I 1 HARVARD VARSITY CREW t I 1 I 1 in training out or of doors for the I 1 great hate in june jim i THE MEN ME WHO MAKE UP THE CREW their life in the iho dialls and their I 1 work on tho the aliver the training t I 1 1 I able ilow how men blon boarn to rull poll a I 1 scull ISM lr by james IV johnson I 1 Ta invin I 1 mass may 5 1891 I 1 V VERY E ny morning at 8 i s hit li ft r p I 1 when tho the I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 sit shadows a 0 f I 1 th t h a ol at tn s arc faint ta est on tire the I 1 walks and lawns of r 1 I I 1 I 1 harvard a ird I 1 I 1 groups group of 0 f 11 I 1 11 I 1 c 0 11 0 9 0 I 1 men are 0 I 1 soon seen on all J tho streets I 1 a and nd paths F thai list load to crans C 4 F I 1 tons tolls it af the munir sity buildings I 1 gs aro aa hidden by tibt mid anti log foe bud and a shower Is falling that met riols thoin them to the iho skin they go BO there just the iho same for crai cranston stan manages lie iho training tables this icar car and every college athlete who is in to lo win in is in training now and goes there for his big meals at the angle of 0 the are boien wen men just setting getting out for tile the walk they their are noticeably well matched in bight and eight and they walk malk wish the c easy swing that indicates trained muscles inucci alren and d perfect health heal 1 h avei eveia y person abo hoy y meet et basano has n nod dof ci recognition audit and a cheery caf cry word of greeting tor for them it won t tako iota on long to that those these young men fire are the center of interest in cambridge just now and that they aro are the varsity crew cranstone Crans tons la Is a pleasant old fashioned form arm lious couo o about five alvo minutes brisk walk malk train roin the collego grounds tire tho crow have a roote room to themselves although I 1 hundle there are nearly one hundred d men in training for or the arious sit 1 hotle events of the year thoro there are base brill ball loot 1001 ball and cricket men at table besides the class boat croas buethe but the diet Is of coune the saino for or all D reak fast consists of 0 rice or ca oatmeal chops chaps steak or at lish fish plenty of milk and fruit luncheon which Is oaten between 13 12 and 1 is about tho the same lia as the breakfast l dinner Is 1 served when alien the lien iren conio come oil off I 1 alio lie river at 7 7 or 0 p ni and is tile the must mast substantial meal of tho the ilay day soup meals vegetables salads and ina macaroni carrial mitis fruit and milk comprise the bill of tare fare pork teal mial ham and any other food not easily digested int anding inding pastry paltry of all kinds are excluded from flow st after ft man gotis goes into training train log tile tho use of air tobacco and the drinning of all 11 liquors liquor tea and coffee is strictly prohibited I 1 bew people haie hac any idea of trai training n in an all atil athletic sense it if wall man lae ine I 1 v 9 f at I 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 vy I 1 BOAT E tends to learn to sow low lie ho joins a crow when ho he enters college 1 prattler air is marle made is as tar far as possible to I 1 tit him for his mark in tile the beat bo jt he spends it a good glod deal of time witia the dumb bolls and lit in lifting weights upon I 1 tho the rowing machine tho the introduction I 1 of the tink tank has mado made an practice during the iho winter months more I 1 tite ful in tho the boat ilian hall it was formerly bernie tho the arher opens in fit tile tho spring N lo 10 has learned to uso use tit the a slide properly find and line ha a rood good idea of liow law to handle an oar in lk march larch ascott as the sea ice Is 1 out eat of tire tho thor the tha crew begins practice tea lit in t the barge many of tho the nieu men are unused lo 10 to lo the iho writer water and they aro are kept in tho the i largo barge umili they learn to keep a bua boat on oll t an even keel thap they go out in t tho he 11 chell lell A WILL vua the iho first days practice on oil tile tho 10 a trial ol of the oars mans patience begins ile ho finds that there aro are fifty new ll 11 things to bo be learned lit in tile iho boat and as a e many moro more faults to bo be unlearned lie ila or t must not come so suddenly forward with fill the abo slide on tire ilia recover as to top stop tile tho boats boal headway nor must his heels strike on ilia braces at the beginning odthe of alic stroke in ili other word 0 0 that cheeks checks iko be boats 1 steady heady movement forward must muil bo be I 1 voided avoided the captain and co arches havo to watch for faults lit in each man and correct coro caro 0 o them as last fast as ai they appear any JP fault in the stroke of which a man loan hia has A not been thoroughly broken will iniard silly bly appear after ader tho the first of a I 1 sea gi has won ro aed tn grow worse to tile 0 o finish its tho the modern college stroke Is a scion tl tide tic one it lm has been studied in e ciery cry detail it las has a long reach a strong tron I 1 s 1 00 I 1 i I 1 I 1 r A 1 40 I 1 A I I 1 1 W TRIP RITER chew even pull of 0 the oar through the waler bato r 0 il f a quick thrust on the tha recovery anda and a 0 f sharp clean catch of the oar at al the loy bey WO 01 ginning of 0 the next stroke even an riv afi apparently ail att feathering 1 i 0 tn an oar Is the ihn result of study the 6 t trained clar linan accomplishes it by arching both th wrists slightly will pul f the X and attebe at the instant tho