The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-02
TROt ME WIN YALE ROWING.
Cameron u. Waterman. o1. Af1rtbufes
70 10 LAch sf Material.

INV hANfN. Dof. U inf 'tNNHt hra~s~
v hlCh the Yale crews have suffered at the
hands Of Harvard has lei To- much dis
cUs-ton ~ to the probable cause Cameron
u Waterman ut academic and ~ law
school who roNpd on three winning crews
and who was captain OF the leoa crew. ex'
pressed his views as follows IN to-day =
Vote N'Ts
For some wears I have watched With
alarm the trend OF Yale rowing conditions
and the underlying causes. 4, early "a
is,t the result could be and was for--een
by many. Harvard men With whom
have ronVrr-ed ON the subject very rrron-
eolsly attributed the decline 20 our coach
ing system a. this was the entire trouble
In their own case not many years ago
At one time there was much trouble
With our coaching system and by looking
over table Of le-Harvard races one
can easily locate it, date but that time IA
past, and believe our present coaching
system TO be the best possible tn meet
American conditions and our coach. John
kenn"dy, To he without peer.
MY own rather unusual experience
With Yale rowing placed me ia a position
to Judge IL better than any one who has
row ed at Val" in recent years
/ entered "ollrR. in the fall OF issT in
time To the last OF the Cook regime.
viewing Il from tn. inside. and remained
Bob Cook was in his rowing dotage.' 30 to
speak. His ideas we're not hXed. a. they
had formerly been and he lost his self
confidence. The graduates who returned
for the spring coaching for a day or two
AT time could not be in a position to he Of
valuable assistance in active coaching.
They had not been OH hand 10 watch the
development in the rowing Of the men a.
dividuals or a. crew
l,a1 Of W n fol nph
a. coach. put his whole heart and soul
into ths work. but although the finished
oarsman himself. he had not the coaching
experience that l. essential 90 accomplish
results His theories were not based on
sufficient practice. The amount Of rowing
eN peri-nCe of an American college graduate
l. not sufficient go qualify him for a working
coach In England where at graduation
a man has had eight or NOR. wears OF row
ing and where lac continues 20 row for
several years more after graduation the
casr u different
have -e-n graduates coach men for
max. them row lk" the rest of the boat
and then appeal to John Kennedy, who
would correct the trouble overnight by
simply changing the rigging Of the boat.
BY raising or lowering the mans slide or
and IN. next day that man would row like
the rest OF the crew without ever knowing
that things were different except that he
be able 20 get more power int his stroke
The rigging IL something that dc - not enter
into the matter in football coaching and u
makes crew coaching different proposition.
When was in law school IN 1899 saw John
Kennedy come into actual control With
him IN supreme control of the active coach
ing J ale turned out winning crews, the coach
ma problem was solved. and while he holds
tho same position We must look el-ew here
Tor the cause of the decline
In osla the new trouble began to appear
the lack of material Men who won their
Y On tn. football held or who felt reasonably
sur" ultimately of winning II did not come
ont for IN. crew The di-ccmfort- and in
convenl-nCrs of the old boa hou-r were the
main reasons for this With tho coming
Of the new boathOu-s the di-comforts have
disappeared and rowing at Val" can b. th,
same enjoyable sport that IL IL elsewhere
One Of the dsadV antag.- that Val. has
il the lack Of IA four mile "ourss which l.
smooth enough ia row over at least ono. a
week during the rowing season
ale has proved that winning crews can
he turned out without such a four mile
course. so n - not an essential. hut neither
Yale nor any other college has proved that
a winning crew Can he turned out without
material and that I consider the entire
trouble at the present time
With 'he old hoathou-s II was mpo-si-
boa thouSa this i ohvia'rd
Yals's need - for material Let every
man feel that for all ha knows he may I've
ln-t thar material. u not this year. th" newt
Let each go nus and try for the crew and
keep ON irving n that ~ done. and II the
have done all thsv should for Val. for 'hr
rest OF the year a. soon as the football sea
son ENDS ale viii never lack her share OF
victories on the Thames