The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26
Special to The Globe


MAMBRIDGE. Mass. March 25.-The
In candidates for the Harvard crew
have now been at work for three
weeks, in charge of Coach James Wray
and Capt Filley. but have not been work
ed hard, and, in consequence have made
little progress. In addition to this the
fact that there is a new coach has re-
tarded development. as many of the
things that have, been taught the older
men by Colson and others will have to
be unlearned, as Wrays system is differ
ent from the other coaches that have pre-
ceded him. Wray will not be handicap
ped as much as 1T might SEEM however
as some of the men have rowed under
him before. The men who were IN the
varsity and freshmen boats last year will
need to be cared for most, as they have
been trained under a different system
Heretofore Wrays work has been with
the club and class crews, which row only
mile and Seven-eighthS, and the change
TO the four miles OF the varsity race will
be great, and the hard problem will be
to turn out crew able to-pull the longer
distance
Finish Of Stroke
Coach Wray has devoted most of his
time TO teaching the men the finish OF
the stroke. His style and that which he
tries to teach is somewhat different from
the Stroke taught by ColSon last year.
he has always Taught that the finish
should be with the oar close to the body
and the blade of the oar allowed to come
out OF the water on a sort of half feather
but not SO turned that part of the stroke
was feathered under the water This
gives all the power there is in the stroke,
ana ana Allows the man to finish up naturally
and not with sudden lifting of the oar
out OF the water in a vertical position
me ColSon and Courtney method of
slowing the slide down from the moment
the oar is taken out of the water is not
like the way used by Wray and which he
has imported from his own method of
single sculling. The early part of the
slide is done rather quickly, and then the
man slows down when almost at the end
or the runners. This gives all the ad-
vantages derived from the slow recovery
ana prevents any hang in the boat, and it
also gives the man all the chance in the
world to bring his arms and his body for
ward at the same time. The leg drive
Will De made more of this year than last,
and Wray will spend some time in getting
the men used to this He believes that
the boat can be helped a lot by the use
or strong leg drive, and has always
paid attention to it in the class and club
crews.
All the men who may be expected to do
anything in the water this year are out
with the exception of Lawson and Smith.
Lawson is one of the best men that have
been in the boat in recent years, as he
combines size and strength with a good
form: His work In the past. however.
has been rather bad on his studies, and
this year he will have to devote himself
10 work in order to finish up in the scien-
ii.
and is unable to devote the time to it
that 1t needs. With these two excep-
tions all possible candidates are out
Coaches Freshmen Crews
M. R. Brownell IS in charge of the
freshmen crew. Brownell Is an old four
oar man and IS good oar. He had orig
lnally decided TO coach the junior crew.
but after he was appointed freshmen
coach he gave it up and w. James Jr. was
chosen in his place. Walter Schuebruk
who rowed last years boat and who also
rowed on the 1902 boat. will coach the
senior crew, and Hugh Bancroft will have
charge of the sophomores.
The announcement that Harvard will
probably send q lacrosse team to England
next summer. Immediately after com
mencement, has given a new stimulus
to the forty odd candidates who began
practice with the long sticks two weeks
ago on soldiers field. Ever since the
combined team of Oxford and Cambridge
universities came over to America and de-
feated Harvard in 1903 the crimson has
anXiouSly awaited the time when il could
cross over and try at least to attain re-
get together enough money for the trip,
but without success. This season, how
ever. the management has set its heart
upon the trip. and there is little doubt
but that ii will be undertaken.
Interest in the trip is increased by the
fact that Harvard this year has an old
member of the Oxford lacrosse team who
is doing everything in his power to bring
about return match between Harvard
and representative twelve.
This man is J. b. Hutchinson. q spe-
cial student in the college, who has
agreed TO coach the freshmen lacrosse
team this season. Head Coach Sayler
and Capt. Phillips Of the varsity team
also are extremely anxious to take the
trip, and it is partly for this reason that
they have persuaded ''Scotty' Mac Master,
Harvard's veteran trainer to look after
the condition of the lacrosse men as well
as the baseball candidates. II "Scotty'
keeps on he soon will have more work
than he can handle. for although origin T.
ally engaged to train only the football
and baseball teams. he now has these
and the hockey and the lacrosse teams
also on his hands
That lacrosse is coming rapidly to the