The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-04
ajECT TO CHURCH.
,.,tIand Has Him Shut Out Of
Four-Oared Crew.
LESION BY A. A. U. OFFICERS.
He Coached Football, He II
DECLARED Professional oarsman
-sheafe In His Place.

.-.n President Goldsmith. Of the 3. A.
80 80 IN Portland last month he learned
" ri. sha champions of amateur athletics
.sss city felt that the pristine purity OF
.su.e they cherished would be tar
49, n they allowed Fred Church to row
.Is.Isenxed IN the coming regatta, July
f.h,rch should be challenged, they
n, hersuse he went down to Eugene.
,.st fall and showed some students
vi VI. hov the game Of football should be
s..xsS receiving money for so doing.
or hearing of this proposed challenging
" r.,Iiet. the captain of the s. A. G.
- and chairman of the rowing commit
Z. t.legraphed to J. r. Sullivan. of New
- city. secretary of the A. A. C., stat
~.ha, Church graduated at Princeton in
- hsd rowed In his class crew in college
- had not been connected IN any way
- boat race since rowing I'm the East
80 Raliief also referred to the fact that
~ssh and other so-called professionals
-. allowed TO play on amateur baseball
- xo0shaii teams and said that the s. A
Z "A not understand how a football coach
IA he disqualified from rowing on an
snzteur crew.
9, sullivan replied in a letter dated
49, york. June 2G, that Cobb and Church
-. nrofessionais and that the fact that
srstpssionals had been allowed to play on
.-sfeur football or baseball teams was no
~..on for their being allowed TO row on q
-. He had referred the matter. he
"a to the chairman Of the reinstatement
~muittee, who would write more fully on
a subject at an early date.
4 view OF the probability OF the dsqual-
cation of Church, Capt. Ballet has de-
"a TO let c. NJ. Sheafe. jr., capital
nsumar, who has rowed on the Harvard
tshuan crew. take Church's place, and
aesfe has been out twice already, once
fsesday morning and again In the after
unou. and has given good satisfaction, al
njash the crew has had to reduce the fire.
nnacy Of it's stroke and to begin its train
= over again. Chureh's great strength,
n aptitude for learning the stroke. his
hnhfulness and his persistence made him
suoet valuable man. He had been a little
overweight and somewhat awkward from
kytns been so long out OF training. but
isese drawbacks were rapidly disappear
- and he would have been in perfect
Arm By the time the race was 10. come of.
h l0ss Is deplored, but under the circum-
dances cannot be helped. The crew GER
hinly deserves praise for the manly way
Il 4 accepting its bad luck this year and
hf the courage with which IL is facing the
york to be done. The shell had to be sent
Troy. ". T.. for repairs, and a lot of
roable was had with its builder. Waters.
vhc kept II much longer than was justified
" the repairing needed. Then. when II
sas finally shipped and had reached Seat
Il the weather was so stormy for a month
Ast the crew could not go out. After the
veather had modified and the men were
sitting into form. Hurd. the stroke of the
crew, was called East and some one had to
b found to take his place. This was
hrd job. for the only man in sight was
Church, and he had not the time. After
much delay II was arranged to row late In
be evening, so that Church could be on
hand. On this plan matters worked
moothiy and the crew was getting into
sfeellent form, when the news from Port
isad came.