The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-04

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| tion Mr.. Cook himself has been with
the men once a week and sometimes
| twice, and should the crew fail there,w
| be no excuse on account OF lack OF coach
| ing or insufficient training.
There were four vacancies In the boat
left by the loss of Captain Armstrong,
| iiolcomb. Dater and Cross. Cross 10 In
| college, but.he didn't care to undertake
| the strain OF his fourth crew season on
| top OF the football season.
IL was fortunate for Captain Treadway
| that the stern three were old men, In fact
| the stern four could be classed as veter-
| ans, for Bailey, who is rowing No. B, has
| been training for two seasons. Langford
was the find OF last season, who stroked
| the crew SO well TO victory. Captain Ired-
| way has rowed three seasons al NO. z.
Longacre, at No6, has rowed like num-
| ber OF years. Thus, with four six-foot
| veterans in the stern positions the stroke
| was bound TO lie regular and long. IL
| was the selection of the bow four that
| bothered the coachers. After some time
| Rodgers, tackle on the football team, was
| selected TO I'LL No. a. For nearly
| three months he has rowed continuously
| here. Beard at No. 3, has filled the place
| for two seasons, but the selection OF the
! two bow men was not finally settled until
a month ago when Brown and Simpson
were the fortunate candidates chosen.
In this order the crew has been work
4 dt
| AT the Lake there was course OF exactly
the same length as that at Henley, over
| which the crew used to practice until
| fear OF malaria drove them to harbor.
| The conditions were not unlike those at
Henley. There Is slow current and two
| curves which together are equal to the
slight current at Henley. The race is
rowed upstream, and 50, by rowing up
| the lake 1t was posi- bic to judge what the
crew will do at Henley. The best time
| made was minutes 90 seconds, which is
| within a few seconds of the Henley re-
cord.
There has been some surmjse as to how
high stroke the crew Will row in the
| race. From their regular work IT can be
| seen that they will begin as high as 80 or
40 and not lower 1t below 81 during the
race.
This in brief has been q review of the
! seasons work and the result OF the work
has been to turn out as fine a crew as
/ has ever represented Yale. They are
strongly built lot of fellows, rs hard as
nails. They have received SO much
coaching during the past few weeks that
there will remain but little to be done in
| England save to keep in good condition.
| Everything has been done in the usual
| way-no changes even In the boats will
be made. The shells will be taken across.
| The new one in which the race will be
rowed was received from Waters of Troy
| last week. Ii was built on the same
model as those of recent years, and is
made OF paper. The shell, when rugged
| with hollow steel outriggers, will weigh
but 260 pounds, though go feet in length.
| Last years racing shell will also be taken
| to use as a working boat.
The party that sails Saturday on the
City of Berlin will be composed of Robert
j. Cook, as coacher; Manager II. q. De
Sibour, Captain Treadway, George Lang
ford, j. NJ. Longacre, p. X. Bailey, j. q.
| Rodgers, w. nj. Beard, A. Brown, j. III.
! Simpson. Su bstitutes-F. ID. Mills, Payne
Whitney, q. 4. Marsh and j. s. Wheel
wright, who will go as substitute and
tory of the men may be of interest.
George Langford, stroke, halls from st.
| Paul, Minn. He has had some experience
at rowing before coming to college. He
tEied-for his class crew, but his ability
was soon seen. He was taken on the
| Varsity squad, and has earned the proud
| distinction OF being the second man since
Bob Cooks day to stroke Varsity crew.
| Captain Tread way, No., of Sioux City,
| Ia. prepared at Exeter, where he played
baseball. He made his freshmen crew,
rowing at No 7. In his sophomore year
he was placed on the Varsity crew. He
has been voted the handsomest, as well
as the most popular man in his ella ss. All
| honors have been showered upon him,
but he Is unaffected by all this homage.
j. M. Longacre, No. 9, is a Philadel-
phia boy-commonly called Zeus. He is
an all round athlete, playing a good
game OF foot ball and pulling the most
effective osr in the boat. He Is quiet and
retiring in his manner and has the repu-
tation of being quite literateur.
p. b. Bailey, of Windsor Locks, Conn. /,
will pull oar No. 8, He prepared at Hart
ford High School. Probably no one Of
the crew has a record equalling Baileys'
for hard luck.
He entered in the class OF '96, and
would have made the crew, but scarlet
fever called him away and back to the
class of '97. He made the '97 crew, but
was compelled TO stop training several
times. Last year Bailey nearly gave the
varioloid. But this year he has been in
splendid health.
| J. o. Rogers at No. 4 is another all
round athlete. He comes from Toledo,
Ohio, and prepared at Andover. He play
ed football two years, was made substi-
tute on the Varsity two years ago and
last year played at tackle. He rowed on
his freshmen crew also. He Is powerful
fellow and one of the strongest men in
| the boat.
N. M. Board, No. 8, comes from
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He is fat, chunky
little fellow whom no one would:pick out
| for an oarsman. But he seems to be a
with ease and has rowed In the Varsity
crews since then. He is not graceful
oar, but pulls hard stroke.
| = Alexander Brown is the second Phila-
delphia man on the crew. He sits just
back of Chauky Beard. Brown Is a foot
BAN player as well as Longacre and Rog-
ers. He has played on the second eleven
| during his whole course--sometimes at
tackle and again at guard. lie has never
rowed since bis preparatory days at st.
Paul. lie is also Yale's champion shot
putter though he only weighs 172
| pounds. lie has some of the faults OF
new man. but he will not retard the
| speed of the boat any.
At cow, j. Hs Simpson comes from
! the same town as Longford, st. Paul.
lie is the lightest man In the boat
and looks like pigmy among
giants. He prepared at st. Paul schools
| aud rowed on his freshman ciew and was
made substitute on the Varsity crew last
year. He is a graceful oar and pulls ac-
cordlng to his weight as much as any one
| else in the boat.