The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-28
GETTING RElDY ron TIE MATCH
The Crews Practising on tho Thames Prom
ising n Closely Contested Race.

NEW LONDON. juno Pin my last de-
spatch OF yesterday said that in certain quar-
ters there was n growing belief that Yale might
prove an unexpected dark horse. | have care
fully inspected the dark blues wing. and II
this proves true II will certainly not bo on ac-
count OF their stroke. which. though Identical
in principle TO Harvards. is far inferior to 1t In
' form" Not to 20 at length into tho ndiyid-
ual faults OF tho crow. their general weakness
may be thus summed up
They do not catch the water together and
some clip the stroke. and do not. therefore,
strike the water squarey at the precise mo-
ment the pull ought 10 begin. This. OF course
makes bad finish even with a stroke we'll and
hard pulled, although. to say nothing OF power
which Ia lost with crew deficient In the CATCH
precise swing IL impossible. and. of course, a
poor recovery s natural sequence.
As matter OF course, a rolling motion is i'm
parted 10 the boat, which. moi moving along on
q level keel. iiurries the crew. and adds to its
difficulties, With oars catching the water to-
Rether, and at exactly the right Time 50 that no
power Is lost. n. crew cannot row u. stroke
through poorly, And here II is whore Harvard
40 greatly excels. Her catch is almost perfect
and an almost perfect swing and finish natural
You must therefore. look elsewhere for the
winning power in ths dark horse. Turning TO
experience, Harvard has seven tried veterans.
while Yale has only three. As TO weight Har-
ward is the heaviest although, as Cook says. hls
crew shall not row in anything but smooth
water. and as Yale's boat is the lightest. that
VIII not amount To much. H. then, there ia
dark horse in Yale Mt ALL 1t must be in n staying
power and capability OF forcing the paco and
keeping II up, as do the famous Sho wac-cae-
mc,ies. should Yale be able TO do this and Keep
It az, SAY on the Inst mile. the dark blue colors
II. ight cross tho finish fret.
Ia the pull-overs on time both crews have
done exceedingly we'll. Harvard has certainly
made p minutes IS seconds. which is fast, and
1t Ia said she has done better Yale may have
cut under this. but. at all events. tho exact time
oi each i kept profound secret by the two or
Cook says Yale would have won last year II
she had had washboards. but then Cook Is
rather blue in his feelings. as is natural The
and the partisans Of the blue and crimson are
alike lubilant over the prospects Of a close race.
IN which i is 10 DO hoped they will not 10 dis
Much to the astonish hment Of tho Harvard
crew, schwartz returned To his place In the boat
this morning and VIII pull tomorrow, as the
ahsccss on his hand has almost entirely healed.
The dark blue crew have taken up thoir quar-
tera near Gales forry about six miles north Of
New London on the east side Of the river. and
about two miles north OF Haryard's quarters.
II. J. Co1k, the Captain Of the University crow
from 1878 TO 1876 inclusive. is the coach. and
has suecceded III improving the style OF the
crow wonderfully since hr took hold OF them.
n, Harvard does. The old eXasperatlng train
ing has been entirely abandoned aud gener-
ous diet, with moro scientific exercise. substi-
tuted. A spin - in the morning. another In
the afternoon. Of an hours length each. with
walking and skyiarking and carly hours. com
prthrhi the athletic hygiene.
Tho stroke is that taught by Cook since 1868.
and now generally used IN this country. After
some study of it in England. he concluded that
II was tho winning stroke, and introduced Il in
Yale. II l. rowed slower here than in England.
Here 32 u 80 s about the number To the minute,
and 40 strokes would ba considered "spurt."
The slide u our crews is generally longer than
the English. while our swing II not as long.
The essential feature Of the English stroke.
which IL the slow recover il. however. retained.
Yales crew Rre as follows. A man named
Kcator has been rowing In Wghts place for
two days. Wight suffering with a bad ielon on
his hand. Keator Is "a light weight IN fact the
lightcst in the crew. and has hHd but little prAo-
ticc. Eyery nerve will. however. be strained TO
doctor Wight up to ROWING pitch and rs his
hand has not been at any time as bad as
Schwartz's of the llaryards. there are possibili-
ties that he may take his seat on race day: