Word: raced
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Coach Courtney of Cornell has criticized the four mile crew race because of its strain on the participants and even more so because of the prolonged training required for such a long race. Because of his long association with rowing and his prominence as a coach of winning crews, Courtney's opinion carries much weight. Coach Abbot, of the Yale crew, however, has written a letter to the Yale News, pointing out his arguments in favor of the four mile contest and refuting the statements made by the opponents of the long distance...
...with astonishment that I read an article in the New York Times of Sunday last in which the writer claims that the rowing authorities of Yale have under consideration a proposal to change the distance of the annual race with Harvard in June from four to three miles. I may state that the article in question contains the first news that the Yale rowing authorities have had of the Yale rowing authorities have had of the proposed change. But the Times does not rest content with its Sunday article. In the Monday edition, under the heading of 'Comment on Current...
...There are three stock arguments which the opponents of a four mile race are forever propounding. They say first, that the strain on the oarsmen is too great; secondly, that a crew ahead at the third mile usually wins; and, thirdly, that the training for a four mile race is much more severe and takes more time from the athlete's college work than athletic should...
...strain on the heart of the man becomes proportionately greater because no human being could stand the strain of a high stroke over such a distance. The strain on the heart is therefore a gradual if a long pull, and is not so weakening as would be a shorter race. In a race of four miles, then, when the stroke attains an average of 30 strokes to the minute--and in spite of newspaper reports it is very seldom that any four mile crew can attain to this average--taking 20 minutes to row, the oarsman will have breathed...
Special interest is centered in the I. C. A. A. A. A. Meet, which was decided, at a special meeting of the Advisory and Executive Committees, to be held in the Commercial Museum in Philadelphia, Pa. The Executive Committee also took action on the idea of a race for college graduates, ultimately deciding in favor of such. Many track stars of former years will be seen in action once more in this event. The Committee ruled that the teams for this special event shall be composed of four men each, the first three running two laps apiece and the fourth...