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.
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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
