The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04

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VERNE State institution is going TO have
teams TO meet the Easterners. n that ls
to forget a little Of the ready tendency TO
to see a crooked deal in things that have
relation to athletics. Here in the East they
are try ing TO establish athletic sport on a
new basis.
The spirit OF true friendly rivalry and the
competing of gentlemen Is the new ideal
Things have not reached the stage th Z
they might here and the Introduction OF a
certain suspicion that has characterized the
Western colleges throughout would retard
the mo emcnt and might kill It.. OF course,
the Westerners will point to the relations
between n T, ard and Pennsylvania 10 show
that the East really is no better than II
should be.
But the Westerners must not forget that
there are a lot Of troublema ,ers at both
colleges who seem neN er to be happy except
when they haN e the two Institutions by the
ears. PennsyN ania men will tell you that
the cleanest games OF football that they
PLAYED in past seasons were with Har' ard
and HarN ard men haN little TO say against
Pennsylvania. The busvbodies on the out
side with an axe TO grind are the men who
do it and who ave finally made II impo Isl
Bile for the two to meet any more. Chicago
and Michigan are ready hands at backbiting.
it appears. II Michigan leaves the western
association with a grie ance IL ls TO be hoped
that the Crouch will not follow and help dis
rupt the astern association.
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cried after the relay race in Pennsyl' ania q
cou pie OF years AFRO when Yale beat out the
Maroon team. He went back home and
cried fake and swindle for some time until
photographs were produced showing the
finish in a dozen ways, any one OF which
completely refuted the Stage shrek. That
is no way o do things and 1t IL TO be hoped
that the East Is not going to be ire ted 70 .
little OF the same when Michigan gets here. r
The presence Of Michigan IN the intercol-
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help hreak up the Cornell streak. II is true,
as MolklAv saws. that the Ithacans do not
oweall their supremacy 10 distance running,
but thew do undoubtedly owe many points
to that end Of the calendar. With Michi-
gan's men, such as Rowe, Ramey, Coe, Stone
and others who lave competed for the VOL
verines against the Cornelli ms, there would
be a tough battle for supremacy. Michigan
is about the strongest college in track sports
in the middle West. n a test Of the Mich
would help very much in laying the old
Query about which section is the better in
track sports. Here's hoping that Mich
igan will Join the East
The HdT1drd b lLetin finds II interesting to
reprint from the Yale Alumni Weekly the
following article written by Ralph Tread
way, ca plain of the Yale 90 crew. which
went to Henley and WAS beaten by the Lean
der r. c. in the race for the Grand Challenge
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why HAVE american CTCWb kOcJ IuClI
rowing races in England n what can be
done to bring about a different result in the
future9 h primary reason why the EEg-
lish crews have been victorious 10 that they
are made up from more skilled oarsmen;
more because the boating life Of the ndivid
uaI English o~arsman-with its schooling
and gradual development-begins earlier
and extends over a much longer period than
that Of the American. l refer not only to
the English crew training season but to the
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the period of slow, careful advance
through the several seasons and years OF
school, college, university and rowing club
crews-and 10 frequent participation in
actual racing contests. Very many OF the
English oarsmen begin their rowing careers
when bows at Eton or elsewhere and on-
tinue IL until well past middle &
Reasons geographical are influential
in this. for the comparatively small area
Of the English rowing world enables the
tinue the sport long after college days are
over-a thing practically impossible with
American university oarsmen, who scatter
far and wide Immediately after gradua-
ton.
aThe English oarsman is, 1 think. very
generally practised in both sweep and
SOUL rowing with resulting superior water
manship, while the American has quite
enough TO do to learn the sweep owing as
we'll as he can in his short rowing career.
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varsity oarsman usually does not begin
until his entrance at college. / know OF
only one preparatory school, st. Pauls,
where rowing il organized. So that in the
American college crews that have rowed
in England only a few Of the men have
had even our seasons experience and have
not been in man more actual races. |
always think of the In lish development
as natural and Of the American as forced
or artificial, and / believe that the lon ger,
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must make the more perfect natural water
manship; hence the better individual n
the better crew. And this very matter of
development to a great perfection IN their
system or style Of rowing is to my mind the
real reason for the En- glish victories rather
than any intrinsic superiority Of the system
or style itself.
There are two other minor reasons
which have affected res Its in the past.
The first Of these is the t-emperamental
steadiness Of the English oars as compared
with the higher tension temperament Of
the Americans. The aI erage English col
lege oarsman is by heredity and by his par
ticipation in different branches Of athletics
early begun and naturally continued
Of a temperament far better adapted than
the American to crew rowing, where alb
solute ease and steadiness both of mind
and body are most essential to Jruduce
the unified powerful and at the same time
easy action required to produce the best
res llJS.
Second, while not serious enough TO be
considered at all as a probable cause of
defeat, the physical effect OF change of
climate and the mental effect Of change of
scene Upon men trained for a race must be
taken into consideration in commenting
on results in internatiy nal rowing.
IF one we're to seek practical remedies
for the ca'ses OF American defeats in Eng
land, applicable TO Yale and probably 10
any Of the other rowing ~ccllages where there
is interest In these questions and rowing
in general, something might be suggested
that mi,ht lead IN a betterment and further
pop"l arizin9 Of the sport in this country.
@The management of an American uni
versity navy should make every effort TO
interest a much larger number Of men in
active participation. This may be done
in several ways: By making much more OF
the fall and spring regattas-in the way
Of individual prizes for the winners and
social features, such as a boating dinner
for all contestants: by having the pro-
gramme Of races n prizes include not
only class crew races but club crews, pairs,
fours, doubles and singles, both working
boats and shells. thus encoura ging both
scull and sweep rowing; by the construction
Of an attractive boat club house and in
stalling therein reasonable club features,
both social and athletic
Mr.. Treadway hits the very point, though,
in his next paragraph. where be suggests
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