The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-13
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ARE HARD AT WORK
Oxford and Cambridge Fights
Prepare for Classic
Contest
Special Gable TO The GIobe


LONDON. March 12-The time is now
rapidly approaching when both Fights are
finally made up. and strict training begins
shortly- eMord seems to have settled on
a crew which looks likely to last without
much further change. barring unforeseen
ac Is en- Their order Is;
A. R. BalfOur University. II stone 1s
E: G. Underhin CB. n. c.. II stone 10
L. R Gatehouse CMagdalen). 10 stone
L. E. Jones CBaIiioD. 1s stone 9 hounds
=. 7. Evans University, II stone 13
A: K. Graham CBauiop. II stone 3
H. {: BueknaI CaIerton). stroke. II
L; stedan (Merton). coxswain. stone
They are undoubtedly stronger than last
year, but they are not pretty to look at
as YET, and the blades are rather spoiled
py No sometimes getting in late. At
the president shows capital form, coup
ing up bowside with stroke in the most
ounce OF his weight in his leg drive A
very great deal OF eventual pace OF the
crew viii depend on the gradual develop
ment OF and l. Gatehouse. the big Eton
freshman. Is smarter with his beginning
tnan ne was, but does not swing IL out far
enough back, and seems never TO drop
his hand at the finish; and is still a
little clumsy for a first-crass crew. Bal
four rows hard at ., and Somers- Smith
makes an attractive looking bow AS
crew their faults are rather obvious and
the first condition OF improvement has
been fulfilled by the equally obvious ef-
forts every man Is making TO improve I'M
der Fletcher's careful tuition. This makes
them rather dead at present and gives
an effect OF laboring over their worx,
which viii disappear as they get more
confidence and get better together. They
are strong and a hard working lot and
polish will come later on IL there are not
too many changes. Fletcher will take
them at the end of practice; and as
change at about the middle of their train
ing Phillips VIII coach them for week
or two.
Get Ready at Henley
Before going to Putney they will make
the transition stage, which has now be-
come fashionable for every university
crew. al the Leander club house at Hen
reach VIII be very beneficial before they
come out upon the tideway
Inc Cambridge crew began rowing
again on their home waters after their
recent sporty visit to the Oxford crew
! what would have happened ar an Ameri-
| can college II the Harvard crew had sud
| watch their rivals practice from as close
/ quarters as the university barge IL is
dinlcuit to imagine. but the spirit that
animates English oarsmen could be hardly
| better exemplified than by this pleasant
| little Incident The Cambridge men
| scarcely need any additional encourage
JoSl dl IOT lntN de ROWING
with a good deal sof confidence, and look
| quite pretty crew; but what advantage
there may be in seeing that your opponent
Is less advanced than yourself. that they
certainly must have derived from their
Oxford trip. Their order seems fairly
| finely fixed as follows:
G. d. Cochran (third). bow, 10 stone 4
pounds.
d. p wormald CthirdD. - stone 5
pounds.
B. C. tombstone Cthird). Il stone 5
pounds.
W. B. savory Cfirst). Il stone 10 pounds.
D.. y. w. Wedd (Caius), 13 stone.
| X -. Winthrop-Smith (third). i stone
Il. V. Powell Cthird). IL stone pound.
H Sanger lady MargareD, stroke. 10
| stone pounds.
r. Alcard Cthird), coxswain, stone 10
pounds.
This crew contains five Etonians. so II
ought to race well. though its average Is
only just over II stone as compared with
| rather more than u stone pounds at
Oxford. They have been coached lately
/ by Escombe. who will finish them up in
the last period before the race. and the
middle training viii be taken by W. Wau-
chope.
As a crew today they look so neat and
| already so well together that 1t takes
! some time to detect their very serious
fault, which is their bad sliding. Indi-
yidpaiiy there Is not much that need be
/ from the Elton eight. are good young oars
men. Three's finish will be better when he
mas Deen rowing a little Wnle longer, at
| present IL is rather clumsy. Four is row.
| ing well Five's body is not ripe yet
! owing to a fault in which nearly every
I one else shares. a looseness OF the feet
| against the stretchers during the forward
! swing. The worst result of this is that
/ the slides come up too Soon and another
result Is that far too much of the swing
| IS done while the slide is stationary on
| the first stop. This hurry forward OF the
| bodies results in heavy handed begin
ming and the final part OF the stroke is
not clipped into the water as IL should be,
| Seven being almost the only man who oc-
casionaily catches his work on smartly
over his stretcher. Six rows neatly, but
swings short, and VIII no doubt improve
with longer practice At present he looks
over placed. Sanger Is almost as great a
problem as the Oxford stroke. He IS very
steady forward, and keeps a better rhythm
| than Bucknall; but he has not quite got
| the life and vigor which the Merton man
can show when he likes. Sanger's leg
| work, however, is good. and when he gets
| the last part of his slide forward right his
crew will be much faster. They certainly
look a very worSmanlike lot and the fact
| their sins are shared and exemplified in
almost the same manner by every man
| from bow to stroke tends to obscure the
| Importance of those sins in very re-
| markable way. Already they must be
| faster than last years eight were In the
same water; and when they improve their
| swing and slide they will be really for
midable eight