Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-24
new COACH FOR
BOAT CREW IN
DULUTH SIGNS
Interest Redoubled in Thi.
Sport; Duluth. Maintains
Winning Crew.

Duluth, Mimi, Jan. In
terest in the activities of the Duluth
Boat club, recognized nationally as al
ways supporting crews Of winning cal
ibre has redoubled with the announce
ment of the signing Of Roy Kent, vet
r Duluth oarsrnan, as assistant
coach, club officials reported today.
Kent has already assumed active
charge of affairs Of the Zenith city
crews in the absence Of James A. Ten
Eyck, chief coach Of the D. B.. c.
crews. Coach Ten Eyck will not arrive
here from Syracuse university until in
June, when time approaches for ap-
plication of finishing touches in prep
aration for big national association
regatta.
In the meantime, Kent will put his
squad through extensive preliminary
training which will start next month.
Early road will consist Of inside row.
ing and heavy road work.
When the ice Of Lake Superior
starts to crack in April the d. B. c.
blade wielders will pull their shells
from the sheds on the shore of the
lake, where they have rested since late
last summer, and begin actual training
in earnest. These athletes have learned
to disregard the chilly late winter
breezy blasts and, according to Gus
tom,. only light summer-ike toys will
be worn.
Rowing with the local club is ex-
pected to be established in 1921 to the
basis Of ante-bellum days, when the
! Zenith city oarsmen always toe lead
ing parts in national association
events. Signing of Kent is regarded by
followers of the sport as a big step
forward toward return to old-time
form. F
Kent is a graduate Of the old school
of rowing. He started his career back
in 1910 when John Peyton was mentor
Of the local oarsmen. In 1911 When
DR.. Frank Lyman was coaching tn
Duluth men, Kent was one Of the fore
year that Young jim" Ten Eyck
came here from the east, assumed
charge Of the D.. B. c. crew and gave
Duluthians their first helping Of first
class rowing, which in later year came
as regular as the season rolled around,
In. 1911, Kent ,stroked the Duluth
Junior eight that finished second to
the Argonauts of Toronto at Saratoga,
N. Y: When the same crew in 1912 al
the national association regatta al
Peoria, ILL.,, defeated the best squads
! in the country, Kent was at the stroke
A new worlds record was establish.
ed by the D.. B. c. for an intermediate
crew. The time was 6:16. The famous
/! Detroit Boat club eight vas among the
! victims of the local oarsmen in 1912
How Wright, head coach of the De.
troit club, resigned his position afte,
the defeat at the hands OF the Their
almost unheard of Duluth eight, i.
told with a great deal of pleasure by
veteran blademen of Duluth.
The next year Kent stroked the
senior eight crew of the Boston clut
and took his first association defea,
from the D.. B. c. eight. his former
rowing mates. In 1914, Kent strokec
the Duluth senior eight. which fairly
swept the boards in the national asso'
citation regatta at Philadelphia.
One of the more prominent feats o.
Kent as an oarsman was his perform
(ance in the same regatta when will
only a days notice he doubled up will
Art Osmon and won the senior doubles
for the local club. .,
Kent's performances in 1915 ant
1916 in the national regattas wer,
ever more pronounced than those o
previous years. He took a leading par
in the D. B. C.'s feat in 1915 of cap
, turing top honors in ten of clever
events started out of a card of Thirteen
events. ~. J..
Rowing relaxed here during 1911
and 1913 and last yea on the loca
clubs first efforts after the war, it los
to the Navy and Syracuse crews in tn
Olympic tryouts. Strenuous efforts t
wipe out the stigma Of these defeat
will be put forward by the D. B. c
this wear.