The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-16
ROWING PLANS AT HARVARD
Il POLICP OF BROADEST COMPE-
Triton TO BE FOLLOWED.
Men-OId Glass Crew Scheme Has
Proved Inadequate-TO be Abandoned
j. j. StorrOw to Act Again ms Head
Coach and General Adviser.

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Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 15.-Har.
wards rowing interests for the ap'
preaching season are reviewed to-day
by Head Coach Edward C. Storrow
Captain e. L. Higginson Of the varsity
crew, G. L. Harding, President Newell
of the Newell Boat club; r. c. Balling,
president of the Weld Boat club, and
Hugh Bancroft, captain of the Weld Boat
club, in a letter addressed to Harvard
undergraduates and graduates. The
statement they make is an important
addition to Harvard's rowing policy for
the future.
| 1T Is now clear to everybody" the
letter says, that the success of rowing
at Harvard depends on the broadest
and most systematic plan of competi-
ton that can be produced. The old
clasa crew scheme has proved made
quate, for the best that it can do is to
provide rowing for twenty or twenty
| five men in each class"
| The efforts to foster the Newell club
as a friendly rival to the Weld club
are reviewed, and stress laid on the
| fact that all competition and interest
| is centered in the class crews and COM
petitions. The Newell club according
ly proved a complete failure. Continu-
ing the letter says: This spring the
club is to be put on it's feet under such
management as shall insure it's COM
plete success. To accomplish this it
hos 10 .rtv ha p1d
system of electing the class crews. Tho
present plan Is to have each club get
out one Cor more) class crews from
each of the three upper classes of the
law school. Each pair in the same
class Chat Is, the two law schools, the
two senior, the two junior, and the two
sophomore crews) are to race together
about April to determine which crew
shall represent the class. About April
the class races will be held between the
winner of the four preliminary trials.
There will also be held on the same
day a race between the four losing
crews. This method of selecting the
class crews is considered preferable be-
cause by 1t the number of men who can
get the experience of rowing on their
class crew is doubled. That is, during
the class crew training season the
number of men on an equal footing in
each class is. increased from eight, as
at present, to sixteen, and these six
teen into two crews to get the exper-
fence and competition of racing against
each other as well as against the COR
responding crews from other classes.
However, there is nothing to prevent
the formation of additional class crews.
Furthermore, under the present or
old system during the entire season of
preparation for the class races, there
Is a direct conflict of interests between
the regular class crews and the club
crews, both financially and in the gen.
eral feelings and sympathies of the col
lege. This weakens the position of the
clubs very materially, is unnecessary
and bad. Under the new system this
conflict of interests will be no longer
possible, the clubs will be strengthened
and stimulated and the rivalry between
them greatly increased.
After the class races a vacation of
three or four days will be given during
the first half Of the Easter recess. A
of men will then be called back
anu l0e SIdueu crews IOT1fleu dS ldSJ
year. These crews will race about
May 1, after which the university squad
will be picked The club work is not
to stop here, however, for in all proba-
bility a race will be obtained with the |
second university crews of some of the
prominent rowing colleges, which will
take place about the end of May. If |
this plan Is faithfully and energetically |
carried out it should go far toward es-
tablishing the clubs on firm basis. |
The key to the whole situation is the |
broadcast and most thorough scheme of |
that can be devised.
LAS soon as the new boat house is
built the Newell club will have good |
quarters In regard to boats and equip |
nent the two clubs will have practic-
ally the same. J. j. Storrow has con-
sented to act as head coach and general |
adviser and he will be assisted by sew
aral other graduates and undergradu-
ltes This plan has in all its details
been carefully considered and discussed
oy our most prominent undergraduates,
ind in every case it has met with the
leartiest approval"
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