The New York herald., 1922-06-20
Pennsylvania Coach Thinks
Washington Oarsmen Will
Be Hard to Beat.
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL,
PoUGHKEEPsrE, N. Y, June 19>-'That
Washington crew will be hard one
to beat next Monday" said Joe
Wright. the Pennsylvania coach. as we
scooted down the regatta course in his
launch this afternoon and watched the
Pacific coast champions row a vigorous
two miles. Wright and everybody else
who has seen the varsity from Seattle
in action decline to set a limit to the
possibilities of the far Western eight.
There is no telling what they may do.
AS we saw them to-day they were
impressive from many angles. The eight
is fine looking one physically. averag-
ing about 17s pounds and having the
proper sort of heft at the proper places.
Edwin Leaders pupils are not quite as
big as the Washington eight's, which
came here In other years and not quite
as heavy as the California combination
which rowed a sensational race and
finished second last June. The coast
aggregation showed splendid body work
and fine form with the blades.
Washington has not had a time
trial over the three mile course
and this afternoon. with the coming
of the finest conditions enjoyed
here since the crews arrived. the
word got around that Leader was to
take his eight out for the long awaited
test. Wright sneaked out In his launch
to get view Of the expected trial--but
Leader crossed everybody Instead of
sending his men over the full three miles
he worked them only two-and he did
not have them extend themselves any
too much.
Washington's Fine Technic.
The Washington eight was caught
in 10 minutes 32 seconds for the tria..
and f. as not going faster than a
2S ST. ,e. The boat was spacing beauti-
fully, moving along without even the
su unici0u Of a catch or break any
is by far the best looking
ru the standpoint of form and
hich the coast yet has sent
to 49,. Hudson.
Washington pulls its sweeps with no
exaggeration of style. The body work
Is rhythmic and the blade work Is quite
up to the mark, though 1t cannot be
compared with that of the Cornell var
sity. Whether 1t can stand the Gaff and
sustain it's form over three mics against
the sort of opposition which 1t will face
remains to be seen.
Washington certainly has complicated
the already too complex problems OF
the other coaches. Jim Rice took his
Columbia crew over the course this
morning and had them out for a long
row in the evening. The second work.
out. held under almost ideal conditions.
~, NJ so. n
miles up the river from their quarters
ar the head of the course, and then work
ever to the east side of the river. where
Rice spent considerable time ironing
out some rough edges.
Rice Appears Satisfied.
Rice. seemingly was satisfied with the
makeup and form of his varsity. We
got the impression that Columbia was
not swinging quite as much as 1t did in
the race with Princeton and Pennsyl-
vania. But the old drive was there. II
the Columbia crew can sustain 'tnat
drive 1t will take a lot OF beating-and
perhaps surprise lot Of folks.
While out with Wright we saw four
eood PENNSYLVANIA crews-two of them
what may be~called freaks. His $50
mound eight which will row In the junior
varsity race was the smoothest OF the
bunch. and Is one Of the best looking
combinations on the river.
TOO bad that crew isn't iIteeh
pounds heavier" unused joe his Iresh-
man crew-averaging only 100 POUNDS,
with a 1874 FOUNDER at NO. 2--ah eish'
which Wright calls his League or Ma
,;onsis short on ro wing looks. but long
ON speed. 1t is his light freshman crew.
The heavy one, which was the regular
first wear aggregation until the Ameri-
can Henley has been left behind IN
Philadelphia.
wright had all his crews out In tne
morning, the varsity going six miles. IN
the evening he sent all four or tnem
ont for a hard pull Of two and nan
miles. They went upstream with pows
an a iine-four shells tapping and max
inc q mighty pretty picture. Those lisht
fre.hn,en proved a revelation to us. ana
thew ought to make things hum In their
race on Monday.
After that driving row-Wright mac
the crews turn for home and ordereo
hard paddle"
Junior Crew Leads.
It was quite a paddle. The -FOUR wen
et Il again this time against the tloe'
the best water. close to the west snore
and led all the way. At two miies
Wright ordered the Freshmen ana the
$50 FOUNDERS out Of 1t and shouted al
the varsity to 60 after the juniors. .
Then came a pretty half mile dasr
In which the varsity hit the thirty.eisn,
mark and showed a lot of stuff. II
made up a couple of lengths on tht
juniors and proved conclusiveiy ina
for a driving finish. II for no otnel
detail of racing the big eight was .h'
better. There is no question tnat tne
crew which Wright now calls MI
varsity will remain his varsity.
| Syracuse paraded three husky crews
| the heaviest on the river in each o.
their classes with freshman eight al
most as big as the varsity. The big crew
averages about 1s3 pounds. with a is
pounder. worden, at stroke. ana
couple OF bigger men in the waist OF tne
boat. The Orange went over the tnres
mile stretch before lunch ana WEN
about four miles this evening.
| In the morning the varsity had iaiieo
tn catch the other two. but In the latter
workout Jim Ten Eyck told Worder
tbat he expected far better work. Tht