RESIGNATION OF CREW COACH AT YALE ACCEPTED

RED TOP, CONN., June 5, 1921.--Mr. Guy Nickalls, veteran English rowing coach who has had charge of Yale rowing for several years past, has tendered his resignation to the Yale Athletic Association of which Professor Clarence E. Mendell is chairman, and his resignation has been accepted. The announcement was made tonight with the approval of the Yale crew captain and the Graduate Advisory Committee on Rowing. Mr. James Corderry has been appointed coach for the remainder of the season according to a simultaneous announcement.

A change in coaches has been generally expected by those in close touch with Yale rowing, ever since the Yale-Cornell race. Far-reaching and very vital changes in the system are expected to result from the appointment of Mr. Corderry, changes both in the type of rowing and in the rigging of the Yale shells. Many considered it a step backward, for instance, when Mr. Nickalls reintroduced the thole-pin in the outriggers in place of the lock now in universal use in this country; his insistence on the flat slide has also been criticised.

The three University crews and substitutes, with coaches, riggers, and attendants arrived today. The shells which were shipped on Friday will be ready for the men to use tomorrow when they begin the period of intensive training which will end with the Yale race on Friday, June 24. The daily program will include two practices, at 11.30 in the morning and 6 in the afternoon, standard time.

The Yale crews which have their training quarters at Gales Ferry, across the river from Red Top, also arrived today and will be put through much the same training activity as the Crimson oarsmen.