The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Only Two Veterans, Capt. Glib
son and Haldeman, Sure
of Their Seats.
COACH Is EXPERIMENTING
Jim Corderry Believes He Has
Promising Members on
Second Crew.

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW York HERALD.
NEW HAVEN, March 1S.-Owing to the
fact that within the last week the second
Yale varsity crew has been continually
outpaddling the first varsity and rowing
even with it in sprints Coach Jim Cor
derry and Capt Langhorne Gibson have
made various changes In the first boat
and probably will make others so that
Il will be the end of the month before
the varsity eight which will row against
Pennsylvania April Is is finally picked.
The chief changes during the last week
have been due to the check of the boat
and the fact that it was not running
well between strokes, with the result
that the only men who are sure of their
positions for the first race are Capt.
Gibson. who is at No 5, and Haldeman,
who is the starboard stroke.
Ward Cheney, who wes shifted to No.
2 last week. did not come up to ex-
pectations and his place was taken by
Martin, who rowed on his freshman
crew and on the second crew of 1921.
He rowed well there for one day and
then because OF temporary indisposition
was replaced by Walter Goodwin, Jr.,
who rowed No. 3 in the freshman crew
lsss year and who until this week has
been stroke of the third varsity.
Ellis Is Replaced.
Ellis, who rowed No. in the 1920
varsity and who has been at No. in
the first crew this year, was replaced
by Frederick Sheffield. who was in the
freshman. boat last year One day dur
ing the week owing to the absence of
Capt. Gibson his place at No. was
taken by Littler. who was captain OF
the freshmen last year. There is no
chance that LittIer will replace Capt.
Gibson. but there Is quite chance that
some other place will be found for him
in the boat.
Other prospective changes are putting
Bigelow in as bow in place of Leslie and
the possible trying of Ewing. the stroke
of the second crew, for stroke of the
varsity in place of Freeman. Ewing Is
utting much rhythm and speed into the
second shell. While these changes may
be followed by others, both the first and
second crews at the present time are
first class crews for this time of year
and the keen rivalry for positions is
tending TO make the rowing even better.
Rough water on the harbor, which up
TO this week had kept the men on the
Quinnipiac. was braved early In the week.
and the first and second varsities twice
padded out to the breakwater near the
lighthouse, a distance of three and a
half miles, at a stroke OF "a, and attire
towing back two-thirds of this distance
at this "a stroke quickened it to 32 and
ended with 81.
One Crew Is Chosen.
The third varsity and the $50 pound
crews have been rowing on the river
without going out into the rough water.
The makeup of the $50 pound crew is
settled for the Pennsylvania race. while
those of the varsities are not. The 150-
pound crew will row: Coxswain,
Kennedy: stroke. n. Freeman :, Arch
bald: S. Jones: 5, Riker: 4. Colgate; 3.
Chamberlain .. Folger; bow, Law.
j. l.. Carmen. who was on the varsity
last year, is back in the squad again
after recovering from an operation for
appendicitis He has been assisting IN
the coaching for the last several weeks.
He is now rowing at No. 2 in the third
varsity, but Is expected to be moved up.
In commenting on the crews Capt.
Gibson said to-day that there was very
little difference between the first and
second varsities and ut present II rs
draw as TO which will row against he
first Pennsylvania crew.
A training table was started M6uaS
for the three varsity crews and the 15O
pound crew. Previous to breakfast each
morning the men are taking two mile
walk. It Is expected that the varsities
will be able TO row on the Housatonic
River commencing tomorrow or the
next day The ice Is out of the river
and repairs on the boathouse have been
corruletpd