Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-15
BIRTH OF NEW
ROWING SYSTEM
Harvard Has Rendered All Credit to
 Coach Herrck.

The birth of another system in the family circle of Harvard sports has been announced.
 The new baby will hereafter be known as the Herrick System.
 The christening took place at. New Lcndon, where the Thames river fur nished the baDtfsmaI water
 HarVard's sport department now has the greatest galaxy of tested sys- tens of any college doing business on the surface of the North American continent. Percy D. Haughton owns and controls the famous football secret of developing COnquering com binatiOns. Fred Mitchell, a welcome unit 10 the Crimson board of strategy heads the baseball department with a championship team in his first year of college baseball tutoring. Alfred WinSOr, the hockey wizard, grinds out his yearly assortment of winter styles in successful hockey players. And the newest coach, whose pupils have undergone a successful test is Rob ert r. HerriCk of the Harvard crews.
 While Haughton, HerriCll Mitchell and WinsOr abide by their contracts Harvard need have little fear of her ultimate ranking in the year-rOund intercollegiate contests in which her athletes enter. None of che great coaches are immune to reVerses, but all of them are capable of extracting all the ability that is hidden in the Harvard athletes under their direc- ton. So long as they guide the Grim son corral of athletes, just so long will Harvard have a better -than-aver- age chance of winning in the final heats.
 At the crest of her power in ath- IetiCs Harvard knows that the day will come when her glory must wane. All the systems in the world cannot bat for 1000 in the consistency league. Some day-it may even be this very falI-Harvard is going to tCpple in favor of Yale. The bitter ness of defeat will be diluted with the sweetness of the memory of the inn mediate past for the Crimson. but for Yale, the occasion of 9 great victory in sports over Harvard will be thrice welcome.
 There has been no such rejoicing at Harvard over all the big football tri- urnphs since that day in 1908 when a mere field goal furnished the margin by which Harvard defeated Yale for the first time in a series of latter day games. As Haughtons system rolled up more triumphs-the 200 game in 1912 the 15-5 game in 1913 the 36-0 game in 1914 and the 41-0 rOut in 1S15-the actual pleasure in whipping Yale decreased. It was the first drag at the nectar of victory that was the most eXhilarating. Succeeding doses were pleasant enough, but one has to be on the losing end of a contest once in a while to enjoy 3, conquest when it comes.
 At Yale there is going to be a mo- mentous celebration when the Haugh- ton system or the HerriCk system or the Mitchell system cracks. Just as Harvard took on new life in football after the 40 victory in 1908, Yale is going to be reVitaliZed when the worm turns. Even Harvard men are wait ing for the bad year in sports, when the systems and athletes will suffer reverses, and then start out once more to build up a record.
 In the short time since the big boat race was won, HerriCk has been ten dered all the credit that was due him. Quite in contrast to Percy HaughtOn in his early days of development, Her rick sustained the most scathing cri- ticism while he was building up the record breaking crew that beat Yale His his crew been defeated, even by the scantest margin, he would have been roasted to the bone by Harvard men who misunderstood the rowing situation at Cambridge. But having accomplished a supreme achievement Herrick is wholly entitled to what great masses of credit have come to him.
 The old cry of club politics was raised against Herrick before he had fairly goe under way with his crews