Word: courtney
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Courtney has been engaged to coach the Cornell crew again this year. He will take charge of the men in January. Special efforts will be made to produce a winning freshman crew, as it is expected that races will be rowed with Yale, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania. The 'Varsity crew hopes to induce Yale to reconsider her refusal to row Cornell, and it is also rumored that a challenge will be sent to Harvard...
...first regatta of the association held on the Charles demonstrated what chance eight working boys had against the same number of college athletes who are in their boat as soon as the ice leaves the water. Take Cornell, for instance; their crew is trained by Courtney, a professional. Should they come to our regatta, they would be in grand form through long practice, while such crews as the Shawmut, Columbian, City Point, Crescent and Bradford clubs can marshall, will have been lucky to have had two weeks practice as a crew...
...rowing at Cornell this year. This is due to the fact that the University will this year be represented for the first time by a eight, the crew in former years having been composed of but six men. The candidates for the crew have been under the charge of Courtney, the well-known oarsman, and he feels confident that Cornell will put a good crew on the water. He describes the stroke as the "get there" variety used by Hanlan, O'Conner and Teemer...
...Cornell crew is to be coached by a professional coach instead of Mr. Courtney...
...Courtney will coach the Cornell crew again this year...