The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-10
THE CREW AT NEW LONDON
THE ARRIVAL OF THE CREW-HOW
 THEY SPENT SUNDAY.

Before Them.
 The Yale crew on departing for New
 London on Saturday was given rous-
 ing send-off from the college boys at
 the New Haven house corner. Frank
 Butterworth led the cheering. As the
 men appeared and took their seats in
 the carriages provided they were cheer
 ed individually. Captain Armstrong
 was first cheered, next Longacre and
 then Cross, Beard, Langford, Holcomb,
 Coxswain Carter, Dater, Treadway,
 Bailey, Miller and Simpson.
 Two long cheers were then given as
 the carriages whirled away to the de-
 pot. They went to New London on the
 Shore Line express leaving at 2;55. All
 the men were in fine spirits and looked
 well.
 The crew did not row Saturday after noon as the shells had been packed in
 readiness for shipment on the steamer Ivernia, which took them to New Lon don. The launch from which the coach ing Is to be done arrived at New London
 Saturday evening.
 Saturday night was the crews first, night at Captain Latham Brown's white gabled mansion, and the air of quietude about the place had given way on Sat urday to hustle and excitement.
 Yale had hoped to reach her quarters by o'clock Saturday afternoon, but a hotbox on the engine of the 2:55 o'clock train out of New Haven delayed the New Haven collegians an hour and a half. It was well on to 6 o'clock when their train at last pulled into the sta tion, where George St. John Sheffield, Yale's veteran heeler, had been anxious ly waiting for two hours.
 The first man to jump from the plat form of the tardy New Haven train was Robert J. Cook, the veteran coach. MT. Cook spent little time on greetings. In order to save time he sent the oars- men up to Montville by train, while he and MT. Sheffield went up in the launch
 The work of the two eights Saturday evening furnished to first good com parison that has been obtained thus far in the training of the crews. To anyone who has followed boating at Yale and Harvard for the last half dozen years, this evenings practice was especially interesting, for it showed Harvard working under a new master-namely MT. Watson, and rowing new stroke. Yale was rowing under MT. Cooks watchful eye and under the same meth- cd that has characterized her boating since 1887.
 The comparison thus furnished was by some observers considered to be in Harvards favor The first thought suggested was striking similarity in point of physique in the two eights to those of Yale and Harvard of 1891, when Harvard won her last victory, | Yales men this year being physical | giants, while Harvard's oars are about | as close to the average as they possibly could be.
 THE CREW.
 The average height of the eight is the | next striking feature. The eight young men whom Captain Armstrong and the | coaches have selected just lack one-third | of an inch of averaging six feet each In height. This is remarkably tall for oars- men and is the tallest crew that Yale ever had, with one exception, namely, the crew of '79, that averaged feet IFS inches.
 The average height of Yale crews is 5 feet 1OB inches, while Harvard's eights up to date have only averaged 5 feet 10A inches. Yale's average weight since 1876 has been 1671a pounds; Harvard's 167% pounds. Yale's heaviest crew was that of 1882, that on the day of the race averaged 17715 pounds.
 This latter crew was that of the fa- nous Louis Hull, and was a notable eight Harvards heaviest crew was that of 1878, that averaged 1751S pounds and which won notable victory over Yale.
 Coming to the matter of age, Yale's present crew is noticeably young, aver aging only 20 years 10s4 rnonths. The average age of Yale crews up to date is 21 11-12 years; of Harvard 211a years. Yale's present crew is the youngest that has ever rowed in Yale- Harvard race, with the exception of the Harvard eight of 1877, that only averaged 20 years and which was winner.
 PULLED TOGETHER BEFORE. The personnel of Captain Armstrong's eight Is very interesting Armstrong Beard, Cross Dater and are now rowing together for the third year. They are all either aca- { demic juniors or scientific seniors, and , all rowed in the crack freshman crew , of '93 that the experts considered equal to most varsity crews that are sent to the Thames. l Last year the lucky six" stuck to- I gether and made up the backbone of Fred Johnsons victorious crew. They nave never yet rowed in a losing boat C and they have been together in four 2 races, including their class regatta. { Longacre is Philadelphia man and llso a veteran. He, too, rowed in the winning freshman crew, and is the man who was put in as No. 4 in '93 a few lays before the race, in place of Ralph h Paine whose superhuous flesh was keep ntg the boat back. Last year Longacre ust missed being in the varsity again by misfortune that kept him out of tt ollege during the last six months of the T lear. He prepared for college at the f, Penn Charter school in Philadelphia. Longacre rowed at 4 in the university Il rew of '9S. He is 21 years and z months Id, weighs IFS pounds, and stands bet 111 inches high.
 Treadway is without doubt the best w brsman in the boat this year. He was i,, orood anhuph for tha 'WarSitxy l A4'