New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-02
YALE CREWS AND TEAMS.
AN IMPROVEMENT NOTICED IN THE
UNIVERSITY BOAT.
TALK ot. 4 SECOND CREW TO ROW At HARLEM
MAKEUP OF THE BALL NlNE-THb
TRACK ATHLETES

MAKEUP or THE BALL NINE-THE
TRACK ATHLETES.
New-rIaven. Conn. May CspecaD.-ln contrast
with the troubles of few days ago. the WORK oi
the university crew for the last week mas peeh
ra her encouraging There has been some improve
ment. and the crew as a whole seems 10 r'aIi~c
that a big brace must be taken right away IL d
winning crew IL to be turned out. Mr. COOK no"
devotes all his attention to the varsity crew ana
the freshmen being coached by houeerS' '''
who rowed No on the Henley crew
on Friday the water in the harbor was u1us"a"s
smooth and for the first time this year the ere"
covered the four-me stretch. The time was kept
secret but IL Is known that the result was not al
all dscredtable Langford has been at stroke resu-
larry and as 1t is certain that Simpson VIII TOT go
into training again. Rogers has been much I'M
proved by his resting spell and Is now ROWING al
bow again Greenway and Allen, the two fresh
men, are still in the boat and Improving SLOWLY
1t is still a question whether they ought to be in
the boat ut all The rowing order is as follows:
Stroke Iangford T. Griswold: G. Allen; D. captain
Bailey: T. Greenway; 3, Campbell; 3 whitney ana
bow. Rogers.
There Is plan foot among the members OF
the second to form themselves into sepd-
rate crew. with a regular coach. and TO enter In
the senior and junior mile races of the Harlem
Regatta which takes place Decoration Day
Patterson 81 Is to he captain and Simpson. II the
plan Is carried out, will coach the men. Tommy
Clarke who coxswained the Henley crew last year
but was thought to be too heavy this year, ana
was superseded by Greene. 90, on the VARSITY II
10 coxswain this crew If he is not ineligible the
order of the boa: will be as follows: STROKE
Hewitt l. Marsh: 6. Captain Patterson; .. PARK
hurst: l. Slocovich; g. Mills; p Hitchcock. and bow,
Lake Whitney couple of times. but the upsn n OF
the plan is still uncertain AS Columbia ana rlen
sylvania are known to be entered for the Harlem ,
Regatta. the races between these three crews
The baseball team has been doing good work this
week and the outlook Is good Lhere nave oa1 nI
tain OF the s5 team: Arbuthnot Rowland and
Bowers-and the effect of their coachlng IL noucv
able The 6a Ing ehs f ha mproVed The
work is fair. The team has suffered by me loSs ol
debarred from playing by the faculty account of
low stand Wallace IS taking his place az present.
fght going on for the right and left field places
among Wallace, Hazen, Atktn Fearey the pitcher.
come out Captain Keator plays centre. TO offset
the loss OF Wear, Goodwin has pulled up ms $, staho
and has come out again lie was deoarrer oy ine
to play again As De Forest Is laid up win a spill
finger, and Bartlett is erratic. Goodwin will in an
proba bility fill the place OF catcher in the big
games. As a pitcher Wallace has dropped out Of
the and and sk w s be %s eSenaea
on for the big games, OF course Fincke and Let
ton. at third and first. are both putting up good
game OF ball. Camp and Hamlin: at short ana
second are good men but are having good deal
Of trouble with slow grounders They do not seem
to he able to get them over TO first with any sort
of speed
The prospects of the track team are at presen,
ANYTHING but encouraging Chadwick, Beck and
sheldon who were counted upon to win points for
Yale in the weights. have been stopped by the
faculty for low stand. and their removal seriously
crpples Yales chances. both with Harvard ana
at the Mott Haven games. Chadwick may be
able to join the team again in two or three weeks.
but the cases OF Beck and Sheldon are said TO be
hopeless Yale will do well to beat Harvard In
the dual games May Is, and II will be miracle
II she wins the intercollegiate games.
The annual spring games OF the Yale Athletic
Association were held Wednesday. and from
vault and hurdles possibly in the bicycle events:
that she has a good half mile runner in Hnckley,
a good sprnter in Graft the freshman, and
good mile walker in Butler.