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...present exercise each day consists in a run of about two or three miles, dumb-bell exercises and work in the boats of about forty-five minutes in length. On Monday strict training will begin and be kept up throughout the year...
...exercise now consists in light dumb - bell work and rowing in the tank. In the boat the men first go through the motions of rowing without the others and then with them. Since the training commenced the men have loved with stationary seats but today the work of using the sliding seats was begun. At present the oars are not feathered; this motion will be taken up in a few days...
...call for candidates for the Mott Haven team over 35 new men have handed in their names. The work in the gymnasium has not yet been fully systemized but will be shortly. At present each squad of men has a leader and are taken through the high hurdling and dumb-bell exercises, after which the runners practise in starting in the cage. This is done under the careful instruction of Mr. Lathrop. The other men take exercise according to the kind of work each is preparing to do. Those in ending to enter running events have...
...present outlook for the '95 crew is very promising. Nearly all of last year's crew are at present training with the 'varsity squad and seventeen new men appeared at the gymnasium as additional candidates yesterday. The daily program of training consists of work at the chest-weights, dumb-bells, and rowing machines and a short run. All of last year's substitutes will probably try for positions in the boat - Cook, Lambert, and Murchie being among the present candidates...
...rowing at present and their weights are as follows: Talbot, 168; Weed, 160; Stevenson, 159; Thompson, 171; Smith, 158; Ninde, 145; Kaven, 170 1-2; Potter, 171 1-2; Goodwin, 172 1-2. The men row daily for about three quarters of an hour in the rowing room, take dumb-bell work and exercise on the chest weights with a short run up North Avenue. Ex-captain Perkins is coaching the men and this preliminary work is sure to develop some good material...