The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-14
DEAN Of OARSMEN
Of COUNTRY TO
COACH NO LONGER
Courtney, Who Studied Power
Applied to Sweeps With Aid
of Dynamometers, Hangs
Up His Megaphone.

Associated Press trrrespondcnoel
New York IH, retirement ut
Charlie, T.. Courtuc1. for many ycufs
,fcU cotrh ~ Cornell university, marks
au epoch % American intercollegiate
ruviu. and the 'ir-' break IN the 'u"
ui coaches who ha,, made Cornell Nic
'uf.ous iu recent N'uf. con- water, track
and gtidiruu. No ,uu,h ever achieved
greater fame iu nj. .hoscu line of uth
l'iic instruction or developed winning
combinations with %I,u'yr frequency
and consistency than ,uuTiurN While
be viii bc available no uu advisory ca
pHciiy and ha- u worthy successor m
John lioyie. should the Cornell author
itir. decide 20 cou'luur the latter IN his
piosrui capacity, "a, dem OF uli crew
mentors hu~ hung ur ms coaching
myguphoro foI the last time
tuGrtucN e retirement WIS not entire.
y unexpected fot the "pid Man. "a
be- has been uffrctiuuutclN termed ut
lthuDu for .Hm" yrIr-, has been iu poor
health SINCE be- sustained 20 fractured
skull uu luur H.. 1913. The accident
occurred Nhilc bee was en- route q,
Iuugbkrrr.I" with the Cornell crew
ana WAS caused ~ courtney being
thrown violently ngmuSi 90 berth follow
ing q lurrn u' fb, fast travelling t'plu.
The Cornell coach has been under the
ratr of PITY st'iaus ever since aud while
ht' condition mas improved tu som, y,
tent the word has gone forth that ur
Wust gIN" 800 furth"r Goa. hing and
spend the rest OF his lite uuietiy.
Born iu 49,. Courtney j. an his sixty.
eighth year and after his myuy seasons
81 HtIlrttf - ..f. a. Y.. ...A,... .l "
tcssiunal uursmuu aud his later reign us
coach at Cornell his friends and mod
rHl advisor feel THAT be has rpH.
earned the quiet and retirement which
he requires. IhHnks To- the gcurrusit,
OF the Cornell alumni aud undergrad
uptcs, tuurtr"N - removed from am,
financial Worries or cares. II, own.
outright % handsome home aud ground.
az lthucu. oven looking Cayuga lake.
N" git OF Cornell men, IN addition o. Oh
comfortable competency. There h., viii
b" found I'm iuiurr ready 10 ud,is, and
assist with hs .rcu, store of rowing
knowledge ari aNp"tien,,. thos, WHO
viii TAKE Hr 'ba burden he has hand
down.
cornell rowing uuthoutirs nr, ~ tho
present time uncertain a. to the rNprt
coaching system md methods that viii
Ice adopted tor the crews of .omiup
wears hu' whatever the system pr No
coacho., II sill hr hard for Courtney .,
successors 90 improve or even dupIicuto
his record tn, career 81 Courtney AS
n coach and Cornell ~ premier rnvinp
university uf lurricu are so irtrrNu,
On tina, Dr. b., d.'ficglt To- consider ono
without the uih,r or a. upporiiou credit.
since the formation Of the Iut,rrul
logiutr RuNIu. assucintiou IA ISp5
Cornell has connected in cNerv ON, uf
the twenty on, .ruTmil. shnmrior-hir
races, winning hirtrru. finishing sec,
uud -four timc- tud third -four time.
In the twenty wears of freshman race.
Cornell has wur twelve firs,S. five 500
uuds. two thirI- aud uno fifth. pufiru
the fifteen y,.r- Of 'Nnrsit, TOURS rae
ing the Ithaca combinations Won ter
%'irst,, ihfr, .r .uds. one third aud ON,
iurtth.. ~iur, 'hc introduction of th,
Junior eight. tu.r in iHii the Coruol
s"rnnd crews have captured both EVENT.
In addition ?. this remarkable h~, Dl
victories. '0uf'rrN coached crows hol,
all records tuf the four races on Nh,
Hudson ruuf-, ns wen rs AN imposing
number ~ wins ne dual and Triangular
f"gotius with Crows when d. not com
pete az rough.cepsic, including Hur
ward, Nalr. Princeton aud other col
lcgc~.
Courtney hoo. llwnvs been "a wonder
tul nudge of owing material even n
the rough and ll'hough strict and ST.
we're ~ AN times, would spend hour.
with embryo pnrsmon who shove,
promise aud q desire 10 lenrn the ar
of sweep swinging. He would ncyc
brock Interference from any quartz.
during the rowing season and nryr
f"rgave tho.r candidates who hruk,
trimming Time aud again Courtn,,
has thrown % nam ur a whole crew ou.
Of the shell because they violated hi
rules and they never came back. II
rowing he was an autocrnt and mufti
net but he produced results. had N,
support o' the faculty. alumni and .,u
dent body o. Cornell aud d, will d,
hard 10 replace the "Old Man" in Nh.
a. ft.. ,.,- - hos. q. a