The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-04
NQUATIC men
CLING TO OARS
DURING WINTER
[any Long Hours Of Uninspiring
Labor Necessary Before TAX
ing to Water.
Ri LAWRENCE PERRY.

Copyright, 1922, by the Console
dated Press.)
New York, Jan. At is a long,
ing grind upon which candidates
,r aquatic honors enter today from
he various universities that go in
Or intercollegiate rowing. Sweep
winging has a poetry all its own.
at just now, in these bleak win
sr days, the amiable, colOrful and
jvable elements of the sports are
lr away. For the environment in
hitch oarsmen find themselves to-
ay is uninspiring and unimpres-
I've Vague walls of a dimly light
d room in the college shut them In,
nd here and on the rowing ma
hines they toll. pulling and swing
ag and getting no more out OF
heir efforts than the gray squirrel
cts as he PAGES his wire wheel.
Harvard rowing candidates have
erhaps an advantage over their
rethren of other aquatic centers
lasmuch as they swing their oars
real tank, the water passing
trough hollow blades.
But whether in tank or on wood
n floor, the work is the same
wing, pull, shoot it away and
wing again. The coach and his
ssistants move along the ma
hines hurting criticism-the time
DR. obiurgation has not arrived as
eat the galley slaves, shifting
aen from one combination TO an
ther; In general conducting them
elves as though the hearty young
spirants we're receiving pay for
aeir labors. Day after day, week
fter week. this will go on until
pine afternoon in March, boats
Iriil be lowered and crews clad in
'~eaters and wooden undergar-
lents will be sent forth to dodge
ne ice foes.
s@ Sport Heading West.
! Leaving the oarsmen at their
ard tasks one may cast thoughts
head to the intercollegiate sea-
on. There is every prospect that
will be the most interesting and
drilling in the annals of college
living This not alone because of
lie wealth of candidates at the diff
BRENT aquatic centers and the char
kter of regattas already announc-
d but because there is every pros
|ect this year of the spread of the
owing idea to the middleweSt. Not
nly is Wisconsin expected to pre-
ARE crews for the big regatta at
loughkeepsie, but a movement is
b foot which is likely to result in
ae organization of intercollegiate
owing at the University of Chica-
o. California, which did so well
lst year, will, the writer learns,
iake another trip east. provided.
{ course. if she wins the Pacific
cast regatta in March. This, by
ne way, is altogether probable.
Knute Rockne was one of the in
sresting young men seated about
sble at an uptown club. The ia
lie also included DR.. Long of
orthwestern university. Bill Alex
nder of Georgia Tech. Joseph
ynrc of Notre Dame, and others. /!
he talk was of referees.
ABOUT OUc1aiS.
zone of the best l encountered"
lid Rockne. happened this fall. A !
srtain umpire, who shall not be |
AIMED. upon two successive occa- |
ons called off side against my
even. AS the official came abreast !
me l asked him who the man |
as. He replied he did not know
s name, but his number was 81.
nd do you know who number 81 |
as? He was our center"
Bill Alexander told story of a
rub player on Tech who had
rived four years and never had a
lance to play on the varsity. In
e last period of the scrubs last
me there came a halt and the
plain looked toward the side
les. "Hey Jones, come out here"
called.
Jones peeled off his sweater and
lille the cheer leader called for a
II for Jones the delighted young
an romped out upon the field. And
hen he got to the scrimmage line
e members Of both elevens form
a circle about Jones, screening
m from public view.
Hey, Jones'" said the captain.
urry up and get your trousers
;. Buck Flowers has ripped his
to pieces
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