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

NJ EW YORK, Feb "A new
" sculling wonder has been I'M
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. member O..
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 fail that the
Nets" had lad who could make his
shell travel as if ii were propelled by
motor. and Immediately the old tim
ers and some of the new speed eX
perts waited for Heller when ne
came padding upstream to have
brush with him All met the sam
fate, for Heller would draw aheaG
after a mile or so mad been covered
The first man to get a line on Hell
Ter was Commodore John O'Reagan,
of the Nets" an eX-rhampion and a
man of twenty years experience with
the SOULS. He had seen no man in
years vino could make his shell nav-
el between strokes like young Heller
There was no hiatus, as it We're, 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 Youngster.
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 he 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, if the weather permits, the
pair are going to row all winter.
Although Heller is only Is years
Of age, ne towers six feet two inches.
1t. was an ambition to gain weight
and, incidentally more strength, that
made him take to sculling Last
spring he weighed l40 pounds. Then
| he purchased "A shell and decided tC
stick TO rowing. He had about d
months previous work in skin gig
ana he easily mastered the lHtl lCdtles
! of sitting in the shell
Heller works for his father at &
| factory in the Bronx, but he founc
| time every afternoon to come to the
| Harlem River for a spin of couple
of miles Every day ne went out he
! found himself getting stronger and
! gaining weight. In three months he
gained twenty pounds,
Natural Born Sculler.
Old odrsmen along the Harlem say
lhey have not seen such natural
born sculler in the last generation
The majority OF scullers 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 a young man VINO
| can steer an even keel and do this
,, after only few months of pulling
OF course. Heller's reach and the
| leverage at his command help him in
recovering for the reach forward ia
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 il OF
the Schuylkill or on the Harlem
| River