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NEW HAVEN, CONN., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1898. -
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THE YALE GREW.
A Fine Spirit of Work among the
Mien—Make-up Most Uncertain.
Half of the preparatory season for the
great triangular boat race at New Lon-
don has passed, but no one can make
much of a guess as to who will finally
represent Yale in the University boat.
An unprecedented number of experi-
enced men who reported at the call for
candidates last December have been
thinned down to sixteen, constituting
the First and Second University crews.
Of the first boat, Allen at No. 6 and
Whitney at bow are the only members
of Captain Bailey’s crew who held their
seats, six of the record Freshman
Eight filling the reniaining positions.
Thus the greater part of the veterans
were forced into the second boat to be-
gin a steady uphill, but so far unsuc-
cessful, struggle for a place.
The only change of importance in the
make-up of the First boat in the last
two weeks has been the substitution of
H. P. Wickes, 1900, for W. B. Williams,
who has been rowing alternately at No.
tand No. 2. Wickes will-be tried at No.
2, a place which has given Mr. Cook
much concern. His great leg strength
and good body and blade work should
make him a formidable rival to over-
come. Williams, who has been un-
fortunate in having an illness which
necessitated absence at a critical period
of development, will drop from the Uni-
versity squad for the present and stroke
his class crew. ae
McGee, 1900, is a possibility at No.
4 or 5. He has been kept out of the
boat by low stand, but when that diffi-
culty is ended he will make a strong
bid for a seat. He is the heaviest and
at the same time the strongest on the
squad.
It is too early in the year to make
an individual criticism of the Crew as
it stands, who have yet many faults of
inboard and outboard work to over-
come, faults that are inseparable from
the early season’s work and which will
be largely removed between now and
the first of June. Mr. Cook is greatly
pleased with the eagerness of his men
to learn what he has to teach. bey
are faithful and earnest and his in-
structions are obeyed without question.
with the result that the general form of
the boat is better, and the speed faster
than at this date of practice for some
vears. No question is raised by an
oarsman when a course which is pur-
sued for a good reason, seems to lead
away from the established stroke, and
thus countless annoyances and misun-
derstandings among the graduates and
undergraduates are removed. Captain
Whitney has shown himself broad-
minded and earnest in his position
with a desire to have no friction what-
ever with the coach.
Very valuable aid is given by J. O.
Rodgers, Captain of last year’s football
team. Being prevented from rowing
himself for physical reasons, he gives
himself up to constant coaching of Uni-
versity and Freshman oarsmen, work-
ing harmoniously with both Mr. Cook
and Mr. Whitney, who value his ser-
vices very highly.
There is an impression that the pres-
ent University Crew is a marvel of
physical perfection and strength. The
truth, however, is directly opposite, for
the men, according to Mr. Cook, are
not in their pulling strength on a par
with many crews he has handled dur-
ing the past ten of fifteen years, and any
extra skill they may possess as an eight
is handicapped by their comparative
weakness, The men weigh up well, but
a portion of it is fat and will come off
when the hard four-mile pulls become
frequent.
The statistics of the men now rowing
in the boat follow: :
Bow—Payne Whitney, ’98; prepared
at Groton; age 22; height 5 feet, 10%
inches; weight 169.
No. 2—H. P. Wickes, 1900; prepared
at Andover; age 19; height 5 feet, 10%
inches; weight 171.
No. 3—J. P. Brock, 1000; prepared at
St.. Paul's: age 18; height § -féet; «10
inches; weight 18o. :
No. 4—J. H. Niedecken, 1900; pre-
pared at’ St. Paul’s: age 20; height 6
feet, 34 inch; weight 173.
No. 5—}i' “-W. -Cross;~1900;° prepared
at Groton; age 20; height 6 feet; weight
184.
No. 6—F. W. Allen, 1900; prepared at
Andover; age 20; height 6 feet; weight
* 184.
No. 7—J. C. Greenleaf, ’99S.; pre-
pared at Westminster; age 19; height
6 feet; weight 172.
Stroke—R. P. Flint, ’99 S.; prepared
at Lawrenceville; age 22; height 5 feet,
1114 inches; weight 170.
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The Freshmen Oarsmen.
The Freshman Crew squad will shortly
be reduced to about eleven men from
whom the final eight will be selected.
The material is good and the crew is
well advanced.
The men have been rowing under the
supervision of J. O. Rodgers, ’98. Mr.
Robert J. Cook gives them some individ-
ual coaching in pair oar work. Work
was begun in the shell shortly before
the closing of College, for the Easter
recess, and since that time several short
races have been rowed against the Uni-
versity Eight.
The training-table was started before
the Easter recess with the following
men: Atkinson, Thomas, Gilbert, Still-
man, Montague, F. Brown (tem-
porary Captain), Auchincloss, Keppel-
man and Chittenden (coxswain). In
addition “to. these... Paterson... 1901;
Cameron, 1901: Dowd, 1900 S.; Water-
man, 1901; Olcott, 1901, and Kelly,
1900 S.. remained in New Haven to
train.
The following are the complete sta-
tistics and order of the First boat:
Bow—J. M. Patterson, 1901; prepared
at Groton; weight 163; height 5 feet,
10% inches; age Io.
No. 2—L. M. Thomas, 1901; prepared
at St. Paul’s; weight 163; height 5 feet,
II inches; age 20.
