The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-07

the slow stroke now In fashion, there is a plain
tendency TO clip the beginning that was not re.
marked in the best crews OF former days with
their ten more strokes 20 the minute. But what
ever may be OoumDla's chances at the middle OF
next week there Is more tnan one crew here con.
tdent that they can equal or beat her, and per.
baps none more so than
PRINCETON.
Her men undoubtedly nave many OF the best
points IN their layor. None, PROBABLY, nave done
ing daily not seeming 10 them inordlnate, nor
thus far injurious. Three OF The waist men are
Han, the fourth oae, LOOKS, II not aa
massive. a strlhgY, tough man, good loI
hls sixth OF the work, especially with tue
trlning advantage OF leverage, which ne gets
rom his seat next 60 bow. Stroke Is man
with some unusually good points, not pond"r-
Gus, large and muscle-bUund around tue shoul-
oers, with litheness intense activity. These rather
are the things you think oil In looking hlm over,
Nearly SIX feet nigh OF great ease Of movement,
he does not SIT ~ stun precise like The sturdy
men IN me ale SiX,but swinging well iorwa and
back like Radlord or Mekell offormer years,
Josh or GIL or even Ellis Ward among he pro-
captSIn ,be no'aPy nHe hoTns wo tes
r0wed Oxford, rowing last year IN the Freshman
contest that supremey difncult thing TO row-a
waiting race-for he held his crew back Till within
a hundred leet, and then sprang IN and won,
though now he says tnat IL was accidental He
earned his present position az stroke oil the Uni.
versity, ana seemingly HIS IL admirably. But the
two things which seem to-day 10 most endapger
Irlnceton's chances are oyerwork and not the
best OF coaching. Inc weather. starting IN hot ON
the 23d ut.. ana Keeping so few days, mas latter.
Nv been lar more temperate, ana l0e nara W0rk
did not take away the nesn. But one or TWO not
days, and an eighteen mile pull on each
VIII make these men too fine. Already tain enough,
IL Is very questionable ii tue lOur at pracUce
this sultry, en- rvatlng morning should have Kept
on their thick sailor snlrts Again, No. g. one
OF the ST. ongest largest waist men, Is hardly
more than pulling his weight. Reaching forward
well enough ne does not come lar enough back
ana ms ead OF his back and legs and weight do %
the WORK, his arms anu muscles seem TO. week
OF sharp coaching may remedy tins iault, but II
LOOKS little doubtful. and II not so mended, II
N IlOnnl
they seeu goon TO be among tne first. Home adj
miration they nave doubtless mad IN abundance.
hut so have several other crews here, and in this
battle OF picked men II Is no ignt or easy thing 10
win.
THE FAvoRITEs
But the lavorlte crew almost everywhere to-da!
Is Yale. Though prevented by the ds ster OF last
year from showing wnat was IN tnem, tney mac
with, anu even by little passed, both OF whom
were creeping upon Columbia for the lead. IL
steady stroke, she would proeably have beaten
Harvard and LAID n good foundation Tor the idea
that Columbia won only Dy a duke. Four OF her
old men remain, ana no other strong crew is
equally favored, while she has TWO men
good enough TO dispace Mr.. Hall, nitn.
who is now as substitute. Under u captain
who, Dy crossing the ocean, learning under much
for a whole wear with tIreess energy and good
judgment, and who has we'll earned a rignt to see
them hrsf, II they are 10 be so, ana II no accident
comes in the next eight days, all friends OF tae
dark blue had better be on hand. Not that she
has no faults, for while stroke reaches out lar and
does his Work Thoroughly, No. 5, perhaps the
strongest IN the boat reaches short and pulls
little behind stroke. -Four rows well. but three
clips nOlceably ana also nnds far reaching DIM
cult. TWO only keeps time Wy often not pulling
his car clean up to his body, so losing the nnish oil
MS stroke wnile bow also clips noticeably, though
dong honest WORK. me " hole effect is excellent
stroke, however coming rather lar back, and SO
the crew seems TO pull harder at the end of the
DIP tnan at the beginning. All backs were
straight, and at twenty.nlne or thirty strokes a
minute the boat moved well but not wonderfully.
AT times there was hardly the life in the stroke
| That was expected. Now and then Cook would
put Hall on at stroke and as coach devote himself
IN no whispers to three; but he puts his whole
heart so well Int his work that his men will take
the painest talking TO, and it Will be long before
Yale Will see as good a captain. ". b.
THE PRACTICE YESTERDAY POSSIBLE CHANGl
OF STARTINa TINE.