There are several men who should make good, but whose positions are doubtful. J. B. O'Hare '08 and B. T. Stephenson '08 have the weight for fullback or line positions. H. S. Blair '08 may be tried at halfback or end. E. L. Burnham '07 had little experience until last year, but is heavy and active. W. M. Bird '08, H. K. Craft '07, and J. D. Pounds '08 are others who may prove useful in some position.
Among the most serious losses are W. Z. Carr '06, R. F. Guild '06, W. T. Harrison '05, R. J. Leonard '06, D. McFadon '06, J. M. Montgomery '06, F. H. Nesmith '06, J. D. Nichols '06, A. J. D. Paul '06, W. M. Shohl '06, H. R. Shurtleff '06, H. H. Whitman '06, F. H. White '06, C. A. Fultz '06, L. F. Spear '07, K. F. Brill '08, D. J. Hurley 1M., C. M. Cavenee 2L., L. H. Leary 2L., H. R. Snyder 1L., W. A. Broun 1L., D. W. Knowlton 1L., R. A. Quigley 2M.
The Track Team.
The outlook for a good track team next year is very promising, as a large number of men who won points this year against Yale or in the intercollegiate meet, will be available. Of the 24 men who won points this year the following will return: Captain W. Minot '07, L. P. Dodge '08, P. C. Lockwood '07, B. L. Young, Jr., '07, A. S. Cobb '07, M. H. Stone '07, M. S. Crosby '08, J. F. Doyle '07, W. M. Rand '09, O. F. Rogers, Jr., '08, C. Brinsmade '07, W. A. Hanley '07, B. T. Stephenson '08, A. G. Grant '07, and G. E. Roosevelt '09. It is not yet definitely known whether Cobb, Stone, Grant and Brinsmade will be able to compete.
The loss of E. J. Dives '06 will be most keenly felt. Other point-winners who will not return or will be ineligible are F. J. W. Ford, Jr., 3L., H. M. Turner '06, R. H. Oveson 1L., H. E. Kersburg '06, and P. M. Clark 2L.
The greatest need for new men will be felt in the hammer-throw and in the broad jump. In the latter event O. F. Rogers '08, who won second place in the low hurdles against Yale, has shown good form since the meet, and should develop with practice. H. M. Gilmore, '08 and W. Peirce '07 seem the strongest available men in the hammer throw, although neither has had experience. The other field events are fairly well provided for, as A. G. Grant '07, in the pole-vault, B. T. Stephenson '08 and W. A. Hanley '07 in the shot put, and G. E. Roosevelt '09 in the high jump, have all won points this year and can be counted on for next spring.
The main strength of the team will probably lie, as this year, in the track events. L. P. Dodge '08, and P. C. Lockwood '07, in the 220 and 100-yard dashes, will form a strong nucleus for a sprinting squad. Although these are the only men who have won points in the sprints, other fast men are: A. H. Bowser '07, J. V. Quinlan '07, W. D. Thompson '08, R. Edwards '08, P. C. Haskell '08, and E. G. Reed '08. In this department, the team should be as strong as, if not stronger than, it was this year. In the absence of E. J. Dives '06, B. L. Young '07 and J. S. O'Brien '09 will probably be the strongest men in the 440-yard dash, and both should improve with experience.
A. S. Cobb '08 who ran a close second to H. Whitman '06 in the half mile run in the dual meet, will probably compete again next year. M. B. Van Brunt '08 and E. Becker '08 were both promising in this event, and may be expected to do well next year.
The mile run should prove a strong event for the team, as Captain W. Minot '07 has proved a fast man and will have the benefit of his experience in the dual and intercollegiate meets this spring. In addition, S. T. Hubbard, Jr., '07, R. P. Boyer '07, H. F. Hadden '09, and H. F. Miller sS., who was unable to compete this year, will make a strong squad to pick from. In the two-mile run M. H. Stone '07 and M. S. Crosby '08 were both point-winners, and should be next year. With W. G. Howard '07, H. W. King '08, N. Hedin '08, and others, the prospects are unusually good for this event.
In the hurdle events there is abundant material, and that the results were not more favorable in the intercollegiate meet may be largely attributed to the inexperience of the men. Point-winners in the dual meet who will return were W. M. Rand '09, O. F. Rogers, Jr., '08, J. F. Doyle '07 and C. Brinsmade '07. All these men are expected to improve greatly. With F. R. Dick '07, H. S. Blair '08, and J. B. Brandreth '09, a fast team of hurdlers should be developed.
The Crew.
The prospects for a strong University crew next year are very bright. In addition to the fact that some of the men will have been under Coach Wray for two years and will have become thoroughly acquainted with his style of rowing, the coach will be fully aware from the start of the exact calibre and ability of the majority of men on the squad.
Of this year's crew the bow six will return intact, but will probably be changed about in the boat as C. Morgan, Jr., '08, who is rowing 3 this year, is the probable choice for stroke. He stroked the 1908 Freshman crew last year and this year occupied the corresponding position on the University second crew until it was broken up into fours. R. L. Bacon '07, R. M. Tappan '07, S. W. Fish '08, G. G. Glass '08 and J. Richardson '08 will be the other members of this year's crew who will return. In addition to these C. E. Tilton '08 and S. B. Swaim '07, the University four-oar substitutes, and three of the University four-oared crew, J. Richards '07, N. F. Emmons '07 and G. G. Ball '08, will make promising candidates. Several men from this year's Freshman eight and four-oar are considered very promising material, of whom R. M. Faulkner, L. K. Lunt and F. M. Rackemann are most likely to develop into University material.
Fall practice for most of the squad will commence early in October. It is probable that the same scheme of work in the spring will be applied as this year. The men will be called out directly after the mid-year examination period and will be gradually weeded out until the departure for New London. Any men who show up especially well in the class or club crews will be tried on the University squad.