The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-16
THE COLLEGE REGATTA.
Wesleyan Earnestly at Work for The Great
Aquatic Event.
HER CHAMPION SIX.
How They Train and Take Their
Practice Pulls.


win record oil second twice AMI once ulth-fhe
latter gained in the face OF repeated mshaps-plucKy
Wesleyan again comes to the front and will send
representative Saratoga AMI this year there
is as much confidence and resolution in tho six tina:
Will soon leave for the OF the regatta n the
classic halls OF the college hung all with
the symbols Of aquatic Year after year the
sober-sidcd lads OF Wesleyan have gone the
ing business with the determination TO turn out
winning crew, end how closely each candidate for the
honors Rugged the idea OF this possible result will
never be fully known They started with but littc
Knowledge of how best the oar, We, behind IL
WAS an immense amount Of grit This quality,
scntial to success the and tear struggle OF
three miles, has not forsakcn the of Mcdlctown,
ami the crew Of 10 will 80 the battle Of July with
more determination, OF tho lido or dien bust
ness than The Elk that have just left As their prcdc
pulled rks winners from nrsi to last will
these The spirit Of Eusts, one OF tho best boating
men Wesleyan had, round about tho house
down the banks Of the Connecticut, and the
wrinkles picked up in past contests by the college
men have been handed down from class 10 class, and
known by heart to every student
HANDS
In tho races OF tho past tho Wesleyan crews i'm
pressed observers being heavy strong and rugged
II docs not this year. You miss the oxccs-
svc avoirdupos in the shell You miss the great
broad shoulders the tremendous and the giants
Of the past, IN fact; YET in their stead are men OF
muscle, though a reduced scale, and men OF endur-
and intelligence we'll They have boon
lected with OF tho Of tho past that
hailed from Wesleyan, from country boys, and their
training, usual has been such make Them hard
gun barrel. Not OF last years remains in
the she'll There has been revolution and raw
cruits step into tho shoes OF tried Modest,
manly and coar- headed Mr. Sewal Baltimorean, the
unused substitute OF '75 is now At tho helm and push
ing tho onward intcllgenty and surely doing his
work with earnestness and enthusiasm. Why this
change? Wesleyan says but little, yet she vouch-
safes the enigma that, III it IS not absolutely certain
that tried indispensable TO success why not
give green chance?" Further she does not CO.
excepting to the inquirer that II was deemed
best select new lot and this has been done. Col
lectively and individually, with exception. tho
men rough lot at the Many class crews for
tho first time in shell have been superior, pre-
sen.ed less OF thoroughly ragged appearance in
ing than did these in their initial efforts But the
energy and intelligence OF Sewall soon began to tell its
story, and the wheat At last culed from the chat
and tho prcsen, crew determined upon.
THE cRBw.
When SIX valuable men can be found In . university
numbering less than 200 students ranks must con-
tam good material What would Fair Harvard' say
she reduced TO the alternative selecting hcr
from such number' What would Cook Of
Yale, say n he had greater amount Of material from
which TO make up racing crew? There Is doubt
that be would get II together; but then Yale never
had SO much natural thew ind sinew in such small
compass has the Methodists Of Mddlctown, and, as
general hing they like the lie OF sloth luxury
rather than that OF steady living and hard work. AZ
general matter say; but then Yale has in thu neigh
borhood OF 800 students 20 pick crew from, and
from this number there should be many rising oars
men, weslcyan's men OF this year are OF the right
stamp II they arc raw recruits Very lew experienced
oarslner will be likely accord them any chance al
ALL from the fact that there hasn't been TO mould
the material in hand TO any degree OF symmetry and
regularity; But experienced oarsmen ottimes are
Ward, standing on the shore of Lake Saratoga just
aner an exciting race mold up his hands and hitch his
red suspendcrs in perfect amazement all because
he had thought but little OF were Tho winners.
TINS only shows how men who understand the
.siorm. ..rowing'' and slime" can be mistaken What
II the light bodied men OF Wesleyan should surprise
them this yeary make no predictions, for my OBJ
servaton OF their work has been OF the most limited
character. yet quite sufficient note its
tial features. These men Of pluck and courage 10
which Wesleyan pms her faith this year, thus made
Bo,c-Burdett Alberto Rich, rs, of Cattaraugus, N
Y. age, II height, eet inches
PORT Bo,c-waltcr Ellis Ward, III OF Dormansvillc
n. y; age, -; height icct inches
Sfartoard Waisf--frank Gibbons Hacomb, 70, OF
Southwick, Mass age, 49, height, feet 10 inches
Port Waist-Emory Leslie Mead, rs, OF Lee, Mass.
age 20; height, D ieets inches
SfTONt-Wl
OF Fergusonville n. y. age, %; height 8 tcet sh
inches.
Stroke and Cdptdin-Henry Scwa, 10, OF Baltimore
Md age, II; height, feet 9is inches.
Ssbstifufe-E A. White, 80, of West Goshen, Conn.
age, u; height, feet va inches.
wsi0nr AND NEAsuaExKxTs.
These the six oars saw stepping into their prnc-
ticc shell this AFTERNOON and as they stood for mo-
ment the hoat II occurred 10 me that it would be
difficult get anothsr.body OF light together who
would present such wiry, sincwy Development That
they may be better understood append The following
additional figures; yet these practical things cannot
Will not, give Tho HERALD readers any idea OF the
bright eyes and tho nrst rate breathing apparatus
which each man possesscs:--
Weight Weight Inflated Upper Fore
Early Spring. To-day Chest Arm Arm
Rich. $50 40 Ssh l2k IL
Ward. ............. las LA 37n ii Tx
Halcomb. ......... lag lt5H 3s4 Tx Tx
Mead. 1855 lsok IS Tx Tx
Van Dusen........ l52 LAT 3Sx II llx
Scwal.. l51 la0 31H 12k n4
whito. 15S las 3,h llA IL
TRAINING PRACTICE Pulls.
or this body but or two have had any previous
experience with the Each and every one except
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