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has resulted in the evolution of the
present Yale stroke.
The Fall practice of the crew contin-
ued until nearly Christmas time, when
the harbor began tobe blocked with ice.
On the return from Christmas vaca-
tion, Captain Bailey issued a summons
for candidates for the crew, and the
usual tank work in the Gymnasium
began. The work in the tank was less
severe than in previous years, but the
out of door runs were longer and hard-
er. Captain Bailey is not a believer
in the value of hard indoor work. As
soon as the weather permitted it, about
the midle of February, he had his
men working again on the harbor. It
has been his plan throughout the pres-
ent year to have constantly a crew
with which the University could race,
believing that these races instilled
greater enthusiasm into the men and
excited them to keener competition.
SECOND BOAT ORGANIZED,
For this reason he organized, at the
begining of the year, a second Univer-
sity boat, some of whose oarsmen have
since won their way into the Univer-
sity. The second crew were retained
and taken to the training table for their
evening meals until Easter vacations,
when the Freshmen proved more than
able to supplant them in giving the
University practice. The coaching was
done by Captain Bailey until March 1,
when Mr. Cook again came to New
Haven. He has remained with the
Crew and had entire charge of their
work ever since.
ROBERT J. COOK, YALE 77%.
Coach of Yale.
On the day of Mr. Cook’s arrival the
training table was started at Kent
Hall, with twelve men. Both Fresh-
man and University crews remained
in New Haven during Easter vacation,
and were out on the water working
very hard both morning and evening.
The work of the crew at this time, how-
ever, was far from satisfactory. The
whole crew were somewhat out of con-
dition owing to continued hard work,
and the damp weather, and a few of the
men were impatient and dissatisfied
because, as it seemed to them, they
had been spending a large share of
their’ time in experiments, and. their
hard work had not been rewarded with
the. progress which they had expected.
It was at this time and under these
influences that Simpson retired from
his position at stroke. Langford was
put back at number eight, Griswold
was taken from the list of substitutes
and placed at 7, Payne Whitney’ was
moved forward from 6 to 2, and two
Freshmen, Greenway and Allen, were
tried. respectively at 4. and -6. Since
about this time there has been a grad-
ual but steady improvement in the
work of the boat, and at the time
of the race with University of Wis-
consin on May 29, the crew were row-
ing in fully as good form as is usual
at that time of year.
TO GALES FERRY.
On June 2d the University crew
moved to Gale’s Ferry and established
themselves at Broadview, the old Co-
lumbia quarters immediately adjoining
Capt. Latham Brown’s house, where
Yale crews have stayed in previous
years. Here they remained until June
20th. The practice on the Thames was
a good deal hindered during the first
few days by wind and rough water. and
in the latter part of the stay, examina-
tions, coming this year nearly a week
later than usual, often curtailed the
morning work. Butthe weather during
the entire time of their stay at Gale’s
Ferry was much cooler than it usually
is at this time of the year, so that the
men were kept in perfect physical con-
dition, and there was no danger of over-
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training them, even with much harder
work than they were given.
Their sojourn on the Thames proved a
riod of notable progress for the crew.
he air was more bracing and healthful
than at New Haven, the crew had fewer
things to detract their attention from
their work, and the smooth water of the
Thames permitted much more satisfac-
tory practice than could be gotten on
New Haven Harbor. Mr. Cook and
Captain Bailey believe that the crew
made fully as much progress while they
were on the Thames as they did during
all the previous practice of the earlier
part of the year.
THE ROUTINE OF WORK.
