Show I k Youths Division WP I L YALE AND JJAKVAUD CREWS t The Great jliinuil Kaco Which Calls 30000 rcoplo to New London and T Which Lasts but Twenty Minutes c The Men and Their Training By Ralph D Palae 1 e NEW HAVEN May 310n June 30 the sixteenth annual fourmile race between the eightoared crews of Yale and Harvard Har-vard will be rowed over the Thames course at New London To the average college man and the enthusiastic college girl who swear by the dark blue or the crimson this means a day of wild cheering and excitement a bewildering f multitude of people flags yachts 1 > steamers and crowded observation cars and two slender shells slipping 2 down a long lane of yachts amid roar of cannon and S bedlam of steam whistles To the sixteen men who lift these shells scten for four miles with there whole souls in every heave this race day means the end of six months of the hardest training in I athletics and either such glory as comes t few of us or sorrow and humiliation that i bitter and hard to bear Thirty thousand people will journey t New London to see this contest that last I but twenty minutes Not one in a hundred could tell good rowing from bad out there is a charm and an excitement i a I PER S COACH OJ HARVARD CREW about a YaleHarvard race and the racer race-r day crowd that makes this as is the f University boat race in England the greatest athletic event of the year > The New London course was first rowed over in 1878 when Yale and Harvard began f be-gan their dual contests after the iranner gn Oxford and Cambridge Since then 1 Yale has won nine races and Harvard six Since 8 when the dark blue returned tot to-t Bob Cook and his rowing systemYale i has been defeated only once in 91 when she was ten lengths behind at the finish I Last year Harvard was confident of success suc-cess with nearly all of her veterans back nearv in the boat and a victory to back her up At New Have there was no captain and but three old men but by the hardest Mud of work and discipline and splendid l coachingthe Yale crew of Captain Josh L Hartwell was one of the prettiest and fastest that ever rowed on the Thames They led from the start and won by eighteen boat lengths or nearly a quarter L of a mile The crimson oarsmen and their coaches at Cambridge were not at I all discouraged at this aquatic downfall but started in at the beginning of the tS present season to turn out a winning F crew i possible r The training life and methods of the two crews are very much alike and a description of one will answer for both The radical difference which explains Yales success on tbe water lies in the method of teaching rowing and the style 01 stroke that is taught The University crew undergoes the severest training of all the athletic teams In the autumn the captain gets his cant can-t didates together and during the pleasant f 1t 4 I I I S B IVES CAPTAIN TALE CREW I weather works them on the water every i afternoon in coaching tubs or pair v ored boats When cold weather sets in the squad of raw recruits i made t run long distanches and harden and limber i the soft muscles in the gymnasium But i f I is not until after Christmas that the six I months campaign begins Just as soon a college opens after the holidays the football men old oarsmen and all the 4 green candidates begin work under I the direction of the captain at i the same time swearing off smoking late hours the eating of pastry and other luxuries Every afternoon in all weather the squad runs from four to eight miles out of doors at a good trot < to get off useless weight and open the lungs Then comes half an hour of exercising ex-ercising in the gymnasium bending bowing and twisting t strengthen the muscles of the back and legs Rowing in the tank follows for an hour The tank was invented by Yale rowing men about six years ago Essentially it consists of a firmly fastened boat in a large tank of water the sides of which are so planned that two endless currents k are set in motion by the oars so that the water moves instead of the boat The i current i so sluggish that only a slow stroke can be rowed but the work is useful use-ful in teaching blade and body work and control of the slide Each man gets rid of from five to seven pounds of weight z during the afternoons work but regains it by the next day i The programme is not varied for two months when the water i usually clear of ic and the crews forsake the tank for the river The Yale crew was on the 1 water the last week in February this ea and wont to the training table March 1 Harvard a little later Had a1te The training table diet is not luxurious but the appetite of an oarsman is not aPIetite pampered The fare of the Yale crew for I bar months i like this For breakfast fruit oatmeal rare steak eggs potatoes I pota-toes toast and beverages oatmeal water s nnd milk Dinner soup rare beet and mutton mashed potatoes tomatoes or beans bread or rice pudding toast and the same drinks Supper fruit oatmeal chops or eggs cold meat potatoes and the inevitable toast and oatmeal water r Through March the Yale men row in a y heavy working barge