The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-03
COLLEGE CREWS
LOOKING AHEAD
Races Next June to Hold Atten.
ton of Students

New York. Jan. 3.--With the pass
ino or the holiday season the short
rerjod Of rest allowed the college oars
men is completed. From now until
late in June the struggle for seats in
tbo racing shell and the daily training
grind will continue without intermis-
sion. Coaches are erhauling row
ing machines. rigging targes and gen
orally preparing for l9lA. which, il rs
predicted. will he the greatest college
rowing year in the history Of the sport.
Eight universities or colleges i'm tho
east one in the middle west and three
on the Pacific coast have already
PLANNED their rowing campaigns, which
include "a large number of dual TRAN
cular and ter-colegiate title regattas
than ever before recorded in this coun-
try Abroad oxford and Cambridge
are near the hallway mark i'm their
training for their annual race, ana
their progress is being closely watch
cd by two Of the eastern universities
in view q possible International In
ter-yarsity regatta before mid-su
mcr.
The eastern college rowing situation.
considered rs whole. is one Of the
most promising in recent seasons.
Aside from Columbia and Syrlcnse.
there are large and veteran squads
available at very institution which
advocates rowing In almost every
case more than hfty per cent OF the
oarsmen who won their varsity let
ters In 1919 regattas are trying for
places in the Fights again and ere sup
plemented By excellent material from
iasl years freshmen combinations. The
recent ruling Of the intercollegiate
stewards providing for q race for sec
ond Fights in place of the fours on the
Hudson, will also provide extra places
Cor the aspiring swcepswingers. Tn
der this ruling it will be necessary for
those colleges which desire To COM
pete in all three events on the Hud
son 10 develop and seat twenty-four
"arsmen In the shells for the varsity
second and freshmen races
open WINTER feIpIuI.
The Omen winter has proved help in
mo fall practice and several of the
coaches report that their charges were
able 10 establish new records for late
autumn rowing during 1913. Coach
Courtney had six Fights in tho water
on December and has planned to
Sehf his crews out at every favorable
opportunity during the entire winter
Al Syracuse, Coach Ten Eyck, who has
Jpst signed a five-year contract, is al
so planning for an early season start.
" ia" Board of Stewards of the ]. r
~ VIII permit the students of the For
'SilF Department to row for the
orange, Ten Eyck's worries will be-
eliminated. y SITTER proposition faces
Jim Rice ut Columbia. for the New
lHk university squad appears To
Er"W smaller each year, and Rice finds
dlilIrult To secure even n fair num-
Der Of students physically suited for
'"' hard four-milc race on the Imd-
SON
me 'ituation AT Pennsylvania and
''I' Us much alike. in that both col
'S'S are working with new coaches.
~ New Haven n trio, composed or
i"'h'ra Armstrong, captain of the '95
NV Guy Nichols ~ England and
- r. "Hannini. recent New York Attn
""' club coach, win direct the work
VI ~" Eli crcwmcn. Al philadelphia
vivian Nichols. a brother Of Guy. has
''IIae'd ellis Ward, and the work of
"'S' famous English oarsmen who ex-
r''' TO c"vclop Il stroke combining the
o'N' points Of both the English and
Ni''rl'an systems, will BE- watched
VIM interest At Harvard. Princeton
''" inc United States Naval Academy
'"''o rs no change in the established
''o'r and reports from al three insti-
'o''"ns are optimistic.
In the West.
urthcr west the University of Wis
'"S'h IS preparing for another return
~ Tue Hudson with II crew which will
.l,V' rally as dangerous as that ot
''''' tn badgers are fortunate i'm
' ,.''''.SSihs q squad of heavy. powerful
"o'o'tes, with the varsity material
'''"h from the freshmen and varsity
s''S "i the last season. The grea;
'''" III the final mile of the inter
N'''e regatta at Pouehkeepsic last
-" mas done much 10 restore the
''"'hco of the western colleges re-
their ability Ia row as fast
s"' lar as their eastern brethren. "A
result Weshino,ou ,,,4.,