The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12
COLUMBI4's cREws At FORK,
Athletic wearers or the Blue and White
Also Busy Training.

The past week has not been a very prosnerous
one for the Columbia University crew. The wet
and snowy weather OF the early part rullrd
some OF the men down with colds. Capt, Prem
tlce was laid up with n cold that turned into
tonslllitls, and at first II was thought he would
De confined to the house for a week nr more. but
he recovered quickly, and was only out OF the
boat for two days. In consequence OF tho gen.
orally disabled condition of the men. the usual
two mile and n half run home from the boat
house to quarters was abandoned temporarily.
Despite these and many other setbacks, the
work of the men has shown Improvement.
They are still rowing by twos, tours, and skies
most OF the time. the whole eight only taking
sport spins at the end Of the practice. The
greatest progress has been made in the blade
work. Individually the crew manipulate the
oars almost correctly, but when tlroy come to
row together they are not SO effective. The
inooard work Is still very ragged. and particu-
larry noticeable when the whole eight is row.
ing.
Coach Putnam is paying attention mostly to
the body swing quiet start and slow recovery.
There is a very perccptible stop In the she'll
when the men row by Fights. due to the rushing
OF the slides. and as this is one Of the important
points of the Columbia stroke. the men will DO
coached on IL for some time To come. The drop
piIik VI II lhil'l ut II emu OF lilt stroke Is an
other feature which commands attention.
since the return OF Campbell. who was absent
Tor some time on account Of sickness. a change
IN the positions o! tho men has been made. and
Macdonald Was put from No. 3 back To No. =.
and Campbell, who had not been in any regular
position before, has been put in ut No. 3. All OF
the eight nave been going uu in weight n little.
the average being now about 40 pounds. The
makeup OF tho crew as II has been rowing Of
late and the weights of the men are as follows:
stroke, firrrepont.. l62'a; : ,Longarre; l76; Q, Car.
S tsfi 'p.s p M aohnS; i i q 4 irs",tGs. iIgi 4. Tamp
With this makeup the boat appears very
well balanced. lirlngston has been coxswhi
most of the time. but AS yet no one has been
finally selected to MI the place;
lhtil now the coaching liar been done almost
entirely from a pair-Oared gig, pulled by tho
substitutes. From tomorrow on II viii be done
from "A launch which has been procured Tor the
season.
The crew will spend about two weeks more on
the Harlem. BY that time the new boat house
on The Hudson will probably be ready.
ING freshmen are slowly getting into form,
day: They are, as a whole. still very crude. as
all freshmen crews are at this time ~ the year.
but individually some OF the men are turning
out very, well. The weights are very high for
Columbia freshmen. although In size the men
hardly come up to the average.
The track. team, with tho exception of the
nhicyclists, Visited the Willlam9bridge oval Oh
Friday atternoo" for the ilrst time. The track
~Nhulters, jumpers. and shot putlers. the neues-
sary apparatus will be placed on ;he college
campus. IN order that tl4ey may practise at
every opportunity. This Is quite II new scheme,
and 1t is expected to be a great help 70 those
men.
On next Saturday the sophomores and fresh
men are going to have dual athletic games at
the oval. and il is expected that the events Will
all be hotly contested. The rivalry between the
two classes Is very great, aud consequently every
effort will he made by each side to win.