New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-08
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THE YALE CREW IN GOOD SHAPE
HARvARDs CHANCES ON THE WATER.


THE YALE CREW IN GOOD SHAPE
HARvARDs CHANCES ON THE WATER
Yale Harvard and Princeton all showed up well
on the diamond Saturday and displayeo con-
siderable Improvement over the Work done IN
earlier games Pennsylvania. too. won rather an
unexpected victory over Cornell. The Quakers
batted weakly, but the Ithacans mace some pao
errors In the last two innings. and THESE los. lhei
the game Harvard's work against Coiumola al
Cambridge seemed brilliant. but. then the view
York City youths did not put up very formioaoie
struggle The Harvard batted terrincaIy,
scoring four home runs: ran bases with daring anu
felded clearly. Columbia. on the other manu-
played loosely her third baseman making no Tess
than four errors. Yales work In the heio "as y.
no means brilliant. Eight errors is not sooo
record for the Els but they redeemed the DAY oy
ybackine thu partmouth's pitchers curves all
over the lot At the end Of the third inning the
score stood to in favor OF Dartmouth ana tne,o
was considerable anxiety on Yale Field But iais
scored SIX tallies in the eighth inning ana chho"eu
the contest.
As The Tribune predicted on Saturday. the Tigers
had an easy victory over Brown al froViueno 1.
The work of Hillebrand In the box for princeton
was superb He IL mainstay for the Jersey COZ
Iegians this year In athletics for IT was unoel NE
energetic captancy that the Tigers peat ha'e d.
football last fall. ~,
The mid-week baseball games Of the colleges Will
being taken in the first Princeton Harvard strue-
gle at Princeton next Saturday. The second fale-
Brown game at New Haven on the same day. Will
also be considerable Of an attraction AmUns a
from Williams on SATURDAY WiiamS Is mayer over
her old-time rivals at Amherst. ,.s
The Yale crew is forging steadily ahead and mas
the Eli eoachers 1t seems a bit strange to old;
time Yale never to hear the voice of Bob OH
be even more noticeable when the crew gets ot to
New-London. where Cook has always been COZ con,
approved Sy Yale men for while the utmost u sra HYd
9e is f for Ya e sss for at the
time there Is belief that In the last few years Cook
s sna ss rowing sod ana the
feats at the hands Of Cornell THIS year Rr tha,
fierce catch and powerful swing that spelled despair
10 the Harvard oarsmen for many long , year r.
the system Of g5Sduat sD sd St tss
names Of these assistant coaehers centuries up
Of Yale Aed c0ss
Ives, SO. and half dozen others of almost equally
The Yale boat this year is heavier than usual, IN
fact Sroaker: decleIe s too heavy With r1s ss tf fo1
SeaVy and q which met disaster al the hands Of the
Crimson But this season the weight IN the fas
forward on an even keel The men are likely
set with rn catch on the f water a Tag IN hs
sweep ana powerful leg uIlNe. oe'eh Out vi tlio
eight men were members OF the famous Yale
freshman crew Of two years ago. and they row
beautifully together
Ned" Storrow, Harvards head rowing coach,
has not brought his crew as yet to the stage that
his New-H Haven rivals have reached. The eight
men not yet chosen. The candidates have been
sifted down 10 sixteen in number. but It will be a
fortnight yet before the eight are finally picked.
The crew will go TO New-London about June 10,
and 1t is well-known fact that Harvard crews
generally improve more rapidly the Thames
than their Yale brethren. At the same time, there
ic big zap to lie overcome before tina Crimson
oarsmen can be considered as having even chances
with the Yale Grey. Mr.. storrow. comes of row
ing family, his elder brother, Jim" Storrow. IS
having been the last captain OF a winning Harvard
crew. Nelson Perkins. in 81. The present
support Of the undergraduates The general belief
seems to be that even II he cannot turn out
winning crew in time for the mighty struggle on
June % he will at any rate have shaped matters
that under ordinarily favorable circumstances Har-
excellent.