply also to the second boat.
There seems to be small hope for
Yale's 150-pound crew, which is more
or less Of an experiment at New Haven
and quite an unknown quantity. The
Pennsy ylvania 150-pound combination
however, is one OF the best eghts of
its weight in the East, and If it is de-
feated to-day the result could be re
carded as q most disconcerting form
reversal.
Pennsylvania crews this after
noon can be expected to strike con-
siderably higher beat than will be de-
veloped in the Yale combinations. The
varsity crew is capable of getting away
under the high pressure Of forty to the
minute and covering the entire Henley
distance without registering very much
under thirty-sx. This, in short race
is very distinct advantage when the
opposing she'll is attuned to a very
much slower cadence. Captain Glib
sons combination may be expected
to get under way with thirty eight
beat and to roll down the course al
something like thirtyfour.
The Ouakers will enter the big event
| this afternoon without the services OF
Eddie Mitchell, the famous l50-pouno
stroke of last years varsity. He has
been succeeded as pacemaker by Mattl
son, who. all things considered, is ne
mean substitute. Scholastic Deficiencies
have caused Mitchell to be removed
| from tnS Dual. MdLtlSoii, WIN 10
sophomore, weighs 176 pounds. HI
stroked the freshman eight in most OF
it's races last year. and seems to be {
! highly promising oarsman.
The absence of Mitchell relieves to
days contest af a decidedly interest
ing angle If he were back at his ole
post we would have the very unusua
| situation of two 150-pound strokes II
| action against each other. That is the
exact weight of Freeman, stroke of th'
Yale varsity.
The boating of the two varsity crews
follows:
Yale-Leslie. bow. Ellis, No .; Lttler
/ No. 8; Sheffield. No q: Gibson capt
| No 6 Rockefeller, No. 6 Haideman. No
! Z, Freeman. stroke; Chase Coxswain.
! Pennsylvs nia--Robert bow Howell, No
| 2; Swan, No. 3, Chambers, No. q Ward
! ner. No: 3: Wheeler. No. 6; Jelenicl5. No
! 4 Mattison, stroke.
The 15o-pound crews will be sen
away at $3.50 p. m., and the junior
varsity and varsity crews will take the
water at half-hour intervals thereafter