New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-26
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE,
YALE's DEFEATS.


~, Pdffor Of The Trt6bne
SR. II is exceptional for Yale TO win race at
,rros,e, With more students 10 pick from IMAM h'r-
Yard has with both river and harbor Tor pract'' WIN
heats and boa -house afordng every coh'e'n'' anu
with money sufficient 20 cover all expenses n'' ''N'
labor and train, and defeated lmfe m"'' w 80
, for This and the reason be found III u ho 'hi'
~ not and the rpaui-ite muscle, for in many crrNs'
notably I'm that OF s9 her showed larger arms man
Uarvards Nor is her stroke the only fault Tor "hei
believe that the Harvard stroke IL preferable I'' nav"
been won with the slower movement ana WI" ~ "F"'
The trouble lies in the organization ana
Of the crews The head Of the Yale Navy Is Commo-
dore chosen from the Senior Glass six months OF more
before the crew is made up He Is always pioni"e"'
boating man. and generally the looked upon as IN"
stroke OF the University crew; hut he - also OIteh can
didate put forward by society and backed A. Su'"'
once elected he expects promnent position Oh Hi'
crew, and his voice Is mainly depended on ID Choosing
and seating the and in making future chans"''
Here ia beginning Of evil THIS Commodore be ne ever
so fair a man-and remember who has filed tho
office whom / could OF intentional PARTIALLY
must be in influenced by his surroundings. II
man OF his class society is on the crew takes no niue
moral courage for him dspaee him by an underca"
man or 6arJaros Nor is me the most suitable man IT,
manage the crew. Sharp orders from him viii not gen
orally he we'll received and even his best ideas may he
wrongly construed. In this way crews are made up
changed and rechanged and finally when Worcesteray
arrives the crew AS finally agreed upon may be not
month old This was the this year.
In the next place the Commodore cannot act as trainer
He is but student himself, and in perhaps every case
has received all his knowledge Of boating In college IL
he acts as stroke-as he generally does-0r IN tact row"
at ALL he cannot discover the faults Of the men, nor ID"
bis counse have the weight OF those OF an oder man
An upper cassman may successfully tram an uhdol,9si
crew hut no student take care OF the JhlF'iaIy
,,..,- .....i,,, 4. mid Il,
the selection Of "A bOw-Oarsman He steers thr Dolt =
delicate operation IN itself-and gives the rowing oIula
10 the crew An active man in this place may .sH ~"
race His muscle may be light, hls stroke nor u' D'
nor his grace "A subject Of commentator, anu ~ Iy
VET he a frstrate bow-OaT No man received more honW
In the victory of 65 than Scranton IN thls position 10
made II his business rouse the crew VI the Hornng
start the suggards when rowing time came, anu, Hirh
i'm the boat To- see that Intentional blhIsls Wtis
ioyed nd IL was the determined spirit which showed
tsefin his order "NOw-gentlcmen, II you pleas'-ou'
d-n you row." which won the race, - ..,,
The need of the Yale navy, then IS new orgainln5
power This can be furnished only by the AnHhl ahu
In the races really are no one denies, hcp 10 hs
Institution. by promoting more vigorous nahho'',
Alumni meetings would lose none 0l thelr ~
giving the navy q share OF their attention. lha t'sty
Gathering AT DcmOncO's, too, might bestOw niue oi
lis thought on the subject and n an Alumni coihnllN
sbould take the next in hand, the experiment
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Neir- Ork July %, $50.