The New York herald., 1922-05-13
COLUMBIA FAVORED
OYER TIGER CREW
Penn an Outsider in Childs Cup
Race on lake Carnegie
To-day.
BY DANIEL.

PRINCETON, n. j., May ~. - Three
reticent rowing coaches. claiming ant
predicting nothing but hoping a lot
greeted those who this evening sought
line on the seventeenth race for the his,
toric Childs cup. which is to be fought
out by the varsity crews of Columbia
Pennsylvania and - Princeton on LAKE
Carnegie tomorrow. Jim Rice, Jo'
Wright and DIR. Spaeth expressed con-
fidence in their eights but declined to &c
on record with forecast Of triumph.
Pennsylvanias leaving Its varsity
which beat both Yale and Harvard al
Philadelphia, and bringing its 150 pound
crew to represent It in the big race has
upset all wagering. The Quakers are re-
garded az being out of the race-tha'
in spite of the fact that the light com
bination has beaten the varsity and the
junior varsity. 1t is not felt that the
$50 Founders will do as we'll as would
the varsity-and there is a strong i'm
preston that Wright decided to use the
light eight because he feared his big
boatload was going stale.
The race without doubt will be be-
tween Columbia and Princeton--and we
expect the New Workers to win. Colum-
bia is all set for a race of that char
acter-just short of two miles--whilt
Princeton, still suffering from the beat
ing of last week and still trying to get
its bearings, is not quite ready for Rice's
pupils.
Compa rison With the Navy.
Columbia has the confidence born OF
victory over Yale and the fact that II
was able to beat fine Princeton eight
for the cup on the Harlem last May
Princeton in it's first race last Saturday
trailed the Navy by six lengths. but nm
ished a length and half I'm front OF
Harvard, which was not bad crew. TO
morrow both the Blue and White and the
Tigers Will get their real test, ana fol-
lowers of rowing will get more or less
interesting line on the. Navy's position
with regard to the company which It is
to meet at Poughkeepsie. The race here
will be over the same distance as that
at Boston--one mile and seven-eighths.
When the Tigers rowed on the Charles
with their Orange eight the supposition
in some quarters was that DR.. Spaeth
would follow the policy of 1921 and send
his Black crew out for the Childs cup
However. he crossed" these predictions
by standing pat on the Orange eight
stroked by Sid Milne, a port strokeo
boat. and the only one in the history OF
rowing at Nassau.
Mines crew worked with enough skill
and polish on the Charles. 1t showed
few faults, but they were not giarins
ones. 1t was beaten so badly because
It could not match the tremendous power
of the midshipment. Columbia Is not
quite as strong as the Navy, but We
think II a bit more powerful than the
yaf
eight is a smashing stroke. AS the
Navy rowed last week, with its stroke
cut down to an average of 33. 1t rowed
very much after the style of the Co
lumbia combination--a modification OF
the Ned Hanlan stroke of the Canadians
with a happy combination of leg, arm
and shoulder drive. Princetons style is
closer to the American ideal.
All Work ON the Lake.
All three colleges had their crews out
on the lake to-day for double workouts.
The practice was not Of a serious ma
ture. The crews got their bearings,
unlimbered bit. worked lot at starting
and ironed out few rough edges. The
weather was ideal-little wind. plenty
of warm sunshine and hardly a ripple
on the course.
The regatta will consist of three races,
opening with the freshman event, clos
ing with the varsity and featuring a
Junior varsity race as the sandwich"
The Junior race ought to be hummer
too. The Princeton freshmen have =.
splendid chance to take their event as
they rowed a pretty race behind the
Navy plebes last week.
Cup Presented I'm 1879.
The Childs cup fs the Oldest rowing
trophy In the country. dating back to
1879. when the late George w. Childs
OF Philadelphia presented it for compe-
tition among four Dared crews from
Penn, Columbia and Princeton. The
race Of 1886, won by Cornell, a guest,
was the last held In fours. In 1889 the
event was revived. after lapse of three
years, in eight cared shells.
or the sixteen races thus far rowed
Penn has won six, Columbia four.
Princeton three, Cornell two and the
Navy one. The midshipment were in
vited to row in 1920. when the cup race
was held in conjunction with the Amer
lean Henley on the Schuylkill.