New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-20
THE HARVARD CREW.

PESROsE IL CHARGE AGAIN-TuE BOAT NOT Salts
FACTORY.
[FRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBrNE
CAMBRIDGE, June 19.-PcnrOse, the stroke
OF Harvard University OF -. has been making
his presence stroke felt in ths boat since no returned
his old place. He been In thu weeks
since he has been setting time to the men behind him
with that steady clean and graceful pulling that
zed him last the best stroke Harvard has
ever had. the have made marked Improvement in
form, over that OF days ago. Remington,
who sroked tho from April until Penrose took his
place. takes Captain Mimford's place at No 6. and
Mumford displaces at foot Butler. who is the
first substitute. Remington pulled good stroke
oar, but he was apt to feather under.
This marred the work OF the men whole and ths
boat did make fast tins 1t should with Old
men in the boat
Individuality" said an oil Harvard oarsman. the
have been rowing surprising we'll. considering that
the stroke inclined to DO little ragged But
the stroke did not get over his faults ana that
probability Of no Improvement or perhaps retrOgres
and to put Penrose in the boat
the men well as they did last year"
Mumford has had little practice 10 rowing ON the star
board side. and 1t will be difficult for hin
toned the change Remington has always pulled port
and his change will make little diff renee To him. 1t
will take the men some time to get used to this
order. "swappng horses In the middle OF the stream
is risky business but as tho oyereonh.
dent and perfect confidence Penross, change
will certainly he for the better and faults OF not
rowing together will be overcome at New London. Har.
ward never changed stroke before the but
once that made necessary In 1884 by unraieh
full members OF crow, which lost
race to Ysc. and gave Yale mo record.
Harvard here not inclined take much stock
in tue talk al Yale about Yale's poor bob"
Cook. Yale, old coach has gwen up his business until
the and viii coach the Y alo every
until tho day OF the The fact IL the
Yale pulling well together and with good deal
of that snap and vigorous pulling they shO wed 1884
They have weak SPOT In their starboard stroke. but
he can stand the training Yale men say that they will DO
ready back their against UarvarPs veterans.
They satisfied with tho new boat Waters made for
them and in this they have the decided advants
Harvard Tho boat made for Harvard satisfac-
tory they will he Obliged tho 1885 Varsity
shell perhaps the shell owned By the class Of
1887.
others condition by their respective
who to do hrst-class detective work to ind
how rvals rowing. Sometimes they caught
watching the crews, as was a Harvard man year or
two ago. He posted himself behind n woodpils and
wat he'd the Yale crew with Held glass. He got
interested when the crew got in sight that he did
think 10 hide himself until the cOXswan him, aud
then when he jumped to hide himself behind the Pile he
caught his tall on pioce OF timber and got stuck
to supper and he had to set up
weak lemonade. The week tho captain
the Yale paid visit to Cambridge and posted
himself tho bridge over tho Charles just below the
him aud had the word to tho to in the
worst possible form. The Yale captain wild with
delight such poorly rowing crew aud the
shot out side OF the bridge he rushed to
take another LOOK with his face beamng with delight
Dut TO MS and dsgt he OF the run
crews Harvard had. Theatre tickets might
Yalew We He'd the Harvard men to the discounted Yale
man, but nothing OF the tickets Was seem