YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY an HARVARD CREW WORK Great Improvement in Reach—Mr. Lehmann Pleased. —— Cambridge, April 10.—With the re- turn of Mr. Lehmann to the country three weeks ago, began the last and nost important stage in the prepara- tions “of! the Harvard Crew for year’s boat race. The work of the crew this year has been more satisfactory to those who hope for a crimson vic- tory in the triangular race than for the past few seasons. The whole atmosphere of the aquatic world at Harvard has been healthier and freer under Mr. Lehmann’s genial influence, There has been complete harmony between teach- er and pupils. The oarsmen not only have full confidence in the ability of their coach, but they respect his gen- tlemanly and sportsmanlike qualities. Again, throughout the University there was a more hopeful and loyal spirit manifest than for some years. All these things have served to accelerate prog- ress and lighten the task of the new coach who has undertaken to restore Harvard’s lost Supremacy on the wa- ter. The work last Fall was prelimi- nary in its nature. Mr. Lehmann stayed long enough to explain his stroke to the candidates, ground them thoroughly in the essential characteristics, and familiarize them with his methods and theory of rowing. During his absence the men spent the time in learning at leisure the lessons which he had given them. How well they succeeded appears from Mr. Lehmann’s own comment on their work: “I found them rowing in MR, R. C. LEHMANN. very good shape, far better, indeed than I had expected. They showed more confidence and greater steadiness, which proved to my mind that they had been carefully thinking out for themselves, what they had been learn- ing in the Fall and had been constant- ly endeavoring to apply these lessons under the guidance of skilful instruc- tors. To put it ina different « way, whereas in the Fall they had always to be thinking, with the recurrence of every stroke, of the various motions " that they had to get through, as of something more or less strange or un- accustomed, it seemed to me when I saw them in March that these motions had become a sort of second nature to them, and that they therefore per- formed them with far greater facility and precision.” Such high commenda- tion was very gratifying to ex-Captain Storrow and Mr. Mumford, who had an eye on the men during the chief’s ab- sence, particularly to Captain Goodrich on whom the brunt of the coaching fell, and, owing to his position, a heavy load of responsibility as well. Since his return, Mr. Lehmann has devoted him- self assiduously to his self imposed task and results thus far have satisfied him. He is an enthusiatic coach and is already casting a look ahead to the approaching triangular race. He seems to have caught some of the vigorous spirit of rivalry which animates our American colleges and which surprised the more sedate collegians of Oxford and Cambridge at Henley. But, with all his earnestness, he manifests a sports- manlike friendliness for his rival which wins the esteem even of those who hope most cordially to see him defeated next June. His address to the Harvard stu- dents at Sanders’ Theater last winter was a splendid plea for manly sport and if his listeners caught the spirit of it, there will be no. occasion for future disagreement in the athletic relations of Yale and Harvard. To Yale, in par- ticular, among Harvard’s competitors, the - he seems favorably predisposed, anq speaks in warmest praise of the Yale eight which rowed at Henley last July “A finer set of fellows I never met ’ he said to me recently when referring to them. He has met not a few Yale men during his stay in this country and has made many friends in the enemy’s camp. The renewal of ath- letic relations between the two uni- versities has given him the greatest Satisfaction and there has heen a keener zest in the work of the candi- dates during the past three weeks Mr. Lehmann is with the candidates mornings, taking them out in pair oars and giving them special instructions to correct individual faults. In the af- ternoon the crew row in the shell and he coaches from the launch. He has also been giving some _ attention to class crews and all the crews are row- ing essentially the same stroke. MR. LEHMANN'S THEORY OF TRAINING. The reports that Mr. Lehmann has introduced the English methods of training and that the men are ajl- lowed perfect freedom as to matters of diet must not be taken to mean that the men are allowed to do as they please without regard to their physicial condition. The English views in regard to training are not so strict as those that prevail among American Colleges, but they are very well defined, nevertheless. In this connection Mr. Lehmann says: “I have not required the men as yet to be very strict in these matters, as we do not insist on a long period of training in England. The very object is to keep the men in the hest physical condi- tion. The greater freedom which can be granted them without sacrificing this end, the better, for it avoids mo.- notony in the work. The candidates are expected to keep good hours as that is of course most essential. In the matter of food, we allow anything that is wholesome because the greater the variety the better the appetite is. Thus far I have allowed the men to drink whatever they choose. Later it will be necessary. to restrict them somewhat. Ale will be the regular drink. In England ale is nececssary for the men in order to enahle them to stand the training in our climate. A long season of training, such as the crews here have, would not he possi- ble without it. In matters of this kind, I shall wait and see what the men require. The English crews are allowed champagne It freshens them up a little and we think it prevents them from getting stale. The chief difference between our system and that of the American athletes is that the restrictions in the men with\us are imposed gradually as the season advances.”’ THE CREW PRACTICALLY SELECTED. The present makeup of the Universi- ty crew is: Stroke, J. F. Perkins; 7, Goodrich; 6, Thomson; 5, J. H. Perkins; 4, Sprague; 3, Hollister; 2, Bull; bow, Wrightington. In discussing the present outlook and the work of the individual men Mr. Lehmann says: “The work in the barge has showed a steady and continued improvement. The stroke has lengthened out; the swing and balance have become bet- ter; the grip at the beginning is firm- er; and the work of the blades in the water is on the whole clean and strong, although there is still obser- vable a tendency here and there to feather under water. “At present, the crew, having just taken to the shell are in one of their transition periods, but there is every reason to suppose that, when they have mastered those elements of wat- ermanship which can be taught only in a racing ship, they: will show both uniformity and pace. “It is possible that one or two changes may have to be made, but my hope is that, accidents apart, the crew may now be taken as complete in its. main features. “Physically, the men are a fine pow- erful lot, fully as strong and _ well developed as the Englishmen who form the two University crews. 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