The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13

there will be no lack Of material to draw
on. Fully thirty-fipe candidates have APP
peared for work up to date, and more In
terest is displayed in the sport thar was
manifested in football last season.
In a Philadelphia paper of last week the
following items are printed concerning the
University of Pennsylvania crew:
With Zane at stroke, Captain Gardiner
at No. Z and Shisler at bow. the University
of Pennsylvania first varsity crew beat
in two miles. rowing the distance in 1929.
Hildebrand, who has been stroking the first
crew. set the stroke for the second eight
Coach Ward was well pleased with the
race. and believes that he has at last struck
the right combination for the varsity crew.
Coach Ward sent the third and freshman
Jews back to the hoathouse early. and cor
tinued up the river with his first two crews.
The shells were carefully lined up at the
start, and the men instructed 10 pull hard
for two miles. As usual. the second crew
took the water first and gained a full
length in a quarter OF a mile. The varsity
then settled down to steady, hard work.
and gradually decreased the distance he
tween the crews. AT the island Ksagey. No.
3 in the varsity, caught a bad crab. which
gave the second crew half a length. but the
varsity Immediately hSaced up, took the
the last half mile, winning by a length of
open water.
Yesterdays rowing by the varsity was
the best yet done. and IT looks as though
Ralph Zane was the right man for stroke.
Zane is a husky boy. weighs 100 pounds,
and is ; feet S inches tall: He rowed bow
In the Henley crew. and before coming to
college rowed in the Penn Charter four-oar
and sculled the Bachelors Barge Club, win
ming the intermediate doubles at the Ma
tional Regatta of 1S9S. He is the only scul>
Ter in the eight.
1T looks very much as though yesterdays
combination would stay intact for the An
napolis race. for. with a little more practice
at starting. the crew ought to be several
lengths faster than now.
The varsity, and second crews in their
order of yesterday were:
'"Varsity-Shisler. bow; E,senbery, Kea-
gey. Cathart, Crowther. Allyn. Gardiner,
Zane, stroke; Register. coxswain.
inson. Eckfeldt. Jackson. Whitaker. Pep
per. Hi,debrand, stroke; Payne. coxswain.
"Garvip: formerly a candidate for stroke.
was out yesterday for the first time in three
weeks and rowed at No. / in the third
eight"
Charley Spencer, who was runner-up in
the Grand American Handicap at Kansas
City u week ago, and who finished second
to H.. {. Hirschy in the big event, is an
exception to the usual run of trap shooters
In that he is slenderly and even slightly
shots are of stocky build. but Spencer
weighs, but slightly more than $50 pounds.
Hirschy, who won the event. was not of
he2Vy puild. but was short and stocky and
weighed considerably more than did Spen-
Ger. and 1t Is noticeable that the majority
OF the ~best-knowu shots, like Gilbert. Par
Meiee, Elliott, Crosby and Heikes, are OF
stocky build.
William W. Coe of Somerville, the cham
picn, shot putter and hammer thrower of
Ensiand. who recently won the Oxford
Cambridge meet for Oxford. has announced
his intention of entering Harvard next fal.
Coe, who Is at present a student at OK
s somsrE England. lives with his family in
a short visit. during which he Will try TO
get Harvard and Yale to send boxers to
England TO compel in the coronation
bridge. III" eah-
In Coe. Harvard will have the premier
snot putter in America. and, with possibly
Two exceptions. the best hammer thrower
aiso. John Flanagan. the champion ham,
mer thrower Of the world. and Plaw. the
only superiors at that branch of sport.
Coe. who has been well known to close
to,9weIs or amateur athletics in New
sprang into international prominence at the
annual Oxford-C Cambridge games recently.
with the utmost ease Coe won both the
the victory to Oxford. He was not pushheeSS
IN either event, and the ease with which he
hurled the shot caused the biggest athleticc
sensation In England during the past dec
age: 1t wa the first time In the history
OF the meets that an American won tur
nrst prizes! which also clinched the cham.
,Coe will return to Oxford shortly to com.
piete the years course, but yesterday an.
nounced that he would not return tn Ena~
iand until next fall. He wants to 70 70
Harvard. and this desire Is seconded by his
ta,en.s. whether or not he will be allowed
me elisioility rules at Harvard forbid /,
nan coming from another college to repre
one years residence. Goes stains Hi5
me nrst on record of an athlete cnmiu NO
want him q 'G SsaIn university. Harvard viii
ner. but the attitude Of the otber noMHainnc.
WIN De awaited with much eagerness ~