Word: coaching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Jack Manning, who has been associated with rowing at the University for 17 years, has resigned his position as coach to take charge of the Norton Boat Club in Worcester. His resignation is dated to take effect on December 1, and until then he will continue in his present capacity at the Newell Boat House...
...very sorry to be leaving Harvard," said Coach Manning, "but the change is a necessary one for me. Of the 17 years that I have spent here I shall have nothing but pleasant memories, and if I have in any way helped the University's crews I am well satisfied...
...football mass meeting of the year last night, it was conclusively shown that the University is solidly behind the eleven. Two thousand men fought to squeeze their way into the Living Room of the Union. Not once this year has such enthusiasm been exhibited at a mass meeting. Even Coach R. T. Fisher '12, who witnessed the spirit of the days before the war, exclaimed that he had never seen the Union so jammed...
...meeting opened with a cheer; then songs, more cheering and speeches, followed in quick succession. Coach "Wally" Trumbull '15 started things by denouncing the "split in the Harvard team" story of yesterday's newspapers as a lie. "The spirit of the men and the coaches is the same as ever and the harmony between them as good as any I ever saw," he continued...
...Head Coach Fisher '12, the next speaker, emphasized the fact that the easy schedule was forced upon the management by circumstances. "We sent the team against Princeton without knowing how well it would show up. But from the first minute the team 'came back.' And the fact that the team, in the last five minutes of play fought their way to a tie shows the stuff they are made of." Relative to the Yale game he said, "I was greatly impressed by the Yale team, their strength and power. But look at that eleven," (turning...