The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-01
Coach Courtney
Shows the Cornell
Boys Who S Boss

ITHACA, N. Y, Feb 2s.---One hun
bred and twenty-five crew men were
dropped from the Cornell varsity and
freshmen crew squads by Coach
Courtney today, the largest cut in the
history of Cornell rowing. and the
first cut of it's kind in the twenty-six
years that Mr.. Courtney has coached
the Cornell crews. Only twenty var
sity oarsmen. making up two Fights
and a four-oared crew, have been re-
tanned. while twentv-three freshman
oarsmeu, picked out by Assistant
Coach Hoyle, make up the freshman
squad.
The mutinous attitude and insoIent
remarks of several of the varsity oars-
men in the third, fourth and other
combinations prompted the old mans
sweeping action On account Of the
fact that the varsity boathouse Is not
yet on a permanent foundation and
that Il cannot be made ready to ac-
commodate the whole crew squad this
spring. Mr. Courtney had announced
previously that only twenty varsity
men would row from the regular
boathouse and still be considered and
treated as part of the regular crew
squad. getting daily coaching, etc. An
arrangement was made with the In
tercollege association by which these
crew men, numbering 125 or there
about, could use the intercollege boat
house, but that they must join the
| Tntercollege association and each pay
81 fee.
| Some oarsmen noised abroad stories
| to the effect that the old man was
making the shift to get the oarsmen
out for the intercoliege crew and to
| get their dollar. also that MIR. Court
/ ney was not treating them fairly, and
! that he had put one over on them
News of these comments coming to
Courtney's ears. the old man decided
/ to drop the whole squad, innocent as
well as guilty, because he had no
means of Furnishing the malcontents
/ without removing the whole squad.
! Mr.. Courtney has retained the most
/ promising oarsnen In the squad, and
/ he now will be in position to give
/ this small squad his undivided atten-
/ ton.
/ Mr.. Courtney. speaking Of the
changes. said:
{ with the twenty men that / have
selected for two varsity Fights and
one four-oar and any other such men
az / deem valuable material and may
Z
/ those cut, / can readily make up my
/ crews for this year,
I'm fact, will be in a much better
position To whip victorious crew
! into shape with these few men, rather
/ than being handicapped with the ex-
cessively large number Of candidates
that have swaruned the lighthouses
in the past year. If these men that |
have cut are innocent and conscieD-
tious about wanting TO prepare them
selves for next years crews they will
/ register with the intercoiiege crews
and row this spring. In case they do
not | will have more than enough ma
terial in this years freshmen to f7ll
out whatever vacancies Will be made
j., In the varsity shells by graduation
this june, along WITH the men / an
retaining.
/ There is greater wealth OF vaIu.
able rowing material in this years
/ freshman class than ] have had In
years. If the men do not appreciate
what the coaches and the manage.
ment are doing for their welfare they
must suffer. II hurts me more TO dror
these men and make my first cut in &
! Cornell crew than ii does men to bt
cut. but since they are not satisfied
with the arrangements that we have
made for them they viii have to bt
! dropped. for there is no room at tn.
varsity boathouse for any more thar
the men that | have selected