New-York tribune., 1868-07-25

is the handsomest. lie IS very quick IN MS move
ments and is constantly improving in his rowing.
Mr.. Drew the giant of the crew. is the most iormi-
dable looking man in the boat. His weight IS io'
pounds his hight 5.1O his chest naturall 43 and I'm
fatedI "a inches his upper arm II inches and lower
arm Is inches. He IS a very dark-cOmpleM0ned man
with heavy side whskers and jet black hair. His
broad back and Olns are something unusual, ana ne
is there more powerful perhaps than any other neI
Der of his the other crew. He is very peTtlnently
called the Maine lumber man, and the 4ale men
regard hlm offsetlfor Simmons of the Harvards
He is plainly the strongest looking man If not the
strongest throughout, that Yale has had since the
time of Louis StOZk0pf, of the Wilbur Bacon crew.
Thoneh not so shohldered nor broad jawed as
he vet he seems active and 1.-the for his welght
and will undoubtedly by his senior year or by next
year as he is now sophomore be the strongest oar
| that Yale will have turned out He rows with
great deal of dogged pluck and manifest effort,
though perhaps he does not economz9 his stIongta
calves that perfectly hang down with muscle: lie Is
not a very graceful rover. but his great strength
than cOunterbalances his want OF beauty ID tht
regard; IT,, - ,i.h rothor
broad-spread looking, shoulders not particularly
! thick chested with rather small waist lie has
rather square, Olid-l0OkDg jaw, which gives MN
determined plucky look. He is not so compactiy
and firmly made as EGPP m or ~ anu agc oovs egbs m
pounds is 5 feet IL inches in hight, has natural
chest of AZ inches, with an expansion OF one inch his
upper arm is 163 inches and his lower arm l lnches
! He shows marked Improvement over last years
rowing and seems to have changed sides with ease.
He is more equally aeyelo6ed than the o'her en'
! Mr.. Copp, the most experienced man IN the crew,
having pulled as stroke last year, and as No. IN
1866 is H years of age brings down the scales to lGl
pounds and stretches the tape to 511. His chest is
42l inches natural and 4Si inches when inflated HIS
upper arm is lGi, and lower arm l4i inches lie ana
! Mr. Parry look very much alike and wonld pass
easily for twins. They both have light hair; mus,
taohes and goatees, and are of the same hight ana
age. The latter weighs three pounds less tnan INC
former and there is very little difference In the size
of chest and arm
Mr.. Parry's chest (naturaD measures 80 inches,
with an expansion Of three inches; his upper arm
spans l6l inches and his lower arm 1874 inches lie IS
quiet character says little, thinks good deal ana
pulls like Conesoga draft horse In race lie mas
! a splendid cOmpleXion-Iust that combination Oh
pink and white Though now somewhat under
cloud in consequence of his tTalng) when adles so
much admire in Others but stu more wien when 'iey
provement on any that Yale has ever had, unless II
be that of Copp of last year, whose crew. however
The training of this crew does not differ materially
from that of the Harvard though they are consider
ably more restricted in the quantity OF liquids used
than the latter They trained under the super
intendence of Dennis LearY OF New-lork, ana com
menced in the Winter with pulling at the rowing
weights which, by the way, is their own Invention.
They also took long runs and skated great deal III
April they commenced vigorous training since
which time their daily programme has been about as
follows Arise at 81 n. NJ; dress. and take sharp
walk of couple of miles or so; linen Drealiast at
clock consisting Of beefseak' rare, wheaton grS
tea and cold water. After recitation; when TOOK
place soon after breakfast and lasted till a. m they
took their morning row, which was about three miles
in length. and was invariably pulled on time. This
over thev were well rubbed down. and then lounged
or studied till dinner. which was served at p. IN.
and consisted of roast beef, rare, boiled potatoes
Graham bread and tea. They retired early ana ther
training placed them III splendid condition ior the
That hard rowing and hard study are not ncom;
patible would seem the fact bon at home ana ana
| arbOad. The biographical sketch OF jaws INC
stroke in Tom BrocR at OIford may Dc lnstanced'
or better yet, the case of MIR. 1iyerton of Gam
bridge University. England who according TO trust
| nv
honor at Cambridge of his class and stroke OF tho
! ITniveT.itv boat and is now an Nj. L. The methods
of training adopted by the two College crews diiier
! in few not very important particulars Delcato
BOYS by either of living IN three years become
sound men, fitted for anything from forced marches
TO sedentary confinement and II ~ doubted whether
! any man who achieved much success III boating at
aS GT hgff ow AeT the suspicious character
ito use mild eXpressonl of all the professional boat
during the past two years IN this country WIN
which all good men are Disguised, 1t is decidedly
refreshing 10 turn these College contests WIN inc
knowledge that all may have, that each man IN each
boat will do the best that IN him lies TO make ms
side win. No breath of suspicion or mistrust has
ever furnished the names Of the men who contend I'D
this strife and IT is to be hoped that they VIII re-
main inyulnerable 10 corruption IN any iOIln'
DIFFERENCE IN STYLE
The difference between the two crews IS not so
great nor marked as u was formerly Inc lale crew
is giving up the Wilbur Bacon stroke by degrees,
and las at last awakened TO the necessity OF drop
ping the rigid arm stroke which doubles inc men
into heap, and in great measure led TO their de-
feat in contests with the Haryards. The Wilbur
Bacon's themselves could only make 1922 over
shorter course than tO-day's under most favorable
circumstances and this shows that the Harvard
bOdy-strOke is what does the work NO man IN the
Harvard crew has an arm that viii compare WIN
Mr. Bacon's the stroke in fact having comparatively
slim arms, but the back and leg power is mahiieSuy
much more effectively applied Ihere IL III IL less
lug less dead pull and more kick and snap ana viIn
and 6lan Mr.. Leary has succeeded III teaching inc
Yales the stroke Of the famous Digllh
crew, which, while il works the arm mueh
iess than the old styc still requires less OF tho body
than that of the Harvard gmen. Harvard claims 10
row more nearly the Oxford stroke ana 10 nave ,he
advantage of il in qulckness OF the hocI p sIohcs
per minute. That this method Is g0Od one tno
result of Wednesdays Ward contest affords ample
proof TO ask them TO change II for the Dly eik OF
the Wards vicious though 1t may be, ~ouiu De
onestionable proceeding. la fact pTomlnent Doatlng
men who witnessed Wednesdays race think that II
the Wards rowcd this stroke instead OF thelr own,
they would 40 still faster, and ther superior P1Mgis
of endurance over those OF the Harvalds W4qiu De
vet more apparent. The Yale men reach wei over
their toes in going forward, come back WIN STRONG
steady pull, finishing up with something very I'M
Jerk; then recovering slowly than thc liatvarus
repeat the operation Their backs are ihuSh ifoIo %
bent than those of the latter, and their legs
do not seem to get 50 hrh hoiu' %
They row with oar rather larger IMAM iio m
Harvards, and thus make up for their lesser nnpo t
of strokes Harvard's stroke on the contrary,
makes the men reach even further forward ana row
with perfectly straight backs lthe same peng III
perpendicular pOsltion) and with their legs "oIknt
terribly almost raising themselves OH their eeais ~
every stroke giving the stretch most wlcked kck
at the beginning, and finishing up graceluy I WIN
the arms Care is taken to barely cover Ihe piaug S
ana not % their 6 prime p1 a object being to
send the boat through and over rather thah uhder
the water. - ,c
Roatinp as an institution dates back in Harvard to
1874 I'm September of that year low, black eiRnt-
Dared boat called the Star was purchased anu os
name changed to the wel-known onelua, 1,' md vide