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BROADENED ROWING PLAN.
Class Crews Wirst; University Later—
The Stroke.
The rowing season practically began
at Yale, Saturday, January 13, when
F. W. Allen, 1900, Captain of the Uni-
versity: Crew, called out the candidates
for the Freshman crew and set them to
work in the tanks. One hundred and
two men reported, or 12 more than came_
out last year. A majority of these men
are unacquainted with shell rowing, but
there appears to be much good material-
among them, in the rough. ;
The calling out of the Freshmen 1s
the first step in a greatly broadened
system of preliminary crew-training
which has been planned by Dr. Edson
F. Gallaudet, the head coach, and Cap-
tain Allen. Last year, through the
medium of the Dunham Boat Club, an
attempt was made to put a large number
of men into training, so that the choice
for the University boat would not be
limited to a few men; but the plan,
principally through lack of equipment at
the boathouse, was not successful and
produced no oarsmen of the University
standard. Being satisfied, however, that
the system used at Yale for so many
years was outgrown and not the best
one to get at the undoubtedly good
rowing material that is here, Dr. Gal-
laudet and Mr. Allen set about produc-
ing a substitute. After a thorough
investigation of the system in use at
Harvard—that of opposing clubs—they
decided that, although the system had
been very successful there last year, it
would not go at Yale, because, the
classes being divided, there would be no
good reason why a man should support
one club instead of the other, or be
enthusiastic for its success.
The plan of working on class lines
was therefore hit upon and a course laid
down which promises good results, al-
though it may at first seem a little un-
wieldy and difficult to follow to the let-
ter with the insufficient equipment at
hand. Immediately after the Junior
Prom, instead of calling for candidates
for the University crew, Captain Allen
will give the call for candidates for the
class crews, and it is believed that the
three upper classes will respond with
perhaps a hundred men, or enough to
set 10. or: 12. eights tull..:Hach <class
squad will have a head coach who will
be responsible to Dr. Gallaudet. .
The men chosen for these responsible
positons are well-fitted to teach the
stroke. They are: Sentors; John’ <P.
Brock, 1900; Juniors, F. Gordon Brown,
1901; Sophomores, J. W. Cross, 1900.
Captain Allen will, himself, look after
the Freshmen and will be assisted by J.
H. Niedecken and H. P. Wickes, 1900,
both members of last year’s University
Crew. Each squad head coach will have
under him several assistants, to help in
coaching and to attend to particular
details of the work. These will be
chosen later. The Freshman squad
will include the men from the Academic
and Scientific departments and all first.
year men in the professional schools
who have not received a degree; the
Sophomore squad will include profes-
sional school second year men; _ the
Junior squad will include professional
school third year men, and the Senior
squad will include Seniors from all
departments. There has not been a
Senior class crew at Yale for many
years and that part of the plan is heard
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by many men with great pleasure, as it
will give them an opportunity to work
under systematic and sound coaching.
The management is particularly desirous
that men taking post-graduate courses
here shall come out for the Senior
crew.
CHOICE OF THE CREW TO BE LATE.
Through the month of February and
probably well into March, the crews
will be kept at work in the tanks learn-
ing the fundamentals of the stroke.
About the middle of March the men
doing the best work will be sent to the
harbor to row in fours and eights. A
college crew will be formed at the same
time, which may meet an outside crew,
probably that of Annapolis, as last year.
By degrees the other crews will be re-
moved to the harbor—rowing in the
order of their quality. The final selec-
tion of the University crew will be leit
till a much later date than ever before;
probably till after the Spring regatta.
At least, until that date there will be no
substitutes chosen for the University
crew, and every man in a class boat will
have a chance to displace a University
man till after the third week in May.
The plan as outlined above was talked
over between the crew management and
a dozen or more of Yale men who are
greatly interested in Yale rowing, at a
dinner given by General W. W. Skiddy
at the Yale Club, New York, Tuesday
night, January 9. Everyone heartily en-
dorsed the scheme. Those _ present
were: W..W. Skiddy,. 65 S:;: Vhomas
i hacher,. i:: Julian. WW. -Curtiss): 79:
Henry B. Sargent, 71 S.; Walter Camp,
7903; “Percival. R.. Bolton; : ‘86-S:;;): John
Rogers, 87; F. A. Stevenson, 88; W.
H.. Corbin; -’89;-: J. A: .Martwell, 80:5. ;
Philip Allen, ‘90 S.; George S. Brews-
ter, 91; Dr. E. F. Gallaudet, ’93; Sher-
wood B. Ives, ’93; David F. Rogers,
98; R. J. Schweppe, 1900; F. W. Allen,
1900.
