The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
College Crews Show
Wonderful Form
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lead of six lengths The announced
time was 1925.
The California men maintained too
fast a stroke throughout the race.
Starting at AZ. they dropped to 40 and
then TO 81, the lowest point they
touched. From this they steadily in
creased, going to SO. then to 40 and Al.
They dropped to 40 near the finish
Stanford started with 40, dropped TO
36 and went from that to So. 1t grad
ually increased this until near the mn
ish it was doing 40.
Both Stanford crews were coached by
Warren Turner, who acted also as
coxswain OF the varsity. Dan Murphy.
the regular coach, has been III through
out the season and was Just able TO
reach the scene of the race to witness
the work of the oarsmen in whom he
takes so much interest. He was es-
pecially pleased with the showing made
by the young giants Of the stanford
freshman crew, as ii means that the
standard of watermanship Is being
well maintained. Some spectators
thought the freshmen could nave
beaten the varsity yesterday
Both cardinal crews used what has
come to be known on this coast as the
Murphy stroke" It Is a modification
Of the single SOUL stroke and rowing
authorities generally believe that It
Is not as effective as the stroke used at
California The latter has the high
catch. with the long swing OF the back,
which brings into play all the strength
in the powerful frames of the oarsmen-
This is the stroke used with slight
notifications by the big eastern uni
versities. The cardinal stroke Is close
catch and a hard finish, in which the
men do not lean back of the perpen-
dicular.
CRITICS ARE AT VARIANCE
AS the winning crews were developed
under different coaches, 1t Is difficult
to Judge which is the most effective
style Some spectators were of the
opinion that IT was the stroke which
lost the varsity race for Stanford, yet
the same critics could not explain away
the success Of the freshmen crew with
the same style.
The men IN the winning crew for
the University of California were: Dig
nan. bow: Ball. number 2; Schroeder,
number 3: F. Ashley number A: II.
Ashley. number .; Robertson. number
s: Davidson. number 7; Witter, stroke,
and McSpadden. coxswain-
The Stanford varsity crew was: Rey-
nolds. bow; Benson. number ?: Vose.
number 8: Hatch. number a; Cole, num-
Der 5; Wondries. number 9; Malone
number Z; Patrick. stroke. and Turner.
coxswain.
The Stanford freshmen crew. which
won, was made up of Leeds. bow
Visel. number 2; Title. number 3; Smith.
number 4; Kilian. number 8; Dole.
number 6; Day. number z; Chamber
lain, stroke. and Guerena. coxswain.
The California freshmen crew, which
could not duplicate the success OF the
varsity, was: Dlas, bow; Randall.
number ?; Jackson. number 3; Jenson,
number A; Hardy. number 8; Bowen.
number 6; Cope, number 2; Langstroth.
stroke. and Kelly. coxswain.
TRAINERS OF THE CREWS
While E. NJ. Garnett had full charge
Of the coaching OF the California crews
and turned them out highly developed
oarsmen, the physical condition OF the
men was looked after by Professor
Walter Magee- He built up the mus
cles required in rowing by long and
painstaking practice. and then gave
them running work to give them good
wind" Down at Stanford both the
coaching and the conditioning devolved
upon Warren Turner. who. though a
midget In size. is capable OF a pro-
digious amount of work.
Both crews are at a disadvantage IN
not having fast launches from which
their coaches could direct their prac-
tice work.
~NO -A-e~- NcO SuCCcSS OF the regatta
gives rowing a nrmer hold on the af-
fections OF the college athletic au-
thortties. and 1t will undoubtedly at
tain the place II deserves near the
head OF college athletics. An agita-
tion has already been started looking
10 holding the race next year on the
Oakland estuary. The plan proposed
is to start the crews at the Webster
street bridge and let them race out
TO the bay. II this course were used
the opportunities for witnessing the
race would be greatly Increased Tha
only objection to this In the past has
oeen that 1t would be practically the
nome nome waters OF the California crews
This objection is met with The stote
ment that there are no tricky cnrrs,t,
and that the Stanford crews could he.
come familiar with the course AZ tbev
spent few days there before fbs
race. enS