Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
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DNAV By FRANCIS STANN
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pened 80 years Yale hwarted by Navy repeat
Uncle Sans Olympic she'll Not only Yae-Cornel, too.
Four years when the present Admirals sopho
and weaving their sken that reach 81 victories
in and beating the Russians by length the Olym
pics knowledgeabe rowing authorities called them
historys greatest eight
The same oarsmen were back on Onondaga Lake these
last few days something missing Look at this
way Navy spokesman put it. These fellows have
training for five and half months which is long enough
But four years ago there wives waiting at the
boathouse maybe holding baby or Four years ago
they didn't even have dates nor had they been in an
officers club"
This is not take anything away from Yale Cornell
the one-two crews AS Coach Rusty Caow said: They're
both better Navy rowed we'll Id have felt badly guys
hadn't rowed their but they did and have COM
plants.
NOW THIS WAS LAST FRIDAY, after the qualifying
heats had been of. Cornell the first heat over
choppy waters in SAL Yale the second in $50 Both Navy
and Washington finishing back of Cornell handly beat
Yales time and reporter asked jim Rathschmidt his
crews dull time bothered him.
Well no." Yales coach said slowly like his tongue was
in his cheek I'VE always to win The boys did what
thought they could do" He did everything except wink
for despite Yae relatively slow cockng the Ellis beat
runnerup Wisconsin by nearly :hreequarter of length
So on Onondaga yesterday what did Yale do except
better its time by 1917 The Blues by half
length over Cornell which in the heat rowed nine full
seconds faster.
Obviously Yale rowed only as fast as necessary in its
heat, neither Callow Navy Stanford OF
Cornell had any complaints Originally they had squawked
that Yale in easy heat and appeased when
Stanford included Turned out it still easier
heat, but Caow put it:
When you get days layof, like all got on account
of the weather it made difference Yale is great crew
RATHSCHMIDT WHO NOW becomes head coach of
the United States Olympic team, is hardly the
on the-sreet will recognize He is of 43 with
slategray hair ecked with black His face perpetuay
ruddy with tiny veins his cheeks and ouwardy he
to be the epome of middle aged farmer with deeply
yelled of humor
This is his sixth year rowing coach of Yale. Con-
tray to even what some rowngwise folk in these parts
thought he did not for Callow at the University Of
Washington, did Stork Stanford of Cornell and Al
Ulbrickson of Washington, for instance.
Never went to college at all RahSchmdt says in what
amounts to drawl. y kid interested in boats and
lived near Princeton N J. had an uncle, Johnny Schultz
who was scuer and rgger guess was always Just
pro. My dad a rigger, too for a while"
The Hun School, prep for Princeton, gave him job
teaching rowing This back in 1886 1887, Jms
sure, then Dutch scoch Of Princeton took him his
assistant. Next step: Yale And now: Olympcs
He took time out from his coaching to be soldier in
World War H. As an nfantryman he got in the leg in
France
Five miles from the German border" he was saying
reluctantly When pressed for details he wanted to
Germany too"
A REPORTER ASKED: jim isn't the name Rath-
schmidt German one?"
That's why wanted to see Germany" he said "Rath-
schmidt. 1t longer when my folks this
country They kind of cut it down little Not enough,
guess but some
This Yale of yours" asked man. did it sur
prise you?"
We'll, little rough at the start" jim hedged
Then saw possibilities. Today made it. think that
by the time reach Australia we'll be better.
That's all can tell you We've got sophomores juniors
and seniors in and you know it is You've
got to juggle while think we're finished juggling
rs this the best you coached? asked eager
young man who had Just Joined the inquisitors
Rathschmidt smiled quizzically, Just Chairman
Clifford tTppy, Goes was calling for him on the public
address step up and his as the United States
Olympic coach.
Well, III tell you" jim said Il was just telling these
other folks earlier-they asked me-that I'm my sixth
year at Yale Far know hasn't been in the Oym-
pics since 1924
With mock smile to quaint short billed cap he had
peen affecting he ambled of to his just
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