New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-07
YALE UNIVERSITY CREW.
UNUSUALLY LARGE AND HEAVY MEN
CHOSEN.
nonrrs TN FIGURE AND MUSCULAR DEVELOP
MEyr-rNp1oAT1oNs OF THEIR PRACTICE
HARVARD AND THE COOK STROKE.

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hope to defeat Harvard the Thames viii go to New
London 10 begin the hard work that they must do TO
| perfect their boating condition. Annually at oih7
season of the year much speculation concerning inc
crew Is INDUCED In. The usual number OF dispar1she
dispatches concerning Yae's have been sent OUT
BY special correspondents and Yae's boating aiuori
ties have shaken their heads and looked gloomy WHICH,
asked ~ the crew of 'o1 was as capable as the Winning
| crews of ss, 80 and 90 Publicly the poaung
| authorities of Yale arc boastfm OF inc cro"
until after tho They always say that inc incn
row IN bad form and not In unison, ana tnat Is VIVA"
| they are saying this year 1t Is hnd OF chrohic
| declaration, and 1t Is always made about June l.
The university crew OF ,o1 has be characterized as
Of fair athletic ability but terribly raw" OF good
tug of-war material but Of no for boating aoso-
htely without knowledge concerning tne urue LOOK
strokes; of particular merit as oarsmen,' etc.
Let no friend OF Yale become discouraged by rumors
| Of the crews lnexperence or want OF knowledge OF
the ntrcacies Of the famous Cook stroke since ex-
Captan Cooks crew won their famous victory, Yale
has not had 50 good crew as that Of 01. Report
has not erred In naming the candidates giants, LOT
they are all tremendous big fellows, their average
| Weight being 100 pounds Nos. a. B, and are
| over SIX feet In height, and Nos. 1, Q, and arc
about five feet eleven inches In height The average age
Of the crew Is twenty and threequarter years me
/ muscular development Of their legs Is something
wonderful This is particularly significant when 1t Is
remembered that the muscles OF the legs 90 large
| part Of the work IN the Cook stroke.
superb group Of young men are the crew OF Yale
They excel IN manly beauty and they are models OF
| culture in intellectual sense.
Although only two of the men have sat In a faie
boat before their work shows that they all under
stand the principles OF the Cook stroke In the boat
the weight is we'll distributed fore and aft the men
| being sized they sit Mr.. Gould the stroke, Is
new man In the boat lie Is member OF 's2 s..
nineteen years old, weighs 172 pounds, and is five
lilo hoc
pluck in corresponding degree and is always self
| possessed No matter what happens he will not get
ratified during the at New-London The practice
speed is twenty strokes per minute, occasionally
whipping up TO thirty little later the number will
be increased somewhat. At No. sits Mr.. Hagerman,
OF the Law School. who Is twenty-five years old,
weighs 1s3 pounds, and is a trne over six feet tall
Mr. Hagerman filled the place Of No on the
Cornell University three years, and IS splendid
oarsman, but he has had some difficulty in getting
onto" tho Cook stroke. OF course there Is general
similarity in the plan OF stroke at Yale and Cornell
but two stroke will set precisely the same
stroke, and Mr. Hagerman having followed another
man so long, has had good deal of trouble in follow
ing Gould perfectly but he has succeeded in mastering
the situation and is doing splendid work. His cmef
trouble has been In rowing short, and he failed to get
the drive at the beginning of the stroke which Is
looked for in the work Of good oarSman. There
was and still is, for that matter, some lack Of
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water the shoot of the Is tri1e too slow and
there Is a tendency to hang on the fnll reach. Mr.
| Hagerman can be depended upon to do MS paro
toward winning the race, however.
