Columbia Freshman Crew.

About thirty candidates for the Columbia freshman crew began training Wednesday at the gymnasium of the Berkeley school. After some preliminary exercise on the chest weights and a short run, the men were placed on the rowing machines under the supervision of E. Klapp, captain of the 'varsity crew. The candidates will continue training in the gymnasium until the first of April, when they will begin practice on the Harlem. W. Peet will coach them, and they will keep to barges until they have learned the stroke. The average age of the candidates is 18 years, the average height 5 feet 9 inches, and the average weight 146 1-4 pounds.