The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-08
COLLEGE CREWS
NEARLY READY
New Systems at Penn and Yale
Main Features This Year

The various college crews have now
reached the point in their training
where il is possible to gain some idea
If their ultimate strength and speed.
Much is expected from present indi-
cations of the slower crews of last
wear particularly of the squads in
charge Of the Nickals brothers-Penn-
syKania and Yale.
After laundering about for many
wears. Yale has adopted what appears
To he permanent system of coaching.
GUY Nickalls, probably the most fam
Gus oarsman In England, was engaged
with Richard Armstrong, former
Yale oarsman and at one time coach
u the Navy crews, as the nominal
head. Eugene Giannini is also assist
Inc the coaches. hut the real head Is
Guy Nickalls. who is in residence at
New Haven.
Although Nickalls is an oxford man
ana has rowcd i'm many Fights, four.
and pairs for oxford and the Leander
club, he is first of all sculler, and
he is not attempting To teach the Yale
men the long. hard swing over a short
slide which distinguishes the English
from the American stroke. Instead,
he is working with a style that com
bnes the best features of both strokes
and which the men can really execute.
The Yale Crew.
Il l.. fl, q, lie I,nt
any stroke is good stroke when well
mVed, and he knows that American
boys cannot develop the muscles for
the long swing in year. hence his
style does not differe greatly from the
styles Of the American coaches. The
short slides thole pins, and other Eng
fish rigging have been put aside for
an American outfit. The new Yale
boat was built by ellis Ward. the for
mcr University of Pennsylvania coach,
instead of being bought i'm England. as
has been the custom i'm recent years.
The Yale men have not yet been
seen in a race, but they show power =
iuly in practice with Appleton at
been arranged since Captain DenePre
vacated his seat in the first eight. The
men are still somewhat rough. because
many of them have been under three
periods Of coaching, with all the be-
iuddlng of IDEAS which that would
IMPLY, but they are at their work with
no end OF spirit, which means as much
as form Mr.. Nickalls cares little for
'he form inside the boat so long as the
men take and leave the water together
ana keep the rhythm of the swim.
inc fastest crews have been those
winch had little body form, but splend-
Id Workmanship.
Harvard Is Behind.
Ihe Harvard men apparently arr
mol coming along as well as Yale. AS
result of the Navy races. the Unive.-
1T! 'Isht has considerably shifted.
APT Reynolds displaced Saltonstall
at now; Curtis and Parsons moved up
'''h the second crew for the seats
e"'o''d by Reynolds and Morgan while
n'r9ehi Is steering in the stead Of
"'''ahcr The latter coxswain made
poor course in the race with tn,
Midshipmcn.
harvard has more men To choose
''Il Than any other university, hence
Wv TASK of the coach is. i'm some re-
,"''S' more difficult and the crew is
.'' III the final placing. but the whole
ing system at Harvard seems to
u "h infusion of spirit
N'er the Princeton PENNSYLVANIA
''llnia race on next Saturday and
'ale-Princeton-Cornell regatta on
-'d 1t will he possible to compare
'"t with Harvard with some degree
ol eXactness.
Princeton Prospects.
Hhccton Is the ONLY college crow
az amateur coach: Dr. J. Duncan
, ''"elh is an old Pennsylvania oars
VINO Is professor i'm Princeton
u ne has proved n splendid coach
VIII, 'or Tor the men on the larc
.a was donated by Andrew Carne-
ma, LAST Year the Princeton cights
"'ue splendid showinos and ,his
OPP crew promises to he even bet
4. ,.w e'sht Is practically selected and
er ,r," on the average than any form
e'sht The average height of