New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-09

| men in the crews He ~ q heaNy man. buo"sn ,n
lghtest weight in tho boat and is in such spienid
training that not another ounce will PROBABLY DC
taken off of him before the race. He stands feet
I0la inches high and is specimen OF Strength anu
| lichtness combined, having large arm ana proaa
and very muscu ar back and chest. Mr. Ely Is an
experienced and sklful oarsnan. having pulled III
the victorious freshman crew of last year. "o
! comes from Cedar Rapids Mich. .
Mr. Hall No q is n son of the Rev. DR.. John han
Of this city, and another son OF the same gehtiea"
is first substitute on the crew. Mr. Hall Is the so.c
survivor of the University crew OF last year, anu ''
believed nj the last regatta to have merted better
fate than that which overlook HIN. lie IN ncuy sA
feet high and is strong man of somewhat pecun'i
hnd rather small in the arms ana legs rut very
strong and well developed in all his uscIes' WIN
straight and strong back and very me ches. ho
| Is - man Of great endurance and it goes without
| sov;nc that he ia n cymnast and all these men are
| He is a slrewd. cool man. and very skiiiui oaiS
man.
No Mr. W. T. Van Lennep. is one of the big,
might SOY enormous men, and is splendid specimen
OF symmetry and vigor, weighing lo3 pounds
trained He has passed his twcnty-irSt year. when
is good point with these very large young heii' anu
! b,s a splepdjd muscular development throughout,
which his perfect condition and high training snow
off to the best advantage lie has the night buld Ior
rowing broad and strong in the IONS, ana Pui's
very hard. Though he cannot yet be s;ild 10 DC ii M
ished oar,nan he is careful ana accurate Ill "''
trol,e and will doubtless be able in few weeks to
Use his immense strength to the very best advantage
He is six feet high and halls from Great Darlington
| Mass Though he was brought up in Syria ana
always conyerses in Greek with his brother, the
Captaip OF the Freshman Crew. This is an accom-
nlishment in which his fcllOw-students take great
pride, rs they are Informed that nobody can talk
Greek in this country except the author OF AndIcwss
Latin lexicon and the young ladies' of Boston.
| Mr. George d. Parmley of Ncw-York is No. In
this crew, and with Mr.. Van Lennep, would cer-
taily bring down their devoted heads the stigma
of "young gianism" but as it has become an ui-
derstood thing that throe-quareis or all the coeee
crews are "young giants" it will be unnecessary 10
blast the reputation of the crew by that ttlc MT
Parmley however, III the sober language oil figures
weighed 2O3 pounds when he began to tram, ana III
his present high condition lie turns the scale at ls
He is inst six feet high, and his biceps are l0i2
inches forearm, Ii inches; chest, inflated, 40
inches Add that he took the prize at the Gale
DOMAIN games in this city for high jumping and that
IN spite of his immense buk he is superb gyinnaS,
and il would appear that If young giants were not an
extinct tribe he would be OF them. Mr.. Parmiey
has not the boating build exactly, though lie Sis up
! well in the boat nor has he attained to SO much
skill with his oar most OF the others; dips deep
now and then. feathers high occasionally, and not
upfreouently shows a wandering elbow. Ills cap
tain however, fully realizes that strength without
skill is dead weight in boat and 80 does MI
Parmley SO yOn may expect 10 see These h'lie '''S
ali eradicated when yOu meet this crew at Saratoga
! Mr. Parmlcy is n Ncw-York boy, and a grandson OF
! the late DIR. PaImey.
! Mr.. Biddle. No > is the Philadelphia delegate to
I ~, i iuil deal r.,
! Mr.. Van Iennep straight backed with square and
| decn chest and broad lons. He has enormous alb
| domina muscles and 1J-inch arm. His condition
is perfect and should say he was one OF the hn'st
men in q very fine crew. lie is nearly six feet nigh,
! lacking about quarter of an inch OF It,
Mr. Nicoll the captain Of this crew, is hard man
IN describe Ge is round and symmetrical and well
built in every respect and the hardest training does
not seem to develop any angulartes or corners III
him. His point is trclcss activity and mat hcrV-
ous energy for which Americans have become hoted.
Mr. Ncoll pulls well and seems always to be ready
for any quantity of "spurts." In fact he won his
race last year by putting on great "spurt
at the end of the race after Yale Freshman were
pouuded and unable to answer it. His men have
immense confidence in him, and all say that he pulls
4 tremendous oar. he is genuine disciplinarian,
and # used to be a joke at Saratoga 10 watch tins
aeilc. brght-eyed stripping marching his Freshmen
round the roads ii their caps like stern ser
ceapt drilling an awkward squad. They showed the
benefits of it, though, in the race, and this prescnt
crew seems TO be i'll good shape III all particulars.
His system resembles that of Cook and Frank Rces,
which is the best thing that could be
said of college boat captain. He leaves no stone
uutprped to get all the points OF rowing correctly,
and while in the boat demands Of his crew strict al
teptiop to the business IN hand Much depends on
him. He has. am inclined to think, the strongest
crew which Will present Itself this year. Ii is crew
of metbodicaI able men--all good students. They
are all athletes in high health and splendid muscular
condition. In fact / think they have been more
Thoroughly and successfully trained az to ply
sque than any crew has been Tor three
years at least. All this however goes for
nothing unless Ncoll bring them into
perfect drill and uniformity in rowing and that Is u
hard thing to do. If he fails Princeton Will take
hack seat once more but don't think lie will.
This is n city crew; Il crew of gynnasium-trained
men, Columbia is another. And they are Inethodi-
caI1v and industriousy mastering this difficult
science of rowing. Much rs we might desire the
triumph of natural thew and sinew and that kind OF
thing it is well to understand that if Amherst and
Dartmouth and Wesleyan don't study rowing in-
telligenty as these fellows do, and practice pa
ticntlv. the country boys are going to get beat
them again.
THE FRESHMAN CREW.
The following is the crew which viii represent
Princotons freshmen at Saratoga:
Age. Weight.
Bow-John c: Thnrston ..-.n Is3