Evening star., 1921-01-22


The installation Of machines is an
innovation for the sport in the
schools. and indicates that Centrars
decision to be represented by a crew
Is not one of the moment, but rather
OF long consideration Of the expense
and detail involved.
AT a meeting just before the holidays
Robert A Maurer. principal Of the
school, addressed those interested in
rowing and stated that necessarily
the school would have to feel its way
Tor a month or 30 before any decision
as 10 the desirability and feasibility
OF ueVeIoplng a crew was definitely
made. However, after mature con-
Sideratfon, and with the assurance of
support from the c. club, the Blue
and White authorities determined to
D9iid up rowing as one of the features
Of Central athletics. The installation
OF machines for indoor work, an ar
rangement with the Potomac Boat
Club for temporary use of a boat
until the one now being ordered ar
We're natural sequences.
May Use English Shell.
II its order is accepted by the firm
with which il is being placed Central
Will use shell OF English make
Clarence Hecox. former Analostan
ana Potomac Boat Club coach. who
VIII develop the Blue and White oars
men. is partial to that style of boat
Just what kind of schedule the
crew Will have is not known. Those
IN charge have not given great
zeal or consideration to this phase Of
.ms sport. out contemplate no diffi-
cuity IN arranging events. Coach He
cox said today. for instance, that 1,
snouid be easy to get a race with
the Navy plebes, with Central High
school of Philadelphia, and probably
sne crew would enter the American
Henley at Philadelphia, In the race
| for scholastic cights. Races with the
Old Dominion Boat Club of Alexan-
oria and with Potomac Boat Club
should not be out of the question by
any means.
To Revive Sport Permanently.
| Yes. we are going to have a crew
at Central" Coach Hecox said. when
| asked MS opinion about rowing in the
that. And also I think the spcrt 10
| going to be revived in the high
schools to stay-anyway. at Central.
We have our machines installed
! and squad Of eighteen at work on
| them. Just as soon as the weather
opens up we shall put two crews on
| the water. How soon this will be. of
| course. have no means of foretelling
/ The earliest I ever got out a high
| school crew was in 1912. when the
Tech men went out in a boat on Feb
! ruary Is and did not miss a day from
then until the end Of the season.
Material In Promising.
Material for the crew is green but
promising. and I think we shall have
fine nucleus from which to pick
fast and powerful scholastic eight.
A good coxswain is a first requisite.
kHa T.
ningham. He has all the -earmarks of
fine youngster to- handle a boat
Inlay Is showing up well and ought
to become a star. Besides Inlay.
Darling. Grey. Dougall. Rider. Chis-
holm. Lewis and. Groves are work
should become exceptionally good
men. While / have mentioned only
a few men above. we have others who
are promising and who should come
close to winning seats in the regular
boat In reality. ] look for such close
competition that it probably viii. be
difficult to select a first crew until
a, few days before We have the in
itial race. If YOU want TO some time.
] have no objection to rou quoting
me- as Of the opinion that the Grew
will mark nev era in high school
rowing in Washington"
Heccx Sucrcssful Coach.
Coach Hecox has been identified
with high school rowing since 1898.
as 1t was he who coached the first
Central crew. He also developed five
boats at Tech. and this Is his sew
enth venture into the sport in one Of
the local schools. Hecox knows how
to handle high school boys and under
stands rowing and Craftsmanship per-
haps as well as any other man In the
south. He has coached successfully
In high schools and in local boat
clubs.
Just what arrangement Coach He
cox contemplates in relationship to
the Potomac Boat Club is not known.
but IL he coaches there again this
summer-and his last years record
was such as to give reason to believe
that the Potomacs will have him con-
tinue in charge-he may introduce
the same tactics he employed while
he was at Tech and the Analostan
Boat Club. There the Tech men were
aided by the boat club during the
spring, and in the summer the high
school men recipocated bv rowing In
the Analostan crews. Such an ar
rangement for Central men at the
Potomac Boat Club would rebound
much to the advantage OF both organ
izations.