Rutgers Oarsmen

Four years ago a passer-by along the shores of the New Jersey's Raritan River would have seen two crews racing down the Herley course against each other. One boat was a second hand gig lent by Lawrenceville Preparatory School for the occasion, and the other a similar purchased boat from Princeton. In the boats were the first and second crews of Rutgers University.

From this humble beginning crew has rapidly developed at the New Jersey Institution, and high point in that development will be reached when two Rutgers crews take to the Charles tomorrow afternoon for a triangular race against Harvard and M.I.T. It is the coming of Age for Rutgers newest sport.

Both Row the Washington Way

For the first three years the crews were guided by Ned Ten Eyck, son of the veteran Syracuse mentor. Then Chuck Logg came along to bring him the Washington tradition, the same rowing tradition in which Tom Bolles was raised. On his Freshman crew, he stepped into 7 on the Varsity the following year and stayed three years. Between 1924 and 1932 he was at Princeton first as assistant and then as head coach.

Of course Logg is a disciple of the famed Washington style that Harvard men suddenly realized was good last Saturday afternoon. That Logg is having the same success with the type of rowing Tom Bolles teaches was forcefully seen last Saturday when the Rutgers Varsity battled through rough water in a moonlight race on the Raritan to trim the oarsmen from Manhattan College.

Rutgers a Confident Underdog

The result of this triumph over the Jaspars has resulted in a confident crew at the Now Brunswick school, and they are leading for Cambridge determined to upset to Crimson Varsity eight. That is a tough assignment, and the way things look down at Newell at present an almost impossible one. But the race last Saturday against Manhattan was encouraging, and commenting on it, Coach Logg said: "The varsity rowed a creditable race which augurs well for the future."

Rutgers crews row with the same shorter reach and layback that Bolles has introduced here, and reports say they space well, have clean blade work and in the Manhattan race they finished with a powerful sprint at 34 strokes to the minute. It will be an interesting race, but although we can't tell too much it doesn't appear that the Scariet boat can have much of a chance against a Crimson crew that starts easily, swings along with smooth powerful 32 and can spring up to 40 at the finish.

The Jayvee race will be a set-up for Harvard. Rutgers second lost to Manhattan and after rowing the entire race at 30, they didn't leave anything left at the finish to sprint with. Logg has been working on that weakness all week, but the Varsity crew only beat Harvard's Jayvees by three lengths Tuesday, and Tom Bolles' boys will be miles ahead of their competitors in this race.