on the New Have harbor and the Quinnipiac river Hard on the Charlee at CaTnbridge The coaching 2 coach-ing i done from the coxswains seat and about eight miles an hour i covered e Yale got in aracing shell on the 5th o f I April and the fast coaching launch was I brought out of winter quarters to follow the crew Through April May and the first of June each crew is on the water two or three hours every afternoon while the a > i I I omniscient coach stands on the prow of I the launch and talks rowing best he knows Short stretches are pulled most of the time but about once a week the eight men strip t the waist and are sent at full speed over the four mile course on time and the record of the watches is kept a secret between the coaches and the captain Yale has the advantage of Harvard in coaching At the New Haven college there is a definite theory and policy in rowing matters on which al of the old rowing men are agreed The Cook stroke or the Yale stroke is taught always and in the same way There are hal a dozen old captains of winning Yale crews who keep up a wonderful interest iu rowing and they manage to so arrange their time that one of them Is with the crew nearly all of the time through April May and June Bob Cook leaves oft managing the Philadelphia Press for a few days during the season and spends the time at New Haven And he usually puts on the finishing ng and delicate touches The best known of the Yale coaches are Fred Stevenson captain of the record breaking crew of 88 now an electrician John Rogers captain in 87 a young physician of New York Alfred C wes captain of 3S6 a Chicago o lawyer Josh iartwell captain of last gears crew who is now studying medicine in New York These men learned to row under the eye of Bob Cook and in addition have that natural altitude for coaching that few men rtossess This season ex Captain Hartwell has been with the crew for two months At Cambridge matters have not run so smoothly I past years There has been a lack of harmony among the coaches and no definite theory to follow For the lat five years Harvard has been getting nearer to the Yale stroke and in 91 rowed it in better form than the crew from New iiaven Last year although they had the same coaches and wonderfully fine material the men could not be gotten together to-gether or taught to put any life in their work This season Nelson Perkins captain cap-tain of the 391 crew now in the medical school is doing most of the coaching and he will be assisted later in the season by Harry H Keyes captain of the Harvard Har-vard 8 crew who handled the winning crew two years auo There will be little variation in the work until the first two weeks of June when both crews move to New London and their pleasant quarters on the Thames four miles up the river Rowing then becomes a very serious occupation The faculties send up tutors t hold the college col-lege examinations which are over in the frt few days and then the oarsmen trained down to muscle and sinew now and burned black from the summer sun settle down to the last two weeks of the season Harvard is quartered at their pleasant cottage Redtop and half a mile above them floats the big blue flag of Yale over Captain Latham Browns house where Yale crews have been quartered ior many years Morning and afternoon the prac ice shells are on the water covering about fifteen miles a day with the coaches more watchful than ever as the eight men swing up and down the placid Thames The two crews keep out of each others sight as much as possible and it is the business of the substitutes of each I 7 DiF1k 1 ii rkf7c DAVID VAIL CAPTAIN HARVARD CREW crew to follow and watch tho other getting i possible the time made in the practice pulls over the course The stratagems resorted t for deceiving the enemy form an exciting feature of the last few days Finally the last practice pull has been taken the crews are polished off as fine a good council and hard work can do i the tired athletes have passed restlessly enough the last sultry night and after the fearfully dragging wait of the forenoonthe referees whistle orders the crews to the start From the boathouse where the crimson flies an eight swings over to the start half a mile away another from the float beneath the blue flag a few seconds of waiting as the little coxswains 1 ltte get their boats straightened out a short command from the referees boat and sixteen brawny half naked men jump at their oares and the great race is on while 30000 people watch with throbbing heart A to rigging Yale rows in a paper shell made by Waters of Troy sixty three feet long ana thirtytwo inches wide Harvard prefers a cedar boat of the same dimensions Of course the slid ing seats and patent row locks are of the latest make The essential principles of the stroke used by both crewa are a powerful heave of shoulders and along steady swing through to the finish of the stroke The body is kept nearly stright at the finish and the back does not bend the oar is i lifted clean from the water the hands are shot out with great speed and the shoulders shoul-ders follow over as