New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
GREATEST ROWING
 SEASON PREDICTED
"Rusty' CaloW Takes Over Pennsylvania Squad This Year

Philadelphia, April 6 R-scan- ming the intercollegiate seas from his new coming tower along the Schuylkill river. Russell IRusty) Callow looks this year for the great est college rowing season the sport ever has known.
 Rusty has come out of the west, after five season of brilliant suc- cess at the University of Washing ton. to take over the helm at Penn sylvania and attempt to put the Quakers back on the rowing map. In the midst of this job-a tough one" he readily admits-his thoughts today probably stray back 10 his old cruising grounds at Seattle, where Washington and California row for Pacific coast supremacy and usher ill the college competitive season,
 There is more than passing inter- est for Callow in this far western struggle for in it Rusty's prize pupil and greatest stroke oar, Al Tlbrick- son. encounters his first test sine. rising to the post of head coach at Washington.
 No matter how today's race comes out I expect both California and Washington to come east for the Poughkeepsie regatta as W,ll as the Olympic tryouts," said Callov as he scanned q none too optimistic letter from t'lbrickson. California has a more experienced varsity eight but Washington also shapes up we'll"
 There are more great crews on the water this year than ever be- fore,' Rusty points out. Look 'em over. Washington and Califor- nia finished two-three at Poughkeep sic last year and will be better this year. In the east there's the cham pionship CoIumb bia crew, Princeton and Harvard, both sensations last season, Navy and Yale with excel lent prospects. Cornell and Syra- cuse also must be rockoncd with.
 Look who We draw for our first racc.' Callow requests. Yale and Columbia. l can't imagine tough or pair to try to beat than that
 Rusty isn't enthusiastic over penn's prospects on the water this year, but then he seldom does over- flow with optimism. That attitude is part of the Washington system. The best index to Callow's progress c that hn hoc rowing interest Pennsylvania has ever had. He has bad to sort out record-breaking squad of candi- dates. The sorting isn't over yet Only six of the sixteen oarsmen who pulled the 'jayvee" and varsity boats are back so that the re-organ- ization is pretty close to complete.
 We've got the weight but the problem Is to get the stroking power in proportion to it." Callow says. 'I would rather have a l50-pounder who got all of his weight into the sweep than a -pounder who pull ed the equivalent of only 1850.
 College oarsmen are heftier in the east than in the west in spite of the general motion to the con- trary. At Washington We had prob ably the tallest crews that were ever got together but they weren't beefy. They ran to the ransy typc.'
 Callow exhibits with considerabl pride new type of oar, spoon shaped and rounded at the tips in- stead Of being squared as in tho old conventional blade. They kre Rusty's idea. He started experiment. ing with them two years ago at Washington with the famous boat builder. George Pocock. They have been adopted by Washington this year and Rusty will equip his own with the new set he has just received
 They seem to mo a distinct ad over the old type,' Rusty ayers. They are easier 10 feather and particularly good for rowing in rough water such as we often have on the Hudson"