Word: coaching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Captain Collyer, of the Cornell squad, will also be the coach of his oarsmen under the general supervision of Courtney. The latter's illness, however, will prevent his being more than a coach in name so that Collyer will be practically in complete charge of rowing at Ithaca. It is still a question whether he will continue at stroke, in which position he rowed as captain of the 1916 eight, or whether he will devote his entire time to coaching...
...Princeton crews have recently been called out and the men have been put to work on the machines. Dr. J. D. Spaeth will again be the faculty coach. The schedule will include the annual races with Yale, Cornel and the University, and the triangular race with Columbia and Pennsylvania. All these races will be of two miles, for Coach Spaeth is one of those who opposes the four-mile race because of the strain on the contestants...
...great expense of rowing is considered by many to the scarcely worth the results obtained by participation in the sport. As there is always a large deficit greatly in proportion to the receipts this loss has top be made up by loyal graduates. The advantage of an amateur coach is one in which the University is alone, for in most of the other colleges professionals take charge of their crews. In spite of this advantage, the University's rowing expenses were larger than those of Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania last year. The figures for last spring follow: Rcpts. Expenses Loss...
...politics, the new freedom. Study is alien to the college; it would intrude on time that might be worthily spent in fashionable activities and no modern faculty would for an instant encourage it. If athletics is not the first aim of college, why is the football coach paid three times, four times, the salary of the professor of Greek...
...Coach Haughton has urged all of the players to go out for some of the other teams, naming wrestling as one of the best. There are a large number of players, however, who have not had any physical exercise since the Yale game in November, and the hour from 2 to 3 o'clock in the baseball cage is reserved for any of these who wish to limber up their muscles. Coach Donovan, of the track team, is on hand to supervise the work...