The following received invitations to
the dinner, but could not come for one
reason or another: Alfred Cowles, ’86;
George T. Adee, ’95; -Richard Arm-
strong, ‘95 5S.; Frederick A. Johnson,
94 S.; Ralph B. Treadway, ’96; Philip
H. Bailey, 97; George Langford, ’97 S.;
J. O. Rodgers, ’98; Payne Whitney, ’o8.
Should the general call bring out a
large number of men from the various
classes, a serious difficulty will confront
the managers when it comes to boating
them all. At present there are only three
good barges and four or five usable
Shells in the boat house. The boathouse,
built for different conditions, will be
greatly crowded and it will need the
nicest kind of management to get the
dozen or more crews in and out without
delay and the consequent dissatisfaction
and discouragement among the men.
A larger and better equipped boathouse
would seem to be an absolute necessity
to the broadening of Yale’s rowing sys-
fem.
WIDE BLADES TO BE USED,
About the only change in the stroke
of last year will be the use of the wide
blades and the consequent lengthening
of the slide and shortening of the swing.
The blades used last year were 6 inches
wide, one inch less than those adopted
for the present season.
DATE OF RACES.
At a very harmonious meeting in Bos-
ton, just before the term began, between
the Presidents and Captains of the boat-
ing associations of Harvard and Yale,
the date of the race was set for Thurs-
day, June 28, at 11.30 in the forenoon.
It will be rowed down stream, over the
same course as a year ago. Following
the precedent established last year, there
will be a four-oared race between the
substitutes of the two crews which is
scheduled for an hour later, or 12.30
P. M., Starting at the upper mark of the
University course and finishing at the
Navy Yard two miles below. It is
planned to have the Freshmen ready at
that point and to start them off without
delay on the same tide. The whole
regatta should therefore be ended by
half past one o’clock. It is intimated
that great rigidity will be used in enforc-
ing the rules regarding the opening and
closing of the draw and the movements
of boats near the course before and dur-
ing the races, so that a repetition of the
accident which happened to the Yale
Freshmen last June will be impossible,
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The Freshman Candidates.
The names of the one hundred and
two Freshmen who reported to Captain
Allen Saturday, together with their
weights, are printed below:
Academic—T. R. Strong, 155:C. D.
Green, 150;:S: N. Arnold aro: © G
Durant, Jr., 162; R. Hazard, 162; R. A.
Granniss, Jr., 178; W. G. Wing, 143;
Day, 146; .C. > Brown, 3380 (—
A. Washington, Jr., 140; R. Bogue,, 168;
Rio. Ewell, 1575°©. J: Hantlinwage:
W. B. Walker, 144; D. A. Dunham, 159;
We Frew. .1433K. oD. Clark; r07 Fie:
Clark 106; 1. N. Hogan, 735; 7. @.
Freeman, 179; R. P. Brinkman, 160;
F. Farrel, Jr., 140; G. B. Chadwick, 150;
R. L. Black, 160; J. J. M. Fairbank, 147;
J.  aaney, Jr; 140; GB Paras
147; B. Hewitt, 163; M. Atwater, 143;
t. MM. Latimer, 130; P. Fo Mann toa:
C. C. Auchincloss, 155; W. H. Paylor.
147; RG. Bushong, 175: FL Paden
161; W. A... Lyon,.-138:.W. K.. Vere
berry, 139; D. L. J. O' New, 1682] NA
Campbell, 159; IT. Baker, 1s5>.-W.- 4H.
Peckham, 2d, 165; D. H. Morgan, 160;
F. S. Goodwin, 185; W. C. Moodie, 145;
W. J. Denno, 160; J..M. Stevenson, Jr.,
145; Z.. Sargent,.158;...D..R. McKee,
Je 2700 i -pchiey,. 100... Praty 7
150; A. Tulin, 160; H. M. Sawyer, 140;
W. A. Blount, 143; J. W. Reynolds,
153; 1, James. 140; 0.5, Kigtland.150;
LF. Rhedes, 150; Av 1,, Ogden,“ 150;
Aly FE .. diariien, .1605 M1 Marshal.
142; 3N;, Livots, 142; 1D. Nikessog, i175:
CFO Rewell No Call Gt. Park
hurst, D. E. Kennedy, 139; G. Beards-
ley, 1465 E. Calmer, 136;.6; 2. Crowe,
156: G. tis Parr,. 150; J. Me. Dreisbach,
555-4. MecChntock 1653 7. G. Laas,
Jr, i432 W.. Bo. Westen, 101. Tt. H.
Wackwite. Jf. -100 > )..31. Stoll, sir,
150.
Scientific—M. S. Elmer, 140; H. A.
pndart 153; 14, We Bates, Ircciso: HH.
S. Bristol, 160; B. Reynolds,.156: H. H.
Pease, 150; E. Stanley, 146; J. R: Van-
Fleet, 100; A. Jy Newell 143-7. -#,
‘Trumbull, C... Be Greenough, Rv: N:
Crankshaw, K. C. Sooysmith, 160; L.
Whitney, 160; R. M. Levering, 160; S.
J. Reeves, 1633 (W:. Doolittle: 153: 1:
B. pehley; 15457). Come gee KR.
D: Mitchell, -170;.° FF. Jetke:13337 J.
