The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-14
TALES RowINo MEy DIFFER.
Oars and Shell OF an English Model Likely to
he Used This Year.

The policy of Bob Cook comes in for a great
deal of comment just now. AS the rowing sea-
son progresses it is evident that Cook believes
he has in some of the stalwart youngsters who
rowed in last years freshman boat men who
will show up better than some members of tho
varsity crew who rowcd last year and who are
still candidates for the eight. Three of the veter-
ans are rowing in the second boat. They have
not been able to get n place in the first shell.
The fact that the training table has just been
started without their being invited to 1t indi-
Gates that keeping the varsity men of last
year out of the first boat Is not a temporary eX-
pcdicnt. 1t means that Cook is pleased with
the work Of the sophomores who pulled. the
race last year that defeated the Harvard and
Cornell rcshmen. Dave Rogers. bow; Green
way, i, and Griswold, :. are the three men who
were in the varsity shell last year. Green
way has been in poor health. and has not been
able TO do himself justice in the preliminary
practice. Griswoid is naturally Of slender build.
and If Cook insists on placing heavy men in
the shell, Griswo!d will not be in the boat. The
case of Rogers seems peculiar. He is a men,
Der of the Rogers family which has given to
Yale more oarsmcn than any other family in
the world. The varsity is rowing as follows:
Stroke, Flint; Z. Greenleaf; 6. Allen; 5. Cross;
4, McGec; 3. Brock; .. Capt. Whitney; bow.
Williams. Flint has strokcd the varsity for
a, month. and the management, Of the crew is
the crew that meets Harvard and Cornell this
year. Williams, who rowcd stroke all the fall,
is pulling n beautiful bow oar, and will prob
ably he kept there.
II is q sort OF an open secret that there is a
wide difference of opinion among Yale rowing
leaders about the kind of.Oars TO be used by the
crow this year. Cook is n warm advocate of
the narrow blade, English pattern. When he
took the Yale crew TO Henley two years ago he
became convinced that the narrow blades were
the superior; Last year there was some oppo.
against Cornell and Harvard. Last summer
Capt. Payne Whitney OF the crew went to Eng.
land, lie discussed the rowing question IN al
Capt. Whitney, returned TO this country agree:
ing with Cook in: the matter Of oars. and
oars have been ordered, and English oars will,
with little doubt, be what will be employed to
drive the water of the Thames to n foam next
Many Yale cro% captains Of regent years, in
and Hartwcll, 90, are ~ little s~kcptical about
the proposed change. They argue that the
broad oars seemed best to Them, and thcy, be.
will probably be selected for the big struggle.
Tho shell received from Claspcr Of england
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Several changes were made last week by the
Yale baseball ~coaclcrs among the leading can
varsity squad. Kiefer; Robson, g. NJ. Clark
gardcd IN finds" II they keep up the pace
they have set they will be ~fxturcs on the team.
man. Iie seems TO ill IN the gap BEAUTIFULLY.
He Is quick and shows an acquaintance with
hard hit groundcrs that makes him n valuable
addition to the team. Kiefer fills the bill be-
hind the bat. His work last week was OF the
veteran type. kiefcr made u brilliant record
on the football fed last fall. The varsity
squad has been divided in,o two mines and rcSu-
lar games have been played. The first nine is
made up as follows: Pitchers, Hall and Fearcy;
catchcrs, Kicfer and sullivan; first base. Wads.
worth; second base, Hazeni shortstop, Camp;
third base, Robson; outiield. Greenway, Wear
Yale will take the field on the Easter trip.