Evening star., 1930-06-22

Catching a crab" is the oarsman's lang,,age
for the failure of the blade to catch hold
IN the water. When not dropped into the
water at right angles at the start of a stroke.
the blade, instead of biting cleanly shthers
In at an angle and the Oar handle swings uu
sharply. Even the most polished Oarsman
may make the miscue.
While member of the Columbia squad at
Poughkeepste two seasons ago / saw FIovd
Sanford, freshman substitute catapulted
suddenly out Of the shell during racing start
when he caught crab" The oar caught
him amidshipS and so rapidly was the boat
moving that the surprised youth was well
astern the rudder post when the coaching
launch spied him.
THREE years ago a fine Yale crew lost to
Harvard when one of the men in the waist
OF the shell made the same error near the
start of the final mile. BY the time the shell
was righted and the rhythm re-established
Harvard had gained so much that the Blue
oarsmen were unable to catch up
So Ten Eyck sits in the stern and tells his
men, in effect, mo crabs today" One of his
maxlms is to give crew plenty of work II
is often jokingly said at rival training camps
on the Hudson that the Syracuse squad rows
to Albany and back "a distance of 60 miles
each way) at least once day. Be that as it
may, the Orange crews never fade out of the
picture toward the end of a hard race no
matter how hot the pace
So look out for Syracuse on race day Ten
Eyck Is old, but he still knows thing or two
about racing, and though his crew has lost
to the Navy and to Cornell it ALWAYS improves
100 per cent at Poukhkeepsie
another old man Of the river who rose To
TscIng prominence just when Cornell and
Courtney faded from the scene is Pom,
Glendon, originator of the famed Cslendon
Just before Courtneys death in 1920 ''pon,so
Naval Academy crew swept through all oppo-
s1tion to earn the right Of representing this
country in the Olympics. BY defeating the
Famous Leander Club crew at Antwerp the
Navy won world championship hoDors and
the "Old Man" came into his own
Pop" has score TO settle with the cham
plon Columbia eight coached by his son. Rich
Olendon, and while the "OId Man" would a
thousand times rather lose to Columbia than
70 any otner crew on the river, he would like
10 malt the winning streak which the Bhle
and White has maintained at the expense Of
the midshipmen for three years
was while coaching club crews on the
Charles River basin at Boston more than a
quarter OF century ago that the elder Glen
oon developed his now widely copied stroke
which stresses a long lay-back at the end Of
eacn pun. And with the success that has fol-
lowed the perfection Of the method al the
naval Academy and at Columbia University
nere mas Oeen rapid adoption of its essen
uals at nearly all rowing eenters
This year Pop has a powerful crew that
has won from every opponent except Colum-
ola, and 1t Is certain to be one of the fayorites
IN the approaching classic.
RILL HAINEs, the rotund EngIishman who
has charge Of Massachusetts Techs rowing
destinies, is another oldtimer of the river. He
was the first professional coach at M. /. T.
and each year since he took charge in 1920
he has shown progress. Now he has the finest
Tech squad ever. After slow start his varsity
finally trimmed Harvard, an arch enemy, and
pushed the first Navy crew to the limit in it's
second meeting with them.
Pennsylvania has beaten Wisconsin and has
in turn been beaten by Columbia and Nayy
But nothing is certain at Poughkeepsie.
And don't forget the two Pacific Coast crews.
There seems little to choose between them this
year. Both have strong boats and Washington
Just managed to nose out the California Golden
Bears in their annual race this Spring They're
sure to give the East a grand old battle from
the railroad bridge to the finish of that last
long mile.
"A mile to go and chance to win" the
coxswain shouts. CAN together now-the stroke
is going upl"
The oarsmen grunt groan. suck in ShorA
breaths between clenched teeth straining every
muscle in their beautifully developed backs
arms and shoulders as their oars thrash the
water Their eyes are dimmed by the sweat
from their toiling at the sweeps and they hear
nothing save the steady stream of commands
from their coxswain the rush of water and the
rumble of the slides
Finally the welcome cry, Last quarter
a hundred yards And thu stroke goes
up, up, up-somehow. you're hitting 40 To
the minute. Keep it up. . Fifty yards
-. Give her 10 long ones. YaY-y-y-y.
Let her run"
It's overt