Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-10
WITH COLLEGE ATHLETES
Xals's Chances on Water Are Being Very
Much Discussed.
BIG FOUR IN The WEST A FACTOR
what Physical Trainers DO Not Know
and some Of the Effects OF
Athletics on Grow
inG Boys.

Yale, with four veterans OF the beaten
crew Of 1906 as a starter for the eight Of
this year looks TO have a hard task ahead
20 develop a combination to head OF
Harvard IN the annual race at New London.
Not since 1925 has Harvard won two
races in succession. and the victory last
June marked the fourth in twenty-one
years for the Crimson. SO sparse have
been the victories of the Cambridge mcn
that Yale is loath to let an eight be beaten
In successive years. II hard work will do
the trick the Harvard crew. with It's album
dant material and elaborate training sched-
ule will go far toward taking the honorS
at New London again.
The Illness Of John A. Kennedy, the vet
eran Yale coach. has been great setback
TO the New Haven men. AS well imagine
Cornell producing a crew without Courtney
as Yale without Kennedy. Until he gets
Into trim TO drill his oarsmen rowing can
lbe conducted at Yale only in a haphazard
way. Captain Noyes has called out the
oarsmen to instruct them as best he can,
with the help OF other veterans. until such
time as Kennedy gets back to work. To
assist him Noyes has Ide. Graham and
Boulton of the varsity combination of 1906.
Yale has lost Chase, who was one of the
best oarsmen Yale ever had Captain Morse,
Weeks and Biglow. the latter being in
volved through his foot ball captaincy. in
abandoning crew work
Plenty of Freshman Material
/ What the chances Of Yale are for getting
out a crew IL Is hard TO say. There is an
abundance Of material from the freshman
eight Of last year. and that was a good
boatload. or rather good in comparison
with the Harvard 90 combination. That,
It must be confessed, was nothing excep-
tional, and did not seem to represent any
where near as good a Wray combination
rs did the varsity crew. 1t has been said
that wray did not have much part I'm the
making OF the senior combination. and that
II was the personality of Captain Fflley
which made the Harvard eight so strong
II that is true, then perhaps Yale has not
20 much to fear from the Crimson. II can
not we'll be believed, however. that Wray
Is so little to be reckoned with.
Going into action this year Yale has the
four veterans mentioned. Last year Cap
tain Noyes rowed 3; Graham, 2; Ide T. and
Boulton. stroke. Both ends of the boat
therefore, are accounted for, and II re-
mains to fill the middle and pick up a bow
man. Rockwell, who rowed last years
four IL out again. being the only veteran
Of that combination in college, II is said
Williams. a Junior. who has been trying
for the varsity for two years, ought to be
rowing timber by this time. Doty, who
rowed In his freshman crew three years
/ ago. and Ballard, a senior. who has had
rowing experience. are worth mentioning
! - Foot Rail Men for Crew.
There are two foot ball men out for the
crew. Captain Sammy Morse and Bob
Forbes. They are strong men. but their
IL
Forbes might better be out running, II
seems, because he has a track record OF
10x seconds for 100 yards-some persons say
10 even-and the track team needs him.
AS a general thing, foot ball men do not
make crack oarsmen no matter how good
they may be as foot ball players That Is
q general statement. and generalities are
dangerous. The writer is thinking now
particularly OF men like Morley and Dick
Smith of Columbia, sturdy and powerful
foot ball players, who could not get the
hang of rowing in a season.
Last years freshman squad at Yale pre-
sents the following men for the crew:
Rice. Mayer. Peyton. Livingston, Pierce,
Pomeroy, Howe. HUFF, Bateson. Brooks,
Dominick. Dunklee and Robbins There
are some other class crew men. and alto
gether the first draft of candidates brought
out only forty-two men. This is not
good showing for Yale. or for any other
college. for that matter but it must be
borne in mind that the quality of the oars
men is fairly high. II viii be case of
rising to the occasion at Yale this year.
and the Yale pluck. Of which one hears so
much. except among Yale men, will have
- be shown. 1t win take a boatload of
Vauclx to beat Harvard. but the Yale men
have hopes.
Turmoil In Middle West
The very latest from the middle west In
the line of athletic turmoil is the Big Four
agreement which appears not to be an
agreement at all. Some sort OF an an
nouncement OF a program for four of the
big colleges was announced from Chicago,
and from all Appearances II was a settled
thing. But in view of the fact that just
half of the new Big Four has not ratified
the agreement there may be said to be a
reasonable doubt. Until Michigan and Wis
consin endorse the action taken there will
be Big Two, and perhaps there may be
only a Big One, II Minnesota decides to
disagree with Chicago.
The program OF the Big -Four. as II will
have 20 be called until II lessons In size. Is
very admirable one. II provides for con-
Quoting sport on a fine. gentlemaniy basis.
The idea Of host and guest In regard to
cotnpetttlons IL the Desf phfdsihB OF tpe
true religion that should exist between
competing teams that has been put on the
market thus far. Only there creeps in a
trifiing doubt TO whether these things
can he leglslated into existence There Is
no doubt that the Big Four mean well But
they bank on ruling a thing that ought to
be an Unborn instinct with athletes.
II is interesting to see expressed by Ed
ward C0chenls. the foot ball coach at st.
Lonis university. idea that exists here
In the east and that is that the formation
OF the Big -Four Is going TO result in the
breaking up OF the Big Nine. otherwise the
Western Conference intercollegiate Anna
terr association. Cochems says: "If |
were one OF the Big Nine. do you suppose