The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-18
LIGHT WORK FOR YALE OARSMEN Take Breathing Spell and Nothing of Importance
 in Practice. MEN VERY CONFIDENT Yale Boat Shows Much
 Better Form Than
 Harvard'S.
MEN VERY CONFIDENT

summer was welcomed at Broadview Monday. Since the crews arrived at training quarters the temperature has been very low and mornings and even ings cold and cheerless. Sunday, of course, was a fine day, but not nearly
 so hat as Monday.
 After the strenuous work of last week the oarsmen had breathing spell
 to-day there being nothing of special importance in the practice, which was easy for all crews. The work has been well done above quarters, the morning
 practice being very light. John Ken
 nedy appears to be thoroughly satisfied with the conditions of his men and with the way they are responding to his in- structions. The varsity eight is in
 what might easily bs termed race day
 form already, the showing made by
 the crew being favorably criticised and commented upon by capable judges of good oarsmanship
 There is little more to be required Of this crew than that it shall row just as we'll on June 27 as Ii rowed to-day and SAA NhtAt Nbth1Al FAGiIHGu4 IidS LO QO lO ensure the Yale shell giving a good ac-
 count of itself regatta day is to keep
 the men where they are. As an exhibi- ton of clean, gnished oarsmanship, the practice is a treat to those who know the finer points of the art of manipulat-
 ing sweeps and shell. Tonight, rowing easily against the wind, the shell spaced finely.
 A comparison of the blue and crim-
 son varsity eights was aptly made on
 the river Sunday by an old oarsman who has paid close attention to the an-
 nual training for number of years.
 Asked for his opinion as to the merits
 of the respective crews, he said that.
 while 1t is an impossibillty at this stage of the training to pick out the
 winner and folly to attempt to say
 how the race will so, the Yale eight, in
 his opinion, was to-day anywhere from
 two to four lengths better over the
 four mile course than the crew of 1906
 Harvard has stronger crew so far as actual weight and muscle goes, but he figured that the wear and tear of the Harvard stroke takes more out of the
 crew than the easy, smooth stroke row. ed by Yale
 The faults observable in Harvard earlier In the season before the crews left tho Charles river, are equally prominent now The hang just ahead of the catch is easily discerned devel-
 oping decided check. The stroke, too
 Is clipped pronouncedly at both ends. If Jim Wray can eliminate these de- fleets before the day of the race and still preserve the brawn he now has In his eight Harvards prospects will be brighter.
 A prominent feature of Yale's crew this year Is it's perfect alignment, the men in this respect being remarkably superior to Harvard where this part of the training would seem to have been neglected. The crimson eight looks better on rowing form than last week, while pulling a low stroke, but when the pace is hit up above 32 the defects mentioned are aggravated to a marked degree.
 Tonight Kennedy took the crews above Broadvlew heading the four oar boats first. Coming down from Allyn's Point with the ebb tide, a pretty brush was seen at the finish, the varsity four coming in ahead by an easy six or seven lengths. The varsity four is developing into fine crew and one which should hold it's own with any four oar in the world over a two mile course. The men are strong, confident in their skill, and row together like a piece of machinery. Harvard on the other hand is having all kinds of trouble with her four oars
 When Kennedy had finished with the forrs he took the two eights up above Allyn's Point together No racing was attempted, the instructions to the fresh men being to catch the varsity stroke and keep along The pace set was slow one, never raised above 32 even at the finish of the home run The var sity eight was rowing beautifully and the freshmen, although their work on the upturn was rather ragged at first, settled down to good rowing coming down.
 Carlyle P. Winslow, who was cox swain of the varsity eight in 1904 and held the place during the early period of the training in 1905, but was re- placed by Barkalow before the race be- cause he couldn't got down to weight, was visitor in Yale quarters to-day and watched the practice from the launch. Mir Winslow is just as much an enthusias. over boating now as ever and when asked what he thought Of the crew said emphatically they looked good to him. Mir Winslow Is now re- siding at Niagara Falls, and was giv- en rouslng welcome by his old var sity chums.
 Another old Yale oarsman, William D. Harris of Minneapolis, who rowed at No. 2 in the varsity four-oar in 1906, arrived at Broadview Monday ev- ening, but too late to see the practice,
 Interest centers in the series of three 1 baseball games which will be played 1 this afternoon between Yale varsity | and freshmen. The two squads will l each have a meeting and select cap tains and teams before the games. l Julian w. Curtiss is expected to be l present and help the boys out with the l games.
 Nearly all the boys at Yale quarters had good observation of the peculiar ! sun spot which was prominent Monday evening. The atmospheric conditions in the evening rendered the