Evening star., 1926-06-03

Portland Boat Club. in August, l92,
the lack of cooperation on the part
With the four-mile regatta against
Yale on the Thames at London three
weeks off, it is problematical what the
Haines, who is a nephew of William
Haines, now coach at NJ. l. T.. and
who preceded Stevens as coach at
Harvard, has done good work with the
freshmen and it remains to be seen
whether a change in methods at this
season of the year will work out
advanta geouSly.
The position of rowing coach at
Harvard has not been an easy one in
some years. especially since Yale un-
der Edward Leader has been winning
sequential victories on the Thames.
But it seemed last June as though
Stevens had taken hold in the proper
way and Yale had to row for her life
to distance the Crimson eight in the
fourrnile event.
But this year, after the crew re-
turned from a week of practice at
Princeton in April, there have been
rumors that all was not well. In her
first regatta of the season, that against
crew rowed an exceptionally engaging
race and defeated the Tigers in a nip
and-tuck dash over q mile and seven
eighthS course.
Thereafter misfortune was always
evident. On May 90 Penn won a
three-cornered regatta against Har-
ward and NJ. 1. T., and to fill Har-
wards cup of woe lowly NJ. I. T..
finished second.
Last Saturday the Navy cleaned up
In a guadrangular regatta in which
Harvard participated. Then a storm
which had been gathering broke
There were reports that Harvard
oarsmen were not satisfied with the
conduct of affairs and other reports
that the dear old grad at Cambridge
was making trouble.
Interference Claimed.
AS to this, the current Harvard
alumni bulletin says: There have been
many explanations of the race for uni
versity crews (the regatta of May 22)
For one thing the old bugbear has
been handed out again: Interference
by the graduate rowing committee
This accusation is ill-timed, to say the
least. 1t has been the effort of the
rowing committee in the past three
years not to direct the policies Of Har-
ward, but to prevent any outside in
f1uences from directing them and to
give the coach an unfettered oppor-
tunity for working out his own saliva
tion. We vouch that the present
coach has had such an opportunity"
Edward Stevens is a very high type
of man, who received his experience of
varsity sweep swinging as member
of the Cornell crews of 190S-19O9, when
the late Charles L. Courtney was in
his prime. In 1911 he was named as
assistant to Vourtney. Later he went
to Oregon. where he rowed in the
Portland Boat Club crew and twice
acted as captain. Later he served as
coach without pay and turned out
some excellent eights.
At Harvard, in his first year, he did
little but experiment, and there were
indications that when he became
Orfented he would restore in consider.
able degree Harvard's old prestige
Last year, as said, the Crimson was
represented by superb four-mile
crew. but this year things have broken
badly and no one who knows Stevens
and his ability to coach will ascribe all
the fault to him.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 3 CP).-
Edward A. Stevens, head coach of
Harvard rowing, has resigned because
Of lack of cooperation on the part OF
the crew." His resignation. effective
at once. has been accepted by William
J. Bingham, director of athletics.
Immediate steps will be taken to
obtain another coach to bring the
varsity crew to its main objective. the
Yale race at New London, now little
more than three weeks Off.