New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
ATHLETICS.
WHAT COLUMBIA MEN ARE DOING ON
LAND AND WATER.

WHAT COLUMBIA MEN ARE DOING ON
LAND AND WATER.
DR. Walter Is. Peet took the Columbia varsity
crew candidates on the Hudson for the first time
on Wednesday. He used the '95 she'll The water
was rough. and this with the change OF shells ana
rig brought out the weak points. The chief fault
was the tagging Of the boat between strokes. owing
to the failure OF the men to jump on quickly ana
a tendency rush the slide. The stroke was
raised last week to twenty-sx.
The varsity squad is houied in the gymnasium
building The plan Of training second varsity ere"
has been dropped as the expense OF maintaining II
last year proved TO be far in excess Of any good
derived from IT,
The makeup of the boat has been changed by
the withdrawal OF Henderson. who was an ex-
ceptionally promising oar. He belonged TO the
hockey team. which failed TO comply with the
faculty rule requiring physical examination
Permission has been refused to all OF its members
to represent Columbia In any sport. The contest
between Thomas. Mitchell and Maclay for bow seat
is still on and will not be settled for some Time
although the last is supposed to have the poorest
chance At present the row as follows
Bow Mitchell. Thomas Maclay: ?. Faconer; j.
Meyer: t. lie Prince: >. Nash; 6. Mackay (captalID'
: Erdal: stroke. Lawrence, and coxswain' Bogue
On a recent two-mile row the men were timed by
Tribune reporter, and made the distance In min
utes 40 seconds. Considering the fact that the
race Is two months off and that speed thus far has
rot been thought OF. the time made Is encouraging
The freshmen have not yet been divided INTO
first and second boat. They have many individual
faults but on the whole are fairly good Ihe
body work is all right and the fore-and-aft swing
is good The danger at present is the lack OF uni
formity Dr. Peet is coaching them to jump OF
sharply on the recover. and then slow down on the
full reach His object now is 20 get them 10 use
a long swing and a short slide but they persist IN
Sinking the swing and lengthening the shde
The following candidates have been taken 10 the
track team training tables. and are practising
daily at Manhattan Field Captain stevens
..Naxey' Long Clark. Thurston. Bateson. Powers
Vou Baur Delgado Parker Buckholz. tackett
Atkins Johnson. Werner. ORourke. DE NIUE
Grace Mosenthal Bruce. Ryttenberg. Burnside
stewart Nash. Easton. Eastmond. Henik Evans
Cogan Smith and Boyce. The management oHers
gold medals to any eligible man who before the
Princeton games equals any OF the following
scores: Half-mie in two minutes, mile IN f;Sl
onward hurdle in twenty-five and four-nfth sec
onds six feet the high jump. p Feet IN tne
broad lump 20 feet 10 inches with the sixteen
Mound shot or l22 feet with hammer, and eleven
feet in the pole vault . -.
The Argyle Athletic Association whose member
shin is almost entirely made up of Columbia stu.
dents will hold track games, open to studehts vi
schools and colleges on MAY H. at Berkeley oval
AZ these games the Cornell and Columbia cycie
teams will compete in q dual meet. The contests
will he three I'm number-a half-mile. mile and
an unlimited pursuit race. Individual cups VIII De
presented 10 the winners.