New-York tribune., 1909-06-27

bounded into The oarsu1an by months q coaching.
g1--.- he easily shaken OF IN line " back1ield
crew men are generally toe slow IN molten TO com
---a successful ler place on 1he eleven
There have been some notable eNCeTtions of
-----e. among them Josh FIarTwelL enc OF the
r4s- ends Vale ever had ana also a nagniIleent
.. and in more recent years Fred Allen, 90 and
---s-s l5sclovy. captain OF the Yale eleven TWO
years ago. Ru- men who make both the crew and
--s eleven grow more rare as tine passes
WORK BEGINS WITH COLLEGE YEAR.
-ra COLLEGE wear IS NOT q week under way when
-.= crew csurafu calls his men together Work ts
,.-- a. once and IS continued well into November
j. an o1u season Il IS sometimes continued almost
r- December Then there iT & rest for nearly I"o
months and over Tire season OF the Junior prom,
Ta.=-s E-ea- social affair Of the year Tradition
saws thar thz crew squad must be called out the
saturday following the prom, which falls geneT-
a--- about January % and a1 Yale tradition IL
s..-h tE5.cs has the call For two or three weeks
-re squad Of perhaps seveC---1lFe men Is Kept al
work On the machines in The gymnasium during
--z severe weather. When the great Yale EyTlTa-
STUN was built some fifteen years ago, two ROWING
-a-s were -lsceI the basement Tor the uses o.
..a oa---e- and these were considered by coaches
Of that dsv 10 the proper thing for indoor train
,7r in -EIiuE a sweep. A stationary boat Tlggeo
like shen with sliding seats, accommodated elSnf
ra~=--ar. and the blades were dipped into a tank
rs-va-r-. tu- rr= water moved and not 1Ae boat
Tho --r=--- Cf rowing tank vas pretty Ll- II
did -- work orr well and today both tanks have
f-r- z-.rrIa-.-.I 10y rowing machines The oo1ec-
-t-- - rhe tank was that rowing IN one OF LleIn
MAS extremely ezhaUstilg, End had q tendency 70
slow q man u-.~ To overcome the drag OF ule
--- many schemes were tried the best OF which
7z-z The cutting away OF the ceatre OF the b-ade
s-E r.-lar-l- t- hv narrow -zlesded WlFe screen
Nothing could completely overcome the drag OF the
9-16ss however and the tanks were given up and
---r.= over -r7 present day coach viii have Moth
,z t- machines which can be adjusted 70 suit the
-a-s-rzu- -,
AS soon IS TIE see Is out q The harbor the seTi-
- work cr -sle spring IS begun; sometimes. IN
-z= before Tie water is clear. and in this case
t-a ccxswaln has 20 keep d keen outlook 10 pre-
-z-- getting stove IN These are The days which
- tie heart and endurance of a man Take a
bleak March Ga. with the water rough, as Il al
most Invariably IS u the New Haven harboT, slap
1t-- its tcy wave tops over freezing bare hands
ans knees and NOT irfrezuenrly over an entire
r---- s- unsteady shell, with the oarsEaans
numb nails scoring his knees On g wabbly re-
c-re-r end with the rever-satlsfied coach roaring
,-r-----.5a and criticism through uIegaphone-
l. tz z1- exactly bliss But as the season advances
r--= Measure Evveeters the toll. There are daily
's--ausH between the first and second and third
boats arranged by the coach. whose object Is 10
.as-re the survival of the 1ttest cuts have been
made from tine tine IN the squads nufIlpeFs
r--- eou- boats perhaps are left Il is then the
eae-..z business 10 and among these thirty-two
rler the best eight and any one who thinks 1t is
G. easy matter a. wo1ully mistaken
PROFESSIONAL SKILL NEEDED.
Here is where the Professional VINO has long
E.-5lez The catch and the swing and the recovery
cones H. lie watches with lynx eyes for the man
vao rza IL up . break IN the first eight NLlch rs
has seen Tor some time. Frequent shifts are maue
E15 --rll strokes set against each otaeT. IoNaIo
ue s-E cc Nay The VARSITY crew begins 70 take |
--e--- definite shape. The coach has finally aug
O. o- tze ciE squad which came out IN January
Er---z.--ztely the best eight men Ihen ne hauSt
veE .-e-l into & whole Then come me IIne
Vows and ne measuring Up with the second elght
who as the varsity begins 10 develop must
haze Ea-6lcap- There mile trials, two nile
trlz-s. tEs whole course Of four miles and en- /
c-rzrce re.ts which often run 70 eight or Ten /
uEes Eu- tie spring weather Is on, ana 1i-e WIN
bessues more pleasant the men IA the ahel /
grow 20 Re unit II action and feel Celr SIIS--sIi
s1z speed
r5s sa-ee v7eekz' period o. training at Ne"
La-s-- e the best q su. When the shell Is /
s-c-r.s into The Thames for the first spin me .
Ls-5 rrleI-.nF vrcrk IS considered nearly over
There are hard rows o. course, when the men are
pgEas5 70 1Le.r limit. but for the most part ule
1hz--ss work Is polishing work This Is tIle uie
vns- IRE little faults are eliminated me eaten
tas-pe-es and tie finish cleaned up q BIT AS inc
rzce E---szctes the work tapers OIL 1Aere Is
more cc--.orranIe loaang II the little watch tower
- Gales Ee-rJ and muscular tension Is FeiaA71'
eve Z the nervous tension may not Be
Thea caulez The great day The quarters are
prle.cayv deserted by al save the crew and
csach c- tyxo. No one says much about the thing
hey ere eIl thinking about. and everything is very
sL-eL CD flashes the bus-nesslil1e referees boat
a cssrz rnersrs,ore command and the eager crew
las rhe eel Il he water and boards the launch
HEADED f5r tie starting point This six months OF
p-sc-oe With their hardships and wonderIu! olscl-
pine q mind and body are at an end Now comes
toe fo77e- c. = al that glorious twenty minutes
Snc Jet the 5ezr men win!