The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20
YALE PUT BACK BY ROUGH WATER Oarsmen Unable to Make Time Row on Account of
 Poor Weather
 Conditions.
LIGHT WORK BY CREWS
Full Course to Be Rowed by Both Crews To-night--Troublc Again Oycrtakcs Grim
 son Eight.
Especial to the JournaI-Courier.)

time trial was certainly not considered satisfactory and another trial would have been done tonight had 1t not been for the wind, which persisted In keep ing up until it was too late to send the crew over the course
 The forenoons practice today was light and nothing was attempted in either Harvard or Yale quarters to try out the oarsmen. In the evening the wind bothered Harvard just as much as 1t did Yale, but Harvard crews went out for a short trial full hour before Yale showed up on the river
 When Coach Kennedy finally ordered the crews away from the float 1t was nearly o'clock and at that time the tide was still running ebb and was due to run ebb for at least an hour after the crews left the float With the con dtlons which prevailed, John Kennedy thought 1t the wisest policy to take the men above quarters, where there was a chance of obtaining quieter water, The rowing was confined to easy pad ding, with no effort being made to ex- tend the men at all There Is little doubt that Yale's varsity eight would have done another time row tonight had conditions been in any degree favorable.
 As 1t was but little real work was done. the crews being sent above quar- ters and the practice confined to the eradication of individual faults
 Today Captain Ide of the varsity eight discounted the idea of severe dis appointment in Yale quarters on ac- count of the comparatively poor time row Thursday evening. This morning while returning from his pre- breakfast walk, he was asked about the time | trial and while he smiled as he answered he stated that Yale felt nei- ther unduly pleased nor unduly dis satisfied with the result. Captain Ide pointed out that the tide was strongly against the crews all the way and that the men did good square attempt at covering the four miles In good time,
 The fact that Yale didn't show up any better time than the 23:i4 announce ed last night shows on the surface tfat Coach Ke lnedy has no intention of al lowing his charges to tear themselves tc pieces ahead of regatta day.
 There have been no changes in Yale crews today, except that the final com position of the freshmen four has been agreed upon. This crew whicn has comparatively little fun out of the rae, period. Is very likely to hold lhc Grim son crew down to a close thing.
 Yale's varsity eight and four are all made up by today finally, unless some one member shows q tendency to npI over during .he next few days Of prac tice.
 It Is almost a dead certairt, that Yale and possibly Harvard also may 8, over the four mile course on Saturday evening, az neither varsity Is entirely satisfied with the present form of the eights While Yale Is rowing very smoothly, she appears to be a trifle lack. Ing in stamina when compared witt the oarsinen wearing the Crimson eel. cis, yet this Is merely deceptive aud fl will be found when race day comes around that the Blue of old Yale wil come pretty close to winning.
 The men arc tonight rowing a fr, clean stroke and are able to drive tn, shell much faster than they nave evei done in practice work.
 With the varsity eights going GU tonight there was really nothing to ab sorb the attention of bystanders. wht expected to be able to witness som, phenomenal rowing. This was howeve not done.
 In Harvard quarters there trouble good and plenty Lunt at Nc . 1 was out of the shall at this even : ing's practice, for no reason that coul
 be ascertained. His place was take : by Jim Wray, who did his best to fl
 the position, but according to the eye
 of those who watched the practic
 back and forth between Harvard
 dock and the old sand dock fev hundred yards north of Harvard
 boat house, the temporary chang did not work we'll Mir. Wray ma
 be an excellent coach, but he Is rathe out of place in the varsity eight jus a few days before the race.
 From the river the eight seemed { be going ragged and while there ma
 be nothing the matter with Lunt, sti
 1t was thought that his place was 1
 the boat.
 | No changes have been made i Yale's crews, except that the tlne makeup of the freshman four ca shell has been decided upon The fou consists of Coburn, stroke; Holloway 8; Bogue g. and Davis, bow Hyde still out of the boat and Is not likel
 to make the crew at present. At Yale quarters to-day several (
 the old oarsmen have shown ul
 Among the number are Graham wh
 was at No. oar in last years vars
 ty crew, and Edson Gallaudet, an ol
 time Yale coach and stroke of tn
 Blue shells.
 | Tonight (Saturday) it Is though
 almost q certainty that Yale at lea
 will make an effort to go over tn
 four mile course and 1t would be T
 great surprise if each varsity decide
 to try time row. The high wint
 which have prevailed for almost tt
 entire period of training have mao
 matters rather inconvenient for tf
 oarsmen Of course 1t Is possib
 for the men to go out when there
 quite stir in the river, but there
 neither good oarsmanship nor goc