the body comes forward for-ward for the next stroke Tue slide starts fast and runs down to the end very slowly that the shock of sudden stopping may not check the smoothrunninc of the boat between strokes The racing stroke of Yale is about thirtyfour to the minute running two points higher at the start and finish spurts Harvard usually rows a higher stroke averaging thirtyfive and thirty six to the minute Scientific rowing is the most delicate of all sports It requires common sense concentration of mind skill and delicacy of touch and motion far more than mere strength A light wiry crew of men with lots of nervous activity and dash can always whip a heavy sluggish crew of twice the strength In the last weeks at New London days are spent in little improvements that will add an inch t a stroke For in four miles an inch gained on every stroke means a boat lengh and a boat length often wins a race Just before the Yale crew disbanded last summer Sherwood B Ives 93 of New York who rowed No7 was elected cap I tain for this season The choice was most fortunate and well deserved Ive has rowed in two winning races and is I one of the best oars thatever sat in a Yale boat besides being the finest de velopedman physically in the university I He rowed on the 9 crew in his freshman year and won much glory in the race with the Atalanta crew by stroking the eight to victory after Phil Allen the stroke had broken his oar and jumped overboard In 91 Ives had heart trouble and could not train Last year he was recovered re-covered and rowed his old place in fine form Se i a born oarsman and has needed little coaching This year heat is he-at No 7 again and backs up the stroke almost faultlessly Ives has made an able captain getting lots of work ont of his men without severity He is 5 feet 1 inches in-ches tall and weighs 175 pounds There are four other old men in the Yale boat Gallaudet Paine Van Huyck and Johnson Edson P Gallaudet293 stroked in fine style lat year and wi H be at stroke this year He 1 not rowing row-ing quite up to last seasons form a ha lost > strength from illnesa early in the sean Gallaudet stroked his class crew for two years so that ho has four years experience in rowine He i a rather slender i delicate looking man but with unlimited Rand and endurance and a clear head He is a good judge of stroke and drives his crew all the time Gallandet is five jet j-et eleven inches tall and will train down I thisyear to 160 pounds His home is in Washington t Ralph D Paine 94 still bein the seat at No6 This is his third year in the university boat He was No4 in the ill fated 91 crew and held the same position posi-tion last year He is the heaviest man in the boat and on account of his weight he was moved to No G this year He has been slow to learn to row and his strength has been handicapped by slowness slow-ness and poor form He is rowing better this year than before His main faults I ore slowness in applying his power and I failure to start his recover quick enough I Paine will drop some of his weight In hot weather and will row at about 185 pounds He is six feet and onehalf inch all He comes from St Augustine Florida The vacant place at No 5 will probably be filled by J M Goetchins 94 of New York He was captain last years phenomenally omenally Freshmen crew and rowed at St Pauls for several years before coming to Yale He is hardly up to the university standard in strength but his rowing is effective and he handles him elf wel He works faithfully to over come his faults which are a tendency to kick out his slide and td hit the water with his oar Goetchins has a long back and stands nearly six feet tall His weight is 170 pounds The seat at No4 is still in doubt but the surest man is J M Longacre also of last years Freshman crew He has plehty of strength but he is sadly lack lug in application skill and ability to handle himself He is irregular and shows little improvement under coaching Jongacre comes from Philadelphia He Longcre weighs 175 pounds and is 5 feet 1 inches in height I he is not found good enough the place will be taken by A P Rogers another of last years Freshman eight Rogers comes from a rowing family having had three brothers on Yale crews one of them a captain His only drawback draw-back is lack of age and weight which are BO necessary for a four mile race He rows necessar iu excellent form and makes up in sand what he lacks in strength so that he may make the boat I not he will go to New London as substitute He is six feet tall and rows at 160 pounds A L Van Huyck 93 rowed No 3 last year and will keep his old place He is strong and pulls like a young engine but he is so short that he has to stretch himself him-self more than he should His faults come from his lack of inches which handicaps han-dicaps him He is only five feet seven and a half inches tall and weighs 170 pounds Another shortbacked man will row at No2 E L Messier 94 a stocky Pits burg man who has played substitute tackle on the eleven for two years and had a years experience on his class crew He is a heavily muscled youth and in strength a fit