The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-28
E$ HARRY CRIMSON

Old Hiram Conlbenr'B reputation was based principally on his Wash. ington shells beating mediocre California crews year after year. CoDibsar's record at Poughkoepsio was not out Of the ordinary. His HuskIos finished second to gyra. cuso in 1913 and were fifth tho following June.
 C0nlboar never pulled m oar in when Washington products were midwest and California, there wnB talk Of tho former professional runner and trainer having roy0Iu- tiOBized tho sport The coDib0nr system and stroke suddenly be. came tho correct one.
 COnibeaP was n splendid teach. or, reg9rdIess Of where authorities rank him, Uo taught the two most successful of current mentors ---Ky Ebright, of California, and Ed Le1dOF, Of Yale. Rusty CAllow, Of PenBsyIvaDja, also was his, pu. Dii, and t was CnIIoW who turned out 4. UibrieksoD, the present Wh6HlUBtOH COHGU'
 Rowing systems arc greatly OyeFBtress0d, AZ football systems must be-" snid EbrIght, the cour- teOus little man wb0se Golden Bears qualified for and captured the last two Olympic cham DpjOn. ships, tbrice scored nt pOugbk0cp. sic, and who have broken oven with Washington since he reported at grekeIcy in 1924.
 Execution is What Counts
 "BtOrtes Hre built around syg. teTDB and strokes with tho yenPB. During our pOceDt visit At pOuKh. kOepsiG 1 hG0Pd someone say that Pop UjendOD had told him that the CoDibeAr stroke really was the old New England stroke and that CODibeaF get it from one Johnny Murphy on the Chafics river.
 "AB iD al other forms Of nth. IetiCB, the style iB not AB ImpOp. taBt ns the way it Is executed.
 "Tbe slightest change tB pereoDt. lble when eight men arc pulling at Obco, which accounts for the Du. ipefOus BOse0IIed systems
 "Tbefe are three big things IT rowing --apmB, body, and tho straighteDlBg out of the legs, or you might Bay, arms bending, bngB bending, and the slide.
 "ltB tho way they arc put to. gstbeP that counts, We at Cnii. f0rnIn strive tO do jt bII iH unison, and, with perfect timing, generate the peak power 0t the proper mos meDL ID other words, we seek--- and get--c0Be co Dtrated power.
 You heard it said that Cnil. f0rBia was short in the water, meaning that the sweep Of the oar W1B not long, There is no question that length iB the water is A. virtue, but power is the great. est one"
 The discussion of systems went OH
 "C0jUmbja OarsmeB, with the OjeDdOD stroke, do not DuH the arms until the legs are straight. GDe1 out" remarked Bob H0rFOD, veteran recorder Of Fegattas, "They have fl long body swing, They are almost fiat iB Inc shell at Iow stroke, TbHt must be good system, too, for it has won many 1 pnce,"
 It's tje MeD iD iI,c Boat
 Amy style that wins js A fine ODe,' replied Ebright, "We nI- W0yB were stroke higher thln the sturdy Washington men on the Hudson Ihst Saturday, yet our boys grjDD6d ajI the wHy down while lighting the crew that beat than by 4 deck on Lake Washington In April Our stroke had little more I1yb1ck than the one we em. Dl0yed two years ago, but more
 "I told my boys 10 row tbsIv own race for two and 4 baIf miles, then look around and row accord jDgjy. They certainly stuck in tbeIr during that last mile and n half, The fDee was replica Oj 0Uf battle with Columbia in 1928. tt was the changing Of four from our second t0 our first boat that did the trick"
 There were five s0pbOmores in the California crew, two of them t1 years old and three 20. Speak. ing of length jB the water, Dick Burnley, tDsyear-oDd, six foot Ave inch, Ig6-p0Bnd stroke, was s0 long that he had to cut down his bi1d SD It wouldn't be too tough for bIm, Burnley is not par par. ucuIarIy strong, but ne has the knsck.
 After sIi, it's the men in the boat, aB1 not the system Of stroke tbst counts the nl0st," con ciDded EbYight.
 "oIve me a bOsiI0Bd of Burn. Isys sBd I'II be a great coach for. ever"