The Worcester spy., 1899-06-29

have responded faithfully and earnest
ly to every suggestion, and they de-
serve to win in good shape l do not
believe in talking before race. lii
fact I do not believe in talking worry
much anyway"
Richard Armstrong, another old Yale
oarsman and coach, famiharly known
among the Yale men as "Bronch"
Armstrong, returned today from
Poughkeepsie, where he officiated last
evening as the referee in the quad
angular race between the University of
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Cornell and
Columbia. When asked for his opinion
on the race tomorrow, he said:
"The Yale boat is going well. 1t is
impossible for me to compare the two
crews accurately, as l have not seen
Harvard row for several days, Yale
is rowing more smoothly than Wiscon-
sin, but it would be hard to say wheth-
er one or the other is the faster unless
they were to come together. Yale is
pulling fully as well as Pennsylvania,
so far as form goes, but the same un-
certainty prevails in comparing these
crews"
The early evening was spent in re-
ceiving visitors, prominent among
whom were DIR. Josh" Hartwell, a
former Yale oar and foot ball player
and Lieut.. Hills of the auxiliary cruiser
Prairie The Yale contingent retired
at a comparatively early hour and
long before midnight Broadview was
wrapped in the quiet which is charac-
teristic of the last night before the big
race.
At Redtop, the Harvard quarters, there
was little of the boating activity Of
the ten days previous. The visitors,
however, kept matters lively, for a score
or more of graduate Oarsmen came
1iocking up the river bent on a look
bluff, that many remembered so well.
Those who came early saw the crew
on the river for an hour during the
morning, although no hard rowing was
done. Coach Storrow sent the eight
off on half a dozen pistol starts. In
each instance the Grey rowed out for
a quarter of a mile. but they did not
exert themselves.
Just before sundown the varsity
went out again, much to the delight OF
a still greater thrOng of Cambridge
men at the quarters. The work was
light, as it would naturally be on the
eve of the great race The freshmen
went out at the same time with the
varsity and both crews We're lined up
and given several stars. Mr.. Storrow,
who acted as referee, propounded the
usual formula to each crew, and then
started them with a pistol.
The crews rowed each time about an
eighth of mile, back and forth in
front of the boat house, where the
crowd of Harvard enthusiasts too
large to be accommodated aboard the
launch, could watch them The fresh
men gained a slight lead on the first
start, but in the three succeeding trials
the varsity jumped away and gained
steadily. The work all through the boat
was smooth, the outboard work espe-
cially being uniform.
The crews We're out about half an
hour, and when they returned to the
float the varsity four-oar was taken out
and given some final coaching and a
few starts.
None of the men seemed nervous over
the outcome, which showed them to be
we'll trained, and net too much on edge.
Their faithful college friends sat round
and chatted naturally of the morrow's
races, and it was the opinion of all that
the '99 crew had been we'll trained.
Said one prominent Harvard oars
man: THE crew has steadily improved
since it came to New London. And
while it is not an unusual one it is still
much above the average. AS a crew it
is not as good as Yale's but it has a
perfection Of workmanship and
SmoOthness never before seen in a
Harvard shell. The boat is steady and
the men row confidently. Nevertheless,
1t is well known that the Yale crew does
not go as fast as it looks while the
Harvard shell goes through the water
much faster than it appears.
ale can only row just so fast, while
Harvard has the power to increase her
speed. It appears to me, therefore
that if Harvard is within striking dis,
tance of Yale at the three-mi1e flag
the crimson crew will win through
its squirting ability.
As to the freshmenI I think they have
a chance, although not nearly as good
as the substitutes, who should win"
Among the prominent graduates at
the Harvard quarters today were DR..
William A. Brooks. Dr. Conant Neal
Rantoul, John T. Burnett and Stroke
Bullard of SO crew, while undergradu-
ates hocked to the quarters nearly all
day The varsity will have a paddle in
the morning, but the other crews will
not pull an oar until they start in the
race.
The following will act as officials for
the varsity race:
Referee, w. A. Meikleham of Colun-
bia. Yale judge, Edison F. Gallaudet;
Yale judge at finish, Richard Arm
strong; timekeeper for Yale, Alfred
Cowles.
Harvard judge, G. s. Mumford; Har-
yard judge at finish, ]. L. Saltonstall; j;
Harvard timekeeper J. J. StorrOw.
Following are the statistics of the
Harvard varsity four:
Stroke-F. r. Blake, '99, age % years,
height feet l inch. weight 100 pounds
No. 81. D. Herman, 1900 age 21
height . feet II inches, weight 170
pounds.
No. 2-J. F. Perkins, '99. age q, height
feet l72 inches, weight 175 pounds.
Bow. Endicott. '01, age 20 years.
height feet 2 inches, weight l55
pounds.
Following are the statistics of the
Yale varsity four:
Stroke-M Alex. Cameron, age 20
years, height feet 10 inches, weight
157 younds.
No. 8-P. L. Mitchell. age 20 years.
height feet 11l9 inches, weight 10
No. 2-J. c. Brock. age 10 years.
height feet 1O14 inches, weight us
pounds.
Bow-R. NJ. Patterson, age p. height
feet S}a inches weight l56 pounds
Coxswain-E. P. Chitenden. age %
years, height ; feet inches, weight 112
pounds.
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