New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-08

AN EXPERTS EST MATE OF THE MEN FROM
WHOM SOME OF YALE'S OPPONENTS
WILL BE PICKED
From The 81. James Gazettc.

Before the close OF this week both the University
crows viii have gone into strict trAin"s ioI , va
10 have been definitely made up for some TINE la3''
subject any future conreemps such as ofi'n nap
rating these vcl!etulcs airca-y. For som, days
they mad to do without their president at NO il
ana his place had TO be h.lei by temporary sun,
s:ituie The president had returned To- duty; ara
finally on Saturday last another member OF the
crew went amiss. and the boat was not mannsl
at az Bnt nothing sroI bT th torre't
crew may be once more In working order Ihrrc
are only three old Blues left for this years OK
ford crew. The hands are three Of last sum,
mer's Eton eight. and couple 81 manuiActured
the rest OF the team, are promising In style ana
In material the crew ought at least TO be quito
good that Of last season. taken all round. IL
IL rather stronger. though At present very much
rougher than last years crew at a corresponding
Of the backwardness Of the crew. The general
siy.e Of work is good az regards i-ach and body
strongest men, No G. bends arms prcmaturcly-a
serious fault-onc which tends to tire the worker
aud also to dclude him that he IL doing more work
than he really Is. 0ecaus" MS 'auity acton causc'
IL lively. elastic. and long In swing. but faulty In
blade, finishing In air Instead OF IN water iault
which may cut TO pieces heavyweiahts behind him
when the pace becomes high pressure The blades
and feathers Of the crew are by no means uniform.
but this s OF minor importance at this date from
the race. 50 long basis OF swing ana OF good
body and leg work exists. IA 1t does There Is
and also general sound style of work already exist.
the boat. when 1t arrives at Putney: ought AT the
east be good the average Of the asst half
dozen oxford crews. and perhaps even "A shade bet
ter. II individual faults shall meantime be cured
in addition to the acquisition Of uniform blades.
Heavy though oxford are Cambridge are even
more so In the scale. 1t Is long since so powerful
not seem to have any lumber in their weight. The
men have been iudicously chosen and placed. There
but the new material was g2od enough 10 allow or
Of the more inferior old Blues being laid on the
L.. had IA. nd and E.rf ~
Trinity Hall. seems TO be capable OF reproducing
many Of the good points Of his late college fusleman.
nn dTC' as general for racing pace and straegy
but similarly untred strokes have before now dis
@ on the ahG Ts rsf win 6o Or
o. whom had held middle seats in prior races until
spgdeny called c1 upon nave 40 been avr ced
in some quarters. What they were fortnight ago
We know not, but they now good and very prom
isng. Their blades are no, YET uniform, any more
than those OF oxford; and this matters compare
reach. fair amount Of llfe in the swing decidedly
mere than oxford showed last year at Putneyb an
"woodenness" Of action which has so often prcju-
ced the prospects OF Cantab crows. Bodies arr
ly good; feather not quite so clean Pace cannot be
fairly Judged at present. not only are the crew con-
water gives no scope for the displacement necessary
for such huge crew. and hampers the travel Of the
They are being coached by Trevor-Jones OF Trinity
Hall. Though the latter never attained to Blue.
his college which he has taught for Henley for the
last few seasons comes out better than that OF most
Of this crew, with "Ha' Stroke and No. s Sp
parenty due to his teaching. 1t Is premature to
suffice to say that oxford have their work heavily
cut for them. even with Their strong material
cards that the coming Csntab crew may prove
sensational one In any case II Will require n bet
This season so long Cambridge keep 1T and retain
the present team unbroken.