New-York tribune., 1902-03-20

/ MS neither pf the has suffered A :
frequently the case from serious illness accident
and except for a week ten DAYS frost they have
ginning of tie year the oxford president H. J.
Hale found himself with seven old rowing Blues
reasons Lord Grimston ii. h Eiitermaster ana
Taylor, had hve old Blues Of whom T. r Dun
canson. last years No. :. was omitted. The boats
not been for The @ frost thu practice @ would ma have
been more than usually UneventfuL
OXFORD.
The chief difficulty which confronted the oxford
Culme-SeymoUr. whose sad death had occurred in
stalled at stroke when an eight was got out ON
RIue Eut on tb %. "a el,raI @ % b ,sss v,.r4 made
as button, the bow Of 1900, resumed his old seat.
Younger went t No. and Long to stroke. How
% ever this arranssmeqt did not give satisfaction
gone out OF residence, came up to stroke the boat
brinkwater went il at bow after Dutton, Willis
moved from No. to No, ,, Hale went in at No.
dG daGs %S 6ef5rG 3seG ken 10 bs S0 & a. 19qnSer & M
burn and Adams retained their seats at Nos and
already made up as it is to-day, The coaching
at oW STEADY ,& Is r 60F@e q6 beHeP TeG to SS Work Te them
together. During this early part of the practice
were out of the boat for day or two their places
being taken first by Kelly, last years spare man
The crew went into strict training Ash Wednes-
tmpeded by the ice ON the river On the 18th the
boat had its 5lws ripped open by large mass ma SO 0{
Hale's indisposition unsettled the men for short
lille ". \. i. fletCntr mad however, taken ittiii
IN hand when strict training began and on Monday:
@ the l.tn the state Of the river made Il necessary
a good deal Of ice about At fTst put in some real
hard ana steady work 1t had been Intended to row
through from Bourne End 10 Henley on the 2ith,
but the weather was wretched that the idea was
Inandoned ana the crew Went by train on the 81 lot
long trial over the Course from the bridge to
iiambleden Lock, and the new Brocas boat, with
urSav with most s.Tiefacf%r,t resnIts ~ Tuescav
l.
Henley, and after some practice in the morning
or two Of the men had suffered from colds at Hen
ley which gave rise to rpmors that some OF them tnem
quarters of the oxford men usual the Lon
| FIRST appearance on London waters on Wednesday
at about IL o'clock & in the morning rauG IRe names "a
Drnkwater CWadham). bow. II stone 81 pounds
5. j Younger New College i2 stone y pounds: No
I. H. J Hale (BalroD, II stone 1872 pounds; No. .
4 de L. Long New College, l3 stone p pound No
lev cIniyeTsity1 stroke II stone rounds C. c
Macldgan, coXswain stone pounds
CAMBRIDGE.
G. W. II, Taylor the Cambridge, president. got
stroke, D1ncansoH at 40. : and R, H. Nelson At
No. , W. II, Chapman was bow, Edwards Moss
and Thomas Nos and T. and Drysdale No, o. J.
Z. Payne the coach, and on the 18th Thomas
a " H. TsSior and + T EsSombe took their SEATS
dispacine Edwards-Moss md DuHcanson. Huddle-
| went from No 1 and Escombe No. :. Then Nell
No but 10 not for long @ Drysdaie was moved
| No. > and Edwards Moss came back 10 No ). Inc
crew thus made up by January % exactly as II
roWing wi at 10 : and Edwarfs-Moss at No. g. Feb
opened most unpledSdutly with TrOSt and Ice
but spite OF IL the did AT least one course
10 Clayhithe On February : the crew rowed 10
Ely where they eft their boat. and on the satgT,
day VOwed the Adelaide course, though the
floating ice did damage 70 their snip and oars
But the Tuesday II was Impossible 10 row eltneT
the invitation Sir j. Edwards-Moss. the oId ON-
| ford Blue, whose rowing No. 5 In the boat
| and went Henley % Thursday. February -
| They did good work at Henley between Mar
| Lock and Hdmbleden Lock and became less IN
dvidual in their style Then. Saturday. the I'd;
| Mr.. Payne decided an important ChanSe anu
who transferred Q" No j. with the result thdt
! IN" time the stern OF the boat improved y
/ spite Of the weather. the Cambridge crew roWtu
from Henley COCkham February %. ana spent
! "A little over week as the guests of Colonel RI
| ca-do WasbrOuSh. the coXswain. was down wlth
influenza an the week. and did not return 10 tht,
/ hard work from the island below Quarry Woods
through Cookham Bridge. their time tor the Ils-
/ tauce being excellent. Dudley Ward hau taken
| charge of the crew their arrival at Cookhdm-
/ "Wednesday last. and on the same AFTERNOON tue
crew left for London. making their nrst appear
] auce at Putuey on Thursday =,
The names and weights OF tne crew are 'S io
! lows. ". H.. Chapman Third Trinity, now. II
stone pounds. No. -. T. DrySGdle 'JeSuSl i stone
! : pounds; No. g. p II. Thomas Third Trinity. u
itvl = stone 10 pounds; No. > r J. ESc9moe LIrlm-
itv HtIn - stone lUia pounds, No. o. H. = SrylIs
! First Trinity = stone loif pounds; No J. I'd
| war.is-Moss tThrd Trinity = stone ~ POUNDS
| r II Nelson tThird Trinity, stroke. n stone o.
! pounds: n G. = Wasbrough trriUity Hdlu: cox
| swain S stone pounds. The boat was built 9y
Sims. of Putuey and measures D ieet ~ HcheS Ill
! length.