The routine of the work was much
the same as usual with Yale crews—
rising at 7, a short brisk walk before
breakfast, then two hours of study or
recreation, followed at 10.30 by instruc-
tion in the pair oar, and light work in
the shell before dinner. From dinner
time until the first supper at 4.30 no
rowing was done. At 6.30 the hard
work of the day began, advantage being
taken of the cool of the evening. This
work consisted sometimes of a pull over
the four miles on time, or else a row of
five to eight miles rowed out in long
stretches. Then followed a second light
supper, and before bed time another
short brisk walk. 7
The results of the conscientious work
of the crew men and of Mr. Cook’s con-
stant coaching at Gale’s Ferry are shown
in a firmer, sharper catch, a more pow-
erful pull through the water, an easier
and more graceful recover, and greatly
improved time work in the boat. The
boat is at present moving very evenly
on its keel and travelling well between
strokes. The stroke now rowed is fully
as long as Harvard's.
FAST BUT ERRATIC.
This year’s crew have shown them-
selves to be fast but erratic. They are
especially fast in the short distances,
having beaten the record for this course
three or four times in the half mile. and
having equalled anything that has been
previously done in both the mile and
the two miles. Their best time for four
miles was but a few seconds behind
Cornell’s record time of 19.25 made on
the Hudson last year, although the Hud-
son course is said to be a minute faster
than the course on the Thames. These
figures show what the crew has been
able to do, but unfortunately they are
the record of exceptional performances
and not of everyday work. Mr. Cook
believes that the pace set in the great
race on the Hudson this year is going to
be the hottest of any race ever rowed
in the country, and that in all proba-
bility each one of the contesting crews
will beat their previous records. The
fast time already made by Harvard and
Cornell in practice seem to confirm his
idea. The changed stroke which Yale
is rowing this year is a return to first
principles, in use before the straight,
WHE BaLY .
ramrod-like position of the back and the
well-timed and precise arm, leg, and
shoulder movements on the full reach
were introduced.
THE LONG STROKE.
The long far-reaching body swing of
the English stroke which is used to-day,
is less attractive to watch, but it is
believed to be more effective, and to
give greater power with less effort. The
other changed features of the stroke
are a somewhat longer reach, a sharper
finish catch, with the oar cutting the
water perpendicularly, instead of being
slightly beveled, and a longer, more
powerful pull though from the catch.
The recover is done with an easier and
less jerky motion, and the slides are
shorter, and made horizontal instead of
being slightly inclined.
If there is one general criticism to be
passed on the present crew, it is that it
lacks powerful men. With the excep-
tion of Captain Bailey, the entire
crew is of the wiry, muscular order,
instead of being heavy, stockily built
men of large frames. They are a con-
scientious lot and willing to do any
amount of hard work, but they are not
particularly quick at picking up new
points, or overcoming their faults.
Since two days before the University of
Wisconsin race the order and make-up
of the ’Varsity crew has remained the
same, viz: bow, Rogers; 2, Whitney ;
8, Campbell; 4, Greenway ; 5, Captain
Bailey ; 6, Allen; 7, Griswold; stroke,
Langford.
YALE UNIVERSITY STATISTICS.
Position, Name, Class. Age. Ht. Wt,
Bow. D.F. Ro gers, ’98, New
Pe Rae OTN. Pi sees hos ok 21 163
No. 2. Payne Whitney, ’98,
LSE PES BR) gy | qaueren ane A a eager greater 21 510% 167
No. 3. H. G. Campbell, ’97... 22 6 168
No. 4. J. C. Greenway, 1900, .
RTOLSODTINGS, GAL. sees cases 20 6 170
No. 6. Fred Allen, 1900, Wal-
Pe MASS. i.e sino peaks ears 20°64 182
No. 7. W. E. S. Griswold,’99, 20 6 1 168
Stroke. George Langford,
io. ol, Paul, Minnis, 66 216 416-174.
Coxswain. Louis Green, ’99, 115
Substitutes:
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PORE acc nek ae Pies RUNS ROS 21 510% 175
G. T. Marsh, ’98, Lansing-
PUP ONS Vasc eitseabe a ceeawas 21 6 1%
Wale’s Individual Oarsmen.
