New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-13
FAULTS AND FEARS OF TIRE YALE CREW
"BoBr COOK wOKKING HARD-lNDViDCAL DE-
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FECTS.
lFeoy An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRIBUNE
NEw-H>vrN Conn.,, June 12.-" Bob Coos
IA here t. put Yaes ahead Of iarvards If he can
In THE opIuion of the best Judges he has undertaken
much moro than he can perform The men are g'oi'
trainers all Of themand nara workeF' pnI
they are not much in form yet although they have I'M
proved considerably since last month ana are fo"lhS
better together There 10 still bre' tx in the swing OF
Nos 3 = and Z bat the general ELECT is better Inc
port side very much better than tho starOoa INC
men don't seem keep their minds on their work ~
times and this makes their rowing more or less uhcer
tain some of them clip little and don't pull their oars
clean through. buJ scrape the water Al the hnsh Iey
don't get the idea Of clean back swing Inc saroord
blades don't turn M together thu sar5oard 'de ana
in general the whole side Is slower than tie pOf ihS
is due almost entirely to tho starooard stroke Inc man
who rows this position ought 70 DO almost as gooi an
oar AS the stroke lie should able to pick the boat up
with hin the slightest change In the Stroke
Hartrldge, who rows seven, is SLOW. He has been
coached constantly for this FAULT but does not improve
as he ought 90. II he doesn't get over IL very Sooh'
somebody ought be put in his place Several attempts
have been made to shift the men around Appleton was
first tried at seven but he too ghC aud the boat did
not balance we'll Then Captain Cowles tried II, but
again the difference weight male trouble. So Hart
ridge still hangs on Rogers's ght Is just about
right however. and II change should prove necessary
he would probably be the man lie can't stand long
course training but that is about his only ldut Tor
| his form Is excellent.
There has change in the stroke except mat
the have Lately been Strengthened mp ana coached
about swinging OF bowl Men WHO do not watch
The crew carefully think tins change III the sroke
but IL Ia merely correction OF faults into whch Inc
men fell under Chaueys coaching. Appleton, the DOW
or rows as easily and clearly any One III the boat
lie does always sit as straight ~ he Oughl TO-
Harrington, No . is short aud doesn't get MS lu WORK
IN every tiine lie slow In al his move
ments, particularly in getting his hands away.
aud Is uncertain hut has improved "A great deal. Mid
dlebrook No B. carries his back Hat TIL lie ~ W -
up clips IT INTO the wafer lie doesn't turn II soon
enough ami Is slow Stevenson No 4. IS jerky un-
had the success of the AT heart. lIs does not
sweep his blade through the water and there Is Did
break the middle OF his stroke. Woodruff, No. .. has
the same faults No. B. lie rushes his slide aud does
too much Of lis work a: the end Of The stroke His row.
INK Is s and he Is not easy IN the boat lie doesn't
! tangled up. He hasn't full control OF his
either. Captain GOWNS. NO. q, 10 coached
little lie sometimes pulls his oar out al The IN 81
ana feathers too high. HartTSdge No. Is slow, aud
though larger man than Caldwell nc looks smaller IN
the boat This is because he drops his back down. Be
sides his lie does AL work win hI, aud LEGS aud
his back and shoulders lie lets his oar scap3
and pulls The finish We does not clip as much
as he used does much work at the end Of the
stroke. Caldwell, the stroke. puckg ana WORKS wei
the time. He Is not even ana steady as cOid De
wished, but improved IN this respect Inc crow
don't follow him wei as they should ana TINS some
times makes them look as II they had gone 10 pieces
| Altogether the outlook is not promising There mas
announcement, doubt and financial trouble
path OF The Yale than usual aud lew OF the
students and alumni hopeful OF the result Chainey,
the English coach was disappointment. aad though
Cook competent do whatever possible to be done
with crew, the time short IN which to over
defects and high standard OF oarsnanshp