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...Yale University crew for the annual race with Harvard have been definitely selected as follows, and except in case of sickness or accident, no change will be made; Ralph Mel. Wilcox, 158 lbs. bow; Charles O. Gill, '89, 168 lbs; John Rogers, Jr., '87, 165 lbs, captain; Joseph W. Middlebrook; '87, 165 lbs, George W. Woodruff, '89, 173 lbs; Fred A. Stevenson, '88, 172 lbs; George R. Carter, '88, S., 167 lbs; Ernest L. Caldwell, '87, 154 lbs, stroke; Thompson, coxswain. Substitutes - W. H. Corwin, R. M. Hurd and Samuel Cross. Five of the crew were in last year...
...pencil movement is a curve which faithfully produces the length, strength, and peculiarities in each stroke. The article was written under the auspices of Robert Cooke, and contains cuts of the machine and specimens of curves, including the types of five of the Yale University crew - Caldwell, Stevenson, Stewart, Middlebrook, and Woodruff. Each has his own individualities. The uses of the contrivance were classified as follows: "It indicates the comparative strength of the different oarsmen, affording an easy and even method of selecting the best men." * * * Many men have the faculty of deceiving others as to their rowing efficiency...
...Yale University crew has been selected and is as follows: Ernest L. Caldwell, 159 pounds; George R. Carter, 168 pounds; Joseph W. Middlebrook, 171 pounds; Fred A. Stevenson, 178 pounds; George W. Wooeruff, 176 pounds; William H. Corbin, 185 pounds: Charles O. Gill, 170 pounds; John Rogers, Jr., captain, 168 pounds; Samuel M. Cross, 164 pounds; Richard M. Hurd, 161 pounds. Little Thompson of '90 will be coxswain...
...Middlebrook, '88, has been suffering from a severe cold, and has been unable to train with the Yale crew for the past few days...
...half an hour and had become tolerably well warmed up they were started on a six mile run around Prospect Hill. The candidates were stroked by Captain Stewart, of the junior crew, and were as follows:- Cross, of '88, No. 7; Stevenson, '88, No. 6; Woodruff, '89, No. 5; Middlebrook, '87, No. 4; Hurd, '88, No. 3; Gill, '89, No. 2, and Wilcox...