The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-01
EAGER TO GET AT CORNELL
YALEs oARsMEN ANXIOUS TO
20 80
RETRIEVE DEFEAT
Blue stronger on the Water Than
Last Year-Dfscouragi Base
Ball Outlook, ata4 New Haven
Players Are All CrippIed-On the
Water the sons of Ell Hope ITO
Win Added Laurels.


NEW HAVEN, May 31.-Now THAT a
race with Cornell is assured, and there
will be chance for the Blue to retrieve
the defeat of last year, interest in the
work Of the Fights has been increased.
This is about the only line in which
Yale will be successful from the pres
ent outlook. With the base ball team
things have been going from bad to
worse, until now, even when a clear
day does appear, few men watch the
practice
Hopes of a fair showing were raised
early in the season by the line work Of
Fearey in the box, but in the last
games he has gone to pieces. Brown
knocked him out Of the box, and in
the Orange game he gave thirteen bases
on balls. Capt. Greenway has now
begun to use his arm for the first time
this spring, and he Is not yet certain
whether he can get into effective con-
dirion before the big games. Hall and
Chauncey are the only twiriers in con-
dition, and they are about third-rate.
Then Shortstop Camp has an abScess
on his leg, and Bronson is filling his
place in an erratic manner. De Saul
les, at second base, is barely able to
play, and is now working against a
physicians order. It is only the fact
that the team can scarcely get along
without him that keeps him training.
The team work is slipshod and the men
are doing poorer work with the bat
than they were at first. The rainy
weather may be in part responsible TO,
the poor showing, but the lack of Goa CHI
ing is considered the primary cause.
From the present outlook, Harvard and
Princeton will make monkeys out of
tine team when they meet in the final
games.
Bob" Cook is bitterly complaining
about the interference of the weather
with the work of the crews. They have
not been able to, row over the course
on time for the past three weeks, and
all the rowing has been confined to
short stretches in sheltered spots. The
oarsinen themselves suggested the con-
ce,ssions that were made to Cornell,
when they agreedito row the day after
they had finished the mental strain of
their eNamina tons, for they were eager
to get another oihance4 at the Ithacans
Harvard has againt' acted as media
tor. ale agreed ito row any date that
Cornell and Harvard lcan agree upon,
and this will be June %, With the FIR sh-
man race the 23rd This reverses the
usual order of racing, but it was the
only possible way toi arrange a meet
ing. Since the Very successful regatta
Of last week the boat house has settled
down to comparative quiet. Only three
Fights are now in training-the Var
sity and the second and the first fresh
man. Since the second freshman eight
have broken all records by winning
the regatta, they have twice beaten the
first freshman crew, and on two oc-
casions have given the Varsity very
stiff argument.
Now that Cook has settled the order
Of the varsity crew, he will turn his
~
the freshman shell. Capt Brown, of the
first freshman, stands six feet three
inches and weighs 1876 pounds He is
the biggest oarsman in training. Still
man and Montague, of the same boat,
are heavy men,, and the reason for the
poor work is the effect of the heavy
men in the center Of the boat 1t is
expected that, if the second crew con-
tinue their good work, they will change
places with the first in their present
order.
The settling Of this freshman crew
middle is the only uncertainty that
exists in the crew quarters. The VAL
sity eight is rowing in the same order
day after day, and under the present
conditions is doing creditable work.
Niedecken, at No. 5, is proving an i'm
prevement on Cross and saves the other
men some fifteen pounds Of solid beef.
to leave for the Thames by June s. Re-
port has reached here that Cornell does
not intend to appear on the waters Of
the Thames until three days before the
race. If this is the case a good share
of the interest in the regatta will be
lost for the oarsmen. who thoroughly
enjoy the two weeks friendly inter
course before the final meeting. The
| freshmen crew will remain in the city
| 1Onpar ~
planning to reach Gales Ferry until the
week Of the race, The following is the
order Of the three crews:
| 'Varsity-Stroke. Williams; No. Z Green
| leaf; No. 6. Allen; No, S, Niedecken No 4,
Flint; Ne 8, Brock; No. 2. Wickes; bow,
| Can't. Whitney. ra
First Freshman-strok Keppleman: No. T.
Auchincloss; No. 6. Capt. Brown; No. 5, Men
tsgue; No. 4 Stillman; No. 8, G:llett; No. 2,
| Second Freshman-Stroke, Cameron. rae
tain: No. 7. Mitchell: No. s. Wheeler: No
| 5, Newport No. 4. O'cott; No. 3. Atkinson
| No. q Ireland bow, Waterman.