The stroke of the Yale crew is George
Langford, 97S. His home is at St. Paul,
Minn., and he prepared for college at
Hill School. His only boating experi-
ence previous to coming to Yale was
in rowing single shells at the Minne-
sota Boat Club. At Yale he made his
f ll class crew, where he rowed No. 7.
In the Spring he was taken on the
University squad, and soon gained the
most unusual distinction for a Fresh-
man of stroking the University boat.
He has maintained this place during
the entire three years of his course,
and has been steadily improving each
year. Last year his work at Henley
excited a great deal of favorable com-
ment, and his work with the changed
Yale stroke is as good as with the old
one. He is very strong, with unlim-
ited endurance, and pulls a powerful
steady stroke, which sets a splendid
example for the other men in the boat.
Langford is regarded as probably the
best stroke among the college crews Of
America this season.
W. E. S. Griswold, 799, of Erie, Pa., is
not as strong as Langford, but is 2
very conscientious and hard working
oarsman. His build is much the same
as that of Langford, being tall and
slim, so that the two make excellent
neighbors in the boat, and have come
to work well together as stroke of their
respective sides of the boat. Griswold
was Captain of his Freshman crew, and
rowed the best oar in the boat. He
prepared at Black Hall School, and
never rowed before coming to Yale.
Fred Allen, at No. 6, is one of the two
Freshmen in the boat. He is very
strong and remarkably well developed
for a Freshman. He is about the big-
gest man in the boat, and an extremely
hard worker. He prepared at Andover,
and never rowed before this year. He
played guard on his Freshman foot-
ball team last Fall. His home is at
Walpole, Mass.
Captain Philip Horton Bailey, ’97, of
Windsor Locks, Conn., has had four
years of experience in rowing. He
rowed on his Freshman crew, was 2
sub on the ’95 University crew, rowed
No. 5 on the Yale crew at Henley, and
now as captain fills the same position
in this year’s University boat. He has
been under the disadvantage of having
to unlearn the old Yale stroke, in ad-
dition to mastering the new one, and
he sometimes shows a tendency to re-
lapse into some of the features of the
old stroke, doubtless because he has
paid soi much attention to the develop-
ment of the other men that he has not
watched his own work closely enough.
He has. however, improved wonderfully
since the crew went to Gale’s Ferry.
He is the most heavily built and strong-
est man in the boat, and drives his oar
through the water with terrific force.
He prepared at Hartford High School,
and never rowed before he came to
Yale.
James C. Greenway, the latest of the
Greenway family of athletes to dis-
tinguish himself at Yale, comes from
Hot Springs, Ark., and is a member of
the Freshman class. He is strong and
wiry and possesses plenty of sand. He
has been greatly hindered in his work
bv illness. which for a time threatened
to keep him out of the boat altogether.
As a result of his comparative inex-
perience, his stroke is not as steady
as that of the other men, and he is avt
to be a trifle slow. He has worked
very hard to overcome his faults. and
has improved ravidlv since he was fin-
allv chosen to row at No. 4 just before
the race with the Tlniversitv of Wis-
consin. He prevared at Andover, and
has never rowed before.
Henry C. Campbell, Jr., ’97, of Pater-
son, N. J., rows No. 3. He prepared at
St. Paail’s School, Concord, N. H.,
where he rowed on the Halcyon crew,
and he has rowed in his class crew
ever since coming to Yale, but this is
his first year on the University. He is
more slenderly built and not as strong
as most of the other oarsmen in the
boat, but he is a careful, hard working
and enthusiastic man, and promised to
fill his seat in an entirely satisfactory
manner.
VALE UNIVERSITY CREW:
The Oarsmen are Just Coming to the Catch.
7,
Coxwain, L. F. Greene.
4, J. C. Greenway.
Stroke, G. Langford.
3, H. G. Campbell.
7, W. E.S. Griswold.
2, P. Whitney.
season
6, F. W. Allen.
5, P. H. Bailey.
.Bow, D. F. Rogers.
(From a photograph taken at New London by Corbin & Konold.)
