St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-12
CONSIDERED VERY STRONG.
COOK CONFIDENT OF MAKING A
GOOD RACE, If NOT WIN
MING 1T.
MEN ARE REMARKABLY HEAVY.
Comparison Shows That Oxford,s
Winning Crews Generally Have
Lots OF beef,


final wedding out of the eight candi-
dates for the eight cared crew which
is to represent Yale at Henley in July
took place last week, and now only
fourteen oarsmen remain in training
of the nineteen who presented them
selves in the first week in January as
candidates for the crew that Yale is to
send to England. From the fourteen
men left the regular eight will be Sc
lected, and in addition to this eight
three substitutes will be taken across
the ocean A coxswain, Manager De
Sibour, Of the navy; Mr.. Robert J.
Cook and one other coach, most likely
DR.. John A. Hartwell, will make up
the party that is booked to sail on
June 6, on the Berlin.
The cutting down Of the number Of
candidates marks the most important
point of the development of this eight,
upon which Yale lays so many hopes
Owing to the late spring the long and
tedious indoor exercises and practice
in the rowing tank have had to be con-
tinued longer than usual. The rough
weather and the snow and ice have
combined to prevent the oarsmen from
practicing on either Lake Whitney or
LAM CollOIIoldIl VI III Tie IdTDOT.
Two weeks ago Captain Treadway
bundled his oarsmen in sweaters and
tried to take a practice spin on the
harbor but the weather was so severe
that the work had to be given up, and
it was not until within the past four
days that regular practice on the wa
ter was begun. During these few
spins, however, an opportunity has
been had to get a good look at the
first crew and to judge something of
its possibilities.
The fourteen men who are now in
training for the eight are as follows:
j. Langford, '97; S. Patterson, '97; J.
MEG. Lnngacre, 80; P. H. Bailey '97;
]. o. Rodgers, '9S; ". NJ. Beard, go; A
Brown, Jr., Sc; J. H. Simpson, '97; D.
F. Rogers, '9S; T. w. Miller, '97; F. d.
Mills, '97; S. P. Whitney, '9S; G. T.
Marsh '97, and Captain r. B. Tread
way, '96.
THE MOST LIKELY EIGHT.
OF these men the three who are
most likely to be dropped when the
final crew and substitutes are Sc
lected are Miller. Simpson and Marsh.
And, judging from The way the oars
mon are now rowing, the following is
the most likely makeup of the final
eight: Stroke, Langford: No. 7, Tread
way (captain); No. 6, Longacre;
No. 5, Bailey; No. T. Rodgers; No. 8.
Beard; No. 2, Brown or Mills; bow,
Rogers.
OF the eight positions in the boat six,
and possibly seven, are practically de-
cided upon. Langford, Treadway,
Lcngacre, Bailey, Rodgers and Beard,
the first six men in the boat, are prac-
tically sure of rowing in the positions
named. provided they meet with no
accident before the race. Rogers at
bow is also practically sure Of his
Place, and the position which is most
doubtful is that of No. 2, which lies
between Brown, Mills and Whitney.
with the chances probably in favor Of
Mills
Taking this as the most likely, make
up of the final crew, some interesting
comparisons may be drawn between
1T and the Oxford and Cambridge
Fights which met on the Thames
a week ago. Yale. of course, will not
meet either one of these Fights in the
Henley regatta, but will probably meet
the best oarsmen in these crews in
some of the English rowing clubs.
One thing is certain regarding the
race, and that is that Yale will have
to row against, at Henley, the very
best Fights that all England can pro-
Guce.
Yale's going to Henley will be in no
sense like Cornell's trip last wear. In
no dfsparagement to Cornell, it can
now be said that the Englishmen did
not expect very much from her and
they were not disappointed. They
sized up Cornell as an easy victim md
they trained just hard enough to de-
feat her with ease. The Englishmen.
in fact, took things so easy that most
of the eight that gave Cornell such
terrible whipping did not think it even
necessary. to deny themselves their
usual pipes of tobacco after break
fast on the morning of the race. Such
statement, though surprising to an
American college oarsman. is never
theless literally true.
LOOK FOR A HARD RACE.
From Yale the Englishmen expect
very hard race. They have always
Noked upon Yale as far and away the
best rowing college in America ever
since the English and Irish crews met
the Yale crew at the Centennial in
1876 Since then the English univer-
s1ty men. and English sporting men in
general have had coed cause to in
crease their respect for Yale's ability
owing to her splendid showing in the
games with Oxford in England two
years ago, and again owing to her de-
feat of Cambridge at Manhattan Field
last fall.
1t is not surprising, then, that Yale's
friends in England have already writ
ten over to warn Yale men that at
Henley they will met the fastest crews
that all England can produce. The
oxford and Cambridge crews of this
year, which made such a splendid
fight last Saturday, will not onlv he
drawn upon by the various rowing
clubs throughout England, but the
pick Of the hundreds of trained oars
men throughout England will be at
the command Of the rowing clubs in
choosing their material for the crews
that will row at Henley This will
bring against Yale from some one of
the rowing clubs at least as strong a
crew as England can produce.
To meet such a eight Yale has at
present the material for as good a
crew as she has ever produced, and
there seems to be no reasonable doubt
that the coaches will succeed in de-
veloping a fast eight from this mate
rial Perhaps the most striking -ea-
ture of Yale's crew this year to the