The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-17

the period when it Is most needed
 Yale's varsity eight is being worked along on the same lines which have made the Blue oarsmnn famous throughout the country and although this year the big battle will be hard one, there Is every belief in the ability of the eight under Captain Ide to re- peat the history of 1907 on regatta day, All the men in Yale's eight are in the tip top condition and so far as can be seen by the spectator there Is no fear that any member of the crew will be dropped on account Of weakness. Tho matter of physical ability has been eliminated some time ago and this year every man in the boat can be relied upon to eXpend his last ounce of strength to get the shell past the finish flag ahead of the op- posing boat, Grlswold at stroke is stronger than ever. He Is pulling a great oar and can be depended upon to respond to any call made upon him by CoXswaln Class and the men behind him in the-boat are everyone able to keep up with the stroke set Captain Ide--the life and soul of the eight Is marvel of muscle and good na- ture and his lmperturbable nature permcats the crew. What he calls for in the way of rowing he gets and there Is no frown on any mans face when he wants the pace hit up It. tie.
 As to the stroke, Yale is giving a finer exhibition of quick, clean oars- manship this year than ever before and what is perhaps more to the point in the opinion of many, she has tho reserve power behind 1t, A long, steady stroke, well rowed out, with a mic body swing and no perceptible check to the shell are the character istics of Yales varsity eight this year and while Harvard has, admittedly one of the finest eights ever sent to the Thames river she will have to row hard indeed to win.
 Yale men feel very sorry that trouble has overtaken the Harvard camp. They know what difficulties gre and would much rather have had everything go along smoothly at Red Top. The university feeling and spirit and the idea of good fair sportsman ship takes precedence of any senti' ment of rivalry and the Blue, alike with the Crimson, would deprecate { cheay victory
 lalc's freshmen eight has made { vast improvement and Is doing fairly good rowing at the present time al though not up to the form of theiI opponents from Cambridge, Thc shell goes well and by regatta da! will be heard from, but at present | quite little behind Harvard on row ing form. No shift was made in thi or any of the Yale boats to-day ant 1t rather looks as though the eight a rowing at present would make tn cheap victory
 For the Ia;e varsity four 1t is stat cd that the crew stroked by Walli will try for regatta day honors. Tn crew is at present Wallis stroKC Congdon .. Glenny and Wodell bow A smoother or faster four has seldor been seen on the river.
 Tonight Yales freshmen eight di two mile stretch in 11:24. Nc very fast time. but rowed against th last of the ebb tide, and without an , special effort to make fast time.
 Harvard's oarsmen were out in th evening, but were given only eas practice. The changes in the makeu
 of tho crews was chiefly the reason fo no time rowing being done. Sidnc
 W. Fish, who was taken out from Nt
 oar in Harvard varsity eight, va
 back at Red Top to-day, for his be longings and as factor in race ia propositions he is considered out a
 together His place in the eight ha < been taken by Elliot Cutler, who ha
 been rowing in the four oar. l'h
 shake up has to some extent altere
 the form of the crew, but the she tonight travelled well and SO far {
 could be seen was not retarded , any extent by the alteration althoug N 'ish was an excellent oar.
 M The change In the eight has made II hange in the four necessary, and l! 3eece has taken strokes place ther |S Cutters place at No. 2 in the four ht N been taken by Bacon and the crew no III stands Reece stroke Wilmington Bacon 2, and Ellis bow. King is co swain of this bat.
 The Harvard crews tonight we,
 1s usual, coached by Jim Wray fro his single. and confined their practl
 10 stretches between Bartlett'a and {
 navy yard MT. Wray giving close q
 tention to individual errors in form
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