The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-23
TO-MORROW'S tREAT RACE.
HB YALE AND FALANTA CREWS
AND THEE WORK.

lana crew will row the YAe men over the four
INTO cOItse In the harbont Now Haven. Great
inprestln this race ia feiin all rowing circles
ant esTscially among Stra-colleGiate ANA
teus. This class regardshe coming contest as
q test q its own methds compared with
college rtnclples ofrowiE. The Atslanta crew
is gmertly regarded as tho best representa-
tivepf on class OF oarsmn and the Yale crew
Of tse otbr Neither cnw has been beaten
within for years. and thGecord OF each seems
to aualifylt to sustain thdhonor Of the boating
circl, with 1t represents.
Thu college men. however. do not consider
that this viii constitute affair trial Of the two
systems GROWING TheyRay that, In the fret
place, the ale crew Is net composed Of the
came men that hive won Yale's victories for
the last far yeas Four OF her men have
never benin University boat before. two
have never rowedin tour.mile crew more
than one yea. and obody over two years. On
the other hanl all to Atalanta crew are veter-
Ans Of eight Or moo years, and most all OF
Them have roved teether for many seasons.
While the CREATOR Lrt OF the Yale crew con-
hsts OF compGativclraw and inexperlence
material. the Atalans are all finished oars
men and nearly perfecw atermen.
In the second place. q ale crew at this timo
81 year Is always at arudimentary stage Of
development. and far ON being in condi-
ion for an importantrac whereas the Atalan-
rs are at their top notclbf perfection. Tho
lew Haven men have bee coached only on the
fundamental principles of,wing, no attention
d yet having been paid 0 the fine POINTS
Nlich add inches to the rokes and conse-
gently boat lengths to thuniles This pre-
Urinary stage OF coaching Ia most necessary
failure In developing OF new men
t&en from different class 'ews. but can be
e1irely dispensed with inhe coaching OF
eth veterans that have rowe together for 80
mny years.
gain, inasmuch as this o,test, whether
lot or won has only been reRHed as a prao-
tic pull By college men, none the flrst-class
coches have made any longvsts to New
Hsen. and Of course in Yale owing every
thig depends on the help I these sx-
lek' 1t Is easily seen that Il Yale eight,
as will appear on Saturday iii be a dif-
feret crew from that seen atSeu London
at te end OF June.
~ orrOw = race Is generally rSarded as a
Iairest of Two different styles otttroke, with
shit advantage in favor of Yal inasmuch
as tn Ataanta crew has not been sed to row.
ing fdr-mle races. for 1t Is notcommonly
know that in reality the Ataantl crew has
this var been rowing long distances oftener
than tvr opponents. On account the phe-
nomenliy rough condition OF the wv Haven
harburnis season the Yale crew hal not been
able torow over four-mile cours for four
weeks. whereas every evening the ltalRntas
have tasn sun four miles up the liver and
back onthe nirrow and smooth Pesaic, al
ways roWuc aueast eight miles.
The re Rlt OF pls course OF training q very
pretty crsw. leir watermanship is perfect
Their OARS 20 no ~ and ma ~ 1rith
out tho Sughtes splash. The sweep through
the water Il ia perfectly horizontal line,
no diving or pu!Ig out whatever. The oars
all come out t'ether, are carried back to-
Eether; are turheup together. and are dipped
with the blades precisely the same RuRle
Ss %S,s smfn' to the surface
body work is mu better than that Of most most
essional ere. 1t is generally eS-
Ss}Stsd t hat. mos crews outside OF the
ali pS!llus II differ. Styles inboard.@ ' ib Ss
10 not the appearan OF the Ataiantas In their
sst that they ali mpsae tsr f bodes IN ana n
slides in the same ". They evidently have
been coached by sonone VINO has had deti-
slides should lie useand has made the crew
conform &c. this idel II il we're not for the
i IN ~ s Lies aishapss q the men they
ows. II their idea OF stroke is correct they
certainly are W. perfect crew. for
their principles Of singing the body and
using the slides or lie, aud arms are sound
he may be safe IN pre:ting victory for the
Atalantas on SRturdn! To an Oxford. Cam
bridge, or Yale boatinman their principles
are In some respects racally wrong. and will
marked superiority In te and Workmanship.
AS has been said. iacrew at this time OF
year is quite ragged SPARED with laIe
this year has not ruwed9ng distances often
enough on account Of ron water, and is not
Working together with III clocklike regular
cleanliness in the boat lie shell is liable to
luIch neIueHtly to 2neide or the other.
the oSs t 50 the a60ad abrC causing
the, water and seriously npede the speed
Of tho toa, When the o. enter the water
ing thrown up by almOsbvery blade. and
whom taksn out there is: tho end Of some
oars 6ref,kinG up Of the STAGE, wnie1 ipdi-
Ing under yater Some of o blades are in
clneL to dye. and some o them are pulled
through with u slight ",NbbllnR" vi and
down Thooar- arc not alwys taken out to-
gether: one4wo. and someties three mH be-
Ing little head or benindseven and dght.
men are lhb o 10 be sligtly behind. In
swing Ing W, the heads do OF swing in tho
etraiGht lines which generay characterize a
Yale crew al no end OF the sason, most ofthe
men having tendency to ian toward tleir
oars on the each and away Tom them onshe
finish.
In tho recoNr tho oars donot turn up to-
gether. cauhlg u ragged appearance in he
blade WORK. he individual 'aults are as bl-
lows: No; rs tendency to hang on he
chtcu.ani coleGuently get bhiud. and to ST.
lie slightly oTthe finish. NO.2 has tendeny
10 go BACK iOdGr, and Ioes mt get his weight
on the our aS ION as the restof the men. NJ.
also goes ba< too far. and allows his OUTSIDE
elDow 10 stlchut too lHr. and consequently D
ilaOle TO he SlG IN getting Lis hands awR
from his body. No. allows lis our 10 rise to-
high on tho rover, and consequently hang
3yer the Gatchpd gets behind. lie also lett
his oar diN": D has very ocular mOtiunl
OF tho head. tich Injuries tae looks OF th0l
crew. though IDbRbly does lite actual harm.
He also rowswith his back bent consiu-'
eTably more tan the rest OF tho crew.
No. u Ia liable ~ ng over tho catch. and thus
gets behind anCioes moi null lis oar through
with lean swsp. No. does not get as much
snaD IN his wnrhs the rest Of the crow. aud is
liable to nun IL oar Out at the end. No.
Keeps his right L M TOO high and swings to-
ward his oar, an also has tho habit of turning
hisshsad aroundO watch he OATS Of 4 and i. a
habit cnnlrac edn account OIL tie long alb
6ence OF coaches
In comparing lie two crews. a casual OBJ
server would nore the 70 loving differences:
The neat blade writ OF the AtalHntas is notice.
ably superior. q, most cons icuous that on
the feather tho W. men 20 moi turn up their
oars together. lrthe body work the Ataluntu
crew on Tho pu slraighten he legs much
sooner than the Ale men and swing up tho
body la err. and hat u mark ed h, ave On tho end
OF the stroke, thiEh they do not. as most
crews who null orte end OF the stroke. swing
back further thal The perpendicular. ana do
NOT SETTLE nor com Onward 10 meet tho oar,