No. 3—R. H. Gilbert, 1900 S.; pre-
pared at Hotchkiss; weight 179; height
5 feet, 11%4 inches: age 21.
No. 4—G. S. Stillman, 1900; prepared
at St. Paul’s; weight 184; height 6 feet:
age 18.
No. 5—T. S. Montague, 1900 S.; pre-
pared at Hotchkiss; weight 173; height
6 feet, I inch; age Io.
No. 6—F. G. Brown, Igor; prepared
at Groton; weight 195; height 6 feet,
3 inches; age 109. |
No. 7—H. Auchincloss, t1901; pre-
pared at Groton; weight 168; height 6
feet, % inch: age 20.
Stroke—J. A. Keppelman, 1o01; pre-
pared. at Andover; weight 165; height
5 feet 834 inches; age 10.
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Junior and Sophomore Crews.
The crews from the Junior and
Sophomore classes, which will take
‘part in the annual regatta on Lake
Whitney May 7, have been in active
training for the last two months. Un-
fortunately no crew will represent the
Senior class. Both eights have been
materially strengthened by. men from
the second boat of the University squad.
The two crews are at present row-
ing in the following order: Junior
crew—Stroke, Hewitt, ’99;.7, Griswold,
‘oo, Captain: 6,-'Parkhurst; “o8S.: Ss,
Whitehouse, ’99; 4, Cogswell, ’99; 3,
Grenville Parker, Manager.
THE CREW LEADERS.
Photograph by Pach.
Payne Whitney, Captain,
Ridgway, ’98S.; 2, Marvin, ’99; bow,
O’Fallon, ’99. Sophomore crew —
Stroke, Campbell, 1900; 7, Walliams,
1900; 6, Greenway, 1900; 5, Havemeyer,
1900; 4, Schweppe, 1900; 3, Hunn, ’99
S.; 2, Babcock, 1900; bow, Patterson,
1900; coxswain, Walton, ’99S.; substi-
tutes, Clarke, 1900, and Minor, Ig00.
Of these men Hewitt, Griswold, Park-
hurst, Williams, Greenway, and Patter-
son are in the second University boat.
W. E. S. Griswold, ’99, is coaching
the Junior, and H. B. Wilcox, ’98, the
Sophomore Crew.
YALE NINE WELL TOGETHER,
What the Work of the Season Thus
Far Has Shown.
Extensive comment on the work of
the University Nine on the Southern
Trip was impossible last week on ac-
count of the WEEKLy’s date of publi-
cation.
In general the showing of the Nine
was well up to the performance of the
average Yale team at this time last year.
The steady work at crucial times and
the feeling of mutual confidence, which
seems to prevail among the players,
were especially gratifying. The team
on the whole fielded sharply and gave
excellent support to the pitchers. The
work of the infielders, Wadsworth, de-
Saulles, Hazen and Camp, justified the
hope expressed earlier in the year, with
regard to the strength of this part of the
Nine. Greenway, Wear and Wallace,
in the outfield, showed themselves sure
men on long, difficult flies, but were
weak in returning the ball quickly to
the plate. The -work of Fearey,
as pitcher, and Sullivan, behind the
bat, gave encouraging indications of
strength in the battery positions.
Fearey played in two games, during
which he held the opposing nines down
to a total of nine hits, and allowed but
five bases on balls. He has improved
greatly over his last year’s form in con-
trol, curves and speed, and showed in-
creased steadiness at critical points.
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Sullivan caught in all of the six games,
with but one error scored against him.
His backstop work was. uniformly
steady and his judgment of high foul
flies excellent. His principal weakness
lay in his inability to throw quickly and
accurately to the bases. The pitching
of Hall, who has been looked upon with
Fearey as one of the mainstays in the
box, was rather disappointing. He
was, however, handicapped by a lame
arm and lack of practice, and his work
on the trip did not afford a fair oppor-
tunity of judging his ability. Chauncey
and Cadwalader were also tried in the
box, the former doing fairly well.
The batting of the Nine, which was
weak at first, showed improvement dur-
ing the progress of the trip. A note-
worthy fact was the disappointing stick-
work of some of the players who are
ranked among Yale’s strongest hitters.
Sullivan, on the contrary, who had be-
fore done rather indifferent work at the
bat, had seven hits to his credit and
Wallace nine hits, including two home
runs, a three-base hit, and a double.
The batting of Wadsworth and Fearey
was also encouraging.
Yale, during the six games, made 37
runs to her opponents’ 25, 51 hits to 36
of her opponents’, and 16 errors to 34
of her opponents’. Of the players in
all of the six games, Wadsworth made
8 hits and 1 error; deSaulles, 4 hits and
2 errors; Wear, 7 hits and 3 errors;
Greenway, 3 hits and no errors; Hazen,
5 hits and 2 errors; Camp, 4 hits and 3
errors: Wallace, 9 hits and 1 error,
and --Sullivan: 7: hits “aad -1 — error.
Fearey in the two games he played made
3 hits and 2 errors; Chauncey in three
games, I hit and no errors; Hall in one
game, no hits and no errors, and Cad-
walader in one game, no hits and 1
error. Pr. xX.
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The Freshman Nine.
The progress of the candidates for the
Freshman Nine has been greatly ham-
pered, by the lack of a suitable practice
diamond, due to the changes made last
Fall in the location of the football field.
The Nine was coached by various mem-
bers of the University squad until out-
door practice began. B. C. Chamber-
lin, P. G., then took charge of the can-