Evening star., 1897-04-13
PRAISED BY LEHMAN.

He Says the Members of the Harvard
Crew Have Greatly Improved.
Coach Lehman has finally picked the
Harvard crew which, bar accident, will row
II, the tripartite collegiate race. 1t is:
Stroke, ). +: Perkins; Z, Goodrich; 6, Thorn
son; 5, J. H. Perkins; 4, Sprague; 8, Hol-
lister; 2, Bull; bow, Wrightington. This
choice is generally commended by gradu-
ates and undergraduates alike. 1t is be-
lieved to constitute one of the strongest,
nerviest crews Harvard ever put afioat
Coach Lehman says regarding the crew
When I returned end took the crew on
the 18th OF March they had been, On the
water about q week, and during the winter
had done a certain amount of.work, though
not so much as has been usual in former
years, In the tank, under the direction CT
Ccaches Storrow, Mumford and Captain
Goodrich. l found them rowing in very
good shape, far better, indeed, than l ex-
pected.
They showed great confidence and great
er strength, which proved to my mind that
they had been carefully thinking out for
themselves what they had been learning in
tne lail ana had been constantly endeavor-
ing to arply these lessons, under the gull
apce tf careful instructors.
ITO put it IN a different way. whereas. in
the tal. they had always to be thinking
with the recurrence of every stroke of the
various motions that they had to- go
less
strange; 1t ,emed to me when saw them
IN March that these motions had become a
sort or second nature to- them and they
therefore performed them with a greater
facility and precision.
! THE work in the barge has shown a
steady and continued Improvement The
stroke has heightened out, the swing and
palance nave become better, the grip at the
pee1nning Is firmer. and the work of the
blades in the water is, on the whole, clean
and strong, although there is still here and
there tendency to feather and under
water.
fnyslcaily, the men are fine, powerful
iot' IUfy as strong and well developed as
tne Englfshmen who form the two uniyer-
slty crews there. They have not had the
same racing experience as the English
cousins, but this disadvantage may be to
some extent counteracted by the long prep
aratfon which they will have to undergo for
tnls race and by racing against scratch
crews in the latter stages
1t must be remembered, too that in this
respect the crews of the other American
universities have no advantase over ours.
Al present the crew. having just taken to
the shell, are in one of their transitory peri
DDS, but there issteFery reason to suppose
that when they have mastered those re-
quirements OF Workmanship which can be
taught only in q cTacing ship they will
show both uniformity and pace.
--t DtAE-
Cricketers 1rudng to England
The makeup Of fhe cricket team which
Will go to England this summer was finally
fixed at q meeting Of the associated cricket
clubs in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon.
AS originally selected. fourteen men were
chosen to take the. trip OF these eleven
will positively goo fThey are Messrs. G. $
Patterson, P. H.1Glark, F. w. Ralston, F.
H. Bohlen, Germantown Cricket Club; c.
Coates, X. j. 3. liking, A NJ. Wood Bel
mont Cricket Club H. P. Bailey, Merton
L A
lege Cricket Club d. BiddIe, Philadelphia
Cricket Club. and sN II. Bates. Tioga, Grick-
ct Club. The three men who were at first
selected, but owing to business engage
e. w. Clark. jr., and w ". Noble, Ger
mantown Cricket Club, and H. H. Brown.
Belmont Cricket Club. The committee af,
ter lengthy consultation. filled these va
cancles by selecting E. N. Creger and Wal
ter Scott, Belmont, and N. C. Thayer
Merton. ~
Cation Defeated Spinks.
CHICAGO. April 13.-The tie for frs
money between w. H. Cation and w. A.
Spinks in the recent "short-stop" billiard
tournament was played Off last night. and
won by Cation after Spinks had secured a
winning lead Spinks broke the short-ston
record in the eleventh inning by a beau
tiful run Of 1S4. He fell down badly after
that however, and Cation coming strong
toward the end, won out with lots to spare
Final score: Cation, 600; best run, 1lG:
average, IL 14-29.
Carl NecI Retires.
Carl B. Neel, the tennis expert, has re-
signed his membership in the Kenwood
Country Club of Chicago, and announced
his permanent retirement from the lawn
tennis court. He has long been promi-
nert player. -
Women Race Twenty-Five Miles,
Dottie Farnsworth defeated Helen Bald
win in a twenty-five-nlile race in the audi
torium at Detroit last night. Time: :OS 30.
Neither did much sprinting until the last
mile. "f'F''''
Steinitx Himself Again.
VIENNA. April 13.-Dr. Steinitz played
chess here yesterday. twenty-five games
simultaneously. He walked around the ia
BILE. leaning heavily on his cane He lost
two games and won seventeen In three
the result was not decided. A.-'aaA
PiIIsbury Forxes Ahead.
The twentieth game of the chess match
between Pillsbury and Showalter at Brook
lyn yesterday was won by Plllsbury. The
score now stands: Pillsbury, 8; ShowaHer,
8; drawn, g.
- Corbett's Manly Admission. -''.-
James J. Corbett appeared in the arena
Of the Quaker City Athletic Club in Phila-
delphis last night. The crowd cheered wild
ly, and there were loud cries for a speech.
At the conclusion of the sixth round, Cor
bett climbed into the ring and said:
Gentlemen: thank You kindly for this
reception. want to say to you all that
was whipped honestly and fairly by Mr..
Fitzsimmons. don't intend to no and
drink myself to death worrying over NV de-
feat. 1t was theiiffs setback Of INV life
Pm young yet, aid hope within the next
year or SO to prove to you that 1 am still
the champion of she world"
VIII Not Have the L. A. w.
DENVER, Coils April 13.-A meeting of
Colorado wheelmeps was held last night to
consider the proposition Of secession from
the L. A. w. After stormy debate Sc
cession was defeated and resolutions adopt
ed favoring local option on the question Of
Sunday racing
English Tennis CAampionship.
LONDON. April 13.-In the lawn tennis
amateur championship finals Grabble heat
Crawley by toyf!i
1t matters little what 1t Is that YOU want