The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-08
MEN VINO MADE UP YALE,s CBEW.
Bob Cook Did Not Consider 1t a Star
Eight.

The Yale eight sailed from New York
for England on June 16, 1896, sailing on
the American line steamship Berlin.
Their veteran trainer Bob Cook, ac-
companied them The crew, which Mr.
Cook did not regard as star Yale
eight, was made UP as follows:
Stroke, George Langford, '97, age 20
years, weight 1751a pounds, height 6
feet Y inch. Prepared at st. Paul,
Mimi.
No. Ralph B. Treadway, '96 (cap-
tain), age % years, weight ITO pounds,
height feet 111a inches Prepared at
Phillips Exeter academy.
No. 6--John McC. Longacre, SO, age
% years months, weight Its pounds,
height IL feet inches.
! No. 5-Philip H. Bailey, age % years
9 months, weight $50 pounds, height 8
feet Prepared at Hartford High
| schoor
No. 4-James 0. Rodgers '9s, age 81
| years months, weight 1781a pounds,
| height feet liz inches. Prepared at
| Andover.
| No. 3-William M. Beard, '96, age 20
years, weight 1927 pounds, height D
feet 81 inches. Prepared at Hopkins
| Grammar school and Poughkeepsie
| Military academy
| No. ALEXANDER Brown jr., '96, age
90 years. weight 40 pounds, height 6
| feet u inch Prepared at st. PauFs
school.
| Coxswain-T. L. Clarke, 81.
| Substitutes-J. S. Wheelwright, Payne
| Whitney and P. d. Mills.
| on the way over the men suffered
| severely from seasickness, but Mr.
| Cook kept them supple and in fairly
good condition by,a course of impromp~
tn training, such as running on the
| decks. rowing with an oar in box Cone
of his own inventions), and exercises
for the arm and leg muscles. On their
arrival at Henley they went to the
pleasant quarters which had been en-
gagged for them at Marsh Mills house,
and lost no time in beginning river
practice In coaching the crew Mr..
Cook adhered to his own system of
rowing, and the only, concession he
made to English criticisms was to
lengthen the stroke. In practice the
Yale eight surprised Henley by some
very fast bursts of speed and rowed
over half the course aud the full course
in close to record time. Their work,
however did not seem to be as even
and consistent as that of Leander and
New College. The Yale men were
slower also in starting, but they finish
ed with great power. Several days
training We're lost owing to the faulty
rigging of their racing shell, the meas
urements having unfortunately been
left behind Mr. Cook at no time dur
ing the period of preparation was salts
fed with the form of the Yale eight,
and never expressed himself as SAN
guine of victory. The crew was I'M
doubtedly a powerful one but did not
seem to make their boat travel smooth
ly.
THE GRAND CHALLENGE CUP.
The Grand Challenge cup which 1t
was Cornelrs ambition to capture last
year and which Yale hoped to win at
this years regatta, has been aptly
termed the "blue ribbon" of amateur
Workmanship. The first holder was
Trinity college, Cambridge, which won
the race for the trophy in 1889. Since
that year it has been carried off by the
Leanders, oxford, Cambridge, Thames
Rowing club, London Rowing club
Royal Chester Rowing club and the
Kingston Rowing club. The college
crews have frequently won, but in re-
| cent years the Leanders, a crew made
up chiefly of veteran university oars
men, have more often carried off the
nrize. Last year Cornell, after rowing
fast in practice, made Wretched tiascc
of her race for the treasured cup
American oarsmen had one creditablf
success at Henley, when, In 1878, Co.
1umbia college crew won the Visitors
challenge cup. The Henley course be-
Gins lust below Regatta Island and
ends above Phillis Court.
The winners of the different events
) at Henley last year were as follows
(the record time is included):
Grand Challenge cup-Holders, Trim
ity Hall crew, Cambridge Time, 1880
Record. 6:51, made by Leander in 1891
Thames Challenge cup-Holders. Am
sterdam Rowing clubs crew, Holland
Record, 7;O51a, made by London R. c
, in 1886.
Ladies' Challenge plate-Holders
5 Eaton college crew. Time, 1925. Rec
: ord. ITO. made by Trinity Hall, Cam
l bridge. in 1887.
Stewards Challenge cup-Holders
London f. C. crew. Time. 7:45. Rec
f ord. 1887. made by Brasenose college
oxford, in 1890.