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YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY his place having been filled by his brother. Captain Perkins fitted for college at Hopkinson’s School. He is a powerful athlete, had experience in last year’s race, and is a finished oar. He gets a long body swing, pulls his oar through evenly and is notably good in his watermanship. He is 22 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs 174 pounds. He is a brother of “Nelse” Perkins, who captained the last vic- torious Harvard crew against Yale. Harding has not had much experi- ence in rowing, not having done any racing previous to coming to Harvard. He has rowed at college on his class crews. He was recently moved from bow oar to Heath’s place at No. 5 when the latter was dropped, and has done well in the new position. He is 19 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weighs 164 pounds. . F. L. Higginson fitted for college at Groton School. He rowed on his Freshman crew last June, stroked the winning 1900 crew to victory in the class race last April, and was setting the pace for the University afterwards until Dobyns crowded him forward in the boat. He has a long reach and pulls his oar through clean. He is 20 years old, 6 feet I inch tall, and weighs 164 pounds. Wadsworth prepared for Harvard at Hale’s School, and has rowed on his class crew since entering college. He is awkward but pulls a strong and effec- tive oar. He is 22 years old, 5 feet 10% inches tall, and weighs 162 pounds. Blake came to Harvard from the Bos- ton English High School, and is the only member of the Junior class on the first eight. He pulls a smooth oar, but has a tendency to rush his slide. He is 22 years old, 6 feet tall, and weighs 160 pounds. George Derby has not rowed since 1896, when he was on the University crew. He is a heavy, powerful man and will make a good man in the boat. Thus far, owing to lack of familiarity with the stroke, he has not appeared at his best, but is fast correcting his faults. He is 24 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, and weighs 169 pounds. Of the substitutes, J. F. Perkins rowed on the crew last year and held his place this season till near the end. He is a good oar, but his work this Spring has been disappointing. He prepared for college at Willow Acad- emy, is now 20 years old, 6 feet tall and weighs 172 pounds. Marvin pulled the bow oar most of the season.. He thas been a University substitute and rowed on class crews. He was prepared for college by private tutors. He is 24 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. Kernan was a substitute on last year’s J. H. PERKINS, CAPTAIN HARVARD CREW. Freshman crew and rowed in the win- ning boat in the class race this Spring. He is 20 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 166 pounds. dams has rowed on his class crew for four years and has acted as Captain and stroke. He is a good oar, but too short and light for the most efficiency. He is 22 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 152 pounds. J. Weston ALLEN. ———oo>—__—_—_ At a recent meeting of the Board of Editors of the Yale Record, Henry [Hall Christian, 1901, of Minneapolis, was elected a member of the Board. G. S$. Mittendorf, 99, has been ap- pointed Manager of ‘the ‘Universit Hockey Team for next year, é Dalzell, Bow. Bentley, 2. Wakeman. 3. Bailey, 4. Moore, 5. Beardslee, 6. -CORNBEL -hiGi!T FN BOAP.: Colson, Cox. and Capt. Savage, 7. Briggs, Stroke. Photographed at Ithaca June 12, CHANGES AT ITHACA, Many Combinations Have Been Tried To Fill Unexpected Vacancies in the Crew. [Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY.] Ithaca, New York, June 14.—At the beginning of the year everyone here felt that the main problem of the year would be to get out a Freshman Crew which should not fall below the average of Cornell Freshman Crews. The University Crew seemed able to. take care of itself. Seven of last year’s Crew were in the University and an- nounced their intention to try to hold their places. There was every reason to think that no difficulty would be ex- perienced in filling Captain Spillman’s place at Number 6, from the ranks of last year’s substitutes. As a result of this confidence the call for the candi- dates for the University Crew was delayed until February 7th, fully a month later than usual.. Further en- couragement was felt when the Crew was able to get on the water a month earlier than usual, The season was re- markably early and March 3d found the training transferred from the machines in the Gymnasium -to the boats on the Inlet. The lack of rowing tanks was therefore not as keenly felt. But although considerable work was done during March, April proved very unfavorable to practice on account of cold and windy weather and the month was almost lost. May was boisterous also and the boats did not get out on the lake more than twice a week on an average. accomplished has been done since the first week in June. THE FIRST BREAK. On March 11, only a week after the Crews appeared on the water, Odell, No. 5, informed Mr. Courtney that he had decided to start for the Klondike on the following Monday. The news. of this unexpected break in the Crew brought little less than consternation to those who knew how much Odell contributed to the speed of the boat last June. For some time the work was