The only thing the varsity crew will really have to fear when it rows Cornell at Ithaca tomorrow is fear itself.

Previous records, especially comparative performances at the eastern sprint championship races last weekend, show that the Crimson should win. But twice this year the oarsmen seem to have been thrown off their form by some mysterious sort of jitters, and there is no insurance that it won't happen again.

In an effort to get the performance he should be getting from his fine oarsmen, Coach Tom Bolles this week made two changes in the varsity beating. He moved Link Boyden from the J.V. to fill Jim Slocum's four-oar spot, and returned Steve Hedberg to his five spot.

Hedberg, the regular in the position, save way to Ted Anderson two weeks ago when he had to take a medical aptitude examination; he rowed in the J.V. boat at the E.A.R.C. sprints.

Slocum, a first string oarsman in every race in the past two seasons and a constant regular on his freshman crew, has developed form difficulty this season. The lanky Slocum is probably one of the most powerful oarsmen available at Newell right now, but Bolles decided this week that he needed to sacrifice power for smoothness.

Cornell is traditionally a slow-starting crew each season because Lake Cayuga doesn't become navigable until April. But just as traditionally, the Big Red has improved in late season and has been poison for the Crimson. Cornell has beaten the Crimson more often in the past 15 years than any other crew.

Two seasons ago, however, the varsity beat the Big Red on its own course, and last year it outrowed them with absurd ease by more than two and a half lengths.

Cornell's coach, Stork Stanford, found little new material with which to build up a better boatload this season.

In the J.V. shell, Slocum will row at four and Anderson at five. Otherwise the beatings will be as usual. Easily the best J.V. in the East, the second boat should have no trouble in staying undefeated.

Varsity: bow, John Atherton; 2, Phil DuBois; 3, Ollie Iselin (capt.); 4, Link Boyden; 5, Steve Herberg;; 6, Lee Rouner; 7, George Gifford; stroke, Lou McCagg.

J.V.: bow, Bob Webb; 2, Ken Keniston; 3, Cal Dickinson; 4, Jim Slocum; 5, Ted Anderson; 6, Buffy Bohien; 7, Frank Peale; stroke, Art Rouner