The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-04
TRAINING AT YALE.
Expensive to Get the Blue Oarsmen
Into Winning Shape.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April 1.-The train
ing of Yale's oarsmen this years differs con-
Eiderably from that of past seasons. The
plan is to give the Oarsmen as little severe
work as possible and to vary their training
table diet SO that it will not become monot-
onous The practice work will be made brisk
and as little time devoted to this work as
possible, so as not to tire the men out need
lessly and make them slow and logy.
1t has often been argued that the training
table is dangerous institution, and this year
Yale will lay less stress even than last year
upon hard and rigorous dieting. The food
will be varied az much as possible, and the
oarsmen will be given all sorts of food, and
not confined as formerly to oatmeal, pOta-
toes, beef and a few vegetables.
This year the bill of fare will be practically
as liberal as that of any hotel. The oarsmen
will also be given more claret and ale than
usual with their meals after a hard days
work. Experience has taught Yale that the
best of physical condition is not obtained by
harsh eating, and each year for the past half
dozen seasons the rigorous bill Of fare Of the
training table has been relaxed.
1t is only few years since soups and all
sorts Of sweets were prohibited. The men
were only allowed glass Of ale about once a
week. The rest Of the time they were given
when they went to New London to live with
the oarsmen, began to appreciate how
palatable these standard items of the bill of
fare became, and realized that IT was only
the desperate appetites of the lusty oarsmen
that enabled the latter to endure them.
Yale's trip to England and her aequaint-
duc6 with inc EIlBlSu u6InOOS IuFLH0T COU-
tinced her that better results were obtained
by more freedom in dieting. The English
crews are very lax as regards their food, and
eat about everything they care for. They
also drink great deal of ale and some claret
They do not do much severe work the
american crews, and certainly row much
faster q rule than the Americans do.
Yale's training expenses as rule amount
70 about 5000 year. This expense Is met
by the earnings Of such associations as the
football and baseball, and by private contri-
buttons from the alumni Of the university.
The training table always costs the boat
club great deal, owing to the large quaint
ties OF expensive food consumed by the
hungry oarsmen. Every man who is taken
to the training table has to pay for his board
at the table the same amount he has been
paying at his boarding house. This, OF
course, never equals the amount per capita
which the boat club has to expend on the
training table
The cost of boats, oars and rigging is a
big item. The coaching launch is also big
expense. It requires two men to run the
launch, and the expense of keeping the
launch In repair is also considerable. Then
there is boatman and boat builder, in ad-
dition to various other assistants, which the
handling of boats require. Yale found that
her trip to Henley cost her very little more
than 1t cost to go to New London and train
there.
Breakfast comes at half-past and lunch at
!. The AFTERNOON practice begins at 4, and
usually keeps the men busy until o'clock.
They rarely get their dinner before half-past
9. and, when the days grow longer and the
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harbor, it will often be O'Clock, and some
times later, before the oarsmen sit down for
their dinner.
After such a days work the men find an
hours study in the evening hard work, and
10 O'Clock is a late bed hour for them.
The men now at the training table include
three veterans of last years Henley eight
Capt. Bailey, Stroke Langford and Simpson.
The three substitutes of the Henley crew
Payne Whitney, son of William c. Whitney;
Paul Mills and @. T. Marsh-are also at the
training table. D. F. Rogers '9S, and S.
Patterson, 81, two candidates for last year s
crew, are again among the candidates for this
years eight The only new men at the train
and H. Parkhurst '98.
1t Is impossible as yet to pick the eight thai
will represent Yale at Poughkeepse. Simp-
son, who rowed bow oar last year is prob
ably the most likely man for stroke this year
Langford has got two big for stroke, and has
been moved back to No. Z. Payne Whitney
is reasonably certain of rowing No. 6, while
Capt. Bailey will again sit at No. s.
For No. Paul Mills Will stand a very fail
chance, although he is by no means certain
owing to his erratic work. Campbell has
been tried at No. a good deal, and is i'm
proving slowly SlokOvch, a member Of last
years unfortunate freshman eight, is rowing
No. 2, while Dave Rogers is at bow where
he rowed last season until just before the
Henley crew was chosen, when Simpson was
put in at bow.
The average weight OF the candidates Is
f71.6 pounds, which is lighter than last years
men were at this time. The crew may
however be so changed as to bring it's weight
up again before the final eight is selected
which will not be until after May l.