Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-28

l anu liit heaviest III iue Dcat,
never vet been in race. but behind him
| sits Tones, who. like Captain Roberts has
| had some experience in school crews. Nc
Grew, at No. 4, and Swtzcr at No. B. are
green at racing. but both have been well
| handled this year. and are strong and will
ing. The same applies to Foster, at No. z,
| and Hartwell. who pulls the bow oar.
The boat is well-proportioHed rs to weight.
ard is over two pounds lighter than their
opponents from Yale.
The following are the statistics in de-
tail:
+. B. Roberts, stroke and captain pre-
pared at Noble & Greenoughs School, Bos-
ten. His home is in Cambridge. Mass. He
* twenty years old, weighs 142 pounds and
| is > feet 10 inches tall.
F. b. Aver, No. {, lives in Boston, and
prepared for Harvard at Roxbury Latin
School His age is seventeen years. He IS
feet q inch tall, and weighs iI2 pounds.
w. S. Whitwcll No. g. is feet 312 inches
tall. His age is eighteen years. Whit
well lives in San Francisco and prepared
for Harvard at St. Marks School. His
weight is Isl pounds.
w. Tones No. ). prepared at Brown &
Nichols School. His home is in Cambridge.
He is eighteen years old. weighs 162 pounds
ard is 6 feet inch tall
ID. ID. l.. McGrew. No. T. is eighteen years
old, He weighs 1863 pounds. and is 6 feet
IL inches tell. He comes from Cleveland.
Ohio. and prepared for Harvard at Univer-
Sity School.
at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He is
eighteen years old. 6 feet 1 inch high, and
weighs Ill pounds.
F. w. Foster No. .. prepared for Har-
ward at the Salem High School. His home
is in Beverly. Mass. He is nineteen years
old. weighs 161 pounds and Is feet 10
inches tall.
C. H. Hartwell bow. is just 6 feet tall
His home is in Honolulu, Hawaii, and he
prepared for Harvard at Hopkinson School.
Boston. He weighs 1a3 pounds and is
nineteen years old.
b. S. Litchfield. coxswain. Of Brooklyn,
n. Y. prepared for college at the Brook
lyn Latin School. He weighs 113 pounds
is ) feet 5la inches tall. and nineteen years
of age.
The crew selected to defend Yale this
year is made up mainly of well-seasoned
rowing timber, all but three of the men
having had previous experience in the var
sity boat. and each of those three has row.
ed with their freshman eight. The men
referred to are Cameron, stroke: BlaSden
No. I. and Kunzig, No. 4. All the rest be-
sides having rowed before coming to Yale
have had from one to three years previous
experience in the big college boat. OF the
five Capt. Allen Is the veteran, as this is
his fourth year as a member Of the varsity
eight.
Wickes. No 2 and Williams. bow. each
rowed with his freshman crew. and each
eight and Brock. No 5. and Niedecken. No.
B. have been two years in the boat. Even
Coxswain Chittenden has steered the senior
shell before, having acted as helmsman last
year.
Alexander Cameron 1901, stroke, came to
Yale from Brooklyn, N. Y. This is his first
year in the varsity boat, but by no means
his initial appearance In an eight-oar shell.
as he pulled oar on the 1901 freshman
crew. and also rowed at St. Pauvs School,
where he prepared for his university course.
Cameron is twenty years of age. weighs 100
pounds and Is five feet ten and one-half
inches tall.
Augustus Blagden, 1901. s.. No. I, of
Washington. D. c.. stands six feet two
inches in height. He prepared at Friends
School. Philadelphia. and had no expert
ence in rowing previous to entering Yale.
In his freshman year he made his class
crew. but this is his first appearance in
the varsity boat. Blagden Is twenty-one
years of age and weighs 172 pounds.
Frederick W. Allen. captain, is the vete-
ran oarsman of the crew. this being his
fourth year In the varsity boat and sec
ond year as captain. He is almost giant
in size. being feet liz inches in height, and
pared for Yale at Phillips Andover Acad-
envy. His home is at WalDo!a. Mass. He
is a strong. steady man in the boat and
will row this year at his old place at No 6.
He IS twenty-five years old
John p. Brock, 1860. If Lebanon. Pa,
No. >, is the heaviest man in the crew, his
weight being 49, pounds. During his entire
course at Yale he has taken a deep interest
boat during his first year; in the varsity
the following year, and III the varsity
four-oared boat last June. He also rowed
while al st. Paul's School. preparing COR
Yale. He is feet 10 inches in height, ana
Is twenty years of age.
Philip H. kunzig. 1901. j. s., No. 4. rowed
with the 1862 freshman crew. and also dur
ing his stay in the Del ancey Preparatory
School. This is his first yea in the varsity
boat. He stands feet ! inch in height,
weighs Us pounds and IS twenty years
old. His home is in Prila 1elphia.
James H. Niedecken, 1880, No. 3. prepared
for Yale at St. Paul's School. and while
there rowed with the school crew. He made
the freshman boat upon entering Yale. aEG
this is his second year on the varsity
eight. His home is in Milwaukee, Wis. He
weighs 1I5 pounds. is g feet inch tall. and
is twenty-five years old.
Henry Z. Wickes. 1880, No. 9 prepared
for Yale a Phillips Ando-ar Academy. and,
although having no previous experience at
rowing. made his freshman crew during
his first year. The next year he made the
varsity. and this is his third year with
the big eight. Wickes Is twenty-one years
of age, is ) feet II inches tall. and weighs
It's pounds. His home is in New York city
William B. Williams, 1890. bow, rows in
a Yale boat this year for the fourth time.
this being his third year in the varsity
boat, and he having pulled an oar in his
freshman eight. Williams also rowed while
at St PauFs School. where he prepared for
Yale He is twenty-one years old, weighs
16 pounds and is feet 10 inches tall. His
home is in Philadelphia
George =. Chittenden, 1901, coxsWain,
weighs only III pounds. He came to Yale
from Hill School His residence is in New
) feet inches in height. Chittendcn is not
a novice at his position. as he performed
the same duties year ago.