Dan Julian died last Saturday. He's been away from rowing for a while, but I've been visiting with him now and again to have a beer and some laughs. He coxed the Amlong brothers in their pair with in the early 60s, and did a lot of coaching as well.
He's going to have his ashes scattered on the Schuykill. If anybody reading finds out any more info about the time and place, please share with me, I'd like to ask a friend training in Philly now to stand in on my behalf.
First time I met Dan was at the Peninsula Yacht club in Redwood City right next to Bair Island AC. People at the Yacht club (I use the term loosely, definitely not the tie and double breasted look) knew me from the rowing club activities, so called me in to have a beer with them. No problemo. Here's this dapper little guy with white hair and a cane starts giving me a load of grief about what a waste of time rowing is. He put on this act for about 20 minutes or so pretending he was ignorant of rowing completely, but denigrating it nonetheless. I picked out his Philly accent after a few minutes, later on asked him how anyone from Philly can be so freakin ignorant of the sport. I said something to the effect: 'The only people I know of that don't know rowing in Philly are the stupid drunk micks in Upper Darby."
He laughed his butt off. He then said that he didn't know anything about rowing but he knew a couple guys that he used to push around that might have rowed a little.
Then he got me, named off the Amlongs, Boyce Budd, Jack Kelly, Gus Ignas, and a host of others. Basically the Philly Rowing Hall of Fame.
I always like a guy that when I introduce myself as Mike, they right away call me Sul or Sully. Danny was like that, I'm really grateful I got a chance to be friends.
On 5 Apr 2005 15:09:30 -0700, donal.casey@gmail.com (Donal Casey) wrote:
Im sure Danny will be looking down on you with a wry smile.>
Whilst I loved reading Mike's account of his meeting with Dan (rowing anecdote # 28837 in Sully's great ledger of such things), I do have to wonder whether the theologically, mechanically or even physiologically correct term for the oversight a coxswain who has hung up their rudderstrings should be "looking down on you".
Now if Dan had been a 5 or 6 seat (or even as far down the boat as possibly 3) then looking down on Sully is a possibility, but not for one of our dear friends formerly engaged in acts of directional derring-do and instructional triumphs.
Perhaps "Danny will be keeping driftwood out of your way" or similar would be more appropriate.
Nonetheless a great account of a meeting with an undeniable character.
"Chris Wade" <chris@wado.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:c6g65192l4hbgcpe9elvm6j92chkicc49h@4ax.com...> On 5 Apr 2005 15:09:30 -0700, donal.casey@gmail.com (Donal Casey)> wrote:
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Nonetheless a great account of a meeting with an undeniable character.
I wish I knew that the 'ashes on the Schuykill' was in his burial plan. I'd have talked him into changing it to just tossing his body in the water with a Vesper shirt and rowing trou, sort of a combination of burial at sea and 'floater to port' .
It STILL makes me shudder, it's happened to me more than once there.
The Schuykill floods should just be starting now. They could toss him in at the starting line and time him to the finish. I think he'd beat me in my single!!
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