Mr.. Brewster, at No. @, is veteran, having rowed
| in three university races in which Yale defeated
Harvard. But he has always rOwed on the starboard
SIDE and he has not been in perfect form on the port
side yet There Is good deal OF stiffness about his
work. and he cannot yet do as good work on the port
side as he has done on the sarboard side There are
good why he made the change, and doubtless
the wisdom of the arrangement will appear later but
Just it appears that he would have been OF
greater assistance at his old place.
Mr.. Hefelnnger, '91 s., is twenty-five years old,
weighs POS pounds, and Is six feet four inches tall
He is the biggest that ever sat in Yale boat,
and probably he is the strongest. He is indeed
tremendous fellow, and although he has never had
the least boating experience before he is doing marvel
lousy well AS Is usual with men OF great size In
SHE'LL he has a great deal Of difficulty In handling his
oar and at present both clips and "cuts UNDER
in the middle of his stroke. The motions Of the In
board work he has mastered and Is tireless In his
efforts TO perfect himself in every detail.
At No. sits Mr.. Paine. a freshman, nineteen years
old. His weight is 1913 pounds. and he is over six
tcular. Mr.. Paine has been a newspaper man, having
done some bright work for Florida and Connecticut
papers. He is genial gentleman and good scholar
lie has pluck and endurance sufficient to equip whole
crew. Being the only freshman In the boat and
having had experience in rowing before, he has
naturally been the object of socitous attention from
the coacers. lie has paid the closest possible atten
ton to all instructions and in most respects has
tered the stroke that has so often left Harvard In the
rear. Mr. Paine is naturally trl1e slow In all his
movements. and in this regard his work Is still
tTne faulty but he will be in tine, and his giant
like strength cannot fail to send the narrow shell
forward at pace that Harvard will watch with
dismay.
No. is taken by Mr.. Ety. '91, who Is six feet high
and full Of vgor, but Inclined to DO trihe slow until
warmed up. lie always rows best during the last
of a four-me practice pull He does not seem to get
his machinery in motion until his associates are be-
coming fatlgued.
Mr.. Smms is the most finished oarSman in the boat.
lie rowed with the OF 80. and of mastered
the Cook stroke at that time. He is the lghtest
IN the boat Weighing only 1873 pounds He rowed No
mile mt thirty stroke pace His blade work is
excellent and all 10 done in perfect form.
Mr.. NIlls, of o3 age twenty weight 172 pounds
ana height feet 10 inches, and Mrs. Crosby, 02
feet S II are "Ss or No. IN B Gfn are
doing good work, the former being the most graceful
in style lie is inclined, however, TO row somewhat
short and has often been corrected for failing to do
most Of the muscular work with his legs and back
He lnclines to work, and must overcome the in
cllnation or be rejected. 81
II. ;. Downs Of the sophomore class. weight 10
pounds, will probably be selected for coxswain. He
Is twenty pounds heavier than the famous Thompson
who has acted as Yates coXswan for four years but
he thinks he can starve OFF ten pounds of his weight
If the interests Of Yale demand that the shells load
be decreased
Most Of the coaching thus far has been done by
T.. 5. Isham, who knows the Cook stroke almost rs
well as Captain Cook himself, and who is an admir-
able instructor The yield him the readiest
and most unhesltatng obedience AT great personal
Inconvenience, Mr.; Isham has watched over the crew
since they went to the tralnngtable in March, and
for the first time In the history of boating mt Yale
ripple Of discOrd has disturbed the serenity OF
all concerned. Every man has been satisfied with
all arrangements, and the true Yale spirit has brOoded
the young athletes during the entire period OF
their self-sacTifce.
II Is known to all who have observed athletic
matters closely that Harvard Is rowing stroke
substantially like mat OF which Captain r. j. Cook
f. the inventor. The contest at New London this
year, then, viii not include rivalry concerning the
stroke i will be simply Question of skin and
power. IL Yale gains the more perfect mastery of
the stroke II she pulls It with the better Judgment
and the greater strength she will win the race. II
not the bird Of victory Will perch upon the crimson
banner from Cambridge. In many respects. the com