Las Vegas optic., 1914-03-30
Penn 10 STICK
10 Her OLD
METHODS
COACH NlckALl-s WILL BE LEM
EMIT WITH THE VARSITY
oARsMEN

N1ckalls, the new crew coach at the
University of Pennsylvania, does not
intend to depart radically from meth
DDS in vogue in pennsylvania in past
years 1t as been frequently stated
abroad that the English amateur ath-
lete and oarsman does not train with
the same care or rigorousness that is
observed in college athletic circles in
this country. 1t is explained there
fore that the success of the American
athlete is due to the fact that he
makes a business OF what is viewed
abroad as play or recreation.
Coach NickaIls does not apparently
share these views or at least believes
in the proyerb, When thou art at
Rome do As they do at Rome" He
has laid down as strics a set Of rules
and instruetions to govern the crew
candidates as Charles Courtney or Jim
Rice could prepare. The printed
rules cover the entire working hours
OF the oarsmen and even the diet Of
the men is outlined Permission can
be gained only from Nickalls, should
it be deemed necessary to temporarily
break these rules. which are in part
as folIows:
Hours-Bed, 10; 30: rise in morning,
1880; breakfast, 8;15; lunch, / din
ner, 1880 lwhile on the, river, earlier
ii possible). Every man must run
before breakfast, the distance to be
prescribed by the coach. Those liv-
ing in college must get together and
run on the track if possible. Those
living at home must get out and run
on the road.
No smoking allowed on any pretext
whatever. Chewing Of gum Is also
deprecated.
Lemonade barley water, tea and
coffee may be used for drinks, bnt use
OF sugar in moderation Don't drink
water with ice Ia it, and don't drink
milk. Ice cream after meals may be
eaten but once a day.
Don't eat pork. veal, duck, goose,
wild fowl, oysters, crabs. Holsters or
any kind of fresh fish. Don't Ga too
much bread. Chew your food well
and eat slowly.
If you wish to break amy Of these
rules apply to the ooach;S i. q, You
might want to go to dinner he viii
give you leave, but cont 90 without
leave. Don't dance. If YOU are sick,
tell the coach.
If any of these rules are broken
BY anyone. whoever he may be, and it
comes to- the coach's notice, that man
will be discharged from the rowing
squad.
"YoH are on your honor Be true
to yourself and remember always that
il you do not obey these rules you
are hurting not only your self-respect
but every member Of the crew Of
which you aue a part
1T is more or less of coincidence
that the publication Of these training
rules as laid down BY Nickalls should
be made the day on which Oxford
and Cambridge meet in their annual
boat race on the Thames. Nickalls
gained his initial reputation as an
oarsman while at Oxford and in after
years coached the varsity crews that
rowed against the Light Blue, He
WIS with his brother Guy Nickalls,
now coach at yale, one Of the best
oarsmen ever developed at Oxford dur
ing the period Of the intervarsity
races which extends back TO 1s4l.
Since the Initial race that year the
eight cared icrews of oxford and
Cambridge have met 10 times. On
the eve Of the seVenty-first race Of
the series tue score shows that OK
ford has woa 80 races; Cambridge 30,
while the 1ace Of 1877 resulted in a
dead heat. The course is four and
one-quarter miles and the best time
Is minutes ~ seconds made by OK
ford IN Old American college regatta
records fdo not touch these Figures,
for tht, intercollegiate regatta record
made " Cornell in 1901 is Is minutes
SO lis aeconds for four miles, while
the best time for the Harvard-Yale re-
gatta v as made BY the Yale crew q
1883 when the Blue won the fouI
mile face IN 20 minutes 40 seconds
That We Thames course is faster than
the Ns LoTpdan stretch would appear
to be iAaicated by the fact that the
Harvard crew Of 1906 was defeated
by Cambriage by two lengths IN I!
minutes ls seconds. on September
Of that year, after Harvard won iron
Yale in a four mile race at New Lon
don by 8 margin of 8 seconds in q
minutes 2 seconds on june 2S Of th'
aaraa war