The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
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sut scrirtion. IN sonIs uniypraiiiea thep IL
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enniNtion which contributes nothing and
dra va down n great deal II ~ for this
reasDn that rowing has been called tho
greatest luxury of college sport.
The expenses Of one crcw are tyricsi
u almost all the rest. Take. for Instance,
the Columbia crews, which cost more than
the othera, despite the fact that the results
are not as good. To start with Columbus,
although declared 10 be under graduate
coaching" pays an annual snlnry to Jasper
r, Goodwin, the coach, Of 81 600. The big
gest item Of eNponae Is tho food for the train.
Ing table and the up-keep Of the house on
the Hudson. used for trimming quarters up
at Krum Elbow. This costa about 500
for rent. Then the sum pnid out for food
Ia enormous, for onrsmeu in training eat q
good desl, and their food has 10 be Of the
best launch hire and the pay for a crew
for the launch and the ma ptha or ott er stun
used 10 run IL also amount to nearly 81 500
a year. The hiring Of a %Jnnitor to look
after the boIthouse on the Harlem in the
rowing season and to tlko chfrge of the
Hudson River hoathouse 1t 18TH street
during the summer vaca ton Is by no means
small.
To send the freshman crew to AXE Whit
ney to meet Yale is n separate EXPENSE
met by the subscriptions from the members
Of the freshman class itself. They AVE
to pay for sending the ella ~ crew to Pough-
keepsie as well although the average fresh
man ger finishes with a deficit. The
varsity crew goes down to Anna polls to
meet the crew Of the midshipmen in a race
that has grown to be an annua fixture;
and that adds a great deal to what the man.
ager has to pay. Then, last of all, but by
no meaaS least, is the matter Of buying
boats. Some years these are contributed
by associations or persons, 10 that the item
Of $500 for a shell for the eight cared crews
or about half that for a fou is eliminated.
1t Is rare that a varsity crew races twice
In tho same shell. 1t would be almost inn
possible. The crew row II race In an eight
and the following year it serves for train
ing purposes. Then when the regatta
comes along again the crew has 70 have
another new boat. That Is the way the
expenses pile up.
Taking the coaoh's salary, 81, 500; launch
hire, 1900; railroad fare and Transports
ton, $500; services Of ~janitor and incidentally
81 900; boats, o. 900; training quarters, e76ot !
training table, $1,000, and other things fol.
lowing along, 1t Is not hard to see where
Columbia puts SIS, 900 or so into aquatics
zach year. The expenses Of entries to re-
gattas and Of maintaining a spring regatta
this year have to be added to the ordinary
total, 30 that 1t is not unfair to make the este I
mate s1s, 900.
Georgetown and Wisconsin do not pay %
muon, because their establishments are not
90 elaborate q scale. In the first place
Georgetown sends only two crews to Poughsa
keepsie, and Wisconsin has been doing the I
same. Cornell spends q lot OF money,be.
cause rowing at the Ithaca institution 10
one Of the most Important sports. But the
game has been going on % long there and
under such careful managefhent that ex-A
penditure Is reduced to O minimum. ForY
instance, the Ithacans have their own boat
builder, John Hoyle, who Sometimes makeasX
and sells boats 10 other colleges. he essistsy
Courtney during the spring training and hia
servioes,whi far better than the averaged
boatbuilderi probably dc NOT run % high@I
Then again the situation at ithaca tq euohN
that more concentration can be placed uponJ
without half the expenditure In
money that many other colleges make.
Rowing at Pennsylvania, while fully" IA
expensive as at Columbia, is supported by3
the general athletic association out Of. thsa
earnings OF football. The establsh-
ment along the Sohuyldn 10 Of large sisa
and the entering Of three crews at Pough.
brings the total we'll up.
Syracuse Is growing ip the rowing line,
10 much that Che cost Of maintaining the
crew there has grown out OF all proportion
TO what It first was. But as long as rowing
Is successful at Syracuse persons will be
found to pay for II,
The only exceptional expense In the row.
Ing line peculiar to one Institution is the
post to Wisconsin Of a trip East and the
bringing Of q coaching launch to the Hud-
son. This costs about SO, 900,
To row three races which last year oc-
exactly 40 minutes "a is seconds
Of time at q cost OF 500, 600 Is certainly making
sport expensive. That made the average
cost s2l.74 a minute. Columbia got most for
Ito money, as its crews used up more time
than the other colleges which started three