J. Brainard, 161; H. M. Coffeen, 143;
N. Macneale, 160; W. Bailey, 156; O.
G. Butts.
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Freshman Navy Officers.
A well attended meeting of the Aca-
demic and Sheffield Freshmen classes
was held Friday, January 12. in A1, Os-
born Hall, for the election of officers for
the navy. Richard J. Schweppe, 1900,
President of the University Boat Club,
presided. The following men were
nominated and seconded: For President
from 1903, W. B. Tyler, J. M. Dreisbach,
J. R. Robinson; for Vice-President from
1902 8., W. Bailey, R. D. Mitchell, C. E.
Greenough, R. W. Griswold; for Secre-
tary and Treasurer from 1903, C. R.
Auchincloss, A. Fox, G. A. Goss, M. C.
Pitch. and =f.” H.- MeAlsrey, “The
formal ballot gave the following result,
which was unanimously approved:
President, John Martin Dreisbach of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Vice-President,
William Bailey of Somers, N. Y. and
Secretary and Treasurer, Charles Rus-
sell Auchincloss of New York City.
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Intercollegiate Golf Meeting.
At the annual meeting of the Inter-
collegiate Golf Association held in New
York City, December 22, it was decided
to admit Pennsylvania to membership;
to change the present scoring system to
the English point-scoring method, which
is slowly coming into favor in this
country; and to adopt the four-year
limit rule. Another important change
was the transfer of the date for the
Intercollegiate Tournament from the
Fall to the Spring, which will throw the
next contest in the Spring of 1901. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Chester Gris-
wold, Jr., Princeton; Vice-President,
George C. Clark, Jr., of Harvard; Sec-
retary and Treasurer, S. R. Nash, Jr.,
Columbia. The committee appointed to
purchase prizes consists of S. P. Nash,
Jr., Columbia; T. Markoe Robertson,
Yale, and -Chester Griswold, Jr.,
Princeton.
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Intercollegiate Gymnastic Meet.
The first meeting of the Intercollegiate
Gymnastic Association was held at the
Murray Hill Hotel, New York, Saturday
afternoon, Jan. 14, with delegates pres-
ent from Yale, Princeton, Columbia,
University of Pennsylvania, University
of Virginia, and MHaverford College.
R. M. Patterson and W. L. Otis, 1900,
represented Yale. The chief business of
the meeting was to arrange the number
and character of the events to be con-
tested at the championship meetings in
the future. It. was agreed that six
events should be contested—Club-swing-
ing, side-horse, parallel-bars, tumbling
and flying-rings. The individual scor-
ing the plurality of points in the last
five will be called intercollegiate gym-
nastic champion, and the college scor-
ing the plurality of points in the entire
six events will be awarded the inter-
collegiate team championship and a ban-
ner. It was also decided to have a
seventh event which might consist of
any particular gymnastic feat a team
felt proficient in, but that it should have
no part in the decision of the cham-
pionships. The first meeting of the col-
leges will be held in the Columbia Gym-
nasium, March 25.
The election: of officers resulted as
follows: President, W. E. Mitchell,
Columbia; Vice-President, Walter L.
Otis, Yale 1900; Secretary, H. H. Jenk,
Haverford, and Treasurer, A. H.
Mitchell, Princeton; Executive Com-
mittee, W. F. Mountain, Princeton; W.
L. Otis of Yale; Augustus T. Stroud,
University of Virginia, and E. B. Rich,
University of Pennsylvania.
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Championship Hockey.
The first game of the Intercollegiate
Hockey series was played at the Clere-
mont Avenue Rink, Brooklyn, Tuesday
night, Jan. 9, between Columbia and
Princeton. Columbia won by the score
of 6 to 1, her team outclassing Prince-
ton’s in the finer points of play and team
work. Shiras Campbell, Captain of the
Yale Hockey team, umpired the game.
The schedule which was originally ar-
ranged before the close of College in
December has been considerably
changed. It stands now as follows:
January 19, at St. Nicholas Rink, Yale
ve -Trincefon: January 27, at St.
Nicholas Rink, Brown vs. Columbia:
February 9, at St. Nicholas Rink, Yale
vs. Brown; February 13, at Cleremont
Avenue Rink, Yale vs. Columbia; Feb-
ruary 17, at St. Nicholas Rink, Prince-
ton vs. Brown; February 23, Brown vs.
Columbia; March 3, at Cleremont
Avenue Rink, Yale vs. Princeton; March
9, at St. Nicholas Rink, Yale vs. Brown:
March 13, at St. Nicholas Rink, Colum-
bia vs. Princeton; March 17, at St.
Nicholas Rink, Columbia vs. Yale, and
March 20, at St. Nicholas Rink, Brown
vs. Princeton.
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. Columbia University has just received
a gift of $100,000 from Mr. John D.
Rockefeller to endow a Chair of Psy-
chology. —