Evening star., 1915-02-28

eleven are still in college, and eligible, and
Capt. Murray is certainly going to have an
unusual lot of material and should be
able to get the keenest competition
for places in the first boat. Any one
who saw the Harvard second crew,
stroked by Lund, at the English Hen
ley regatta last year, where it went
through the heats unbeaten and wound
up by fighting out first place with the
Boston crew. knows that the eight that
represents Harvard University on the
Thames next summer will be particu-
larly formidable. Lund showed won
derful Judgment and power as a
stroke in these contests in England.
Already a strong eight has been formed
with Lund at stroke and Capt. Murray
at bow; Cabot, Z; Parsons, s; Midden-
dorf, ): Harwood, 4 Stebbins. ;, and
Morgan, ..
watched the face of Guy Nickalls, the
successful Yale crew coach. when last
July at the English Henley he saw the
Harvard second crew defeating the
crack English crews on the river. and
it must be confessed that a variety of
conflicting thoughts Were betrayed.
Whatever may have been his symps-
thieS in seeing the second crew of the
| university (where his pupils had de-
feated the first crew. conquer the
flower of English rowing, of which he
himself was a grand exponent, those
SvHpdIDfeS were Well masked. but
behind it all, knowing as he did that
the man who was stroking this second
Harvard University crew, Lund, was
the man against whom his pupils must
in the summer Of 1915 contend. his re-
Elections must surely have given rise
to some qualms, for Lund stroked some
very pretty races and showed abil
ity in that position that would be the
envy of most college crew coaches.
Last summer Guy Nickalls had in Jack
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man who could drive crew and man
who knew not only how to get work
out of it. but how to save it and how
| to make the most of it. But Apple
| tons physique could not compare with
! that of Lund, and it was a matter Of
common Knowledge that Nickalls worst
trial at New Haven last spring was to
get a stroke oar, that most vital point
in determining victory in eight-oared-
! shell rowing. Hence those who are
| interested in aquatic sport will watch
| with especial interest the preparation
| of the Yale and Harvard boats for this
year 8 contests at New London. Yale
| carries over Lowe, the bow oar: Shell
don. No. 4; Sturtevant, No. ). and the
| coXswain. Out of it's second boat it
has capt. Denegre, Stillman. Coe, Har-
\ rison and Bennitt. 1t also has out OF
| the freshman boat a fairly good nu-
cleus of powerful men in Meyer. stroke
Atkins No. Z; Coe, No. 6; E. r. Har-
riman younger brother OF Averell Har-
rinan. the man who really introduce ed
the English system at New Haven)
besides Whittlesey, Gamble, Walker
| and Olsen 1t has two or three good
men out of the winning class crew in
Morris, Wyman and Robb. This crew
| it will be remembered, as class cham
pion met the Harvard 1916 crew, the
| class champion at Cambridge, and de-
| feated 1t by some three lengths on the
Charles river.
! In base ball last spring, although
| Princeton won the final game from
Yale. Harvard defeated Princeton and
| yet succumbed to the Blue. Capt. Ayers
of the Harvard varsity nine, therefore
| has more than a reasonable belief that
| it will be possible to turn the tables or
| Yale this summer. Seaton, the forme1
Brown University base ball player, who
coached the Harvard nine last year, has
a fine lot of candidates, and while he
his lost Hitchcock, a good pitcher. he
has Frye. the left-handed man of his
batter of last year, and in addition tht
foot ball captain. Mahan, as well az
Whitney and Wi1co xof last year,
freshman nine.
| The catcher's position will be fought
for between Waterman, who did wei
as the regular last year, and Harte, the
catcher of the freshman nine. Brickley
the foot ball player, is likely to try fol
the place he filled on his freshman min.
behind the bat-and, if he does, will
make third available and strong
candidate.
In base ball Yale carries over Hunter
Hast years catcher; Pumpelly, the out
fielder: Capt. Middlebrook, John Reilly
lHanes and number of others. ant
THE most important Of all-WiN GO
Harry LIE Gore Of foot ball fame AM