The Yale Crew.

Interest at Yale now centres in the university crew, which was called out last week. It was well into the season last spring that the stroke was changed to that used by the Yale crews of several years ago. For the first time in many seasons there was systematic practice last fall under the eye of Mr. Cook.

This year the men will be drilled along the new lines from the start. There will be a short cross-country run, gymnastic exercises, and the usual pull in the tank. In the tank itself there have been some important changes. In place of the old twelve-foot oars with a hole cut in the blade, a new set has been made with the blades shaved down to the same width as the shaft-three inches-which makes the strain less than with the old seven inch blades. The leverage has also been increased. With the old oar there was forty-two inches inboard, which on the present oar has been increased two inches. In regard to the seats there has been no change.

Of the crew which rowed at Henley there are now four members in college-Captain Bailey, Simpson, Rodgers and Langford. Rodgers, however, was elected captain of the football team, and will not row. Of the five vacancies, three places will probably go to Whitney, Marsh and Mills, the three substitutes of last year's crew. All told there are about twenty men, from which number the other positions may be filled. The average weight of the crew candidates is 170 pounds.