New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-14
COLUMBIA AT WORK on THE HARLEM.
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IIflf ll A'lI'i.
As the shadows of factory chimncys, stranded
steamers and wooded bluffs begin 90 icn-thcn over Iiar
lem River late ln ~. afternoon. ci-ht al"a and well
dressed young ucu. and one more slightly bu.t
than his companions, NAV io seen every
day going fo the Columbia College hoaihouse
~ lfo't Haven They enter the h'1thouse rc1''c'r m
u,i.l,e- ON the float in LIGHT rowing costumes
sIped with blue. place u,ir long slender shell IN i"r
water and take tnclr seat- AZ wor! from the -nt
farc IN the stern seat tl oars lash along the wat 10
assured strokes tle light craft alt is heavy r''r''
-.rots away from the boat house followed by Steam
launch and tie university crew OF Columbia are ont 'or
their afternoon pun IN preparation for the race Win
Harvard al New London on June 20. Tn" crew nave
been practising on the water every terIoon but one
since April H. The day when the work was omitted
was extremely stormy much so that class crew VINO
attempted tot row were upset by the waves. Columbia
student. who have yatchc thc practice ofthe university
crew and who the sturdy frames ana powerful
muscles Of their members enthusiastic In their praise
aad are san guiuc OF success a. N"w-London
THE CREW AND THEIR POSITIONS.
The members Of tine craw are: G.. E Fitzgerald. OF
Oswcgo County, y. Y. bow D. teckhari' OF New YORK
City. >; W A. Moore Of Buehlm;on. y. N.,3; d. b.
Porter Of Chicago /; W. Wheeler of Ncwlork city ,;
A H. Van sndcrcn. of Brooklyn, q; II. L. Muller OF
New-York city, :, and j. 4 Il. Cowles Of Rye, y y
stroke and captain. Walker OF the class OF 81 IS cox
swain. The crew are the same az last year eA
cept IN the case Of Van ~indercn' VINO taxes
the place Of Trnch The positions din rent in some
Instances from what thy wero last year. i0cn KerK-
hart was Af iust al of sec0ul Porter was second ln
stead al. fourth Wheeler was sixth instead OF hfh
and Lynch whose place Van ondrrcn sixth. takes WAS
fourth. Cowes, the captain ami stroke OF the crew. Is
tweutyonc years old His height IS feet, 10 incnes
aud he weighs 1872 pounds. lie roSed ~ stroke IN tho
freshman crew OF the college three years ago, ana was
last year stroke of the university whicI exe ted
IIfII u a IL III
Law school is twenty-ore years old. Is Xix ieci IN
height and weighs l76 pounds. He hss rowed since
80 I'm mat wear he one OF the university lodr
winch beat Cornell at Lake George ana mtIe te b.'t
time record, rowing mile ana nan III minutes
and 20 seconds. lie nas rOWed In e college
CaeTS o, r,,td thc srrond oar I'm the foTr which
beat Cornell and has rowcd since that time unih
last year. when his college duties prevented him rom
dong His age II twenty-five years. hls weight l'O
pounds and h- ne ght is sN feet TWO and anaf inches
Wheeler was, his freshman year "a member 81 the
freshman or " which roVcd with Harvard freshmen.
lie Wa on me university for the first time last
year He i twenty-three years Old, weighs
100 pounds, and is tx icc' IN height a..
weight i pounds. he u twenty two years old and
oo nys a.. nso n%@ r and hl pTnt
Is eyo feet and nine inches lie weighs l'3 pounds.
three years ago Ills age is twentyonc years. weight
1870 pounds and height six feet HLsera.d's asG Is
twenty two years lie has been rowing two years us
height fyc feet and eight inches and he weighs 40
pounds. be average weight OF the ere" Is 1902 pounds
TIE TRAINING OF THE MEN.
The crew began training III the gymnasium about the
middle OF January and rowcd there every day for twenty
minutes using a new kind Of pncumatcrowing machine,
which gave the utmost satisfaction The training has
been systematic and careful, but rsid. As "a
the college o>e- about June l. the crew viii row twice
each day instead ~ once - AT prr-cn In parta'ns
mite bryOnl Morris Dock and then rcturi making
distance Of four miles The steam launch follows them
Of -. or jasper Goodwin. an Instructor IN |
the college. .iyc- u-'r ur,oa-. advice ald crit |
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