New-York tribune., 1901-07-08
NEWS AND VIEWS OF SPORTS
PROFESSIONAL COACHES FOR CREWS
THE BASEBALL SITUATION-NOTES
AND COMMENTS.

10 appear before the public the rowing repre-
sentatives of the colleges OF the six crews that
rowed last week the Hudson all but George
town had professional coaches in absolute control
Said an alurnnus of Columbia: There lot
Columbia who don't believe in allowing
paid coach who never was in Columbia or any
other college and whose sole claim to recognition
is his ability to pull good stroke and TO teach
it. TO represent the university in public and control
the entire boating interests Of the university Let
US have the professional coach by all means but
let him be only the technical instructor of the
crew. and let there be graduate coach as final
authority and spokesman. AS it is, the victory
Of any college nowadays is largely the victory of
its particular coach, who is quoted and photo
graphed auded ad nauseam. Harvard and
Yale have the right idea At Yale the professional
deiivering treafises on Yale rowing Mr.. Allen
represents the university. and is its final rowing
arbiter- Mr. Storr3w occupies similar place at
Harvard. and that is as it should be $4,000, -
To this il may be retorted that il is doubtful II
Cornell or Columbia this year. but this argument
could be persuaded TO occupy subsidiary position
the good of their technical training could
still be had The college rivalry is so keen how. how
would "a any M asm bs t9 to reduce t6 $ fhe PG be
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The training that the Cornell squad receives
under the experienced hand of Courtney has per
haps more prominent feature than its rigid dis
cipline. Courtney allows, of smoking and
insists regular. early hours Of going to bed and
getting up. but he goes beyond many other coaches
supervising personally the mems diet and espe-
ciaIIy in forbiddng absolutely the of liquor.
Crew training at Cornell begins in the fall, when
the freshman candidates are coached by Courtney
in pair cared and four cared tubs" the coach
occupying the coNswain's seat This training cor
rects the freshmens greater faults and gets them
in shape TO begin work on the gymnasium rowing
machines January with the varsity candidates.
The latters required training does not begin until
January, although many of them row in the fall In
scrub eights in the class races. On the ma
chimes Courtney experiments with combinations
and tries out" the men thoroughly. although it
often happens that men whose form Is nearly per-
feet and whose endurance is strongest on the
machine make the poorest showing IN the water.
Courtney puts the men on the water Just as soon
as the ice is out of the Cayuga Lake inlet on
which Cornells boathouse is situated. The var
sity candidates in eight cared shells at once,
but the freshmen practise one or two weeks in the
tubs and in eight cared barge, comparatively
heavy, and built save the the lighter
shells. Practice continues the inlet until Cayuga
Lake is calm enough to row on Then work Is
transferred the larger body of water, when four
mile and mile marked out, one on
each side of the lake -, - .,.
is most severe. the crews leave the boathouse al
6:So each afternoon. and. accompanied by Courtney
between 7:90 and o'clock. Then there are the
and it is rarely that the oarsman gets to his room
before O'Clock During the spring xaeauon; S n ana
university work is all or partly over me hours ours
twice day instead of once.
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reason to realize this fact this year. for days
rigid discipline however. Courtney is popular with
undergraduates. alumni and faculty as no other
Cornell coach ever has been.
r. S. sievier who paid the highest price ever paid
for a yearling flly in England, recently ar
rested for driving motor unlawful rate
an express train from forty to forty-five miles
blurred appearance of human beings
A c. Kraenzein who carried the colors Of the
University OF Pennsylvania TO victory many
times upon the cinder path, has been amazing Eng
land with his splendid performances in track ath-
letics. At the summer meeting of the London
nee he and ahough ffe he hurt Sad
ly in previous race and ran with bandaged leg
he the second race over the high hurdles at
100 yards, covering the distance in 10 20 seconds.
l' ana Coming home ten Yards ahead Of his nearest
competitor. despite the fact that high wind
ably the most Wonderful track athlete America
worlds record for The high hurdles and the broad
jump, but he has run 100 yards in 10 seconds fiat
and is high jumper Of no mean calbre.
Another horse has been added to the list of
thoroughbreds obtained for little nothing that
IF es sde anto tn ne Mss faR boaht af0 for 5
by George Edwardes, the English theatrical man
value of S47,275.
John D. ouackenbos in the current number Of
routing contributes some verses descriptive of
certain Of the pleasures of trout fishing. Some OF
them follows:
Come. gentle friend end agd 2Gds hie with me
And the yellow May-iy
In the streamlets foam beat tide
Come where the feur-de-lis reflects
The far skys deepest blue,
And sprays of pink azalea bloom
Half hide the distant view
ma see thee float fhy lure
Meath spreading hemlock wings.
A hundred hillside springs
And then to note that changing look
'Twixt certainty and doubt,
And watch the supple rod respond
To rush OF maddened trout.
And now among the fern he lies,
A roseate blaze in green;
What brush can paint what pen describe
II the gentle friends who HE with Mr.. Quacken-
bos see half the things he tells them TO be
seen they will be well repaid for the trouble OF HE
ing But there are also noslnoes h ana Diaek mes
violet pied but true fisherman allows such trifes
bother him.
In England they talking about putting
bers on their cricket players, that spectators
may the better identify them during matches. just
as we do upon athletes at track and field
games An enthusiastic correspondent of THE
Sportsman says this point;
Thousands at the glorious matches now in course
of determination must feel as have often done,
the lack Of OF readily Identifying the heroes
of the field II the players had a similar NUMBER
10 that on the card, worn on the outside OF each
arm could at a glance know which player
each number denoted. and L am certain such g
simple measure would enormously increase the in
of the ring round the deig cricket pitch
Such a simple device as olt OF O. ack or red nan
mel, numbered and attached TO the outside of each
how delighted the fair sex would be TO know at
who's who.