New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-27
L. L. Tatum.

regularity, even when another boat was leading,
that means extraordinary reserve power as well
as the consciousness OF II on the part or the men
Furthermore the body Of the Cornell men was good
all through the boat They had long. vigorous
swing bending far back. not letting their arms
break until the swing quite over. They then
came down the slider slowly and finally began The
next stroke with a quick vigorous catch that was
unique; no other boat had anything Ike II. rms
catch was the only trace to be seen Of Courtney
last years stroke and 1t was remarkable that he
should have been able to teach and the men to learn
q new stroke 50 effectively in one season Probably
the catch starting the stroke well as II did, had
much to do with preventing a rushing OF the slides
and hence there little or no check in the
velocity Of the boat between strokes.
All this has been more or less evident during tho
last few weeks, bu, the doubt as to whether Cor
nell could hold up to their work for four miles was
something that could only be settled by tho race
itself That they In good condition and ca
pabe OF squirting at the three-mie nag was quite
clear when they drew away from Harvard after
two wearing spurts which Colson called for at the
crucial time in any four-nile race.
HARVARD'S WORK
Harvard's work during the is quite as inter-
estng as Cornelps for the men made In some ways
a better showing than they have for years There
WAS little or no check the boat between strokes.
and the leg work strong over the your miles
The men, however. came very far forward on the
full reach, and Wnle the DOht Hot hdB' siIrt tH'
slides were not rushed 10 any apprecable degree,
vet the men seemed 70 reach little beyond their
power 70 recover quickly, and hence there was no
sign of that quick brisk catch that showed 90 clear
! ly In Cornells boat The body work of the Harvard
men on the finish Of the stroke not so long
and full they did not pull out the stroke 10 is ut
most and swing with their backs out to the finish as
Cornell nor as the Yale crews In the last rev years
have
But the most important feature well as the
most encouraging one 10 Harvard sympathizers Is
that the men had more vgor and nerve In their
work than usual Mumford has certainly put new
! life into Harvard rowing. for the 80 boat had a
speed ana power TO answer calls for spurts that.
/ while not equal TO Cornelrs this year has seldom
been seen In Harvard boats in recent seasons.
They wanted of the same kind of power,
which, added better Workmanship dor
this at times was bad) ana ruler stroke.
would have done much for them
There was a different look. nevertheless, about
the crew this year. and it is evident that Watson :
! coaching can he improved upon. Last year the
to take the spirit out Of the men Inis year they
! only needed more Of what they had, and still bet
the step taken was one IN advance. on the other
hand there can be no question OF me business
boats. Harvsrds Workmanship was inferior to
Cornels: her body swing was poorer. and the
nell alone was enough to lose closely contested
Na he 9ost mSysd on an even
Is more than can be said OF many recent Cambridge
! VARSITY shells
| WHAT PENNSYLVANIA DID.
| Pennsylvania had the same Ward stroke OF last
| year The best that can be said for ii is that it
shows good workmanship and that the boat runs
easily and steadily. Any could see. however,
that. compared with Cornels and IIarvards stroke.
Pennsylvania's boat seemed TO lag There no
quick. hard catch. The mems backs not to-
gether No. 6. Stephenson. was ahead % No. all
the way down the course. No one went away out
backward IN the finish. and several men, notably
No. 6, went much too far forward the full en-
The Pennsylvanans nevertheless sent their shell
along at remarkable speed rowing the four miles
( in but one second over the fastest time made
on the Thames: and without doubt their boat would
have gone even faster II McAvoy the coxs VAIN had
/ not lost his head and tried help the boat on by
swayng backward and forward with each stroke as
! II he had learned that in rowing, when a
| coxswaan sways in such manner he breaks the
law. and illustrates the fact that his actions and
reactions. far from being equal. quite unequal.
the reaction each time doing great deal to deaden
the boat With their training and power TO keep
UP their pace for eight miles. II necessary. the
Pennsyivana men might have beaten Harvard II
they had been more regular in their inboard work
AS 1t was. they gained fast Harvard In the last