The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-26

~ the Harvard crew is 70 follow the Engiish
style Of rowing ther0 y no reason why the
shels should not be better for them
Rice has the idea that the Harvard crew
this year is better than that which defeated
Yale last spring on the Thames. he gays
that the men nre fine physical specim ems
and seem 10 know how to row. He i un-
willing to say. much about them, feeling
that the morn he praised the Harvard crew
the moro he was praisihg up his own eight,
which defeated the Crimson,
Murray Russell, che new coach OF the
Georgetown crews. vas captain OF the crew
which In 1908 was second TO Cornell on the
Hudson. Russell is a big, silent chap, he
has been in difficulties with his crew mate
rial, only a small number OF men reportlng
at GEORGETOWN and those being rather light
men. Russell says that what he Is after at
Georgetown is power for the boat. ne
proper combination, but feels that eventu-
ally he will get the right men arranged 10
the right wayS Russell 10 studying tnedi-
cine in the Georgetown medical college
and 10 combining his coaching work with
HE studies. He follows the general lines OF
rowing Get down by Coach Dempsey. under
whom he rowed as an undergraduates.
The Georgetown men have recently. how
ever, deserted the longer. slower stroke
that they once used and have taken to a
snapper, shorter stroke.
Ordinarily quiet when on land, Russell
makes q unique figure as a coach. Stand
ing in the cockpit OF the new. coaching
launch Russell uses q short megaphone,
through which he issues orders and sugges-
tons, 0ftentimes he c%rouches on the for
word and gesture coaches his men. His
illustrations OF the strokes OF the getting
away Of the hands sharply and Of the catch
are very vivid. He puts O deal OF energy
into his coaching throughout an afternoon:
He ie the youngest OF the rowing coaches OF
the P~oughkeepsie crews.
Wisconsin's new coach. Ed Ten Eyck,
is a son OF the coach Of the Syracuse crews.
He is well known as an oarsman. He won
the Diamond SOULS at Henley Royal Re-
gatta and was a member OF the Wachusett
B. c. four, which was prominent some
years ago. His father used TO say that I'd
would make a good coach. except that he
vas lazy. The information coming from
Wisconsin that he is working the oarsmen
double tides. getting them up early ", the
morning TO row and then sending them
out again in the evening, seems TO show
that Ten Eyck lie not going TO let his laziness
become infectious. >
He was he coach Of the University Barge
Club Of Philadelphia before he went TO Wis
consin. he has a wealth OF material at
out there a new birth OF enthusiasm over
the crews and rowing matters. generally;
Graduates inc undergraduates have ralled
to the support Of the oatsmen financially,
The race which is 10 be held out there
between the Syracuse crews and the Wis
consin crews on next Friday has helped,
too, to stir up enthusiasm. The chance
TO see the home crew In action has been
welcomed. In fact, it is likely to be a great
help to rowing in the West generally.
One feature Of the race, which Of course
will obtain about equally in the intercol-
legiate regatta, is that it will be a contest
between crews coached by father and son.
In the general regatta II will no { be so di-
rect a competition. This dualr a ce gives a
chance to size up the respective abilities
TO some extent. although the elder Ten
Eyck has had his rowing establishment
for more years than his son. And OF course,
il must not be forgotten that James Ten.
Eyck, Jr., another son Of the Syracuse row.
ing coach, is stroking the Syracuse varsity
boat in the race against Big Brother Eds
Wisconsin varsity eight. That makes it in
teresting, too.
Richafd Glendon has been at Annapolis
for four seasons. This is his fourth year
with the Naval Academy oarsmen. He has
been markedly successful with short dis
lance crews at Annapolis and the boat has
had a long string Of victories. Glendon
never had much experience as an oarsman,
and for that reason it is declared that all
the more credit ought to be given to him
for his successes. He was with the Boston
A. A. before he vent to Annapolis and also
coached some school crews around Boston.
As one Annapolis man expressed IL, He
has a happy knack of turning out winning
crews
very much like that OF the Cornell crews
for smoothness. He has no particular
point in his work where there is any extra
snap TO the stroke, 1t is all slow, clean
work inboard and out. The crew does not
appear TO be working very hard because
each stroke is followed through carefully
and painstakingly, II is a very effective
styie for the longer distances and Glendon
may have the satisfaction OF showing that
he can coach four mile crews as well as
those at the shorter distances.
incidentally it is interesting to learn that
Andrew O'Dea has deserted the sheep
ranchinR business and is to return to the
East. .0'Dea had a long and varied career
as a rowing and football coach. He was
at Harvard on one occasion and later re-
turned TO Wisconsin. 1t is likely that he
will have little trouble in finding a place
as a rowing coach il he desires TO Renter
the game. He was we'll liked at Wis
consin and the students out there were
sorry that he had TO go. As has been said
before, the available supply OF really good
rowing coaches is very small.
The coming intercollegiate track and
field meet Of the Western Conference Asso-
citation, while it has been robbed of in
terest somewhatby the absence OF Michi-
gan's men. promises to be exciting enough
for those who a been left in. Chicago
has not entered very many men and it
looks as il, the men depended Upon by
Stage to win the championship Of the Big
Eight will nave a hard task. Illinois has a
strong team and so has Nebraska. There
were surprises in store for both Chicago
and Minnesota when they met those teams
respectively and we're defeated in dual
meets. Hugo NJ. Friend, who coaches the
University OF Chicago track team. said
not 80 long ago that Illinois while always
formidable in dual meets rarely proved to
be 30 in the championships. This will give
an opportunity to show how nearly right
Coach Friend is. The strength of tho Il
linois team is in the field events. Chicago
is we'll provided in the track races. Ne
braska and Minnesota AVE some capable
field men who probably will cut into the
points OF Illinois in those competitions.
Wisconsin has a we'll balanced team and is
strongly touted in many places as a likely
and probable winner.
1t will be the first time in some years
that Michigan has been absent from the
conference championships. The Wolver-
ines with one or two years out have
been champions OF the conference con-
sistently since it's foundation. II is. ex-
pected that the situation in the conference
meet will be rather like that in the Eastern
meet. that a small number OF points will
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