Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-14
FORMER ROWING COACH
OF navy CREW
Ten Eyck, Aged 70, Rows From
New York To Albany
VETERAN COACH OF SYRACUSE
Formerly Tutored The Midshipmen
And Handled The Aruadel: For
Awhile.

James A. Ten Eyck, Syracuse row.
ing coach and known to everyone who
ever pulled a racing oar. has just cele-
brated his SEVENTEEN birthday by row.
ing from New York to Albany. dis
lance of $50 miles Certainly an ex-
ceptional feat for man threescore
and ten years, but nothing unusual
for the veteran coach, who took the
occasion to show his boys the old
man wasn't going back Ten Eyck
was formerly rowing coach at the
Naval Academy for the Midshipmen
crew
James Ten Eyck-just plain Jim to
the thousands who have visited the
veteran at the Syracuse boathouse on
the Hudson before the Poughkeepsie
regatta-may be old in years but not
in energy. Strong, wiry and clear
eyed. he has the physical powers Of
most men half his age, the result of a
life that's been Spartanlike for sim
plicity with every available hour
spent outdoors in some form of exer-
else, chiefly rowing Could the ris-
ing generation take leaf out of Ten
Eyck's health book there'd be consid-
erably less work for the doctors
An Active Worker.
If the Syracuse crew candidates had
an idea their coach was slipping back,
his rowing performance will quickly
change their minds. II will also mean
more work for these youngsters.
About this time every years the "old
man. begins to assemble his rowing
squads. He is the most active worker
in the several hundred who answer
the practice call.
Syracuse University is perched in a
beautiful valley and extends east and
west to a series of hills. The rowing
coach gathers his squad on one of
these hills and promptly wins the adj
miration of the newcomers by setting
out pace that kills The veteran, in
sweaters and heavy walking shoes,
starts out on an easy deceptive Indian
lope over smooth going.
The crew candidates, many of them
soft from an easy summer, smile toll
erantly and adapt their pace to his,
just to polly the "old man" along. It's
a merry little family party on roam
ing holiday The jaunt so far has been
over smooth roads. Ten Eyck, at the
head of the string, suddenly swerves
into new direction AS likely as not
he will jump a fence into plowed
field. And he continues to keep going
without slackening the pace.
Follow Their Leader.
The boys follow. Many are not
smiling by this time, Those in the
rear are gradually falling behind. The
coach finally comes to steep hill, and
UP he goes on a walk that would be a
run for most people. The youths trail
up as best they can. Some are breath
ing like a stalled machine. 1t is seri-
Gus business now for them. The coach
is just beginning to catch his stride.
For the next hour he sets hot
pace and does everything but climb
trees. BY the time the veteran re-
turns to the university with his
charges they are about "all in" The
coach turns around and examines
them with a piercing look. He care
fully notes those who come stray
Cling in. Also the unhappy young
sters who walk the last quarter.
These stragglers generally walk the
plank. In the initial hike Ten Eyck
has been watching three things need
ed in rowing candidates-legs. wind
and grit.
Ten Eyck, with a wonderfully mag
netic personality, gains a great hold
on his men the very minute they dis
cover they can't put anything over on
him