very . badly broken up on account of Odell’s withdrawal and the absence of Wake- man and Moore, which immediately followed. Wakeman was called home on account of sickness in his family and Moore was not in condition to row. | Various experiments were tried and all sorts of combinations resulted. Almost all that has been On May 13th, King, No. 4, was forced to relinquish his oar. His health had not been good for some weeks, but he had attempted to fight it out. The result was that when he final- ly gave up the struggle he became seriously sick and lost all chances of returning to the boat. It seemed as if a systematic attack was being made on the middle of the boat, and, the next day-after King went, Oddie, a last year’s substitute, who was filling Spill- man’s place at six very satisfactorily, was called home on account of the seri- ous illness of his father. His father died and Oddie withdrew from the University. So that instead of having one place to fill, Mr. Courtney was obliged to find four new men. These losses would not have been felt so keenly if there had been any material from which to draw in last year’s Fresh- man Crew, who rowed until the middle of May, when they were dropped, with the exception of Beardsley and Hollo- way, substitutes. On the 23th of May, Moore, who had been rowing at 5, was obliged to give up his work for two weeks on account of field work in an adjacent county, which is required of Seniors and Juniors in Civil Engineering. This re- sulted in more experiments in the line of new combinations, and not until June 6th, when Moore returned, did the Crew, as it is now rowing, begin steady work, THE PRESENT MAKE-UP. On June oth, it became evident that Savage, No. 7, one of the best men in the boat, was not rowing in his usual form. The next day he was un- able to row and he is still out of the boat on account of an attack of the grip. Ludlam takes Savage’s place and the Crew is made up as follows: Age. Ht. Wt. No. i. W. C. Dalzell, °99M.E. ..:...... 20 ~=—-455-11 161 No.2. W. Bentley, 98E E....... .. ...2l 5-114 160 No.8. 8. W. Wakeman, 99 FE E....... mG 168 No.4. ToL. Bailey; °99:Phil.......2.2. 20 6 168 ~ MOio. O38 Moore, 980. B:.. o 1 5-10% 169 No.6. R. W_Beardslee, 1900 E.E...... 21 5-10 150 NO... 1. C. Ludlam, 98 Law... . << 21 ~~ 5-10 158 Nove: FA. Briges 08 1... Se. 25 ~=—s«d5B-6 138 Coxswain. F. D. Colson, 98 Law. ...22 5-6 112 Aver. 21-3 5-1014 10874 Starb’d E. R. Sweetland, 99 Agr. ....22 6 1% 4 J. Savage, ’98 Opt. ........ 25-26 165 Port. H. E. Holloway, 1900 E.E....... 20 5-10 153 ** A. B. Raymond, 99 M.E.... ... 20 ~=5-10 160 Reports that have appeared in some newspapers to the effect that this Crew is faster than last year’s eight are absolutely without foundation. It is hoped that the Crew may not suffer any further disturbances and that they will make a good showing at New Lon- don. They have not rowed any four- mile trials and will not row four miles before the race. THE FRESHMAN CREW. Candidates for the Freshman Crew were called out on January sixth. A large number of candidates responded to the call. They were kept on the machines until March oth. At present they are rowing as follows: Age. Ht. Wt. NO;t. CoH Pay, Avis. ae. we 8 157% No.2. H. BH. Vanderhoef, M:E....:.... at «65-916 154 No. 8. BPG: Ring GB. fe 19 5-10% 165 No. 4. :G..4¥, Gross MM. 2 Reus a 19 5-404¢~—s 168 WO, Gah, Atte oe oe 24 «45-8 181 No. 6. IB. Lyon, CB, Capt... . ose, 19 5-946 154 NO. t.Bir We Hariey, BE, oo.) ss oes 5-10 156 NO,.S.. Gr Bbaieien, Mer. al 5-9 160 Coxswain. D. R. Thomas, M.E........ al 5-4 108 Aver 20-3 5-934 16114 Starb’d. D. R. Thomas, M.E:......... 18 5§-8% 141 “f io Bb. Bhomad: MB. os 19 5-3 148 Port. R. W. Robbins, M.B............ 18 5816 150 me GREP VOI Sey So. i 23 ~=—«B-9 150 This combination has been rowing together for only a few days. Until Friday, June roth, -there were two Crews of 1901 men. The Crews expect to leave on June 15, and three Crews will be taken, the regular Freshman Crew and the University Eight and a third composed of the four Freshman and four University substitutes. Fisher, 99, willbe the extra coxswain. It will be impossible to get the launch to New London, and the Management hopes to be able to hire a boat for Mr. Courtney’s use. The Freshman Crew, The largest number of men in the history of Freshman Crew candidates responded to the call on January 17, considerably over one hundred. J. O. Rodgers, ’98, took complete charge of the candidates and for two weeks gave many hours in sorting out the most likely oarsmen. Just before the Easter recess the training table was started and eleven men were taken to it. The boat was made up and rowed after Easter as follows: Stroke, J. A. Keppelman; 7, H. Auchincloss: FG, Brown: 5. 7S. Montague; 4, G. S. Stillman; 3, R. H. Gilbert; 2, L. M. Thomas; bow, J. M. Patterson. A second Crew was kept in training, which continued to develop speed till they defeated the first boat every time a meeting was had, for any distance. After the Spring Regatta, which was won by the Second Fresh- man boat, some of the heavy men were dropped from the first and were re- placed from the second boat. The order at present is: Stroke, Cameron; 7, Mitchell; 6, Brown; 5, Reese; 4, Olcott; 3, Auchincloss; 2, Keppelman; I, Waterman. This order may not be retained till the day of the race, how- ever, as several of the men will have to
