The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
Candidates for High
School Grew
GET DOWN TO WORK
For Present Disconnected
Machine viii Be Used.

High school boys who ere trying to
make a place in the eight-oared school
crew turned out in force yesterday for
the second day of training.
Altt.@~N here is great number who
aspire for seat, only comparatively
few of them We're given trial yester-
day afternoon in the disconnected row.
ing machine in the tower of the English
high school.
The disconnected machine will be
used by the boys for some time yet, be-
fore any thought will be given the use
of the connected machine. The discon-
nected machine allows a green man
far more leeway than he would get on
the other machine.
The boys presented a clumsy appear
ance in the boat yesterday when train
ing was commenced. But this was not
unexpected, even OF the ones who held
places last season. 1t can be said that
the rowers of last year carried little
more style than the new aspirants did,
and to judge an individuals work was
out of the question.
Johnson, who sat in No. last year,
and Daily of No. 8, did not go into train
ing yesterday. Daily was there at the
time the boys got around but was given
permission to lay off for the Way by
Coach James Ten Eyck Johnson who
was in the boat Monday night for few
minutes contracted a cold by doing SO
and was not able to do any work yes
terday
Taylor acted as stroke when the eight
seats were filled, but his pace was too
strong at the start for five of the other
men We're boys who had not been in
the boat before with the exception of
Cosgrove, who was a member of the
substitute crew last year. He occupied
the bow. A heat of five minutes was the
starter and 1t told greatly on the new
boys when it had been finished. Trusdell
of seat was completely played out and
his place had to be filled by Wheaton.
Wheaton in his trial stood the test bet
ter than Trusdell, although he did not
handle himself much better. With the
exception of those who were of last
years crew the boys fail to understand
the WY of handling an oar. Coach Ten
Eyck readily saw that the boys were
lacking skill in the use Of the oar and
spent most of his time while they were
pulling teaching the proper use of them.
Coach Ten Eyck was delighted at the
large number that turned out for prac-
ttce yesterday and he feels confident
that in the number, eight fine boys can
be picked to make up the crew, and up
hold the enviable record that the high
school now holds.
Perry, who was as awkward as the
rest when training commenced, finally
caught the hang and he pulled his oal
as gracefully and with as much ease
as he did last year. He occupied No.
at the beginning, but he was made tc
change places with Hurley, who 4xas III
seat g. for Hurley's oar could not be
regulated to pull with the ease that the
others were. Hurley afterwards vacat-
ed his place to be taken by Weir who
has had some practice in this line be-
fore. Cosgrove did exceptionally good
work for the first day, although he had
to be corrected a few times by Coach
Ten Eyck.
The boys as whole did fine work for
the first day, especially those who had
not the opportunity of stepping into a
boat before. Training in the past two
years was begun later in the season
than this year. the boys having a month
more this time to get into shape and
the day in each Of the two past years
that the water was taken to was April
10. Real hard training Will not begin
for a month or 30 as yet as Coach Ten
Eyck intends to go about matters slow
ly and not spoil his material by too
early deFeioDrnent