Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08
18-YEAR OLD
GIANT LATEST
SCULL WONDER
Henry Heller, 6 Feet 2 Inches,
Promises to Become Leading
0arsman Next Summer.

Mt EW YORK, Feb. IA new
~ sculling wonder has been un-
earthed on the Harlem River
and, if the wiseacres are to be cred
tied, he will be the real boating SEN
sation of 1914. The name of the
'find" is Henry Heller a member OF
the Metropolitan Rowing Club.
Although he has only been working
in a racing shell about four months
Heller Is now able to take the meas
ure of all the seniors on the river
Word was passed this fall that the
Nets" had d lad who could make his
shell travel as if 1t we're propelled by
motor, and Immediately the old tim
ers and some of the new speed eX-
perts waited for Heller when he
came padding upstream to have a
brush with him. All met the same
fate, for Heller would draw ahead
after mile or so had been covered.
The first man to get line on Hell
Ter was Commodore John O'Reagan,
of the "Mets," an x-champion and a
man of twenty years experience with
the SOULS. He had seen no man in
years who could make his shell tray
Ell between strokes like young Heller.
There was no hiatus, as 1t were, be-
tween the reach for the stroke and
the pull through the water. This one
point is the one great secret of get
ting the speed out of the sculling
boat. Right on the spot O'Reagan
predicted that Heller would be the
champion of America before he was
we'll out of his teens.
Schultz Coaches Younester.
The youngster was taken in tow by
John Schultz, coach of the Metropol-
itans. who impaired all the knowledge
he had to the tyro. Schultz says
there will be nothing to beat Heller
next year, and that he will be a
cinch for the Junior events carrying
the red and black of the Metropoli-
tans. Schultz is going to devote all
his time to the development of Hell
Ter, and, IL the weather permits, the
pair are going to row all winter
Although Heller is only Is years
of age, he towers six feet two inches.
II was an ambition to gain weight
and, incidentally, more strength, that
made him take to sculling. Last
spring he weighed 140 pounds. Their
| he purchased shell and decided tC
stick to rowing He had about
months previous work in skin gig
| and he easily mastered the lntrlcaclei
| Of sitting in the she'll
Heller works for his father at g
| factory in the Bronx, but he founc
| time every afternoon to come to the
Harlem River for spin Of a couple
of miles. Every day he went out he
found himself getting stronger and
gaining weight. In three months he
gained twenty pounds.
Natural Born Secular
Old oarsmen along the Harlem say
they have not seen such a natural
born sculler in the last generation.
The majority OF sculers spend the
best part of their lives in trying to
get the knack of making the boat
travel without stopping between
strokes, yet here is young man VINO
can steer an even keel and do this
after only a few months of pulling.
OF course, Heller's reach and the
leverage at his command help him in
recovering for the reach forward TO
grip the water. All he has to do Is
to drop his hands slightly and the
SOULS come out of the water, and he
needs but shoot them out a little
when the souls go forward for the
stroke.
Heller will be an entry in the first
junior sculling race of 1914, be it on
the Schuylkill or on the Harlem
River