successor to the strong man of the college Balliet who strained the oar at No2 a year ago Messier is short and moves stiffly his rowing wanting ease and grace He is slow but will probably gace coached j j into better shape He is five feet eight inches tall and tips the scales at 175 pounds I I The lusty freshman F A Johnson who was put in at bow by Bob Cook last year was a wise selection He throws I his weight in the stroke and makes every I bit of his power tell He has several I faults which he can be coached out of and he has a year of valuable experience to help him His weight is 160 pounds and height five feet ten inches a good proportion for a bow oar 1 The little coxswain o the clarion voice who worked the tiller ropes last July over the Thames course will call the stroke again as he has two more years in college F A Olmsted is a levelheaded young man and he pays for his passage by straight steering and great lung power When he has worked off his superfluous ounces he weighs 106pounds These are the men who will wear jerseys with a big blue Y on the chest I i not so strong a crew physically as that of a year ago and it is not so well together On the other hand Harvard promises to send up an unusually able eight and the indications are good for one of the hottest races in years Alter the season last summer David R Vail was elected captain of the Harvard crew He rowed on the winning crew of 91 but was unable to train last year so that Captain Vail was complimented by the election when he was not a member of the crew This year he has had so much trouble with the leg injured in-jured in football two years ago that he has been able to row but little He is now regularly in the boat and will pull at No 6 He is a strong and effective oar and could he have rowed last year would be the finest oar of the Halyard boat He has shown winning qualities as a captain against great odds For he and Newell and Cummings are the only men available from last years eight After trying several men at stroke Tenessy a St Paul Frenchman with only the training of school rowing was put in at No8 He was taken from his class crow where his clever work was noticed and the coaches have been satisfied sat-isfied with the choice For a new man he does remarkably well He weighs about 170 pounds and is well built for the position positon He will be backed up at No7 by Richmond Rich-mond Fearing the wellknown allround athlete of Harvard who has taken up rowing this year He has mastered the stroke remarkably well and works in well with No8 His great adaptability to any sport helps him in rowing 178pounds extends over a height of six feet one inch and gives a false impression of his strength and endurance He is the best hurdler and jumper in Harvard which shows that he has quickness and nerve With Captain Vail settled at No6 C K Cummings i probably keep his old seat at ISO 5 which he earned last year I Cummings was in i health early in the season but began rowing in March Ho rowed also in the winning crew of 91 and is a very valuable man He has good form and plenty of life and action His weight i 180 pounds and height six feet one inch There is considerable uncertainty about No 4 The most promising candidate is Davis 94 who was on his class crew in his sophomore year He is another six footer and rel es more on strength than on skill He is not up to the average university material and may be replaced by Stearns a wiry and muscular man of 175 pounds who has rowed on his class crew for three years Johnson 94 who was tried a stroke earlier in the season remains at No3 with no competition He i five feet eleven inches tall and weighs 6 pounds He rows well but does not look to have the strength for a hot four mile race His I previous experience was on his class crew Richardson 95 a comparatively short sturdy fellow was taken irom his class j F i ia i crew and j put at No2 where he rows a clean and useful oar He is one of the men who may be a fixture and may not The Harvard crew is not so nearly settled a the Yale eight and not even the coaches can redict the final makeup There is no doubt that Marshall Newell will TOW bow He is a wonderfully able athlete having played a cyclonic tackle on three Harvard elevens and rowed bow on two university crews 91 and 9 His muscle is fairly S burden to him and with his great strength he is rather a stiff and awkward oarsman His blade work is apt to be ragged Victor Thomas 95 the coxswain of last season will steer again His weight is 103 pounds I While the final selection of the Harvard crew is not so well known as that of Yale I it is because of the number of strong men r to pick from A usual Harvard has much the better material Even Acton who rowed on the eight last year has been crowded off by better men Harvard I is working to turn out a light and active crew profiting from the defeat of her collection col-lection of muscular and beefy athletes i ath-letes RAPH D PAINE iii c l I q 2 THE YALE CREW p93 1 Ives 2 Gallandet 3 Paine 4 Goetchins 5 Lingacre 6 Van Huyck 7 Messier 8 Johnson Substitutes Rogers 10 Beard 1 Howland |