thumb thumb 0 touches louch pi tho the boily body depressing the arlt A rats M quickly A scull acell will float at tho the right bl depth if left to itself but the lh novice his has A to 10 loara learn that 10 probably tho the most difficult part dart of tho the ib stroke roke to master Is in the tha beat 1 I U D V I 1 jk jones captain and stroke of the 3 unior crew do describes scribes it II concisely the ibn beat in moving out lowly slid and with willi ill ih tildes slides under control on oil tho the race or a k firm erin catch arid and a lini firon oven even and then liters a quick toss ois aw gamayot dy of kiln alli the llin oar 0 filla I 1 loei pulled through th rouKh ThIs gives a bYth micI nation to tn abe be stroke making tu latch and birdah two very important jerla darta it Is that a crow catch 0 0 11 czi i 11 4 1 1 11 af pf T r I 1 I 1 0 w I 1 T 1 17 fit A F IT 1 IF N IF 1 I 1 t 11 P 1 00 r A I 1 A 7 4 d I 1 I 1 I 1 r I 1 U I 1 I 1 1 is I d A I 1 1 1 r t J ie V 1 C 4 aal P 1 1 11 I 1 11 1 I j I 1 11 1 1 N 11 11 I 1 1 1 k tap I 1 I 1 aa a a sl I 1 41 J T 1 a V C e 1 I N Z tl I 1 si IL dr 1 I T 1 m minvard ni nvARD IvAn SITT cura and finish together Rother to and unless they do so a they boy cannot pull lit in exact time utho varsity crew went into practice at tire beginning of tiie college year ono one ot of the iho university rules forbids team practice before last lart lall fall tho the members more bors of tho the crew who were not in the football team went out on tho the ri chor or until u til the lie ice fco came the ru runs rig of ill three ce or lour four miles were substituted lor for is nork tic lit fit tho ilia boat until the ilia holidays gy gymnasium a work and row rotting ing in tire tho tank fl filled ed lit in the time until spring when they to 10 work in I 1 he bolt boat tho the birvis ning of adelburt Adel bort shaw april eth was a heavy blow to the crow I 1 I 1 I 1 C I 1 C I 1 gawn I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 A laa 01 s I 1 1 41 I 1 17 I 1 I 1 r I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 il t L e 11 it e 04 I 1 F s q substitute CREW lie he pulled no ain G in the iho boat and WAS a i strong inon inan tho the saddest feature of tile the accident nas is as that his bis family objected to IM rowing and bad given reluctant consent to it only a short time before at present tho the crow crew Is placed la in tho the boat as follows age hight weight cavi cappalo in and croke nori NO ri 01 21 5 it ft 11 no 7 0 H kasten 3 W 6 ira Is dd D R V all 11 M 0 SO 20 ia 1 ao 6 C it Cunin iniga 0 93 a 9 6 2 9 id 4 F anna L in ft bi 20 21 6 5 Is 11 s 1 gat ishoi ii ool Hoi 0 m 9 s e i I 1 vs n 2 j C po ra 14 a 22 50 N ai 94 P 20 58 6 8 I 1 W E cobb 94 a there are arc two substitutes D F jones 93 02 22 5 11 ills ibs 11 IN NN triss 82 92 20 5 lbs ibs the crow 9 are all massachusetts alts non nico till throe three exception J C powers Is from rochester N Y D F jones Is a native of minneapolis Minnea polls minn and F N reg registers 1 from chicago they ba haie e all been identified with atis letic since inco they first entered college jones lynam rantoul and rowers powers roue roach d and on in thel their r freshmen race with columbia in 80 89 and marshall nowell Is tile iho famous football foot ball bali tackle of bis last t years team all have rowed in their els crew traits from tho the I 1 I 1 2 lf z I 1 tl I 1 yv 4 te a qa 1 f I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 li V 1 fk I j I 1 1 I 1 s Z D 1 F JONES HOSES substitute CREW start and somo some of tho the men were in tho the varsity last your year it ll is a stirring scene on the floats before the old boat house at 4 the tha launch comet comes ruffing puffing up from her dock the nien mail in their dressing dros rooms strip M w tit ith amusing rapidity slid and lit in an all incredibly short time appear on tho the float cl clad td only in ili caps sweaters tralies and canvas alious at a word from tile captain abo crow brings out tile tho eliell and drops it lit in tile tho water alongside tho the float they are arc to row up the charing Ch arlus tile tho shell lies iles starboard to tile float then tile iho captain orders hold her starboard sid aid fa att port four fort men step quickly anil and lightly into th tho shell fix their feet feat in tho the straps and their ir oars oara in tile outriggers T than lien starboard arl laid her port in starboard that brings bring lit in the krestof rest 0 tho the chew they rig their oars aud and straps tho the coxswain grasps the tiller ropes eight sweaters are pulled over ai af many heads and tire a 11 bilto ito backs of these young giants fluer floor in their lines than grecian sculptor over ever carved glisten tit in tho ilia sunlight elea ees in the iho boat boata Eoa dyl pu duill ill away assay they go BO slowly at first until they catch the stroke then gradually quickening until they aro are pulling about M w to tho the minute this speed will not bo be indrea increased ed until tho the crow crew Is well tn la hand and Is at present varied only by occasional spurts to give the moil mail confidence in thAm themselves selves and thum them to move automatically with the iho stroke oar the tha coaches are R C watson harry keyes and abai icy adams orient Is in tire tiie launch every day and it Is to be hoped their adylee and caro to will enable enbe tile tho varsity crow this y year ear to redeem tho the fallen alien fortunes of th their Ir college C HIIM wannes