St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-21

fine, but if they are trif1e light they
are in good condition to a man, and
very much in earnest. They have been
working OH the river ever since March
10, and have had plenty to do. From
this on to the day of the race they Will
not he raced hard. They will probably
60 ten or twelve miles day at an easy
stroke. and no harm will result If they
are allowed to put on little weight.
When the Pennsylvania men began
training, the men averaged 179 pounds,
but they have dropped lot OF weight
since that, and will now average some
where near 159. Coach Woodruff said
teat the men were in first-rate physical
condition. and he did not think they
were any too fine. 1t is hard to tell
whether the rumorS which have been
wired from Philadelphia about the
trouble the crew has been having with
boats, is correct, and coaches are
not very communicative on sucn
matters. At all events there seems to
be no doubt that Pennsylvania was
handicapped in the earlier work of the
season by the lack of good boat.
They rowed in barge up to the middle
of May, and then got an old shell for
couple of weeks. Then the aluminium
boat came along, and it was tried, but
the boat proved to be lacking In still
ness, and after fair trial 1t was
abandoned. The new Waters shell
was only received short time before
the departure for Minnetonka,
but long enough for the fact TO
be demonstrated that it was much
the best shell the Pennsylvania had
ever owned. Mr.. Woodruff is very en-
thusiastic about the boat, though he is
reticent about the chances of his crew.
There is not doubt, though, that he is
a firm believer in their ability to 20 the
distance faster than last years aggrega-
ton by q considerable margin. The
personnel of the Pennsylvania crew as
the men will sit in the boat is as fol-
lows:
The stroke is r. w. Barnes, law
school. He is twenty three years old,
weighs 100 pounds, and stands feet 912
inches.
LIE. Waters, dental school, rows No.
7. He is twenty years old, weighs 16S
pounds, and stands feet q inch.
A. j. p. Wilson. who pulls No. 6, is
twenty-four years old. weighs 165
pounds, and is feet II inches high.
At No. 5 is Otto Wagenhurst, who did
so we'll in the football team last fall.
He is twenty-one years old, weighs 100
pounds, and his height is 8 feet 9
The captain is c. j. Marshall, of the
veterinary school. he rows No. q. HIS
age is twenty-eight years, weight loo
pounds, and height feet IL inches.
]. n. Wagenhurst is at No. 8. He also
is football player. He weighs l55
pounds, is twenty-three years of age
stands feet nine inches.
At No. is IL. p. Beck. He is twenty
one years old, weighs 15S pounds and
height is feet 111a inches.
Frank Hollingshead, who rows bow,
is twenty-five years Of age. weighs 100
IA good many faults are charged
against the form Of the Pennsylvania
crew. The criticisms most generally,
made,are that they recover slowly and are
stiff in all their movements. Mr.. Wood
ruff rather smiles at this criticism, for
the stroke the Pennsylvania crew pulls
now is Bob Cookies famous production.
evolved from the best examples
that England and America combined
have to offer. 1t has been winning
stroke since away back in the '7Os. The
recover is quick one. and the stroke
slow and steady. There has been no
opportunity at present to size up the
h ere. but more will be known about it
soon.
Capt. Barr, of the Cornell crew, is a
little reticent about talking to newSpa-
per men, being in position where he
might say something of which Coach
Courtney would not approve. Courtney,
together with Commodore Hegerman,
will get here Wednesday morning with
Shaw, a freshman who pulled IN the
freshman race at New London yester
day. Capt. Barr was seen at the West
and asked what the working policy
would be from now to the time
of the race. He said that the
crew would be worked easily
twice aday, five or six miles each time
out. He believed they were all i'll as
good condition as could be expected, and
that they were faster crew Than last
years by good many seconds. When
asked whether it was true that the crew
was confident of victory over Pennsyl-
Vania, he replied that there was no
sinch for anybody this season. He did
not know very much about PennSyl-
vania, but understood that the crew was
going fast, and that this years event
would be race.
The Comedians are heavier lot OF
meu than their opponents. They have
had some advantage in training, In that
they had a good boat to work i'll from
the start and have not had to shift
much. The paper boat they brought
with them, and in which the race may
be pulled, is the same boat in which the
'9l crew made the worlds record
for three miles. The Cornell men
have had all sorts Of water in their
training on Lake Cayuga, and if the sea
does not run too high on the day of the
race they will not be handicapped by