The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-20
THE INTER- COLLEGIATE REGATTA,
The Crews All i'm Training on the
Connecticut.
How They Look and What They Think Of the
Coming Contest-Their Names, Weight
Height ard the Shells They VIII Use.


isthe college crews, all of whom have arrived, ana
assduous training. The Connecticut, in this
immediate vicinity, seems to be fayOrIte resort
for oarsnen, and the people, from their past expo
rience, are able TO criticize the merits OF the re-
spcctive crews with deal OF soEassurance. Tho
Bowdoin crew arrived last saturday and took up
their quarters about two miles above the course.
very nattering reputation preceded these gentle.
men, and most OF the others are impressed with
healthy fear Of their reputed superiority. They
are very good specimens of Yankee build ana
shrewdness. They will impart but very little
information OF themselves saying that the papers
have oyerstated their merits, and that more 10
expected OF them than they can do. Mr.. G. Price
was with them rs trainer yesterday, and they arc
said TO have another mentor besides They have
thus fur kept quite aloof from the other crews ae
II they did not care to be seen They are not how
ever, as has been claimed, the largest crew on the
river. They pulled about forty-tw0 TO forty-nvo
strokes to the minute last night in practice. The
crew as at present made up stand in the following
or,ier:--D. A. Robinson, stroke, '73, twenty-five
years old, feet ii inches in height 149 lbs. d. A.
Sargent 10, twenty-five years, feet inches 1866
Tbs. G. H. Hunter, IA, nineteen years, feet II
inches, ICE lbs. A. l.. Crocker, '73, TWENTY-FIVE
years, feet sh inches 1855 lbs. II. G. Ladd,-
captain, '7S twenty-one years, feet inches ib4
lbs. w. o. Hooker '72, twenty-three years. feet
10 inches, los lbs.
Tho other crews on this side of the river were
willing to give full measurements, though muscle,
as they thought, was no criterion by which the
probable result Of the coming could be Judged
The men from Amherst are CHARTERED near each
other at about the middle OF the course Their
general appearance is not unlike those formerly
sent ont from the same college. The bow oar in
the Amherst University crew pulled In the Fresh
man crew two years ago; the others are new to the
business. The latter are made up as follows:-
walter Negey, stroke, "a TWENTY-FIVE years 8
feet 10 inches, las lbs. arm measurements 1917
and 1874 inches; full chest Soy inches. A. J. Bene-
dict ~, twenty years. 1853 lbs, feet inches;
arm, 10 and II inches; chest, 40 inches. r. NJ
wilkins, 10 twenty-five years. 154 lbs, s feet OK
inches; arm, 1924 and 1922 nches chest 40 inches.
G. E. Brewer "a, twenty-five years, 145 lbs, feet
inches; arm, 12h and 1SA inches; chest, IS
inches. B. F. Brown, IA twenty-five years, la
lbs, feet 10 inches; arm, Tx and 12h inches
chest IS inches L. Bradley Jr., captain and bow,
'7S, twenty-four years, 100 lbs, feet o,s inches;
arm, II and 12aa inches chest 3s1i inches. Shell
built by Blakey, OF Cambridge.
Tho Amherst Agricultural or the sD.called
'sAggy' crew, stop short distance north of tho
University boys. Their stroke car Is said TO he
fine oarsnlan, and did great service in the famous
the crew have pulled in before. F. C.Eldred,
stroke, 73, twenty-tnree years, feet ~ inches,
$50 lbs. arm, 1873 and 1874 inches; chest 80 inches.
d. r. Bardweil, rs, twenty-one years, feet leo
lbs. arm, 11,l and 10 inches; chest IS inches J. H.
lbs. arm, II x and 1914 inches; chest SO inches II.
B. Simpson, 49, twenty years, feet lo inches 1850
NJ clark, Is, twenty-one years, feet inches 40
lbs. arm, y, and 1919 inches; chest, "a inches H.
rays captain 5 nineteen s
inches. Their shell was built by Elliot and is 40
feet by 10 inches and GO inches deep The crew are
comparable, and In the race they VIII do their duty.
