New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
ROWING.
Yale Cre5gs Ready for Gales Ferry
Changes Made.
rBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.

New-Haven, Conn June 2-The Yale crews. with
their cooks rubbersdown, trainers, coaches. heel
ers" substitutes shells and faculty proctors, Will
be installed at Gales Ferry. on the Thames to-rnor
row evening and will then begin the final three
weeks of hard work on which will depend the out
come of the regatta with the Crimson oarsIneh
Thursday afternoon. June .. The annual eXoouS OF
the Yale crews began tonight when the barges
and shells for the varsity. freshman and four
oar crews were shipped by rail to New-London
The coaching launch, Eli Yale. will steam down the
Sound to the Thames tomorrow morning IN
charge of John Kennedy and Philip Kunzig. o. the
coaches. and will be ready to take tra! spin dow"
the river tomorrow evening when the crews un-
pack their shells from the freight cars at Gales
Ferry and get out the river for the first row OF
the year on the Thames The freshman crew. hav-
ing raised sufficient money. will accompany the
varsity men to New-London tomorrow
Captain Waterman to-day announced his hnaI
choice of men to be taken to the Thames. from
whom will be made the final selection little later
in the month. Up to yesterday the crews have
been rowing in the following order:
MiiisT No n IudS6n; No s. Stubs No. 2 Daily: bow.
Four oaTedHstroke. Adams No g. Coffin; No
Blagden. bow, Hewitt
Captain waterman's choice OF to-day makes a
number of changes: DAILY is dropped temporarily
to the four-oared boat, and will be regarded as a
substitute for the time being while Coffin has been
given his old seat at No 3. Miller is sent TO No b
in place of Fish, who takes Days place at No :,
four-oared Blagden is dropped, as well as Hewitt,
and DAILY and Meir given seats While johnston
takes Hewitt's seat at bow
The probable rowing order Of the varsity shell IN
the Harvard race will be: Bogue, stroke Cross, No
:: Miller No. g. Stubs No. . Judson, No. 4 Coffin
No 3, DAILY, No . and Waterman, bow. Stuy-
vesant Fish. jr, Of New-York. who is now IN the
varsity will probably be reegated to the four-oared
boat when DAILY is reinstated in his old seat IN
the varsity =,
following order: Stroke, Whitney; No; 1 Weeks;
No 6. MaCMahon; No. 3, Whittier; No /. Scott;N9
5 Morse. No. ,. SwensOn and bow, Hecksher rms
is a change from the rowing order on the New
Haven harbor Chase being dropped and Morse
given q seat
The OS Yale varsity shell IS regarded as In many
respects the fastest boat that Yale has put out IN
years. II will be made up on June . IN all prop
ability of six experienced men, all Of whom have
roved before in a Harvard-Yale race, and two new
men both OF whom excellent oars. BOgue:
Cross Judson, Coffin. DAILY and Waterman were all
IN last years championship eight. while Stuobs
and Miller have been first substitutes Stu6os nav
ing been Ineligible until this year. The only draw
hack the of the Yale crew this year mas
been the lack of interest shown in training Of both
BOgue the stroke. and Coffin, at No ) With both
OF these clever oars back at their posts the 4aIe
eight this wear should be the best eight that Yale
has sent 10 the Thames In its rowing history.