The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-19
THE FIELD OF SPORT.
Shell Racing to Be Given a
Start in Seattle.
END OF SHOOTING TOURNAMENT
Fine Scores Made at Live Birds-SeattJe
Wins the Team Championship
The Tennis Tournaments.
, N-HELL racing has been

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- on. Lake Washing
ton is undoubtedly
one OF the finest sheets OF water in Amer
lea for q regatta, and yetsit has been put to
poor use in this respect. There are quite
q number of oarsmen in Seattle who have
pulled in college and other amateur crews
back East but they have had little or no
opportunity here. The efforts that have
been made to promote the interests of
amateur rowing here have been scattering
aud have amounted to almost nothing.
Some months ago an attempt was made to
organize club TO become member of an
oarsmen's association in the Pacific North
west, in which Portland, Victoria and
other cities hold membership, but it went
no further than talk. Quite recently there
has been movement started by an a,nuse-
ment company on Lake Washington to
help along aquatic sports, but it has as yet
had no time to bear fruit.
There are now in the city persons whose
residence here means a great deaf to boat
racing. If proper encouragement is given.
They are the five Romano brothers. who.
although not professionals, are entitled to
rank among the best oarsmen In Europe
They hold medals by the score for their
achievements and have won cups and BAN
ners not few for the rowing clubs to
which they have belonged Four of them
Lorenzo. Eugene, Ernest and Hector
are cracks with the oars, while the Young
est. Albert, who IS still mere bow. is used
az their coxswain in four-oared racing.
They are master hands in single, double
or four-oared shells, and are also experts
in the Venetian style OF rowing, which is
unknown in this country. In this the
rowers all stand erect in the boat
The Romanos are all American born,
although they have been abroad for sew
eral years until quite recently. They for-
merry lived in Victoria, Seattle and other
places on the Sound, but at that time
knew nothing about she'll racing In 1885
they went to Europe, and at London took
their first lessons with the oars on the
river Thames. Later they went to Paris
and continued practising at the sport
there. 1t was not until 1883. however,
after they had removed to Turin. that
they had their first race. This city, which
lies on the Pc river, Is a great center for
boat racing, and has some eight or ten
boat clubs, between whom there is a keen
rivalry.
Here the Romanos after their first race,
which was a victory, soon began to grow
in fame as experts. Lake Geneva, which
lies in Switzerland, not far distant from
Turin, is also famous place for regattas,
where the oarsmen of all the nations of
Europe meet, and it was also the scene of
numerous victories for the brothers. They
were not forgetful of their native land.
and generally wore the red, white and blue
for their colors. Perhaps their greatest
triumph was at the international regatta
in 1890 on Lake Geneva where France,
England, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and
other nations were represented. The
Romanos, who pulled for the Turin boat
club. Of which they were members, won
first place in the four-oared race. while
Lorenzo and Eugene took the honors in
the double shell event