The Yale University crew have taken ur their
abode near the upper end OF the course. Consider
ing their measurements they arc not the strongest
crew, nor are they by any means the weakest.
naa ey Sro Of build and % snS
whole appearance are decidedly the finest looking
Tsy are thus made ; Day
and 12k inches; chest, 3o4 inches. W. r.
McCook, '7a, twenty-one years, 5 feet SIS inches
inches. II. A. Ooks, 49, twenty years feet 3
inches, 145 lbs arm IA and IL inches; chest, 3eX
feet inches, 100 lbs arm, i2ts and i2N incnes;
chest ss,4 inches: G. NJ Gum, IA twenty years, 8
sei 10 hss tx ana 70
inches y, ,e l4' lbs arm l2A ana Is inches chest
Only one OF the crew was member Of the Unr
OF themselves Oh the authority of Josh Ward that
they pull strong stroke and this is not daicut to
men say that the Williams lads ore clumsy ana
awkward In the BOAT, and this is also easily be-
selves In the least, but to be in excellent Cor ten
for the race. They viii put more bone -" ,
n int Z tay ar sdS taan any and they
Do do wen in ,ss the others they must
captain and strcsse, ia twenty.one Years, feet,
los Frsh Cs a lS and ls ncIss chest u inches
eet * snes Isl w nrm i sS sna
inches; chest, 37A inches. G. 8. Williams, "a
y sst "a inches 1sa MS
lbs; arm IL and l2sl inches; chest, %Ojs inches
inches 159 lbs. arm, II x and 1915 inches chest 90
inches. II. T. Scho, '7s, twenty-oae years, feet
90 inches. Their shell weighs only ia9 lbs with
outrlggers IL ~ feet by 10 lncles and built by
Roberts, OF New York. They intend to pull thirty
nine strokes to tho minute through the race.
The Harvards have COOL shady retreat on the
Springfield side, and near tho iowcr end OF tho
course. 1t Is famous for being the place where the
Wards stopped while preparing for their contest
with the Ell, st. Johns crew four years ago. They
near by. They are, perhaps. a little Younger
than the Yales and considerably heavier they
look upon the approaching race with less anxiety
than most OF the crews, ana doubtless take less III
terest in 1t than in times passee when the contest
lay between themselves and Yale. Their shell ia one
inches wide They pull thirty eight strokes 10 the
minute. The crew is thus made up:--R. II. Dana,
feet 1853 lbs. II. L. Morse "a, feet ii inches, 1s2
lbs. John Bryant, 10 feet inches, 1921 lbs. w.
w. Lioyu, 10, D IceL ga 1nches, 100 lbs. william
Bell, ''3, feet ii inches l57 ibs. They have no
trainer. -
And so stand the University crews, six In num-
Der, who viii, make the important race Of the day
and the most interesting college race ever held on
tins side Of the Atlantic.
-Four crews have arrived for the Freshman race
The last one came IN Yesterday morning from Wos-
leyan University, Mddletown, Conn. The Amherst
Freshman crew remain with their University crew
on the west side. The three remaining find &C.
commodati0ns with the Springfield Boat Club at
the foot Of Howard street.
The Amhcrsts are the lightest crew here OR,
Benton; strPke and captain, eighteen years, feet
inches 1Sj lbs. arm, 107l and 49, inches chest
Ssa inches. NJ. +. Logan twenty-one years feet
inches, 1872 lbs arm, 104 ana l2h inches Ghost.
81 inches. G. r. lttleield. twenty years, feet sE
inches, 1873 lbs. arm, IL and ia inches: chest
eJ4 inches. +. G. Scoville, twenty-five 1ra feet
9tl inches, 1888 lbs arm IL and l2,i inches chest
36st inches ID. Kent nineteen years Il foot inchca