The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-25
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To TEE enron OF THE svS-S6' It is
true. A. -Ex-No. 9" says. that the conditions
SURROUNDING amateur rowing hero differ from
those In England. II may be true thai Eng
Iiahrnen row for love ~ the sport more h
do our college oarnuen. The English uni
veralty oarsman 90 Q rale begins 10 row when
e. school and n there coached By amateurs.
according 10 precisely the sane principles.
or stroke. a. thos0 In 1t Oxford and
Cambridge. He therefore Ats into Q uni
vrrsity boat more naturally than II his row.
Ing career started on the Isls or Cam. At
the ane time-A circumstance sometimes
overIooked-mARy men begin to row after
matrtculation at the universities, 30 that they
are novtoes a. much ~ any OF our men,. But
no E~nGlishmsn gets his blue" until he has
had rowing and racing experience In boats
having only nxed seats.
Once In . while an exceptionally good
Etoniap or other schoolboy will make the var
city crew In his freshman year; but such In
stances are rare. The sohoolboy, no matter
What 10 experience, - s!sscss Invariably
to prove his quality at oxford. for exnnple.
by rowing first In his . torpid !" in February.
next In his eight" in May and finally In the
varsity trials in December before being
chosen to all q place in the university crew.
or course We have here nothing like this sys-
tenn, more's the nifty. "Ex-No. a" will. II he
hoNo OAlONus " C4hLuptc1 W huy daG OOtNONu
October and June. save In vacation time, tind
on the towing path under srsdUaEs coaches
running alkoNg With their collage fyevs. teach
ing their fellows how 70 row, All teach. the
I.nn s.E B@ri 70 81 cc:sc q tT loE 70; Oo ass ssscisy ps ssssai
S y ya' but q grad 9Tadu.tes y : prsvioSs Sssr;
just a. thsss crews ind their coaches smQnG
members Of former crews. 80. l answer sEx-
No: O.. should our college crews nnd theirs
crew. for example. Is not really representatives,
a professional. however worthy. only re.
a professional oarsmanE Msiatis mvtandis.
sylvsnIS. ny coStentlOn Is chat L. e Far
better for rowing as Q sport for each university
Grew 70 select ~ Coscn only an under
resented by II. 20 say that a yoSns American
oarsmsn OF one or more seasops experience
Of like experience to teach his ieliows how to
What becomes other VICE Of our bossted sdapt-
Many English coaches bad little experience
until they rowed in their nrst crew at oxford
they we're oapaois 81 re nSSS bittSsr e things SSs
weeks Of training: and Il they were ospSbis
them 20 gain a place in their college
crew they became capable Of impaItipg some
OF Cnetr knoWtedge TO others, Not every
q good soaoh. But at leaet q beginning can
be made With the material at hand and the
good coaches will be developed later. The
result VIII Do real university rowing IN place
OF professionally taught rowing.
As lon as commercial success h the end
and aim Of most OF our young men. IL may
prove dln1oult to persuade Q graduate to de-
vote = little time each year to impartinR his
pure love Tor the sport. But surely even ST nov
there are graduates who would do II. Old
footbal men have been known to- AXE a day
on from money grubbing in order to help
ne team. II old oarsmen will help as much.
able to turn Qua thoroughly good crews. The
quality OF rowing will improve steadily.
Qf course these IDEAS may sound absurd to
Your correspondent, who asks: How many
turning out winning crews7" II the only
destderatum y 20, turn out q winning Grew,
then my old fashioned ideas Of sport need
revision.
I understand amateur sport TO exist rather
e 2 means to an end than a. an end itself.
Profession mails engage In sport a. q business.
20 get their livelihood. Amateurs do so as q
recreation or to build up asound body as conn-
two views or ends must be Completely dis,
ISOLATED II amateur sport ID TO remain above
suspicion and reach It's highest good. AZ
Tor the argument eI Hecesettdte. do college
Do football players need themP So far as
l know, baseball and rowing are III only
major. sports IN which professionals are en-
pioyed 70 teach amateurs.
good. bad or Indifferent teSc6ers. for ANA
teur crews, as against professional coaches,
however pTQnctent. 1 may add that I agree
with Guy Nickalle as TO the superiority OF
professionals as he states Il. CHASE MRLLEN
NEW YORK, September %,