Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-27

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1' the same regatta at distance of four niles mile They wound up at Henley in proud of the eight raised $5 GOO. and sent it to Henley, Ellis F. Ward still coaching The crew was remarkably fast, even at the Henley distance-one and fve-eighths miles-but was so thoroughly advertised that all English oarsmen were aroused with the result 1t got drubbing in the finals at the race.
 Ward Used Strategy.
 One of the bits of advertising it got was joke perpetrated by the coach on a certain outdoor magazine editor who was always knocking college 1 sport and whose ultra-English criti- cisms were none too pleasing to this coach. nor to many others as we'll. The editor came to Philadelphia just before the crew sailed for England to see a practice. Precious lot he knew about rowing Before leaving the boat house Ward told his Henley eight'.-the name this crew was known by-to row ht a low stroke in the practice brush but to put in all it's strength crew, which it was to race over the Henley distance. to row at a high stroke, to initiate oarsmen who were pulling their heads off'' but not to pull hard.
 When the race started the second eight had a two length handicap It appeared to be fairly digging it's way down the river. But at each stroke the low-measured beat of the Henley eight brought it's shell nearer and nearer to the second crew: with long runs between stroke it passed it and then continued down the course. gain ing at each dip of the oar until it crossed the line several lengths in ad- vance All the while the rowing critic was sitting in the launch with the coach saying. My. how they do rowi" 'I have never seen crew so fast as that" MT Ward won have worked wonders
 Navy Proved Hard.
 This crew was a wonderful one at that At Annapolis in May of the last year of it's life. the season it went to Henley, it met a tartar in the Navy eight in two mile affair. The water was very rough. . condition the Quak- most favorable for the Navy. F'ortu- nately, for Pennsylvania, the Navy had the outside course coming up the Sev- ern. From the first stroke the Navy had all the better of the argument ard it looked like a sure victory for this eight After a quarter mile had proven to Smith, the little coxswain Of the Quakers, that his crew could not row over whitecapS, pump water from the shell as he might. he turned the nose of the boat toward shore, moved far off the course and along the bank found smooth water Then his crew spErted and pulled, spurted and pulled and by great bursts of speed got lsad- As the shells had to finish be- tween stake boats well out toward midstream Smith had to bring his boat back to the middle of the river at an angle.
 We never knew or the stake boats which eight lead The Quakers and the Navy sprinted the last quarter and the Red and Blue came in over the line some 19 feet ahead When the Navy shell crossed the line it was so filled with water tnat it submerged. the men taking to the water.
 The Freshmen Navy race that day was of as exciting an order, though for different reasons. After the crews had roEved two hundred yards more, Catchcart, No. 3. f1 the Penn Fresh men boar, broke his car. He wanted to jump overheard but his crewmates would not permit. fearing an oar or outrigger might strike him in the head. Yet, in spite of this handicap. the Freshmen came in first
 Men All in Best of Health.
 All of the men who sat in those shells have been in good health since. None have athletic hearts or have been affected in a detrimental way by their rowing experiences. The men of the Pennsylvania Hanley eight, who rowed all distances from a mile and hve-eights to four all thought the
 
 shortest, that at Hanley, though the reason for this might easily be traced to defeat Indeed, the more one thinks of it the more one is inclined to be- liv that it is tn psychological mind' and not the athltic heart which caused most of the trouble in athletics, in cluding many defeats. Boys will fall over in a boat at New London, if it is a losing one, although the crew which | rowed harder and comes in first usual | ly sits up and cheers. |
 Recently in Florida, former Quak- | CT oarsman and the writer of this ar | ticle viewed the last tournament play | of Walter J. Travis in golf. The 1 Grand OH Man. of the game was far | off in the game, that had brought him | in winner of three American and one | British amateur championship For | four days he played men, one mere | youngster, who could outdrive him, | a approach with him and putt with the | same unerring accuracy. Twice, on | his way to the finals, he was down at | the turn But in every match he won, generally between the 18th and 18th | Travis that caused these results, for | his game was not as of old. It was the psychological mind" of the oppo- nents. When they got in sight of home | the. idea of beating Travis was too | much to carry Down they went. All | of which caused us to remark to each | other that athletics cause and later cure, psychological minds" All in all | they do a good work.
 Copyrighted, 1917. by Sol Metzger) RED sox WILL LEARN
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