New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
COLLEGE TEAMS AND CREWS.
WORK AND FORM OF THE ATHLETES ON
LAND AND WATER.
YALE.s EXPECTATIONS IN THE INTERCOLLEGIATE
TRACK GAMES RAIsED-HER CREW

TRACK GAMES RAISED-HER ChE"
LITTLE TOO "FINE.'
New.uaven. Conn., May % (SpeciaD-Ever since
the victory in the dual athletic games WIN i"
ward. held here on the 18th, iae's hopes io' ."'
intercollegiate games have been brighter Al
,ho,sh n ,s recognized that Harvard is perhaps
IA, tho most formidable rival in the coming n'ee"
ord that she may have had an ION day whe'
her athletes came TO New-HaVen' 'ne -,
themselves which Yale men made are en,
II is not the defeat of Harvard, but the 'ii"e ~
distance figures which taken into cohsi'e'"
49, ara an ,bis basis Yale is thought to nave a
ta,r chow of winning the intercollegiate meet WIN
NO excuse however for confidence or any '''e
Of sureness. al y, this
The team has been doing light WORK al "a ns
week and with the exception OF Moho"E am -,
sbIv Tuesday no more hard work VIII o' ~,
-. ,ho ITO contest The Harvs I'd games urea
. cood MANY men out Graf. the best sprlh'e' III
college will not be able to compete al an, VII ~
count of the injury he received 10 MS aini',
erwse the men who did the best Woih Ill Wv
Harvard games will be entered III ''o nv" ~
g,ate The team is in about as good physleAi con-
d,,,or rs could be wished Every man Is ualheo
I'M 10 the top notch. but no one Is stare OF e,I ,
a little "fne" Trainer Fitzpatrick mas zone NE
work well The bicycle squad mas peei p"t "
charge of Culver special trainer, until the "hee'
a. run off on June g. The men have Deen sp'ih'
ing this week and the team Is fas' one anu
u,orks well together Hill. the captain Is oohe
Intentionally fine FORK. Yales chances mere "
good even against Columbia's strong ea." 49,
other directions II may be SAID III su'i'',,ar o s
tho, Vale will do especially well in the zzo-!aio
dash the hurdles and the pole vault. rls"V,' "
tho Onward dash seems sure of place. Ieihi',''
Thomson and Van ingen are strong tiio " a.,
hurdles and Johnson Selin and van "4i'ho -
tho polt vault Perkins and Johnson are -,
,,pon for places In the 1GO-yard dash hae s"o"ru
get a place ana Speer should score III ''ie M M
rp Uinckley the best half-mile runner III oo'-
Iese will probably get 20 place. nor Is Aa'e IN!
10 be represented in the quarter 'hi'e i".' ~.
"a Yale's only good man in the mile VAIN ~ ~
" Fights Chadwick is counted upon for place ~
the hammer and II Sheldon pulls up MS s'a''u
fine and is allowed to compete, he VIII suieIS
win the shot Beck. who, next to ChadwicN' 10 Wv
best hammer-thrower In college VIII no' ~
lowed TO enter. In the broad jump i"i, -,
chance in Cheney. but relies little upon inns
MerwIn. in the high jump. with his fecofu VI
tao, 9it ,ncbes should draw a second place, at
least On the whole. whichever way laie Con M
out. the result will not be an en- the Showing
made by big athletes entered from small coieS hos
The work OF the university crew TINS Waek ago
In the last two or three brushes with me aIvS no
for the distance of mile OF SO IN, i freshmen are
also improving steadily. this gives the NaSioi has
nea Iseed Two points and the is now rowing
thrty-four 10 the minute Inns stroke WI Nh for the
Pougbke"psie race the stroke will be lowered to
thirty.two The only change in the boat TINS week TX
bae heen the substitution for the second ule OF
Mills for cireenway at No. A. Greenway Is nO1
feeling we'll and has been put back IN me IRE gnod
boat I'm after the Wisconsin race. II not lot soou
Tr Cook has been coaching the men chie laa on
fiede Nork Speclal attention paid on FRIDAY
t1auII oWinT the sides between strokes The only
thing in the way Of developing better crew man IN
Was expected early in the spring is the danger Oh
overtraining The weights are still away Gown
and the men much 100 fine" for this time OF tne
vear When the hot weather comes there Is sure 20
he trouble il there not easing up In the Work
The order of the boat for the Wisconsin race mas 9ee
and &c foil
Griswod g. Allen s. Captain Bailey; - Nils; o.
Campbell: Q Whitney and bow Rogers. Inc Wlscon
elm men have arrived in town and in training AT
their quarters in East Haven Their shell vii arrive
on Tuesday or Wednesday. The outcome OF the race
cannot no predicted. All three crews-Yale VARSITY
Yale freshman and Wisconsin-seem to be ABOUT
evenly matched for a two-mile race. II has not
been decided yet where the race will take place