New-York tribune., 1900-06-24
ROWING
uopK OF COLUMBIA CREws-NEw- YORK
STUDENTS RALLYING TO SUPPORT
OF BLUE AND WHITE

srrpENTs RALLYING TO SUPPORT
OF BLUE AND WHITE.
.-ow that the Columbia crews under the
- of Edward Hanlan the famous profes-
-, os-sman. the feeling OF great discourage
- hat was common to crew men and students
= z,ss1oeared and Columbia adherents are begin
- >, hone for the Arst time that the Blue and
zz-I-e rnsy acquit itself worthily in the regatta
- Saturday. In view OF the rowing nuddle which
o seriously affected Columhia's naval students,
,sa supporters Of Columbia viii be fairly well sat
- a. sec he crew cross the line third Such a
showing Il IS feit by many. would be exceedingly
--sditable The pluck OF the candidates in
ro-rszE all the obstacles and sethacks that have
,a-,e 70 them is noteworthy. and their improve
-,ent last week II adapting themselves 10 the new
se-afe taught them by Hanlan. when so little
zine remained before the struggle. has gained the
admiration Of a large number Of students who
heretofore have not felt exceedingly interested in
,he work Of che eights. Whatever the outcome OF
saturdays rGce il looks at present If the crews
would have rhe complete support of the university
-ext year When such advances are made with
weeks coaching. IL il easily seen how strong an
aggregation could be formed # there eight
months of training and coaching ay man com
peten; Hanisn.
Il is due chiefly 10 Francis 5. Bangs. recently
elected 2 trustee OF Columbia THAI Haulan was
engaged I; j. practically certain that Hanlan
vii have fun OF the year. and
he has expressed himself as confident that he can
produce crew good as that Of any other uni
versty. His engagement viii do away with grad
rate coaching with its accompanying evils Of ease
an5 fsvoritisn that has been The bane OF Columbia
rovine interests for The last few years. Even the
-essirHists admit that Columbia has the highest
sert OF rowing future. She has the men she has
The facilities, she has the coach she viii surely
have the money! quartet OF advantages that
should certainly result in producing winning
crew.
The Columbia crews have been at PouRhkeepsie
jUsr g week Hanlan took charge cf the oarsmen
last Tuesday. lie began 10y inspiring complete con-
hdence- Ills instructions and incisive comments
showed the men al once that they had a coach
Who knew his business thoroughly. The men were
nightly discouraged at that time but HanIan by
his methods built up their hopes. and they became
convinced that if there any good in them this
man would develop f. Consequently they relied
uTon him and did their best 20 follow MS ideas
Il was ar first said that Hanlan would look after
the freshmen only. and that " A. Merkleham
St would continue his supervision OF the varsity
This plan did not n In with Hanlan's ideas and
Dc asked Tor all the coaching or none al all He
vas accordingly permitted 10 assume entire charge
OF both crews He began by upsetting existing
conditions and putting the men to work learning
stroke radically different from the one they had
been rowing The principal fault that Hanan de-
tectef IN the varsity boat was that too little at
leI,t9n was given 10 the development OF the leg
G-ltt Ee me- 1oI IIerly depended almost entirely
upon their arms for power, and their old stroke
a
TIE new stroke has slide OF nineteen inches The
caicH IS quick Sne tTn and the sweep IS long
body must be perfectly erect. Then come in plav
The shoulders, with firm bracing Of the groins to
compete me stroke. the arms being kept rigid
stroke II is desired 70 haze SOW 'a ~ ron Ihe
1hls Qoint tlaT1lan emphasizes strongly. jerky
reeoEerz imEeoes the progress Of The boat.
adopted practical method of explaining lshi1 his
stroke. He strGked the crew for couple of miles
ara picked out the Individual faults OF the eight
i E1ali.s' L-e1 devoted ais time 70 coaching the
Stroke Aackay- as IL was essential he should be
..S ms q master the principle Attention was
t2en gwen 10 The other men. Both Msckay and
oars deep enough in rhe water 20 sgt+ 10. oli
-hey were also slow in putting back the slides and
men that they would be able 20 row thirtv-sfx ~
lltt! seven IN The nTsr mile the race II not 2 II
ro forty il necessary Tts aT i m S0nGlon 10
1cf5 S e'sa a l1aI q the old stroke, which not
himself as nightly pleased with The aiot,9 @ SSeo
He said h. lad never seen s1rb 3 elgHt az prog
-. -a@-L IA -reH IN so short a time IL would not
-, 80 ~ 1y the day Of the races ne expected 10
ssloks v hen i Is remembered that this means 40
ifefnehdous Improvement BanIan exneeis rn it "a q
lllip-lsh he added reEretfully that he wished he
Inc weather conditions have been aiTofTa he 95
il-C-Ee 70 good work by both the varsity and
fs,-a z GOO snare Of Hanians coaching also and
geu -571-i7 t1s man time, however Is pretty
several brushes between the two epb+s b,,+ a.
eceSy case TIE varsity has been lengths TO the
asa lns 'yarsty viii row in the regatta in the new
Boat Builder George E Webb The fTssi, T1 ply 9X
he fresr- a. ne same paper shell that used by
s,~ie - Iea ne exponent of the famous Yara Yara
fsvHr'4t' enc eoseh OF the Wisconsin crews speaks
-.e'ls gI columbia He saws that aIres ,7T- tta
rTesenI eight seems TO be rowing better rbsr lsst
lessed with the compliment T'be +as,eTe We're Wen
- --i7ii-'eIs OF the three Columbia crews follow: