The Freshman Crew.

There have been several changes in the freshman crew lately, owing to men being sick and absent, and for other reasons; but the following list is the way the crew have rowed since yesterday:

Position. Name. Weight.

Stroke. E. C. Storrow, 143 lbs.

7. E. W. Dustan, 155

6. C. A. Hight, 160

5. J. T. Davis, 170

4. C. E. Schroll, 160

3. F. S. Goodwin, 162

2. J. Balch, 152

Bow. A. Burr, 158

Sub. J. H. Proctor, 170

Sub. J. H. Morse, 170

Stroke starts forward too slowly, and hangs slightly on the full reach. When he starts to come back he does not get a push from the stretcher soon enough. He draws his oar up on the last part of the finish. No. 7 is rather stiff and disconnected in his motions. He is slow in starting forward, and in coming back lets his slide get ahead of his shoulders. He does not draw his hands way in to his body. No. 6 does not get any reach with his body, and is slow in starting forward. He swings back too far, and does not row his shoulders back, thus making his finish weak. He swings out from his oar at the finish. No. 5 gets a weak finish and does not sit up well. He lets his outside shoulder swing forward on the full reach, and is apt to be careless in his rowing. He swings out. No. 4 keeps his arms bent even on the full reach. He does not get his shoulders on at all at the beginning of the stroke, letting his slide get ahead of his shoulders. He swings out. No. 3 starts forward too slowly and gets a jerky finish. He does not use his shoulders enough. He has not been rowing lately. No. 2 does not keep control of his slide. He rushes forward with his shoulders hunched up and his head dropped. He swings in and keeps his arms bent. Bow rows smoothly but does not get enough power into his legs, doing the most of the work with his body. He does not pull his oar in on a level at the finish, and swings in to his oar. Proctor rows fairly smoothly, but with no power or life to his stroke at all. He does not work with his legs, and gets a weak finish. He does not keep his mind on what he is doing. Morse keeps his arms bent and swings in. He lets his slide get ahead of his shoulders and does not sit up at the finish. There is no power in his stroke. The trouble with the whole crew is that their time is pretty bad; they are slow in starting forward, and they do not get their shoulders on quick enough. They do not hold their oars with a firm enough grasp, and keep changing their grip all the time. Their swinging is very bad, hardly a man swinging right over the keel.

Of course, it would be unfair to expect that the freshmen should be rowing as well as the upper class crews, which have all had one or more years experience on the water; but eighty-nine should remember that if they are behind hand, they must work all the harder during the next two months to catch up, because they have to row the other class crews about the first of May, and they certainly do not want to bring up the rear on that any more than in the race with Columbia. Eighty-nine has plenty of strong, heavy men trying for the crew, and there is no reason why they should not make a good showing if they work hard; but it must be real honest work, and not the kind of work the foot-ball eleven put in last fall.

The freshman also have a second crew rowing, which, of course, does not, as a whole, pull as well as the first crew, though that is no reason for any-body to get discouraged and stop working, simply because he is on the second crew. It would be rather surprising if some of the men on the crew should not come from the second crew, and it lies in every man's power to make himself one of those men, if he only works hard enough and uses his head. The criticism of the individual faults of the men is not so thorough as in the case of the first crew, but it covers the ground fairly well.

Position. Name. Weight.

Stroke. G. A. Reisner, 150 lbs.

7. F. E. Parker, 155

6. D. H. Clark, 150

5. I. A. Ruland, 160

4. R. F. Perkins, 146

3. J. M. Smith, 153

2. J. B. Markoe, 182

Bow. G. Perry, 160

Sub. C. Downer, 170

Stroke does not get his shoulders on well and hurries his recover. He swings back too far and is slow in starting forward. No. 7 swings back too far, and gets a weak finish. His slide gets ahead of his shoulders. No. 6 does not get his shoulders on at all. He overreaches and hangs on the full reach. He gets a weak finish and is slow in starting out. No. 5 does not get his shoulders on, and fails to keep time. He overreaches and does not hold his head up. When he starts to come back he wobbles badly, and swings back too far. No. 4 is stiff and wants to row his shoulders back hard. He pulls as if he were asleep, and very irregularly, rowing pretty well some days and badly on others. His finish is weak. No. 3 lets his slide get ahead of his shoulders, and slumps on the finish, swinging back too far and getting a weak finish. He wants to row his shoulders back and hold his head up. No. 2 gets absolutely no body swing at all. He does not row his shoulders back, and has no power in his stroke. Bow is very stiff and jerky in his movements. He hangs on the finish. Downer rows with his arms bent, letting his slide go before his shoulders. He is rather stiff and makes a break between the time when he gets his legs out straight and when he begins to draw in his hands.