Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-30
Yale Loses in
Rowing Owing
to Lightness
Crews Fall Before Harvard Because
Crimson is Heavier, Ex-
perts Say.

NEW YORK, Oct 29-In an endeavor to
find out why Harvard crews have been
defeating Yale recently a number Of inter-
esting statistics and articles have been
published. 1t has been stated that Yale
crews have not been heavy enough. From
1891 to 1905 yale invariably defeated Har-
ward and had a heavier crew. Beginning
1906 Yale was outwelghed for five seasons
and lost four races. Harvard's eight last
season averaged $50 pounds and Yale aver
aged Ill pounds, Since 1891 the total weight
Of Yale crews has been I'M pounds while
that of Harvard has been 174lh pounds.
Yales average height during that time has
been feet 11% inches, to Harvard's feet
11b inches. The average age OF Yale oars
men since 1891 has been q years and 3
months, and Harvard has averaged 1
month older.
An article on the subject by w. G.
Anderson reads in part as follows:
The arch enemy OF the oarsman is
fatigue. Three elements are to be con-
sidered when speaking OF exhaustion--the
will, the nerve center which is made up
of cells stored with energy, and the muscle.
The man who is richest in these three ele-
ments stands the best chance OF winning.
I'm the four-mlle race two factors work
against the athlete; the great effort breaks
down the minute cells of the body-we call
II wearing out'-and this disintegration
produces a poison that very quickly affects
the action Of the muscles and weakens the
/ system, The bigger muscled man is better
able to stand this breaking down and
toxaenia than his lighter opponent.
There is. a definite proportion between
the size of the muscular system and the
corresponding nerve centers Hence the
{
last longer II the demands made upon him
are practically the same as those made
upon his rival. II must, then, be evident
that of two men equally well trained the
heavier man viii win because Of his greater
endurance for he has more energy to be
| liberated by the will, and It lasts longer q
Elliot p. Frost writes on the matter in
part as follows:
Although the statistics do not by any
means prove conclusively that we mus
have heavy men to Pull a winning shell
over the four miles, yet they do show that
a greater proportion Of the winning crews
have been made up Of heavy material
The advantage heavy, powerful oars.
man has over a comparatively light, wiry
man is In being able to throw the weight
Of his heavy back and shoulders onto his
oar at the catch must accomplish tn,
| same result Dy a terrific strain on the
muscles Of the lower back and by another
strain on the legs when driving the slid,
up the stretcher.
I'm the two-mile race, the light set o.
men can keep this up; and this, together
with their ability TO handle themselve!
more quickly and without so much exer
ton, can usually win from a powerful
elumsiy moving crew However, we ar,
training for a four-mile race and we mus
have fOur-mile material to work with"
In the midst of all this discussion tn,
Harvard oarsmen are already being pointe,
for the Thames regatta OF 1911. Two prom
isihg men have been forced to leave tn,
present crew pracuce-O. Richardson. sec
ond crew stroke, has an injured arm, an,
Stratton has taken his place. Warren ha
rheumatism. With varsity and dormitor,
practice there now twelve crews locate,
on the Charles. order Of the varsit,
crews:
University Crew-Stroke. GoodaIe:
: cutter o, Strong 8, Metcalf; 4, Newton
3 Hooper; 2, Balch; bow, Meyer; coxswain
second Crew-stroke, stratton; z. Nelson
8, Parker b, liigginsOn; 4. Lincoln; 81 An
dersOni 2, Richardson; bow, Virgins: cox
, swain, Voorhees,.
Third Crew-Stroke. PAWS: T. Peabody
8, Weston; 8, Beane; 4. Eager; g. Morgan
. Shiilito; bow, Cutler; coxswain a
Four-Oar-stroke. sullivan; g. Hoar.
: Sargent; bow, Chadwick; CoNswain, Brown
: