New-York tribune., 1874-07-04


of the crew wei ching $50 pounds. II any man in
the crew is doubtful it is Mr.. Henderson, whose
light weight is a drawback in this very large crew
His muscle however is of the finest quality he is
extraordinarily tough and pulls admirably. he IS
the best ball thrower in college. Mr.. Henderson is
a senior living in Ithaca, and is thoroughbred
farmer He is feet 1OI inches in hight, and has
lost eight pounds in training.
Mr. p Clark of FOrestville. N. Y. is No. 3. He Is
a tall man. standing feet inch, of dark com
plexiOn. and goOd-loOkng. He is freshman, ana
was stroke of their crew. Mr.. Clark is weil-Ouii'
for pulling he might be little larger in the leg
and practices considerably with the skipping-rope
with this in view but he is extremely well put to-
gether at the Joints and his muscles, though IN a
very high state of training round and firm rather
than distinctly developed. He is a man OF great
pluck and power and. having long broad oack
and good reach pulls very neatly He has lost ~
pounds in training.
THE BIGGEST MAN IN THE RACE
Out of so many thousands of the flower OF our
youth il might be expected that some splendid spec
mems of Young manhood could be selected. Several
of the crews have year men of giadlatorai size
aud power For massveness, however, united with
that beautiful symmetry of limb and muscle which
nature and general outdoor exercise continued for
generations alone can confer and which the gymna-
Carver No. of this crew. He is a plainsman and
the son of plainsman. from PicatOnIca, Illinois,
and is in the full maturity of % years. BE has
round. Grecian head which. though good sized looks
small upon his shoulders like that of most very
powerful men, He stands sixfee and one inch high,
and began to train at the weight of 2lO pounds, all
bone and muscle. Hie muscles are round, white and
firm. and his very high state of training by which
he has lost p pounds has brought them out very dis
tinctly The back is perfectly straight, the body
large and the calf and thigh and lower back and
loin muscles are laid out on grand scale and beau
tilully developed His motion in the boat, though
his stroke from brief practice is less perfect than
that of many other men. is characterized by ease
and power An interesting contrast presents itself
between Mr.. Carver and Mr.. Goodwin Of Harvard.
who is nearly large man. Mr.. Goodwin, whose
exercise has mainly been in the gymnasium and for
special purposes, has an upper 2Im or bceps muscle
which measures around III inches. His forearm is
but 12 or FIVE inches less. Mr.. Carver whose exer-
else has been general has a forearm and upper arm
of exactly the same size-abOut IA inches. MI
Goodwin could undoubtedly put mp larger dumb
bell raise his body when hanging from swing leap
with his hands on the parallel bars, and strike
single blow possibly with more force; but IN wrest-
ling in pushing in hitting or in hauling, Mr. Carver
the two being equally sound and skilfull might be
expected to prevail.
This reminds me of a little story. Young oars
man went up to Josh Ward last year and displayed
a pear-ke biceps acquired III the gymnasium with
Infinite pains. HOw's tnat Josh I" he said, swell
ing il mp to full size and patting Oh that's we'll
'nough.' drawled Josh, tapping him on the fore
arm. " if We can only move 1t down here" Bceps
is out of fashion; if it not people would think
the Harvards had certainty of victory. man of
.J.,-s., H.,r 20 Afv
Roberts of Trinity. who has a forearm Of 49, inches
and is said to have worked as a stone-mason. few
games, requiring attle preparation, which would
bring out not only these men, but renowned boxers
like Eustis, and wTestlers like Cook. VINO, though
hardly able TO push up dumb-bell OF 30 pounds, has
sent to grass men who outweighed him by one half,
would he of great interest and might do something
70 settle the vexed question Of the relative power of
CITY and country athletes.
No 5 in the Cornell crew is Mr.. Corvin, who is
another of the raftsmen, having logged 1t" for
eight years on the Delaware, IN deeps and rapids
and among ice ard SNOW. he Is asymlnetIlcaI klow,
and strong in every part, who pulls well ana always
pulls hard. de comes from Narr0wsDugh' New
York. and stands feet II. he is a junior and has
lost q pounds in training
Mr. King who was stroke last year, solid, pow
erful man of p years, who became noted on the
river last year for his even and powerful stroke and
for his cock-like regularity in pulling He is feet
TO- comes from Malone, y. Y, and is junior. tie
has set his mind on gaining victory for Cornell,
ana if it does not this year, he means II shall
come some other time He is another of the RATS
men, having run logs on the sarauae near his nome
in the drondacks for years. He has lost IA pounds
in training.
ADANGER OF OVFRTRAINING.
The number of pounds which has been taken off
of these men would have ruined most Of the
crews entirely. and these splendid men give abund-
ant Sims of over-taXatiOu and increasing derange-
mcuf of the vital organs. The bad points III their
training seem to he fast walking, and running after
a pull without intervening rest, and overrlglhty OF
diet. Meat bread a few potatoes and Iice pudding
form the bulk OF it. with few vegetables, and no
frnit A free use of frIit and vegetables adopted
Immediately viii probably be necessary to save tins
crew serious trouble, as Messrs. King CLARK, and
Carver have bois. and others need mid physcklng
TO facilitate digestion. They are nervous and sober,
la,4up the elasticity of health as a crew. and the
quicker they get on five pounds Of flesh al round
the better for them. If any men can stand over
training these rugged fellows can, but the risk that
their vault mbtion VIII oyerleap itself IAd fall
On T. other side is at present very great.
Their stroke IS plain forward and back pulled ac-
coriing to sound general rules. The men slide well
forward and are peculiar perhaps IN going back at
the end of the stroke little beyond the perpendicu
lar They pull about "a 10 the minute aud spurt SO
and s. The stroke has no pretensions TO anglican
origin. and is easily acquired.
The crews general characteristics have been in
/ dcated They are trongbacked, muscular fellows.
hardy and determined. Their skill isrespeetable and
/ the fine touches of style and form they have yet
/ time TO acquire.