The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-16
THE CREWS ALL HERE
0arsmen of the Coast Gathered
for the Regatta
SOME HOT CONTESTS EXPECTED
Visiting Crews Arrive and VIII Try the
Coarse-The Quziftles Of the
Leading Members

Interest In the regatta 80 be held on Lake
Washington or next FRIDAY and Saturday
Is al white heat The crews are al IN
town. and each one 10 confident of win
ming the event IN which II Is entered. In
the corridors OF the hotels ana on the
streets fae athletes can he seen sporting
their respective colors. and big. brown,
health T. looking fellows they are. Arrange
ments have ali been made. and the
crews viii each take q final spin
over the course today. IN order TO sequsins
themselves With IL and pick cut the best
water. The members OF the crews y no
have seen the course are enthasiastic over
il. and predict that fast time will be made,
but think that in the event of close fin
ish il will be difficult to determine the
winner. as the finish will have to be
judged by forming a line on the bows Of
the boats with stake on shore. IS the
water Is TOO deep TO permit Of the placing
Of stakes. as Is the custom In regattas.
The different captains. when asked the
condition OF aquatic sports in their local
titles, report that they are decidedly gain
ing popularity and that increased interest
is being taken in them l. is expected
and Tacoma will have crews in the field
and make bid for the cham pionship.
A great race is expected between the
senior fours OF the Portland and Burrard's
Inlet, Vancouver. team, the present
champions. Last year the BurraSd
Inlet crew won by half a length.
and IL victorious this time the
cup, which was presented by the Canadian
Pacific, aud valued at $3.50, will besome
their personal property. The Portland
crew has been practiclng hard for four
weeks and is in first-class condition. Ii
has a new shell and the members say il
they don't win 1t will be because the other
fellows are better oarsmen. The cham
pions have been training for the past six
weeks under Alex Mclean. formerly row.
ing partner and trainer OF Stansbury, the
worlds champion. They are the heaviest
team in the regatta and are the fayorites
in the betting.
The Vancouver Boating Club viii not
have crew in the senior four, but ex-
poets to win the junior four race. Ii has
put in hard ticks at practice and is in good
trim. This race will probably be the most
exciting of the regatta. as the teams are
evenly matched and great rivalry exists
between them The Willamette four of
Portland are said TO have q good chance
for this race and even their opponents say
they will have TO hustle to beat them.
The prize race of the regatta, and the
one that is attracting the most attention,
will be the senior singles between Cham
pion Quackinbosh. of the Wiliamettes,
and r. n. Johnson. of the Burrard InIets.
These two are the only entries in this
event, and are old-time rivals. Quackin-
tosh is probably one of the most famous
singie-scull amateur rowers in the coun-
try. lie Is the man that both
Hanlan and 0'Connor said would
some day be the champion oarsman
OF the world. II is said he can row forty
strokes TO the minute tor the entire dis
lance of one and one-half miles, and finish
apparently as fresh as at the start.
Johnson has been trained especially by
Mclean Tor this race. and Is said TO be
in fine trim and rowing like a demon.
The personnel, positions and weight of
the visiting crews will be as follows:
Portland senior four, average weight,
| 149IS; S. NJ. LuGers. bow; Capt. r.. C. Hart,
2: W. L. Brewster. 8; 7. 4. stowell.
| rounds; T. w. Freeland. bow: +. L.
| Cooper, 2; II. 4. Lounsbnry, 8, r. f. Oaks.
/ stroke.
| Burrard's Inlet senior four, average
weight, 1888; +. r. Med. Russell, bow; H.
| ". Kent, 2; III. III. Watson. 8: A. f. Hen
| derson, stroke. Junior tour. average
| weight. I42; II. Spinks. bow: Dew. Camp
/ bell. 2; C. II. Macauiev. 3: r. Miller,
| stroke. Senior single. Il. NJ. Johnson,
/ $50 pounds. Junior single, III. Ii. Watson,
/ lso. Willamette junior four, average
weight, i54 Charles Dillon bow. Charles
| Du Cett2. w. J. Patton 8, capt. L. c..
| Henrys stroke. Senior single, Louis
| Quackinbosh. $50, Junior single. +. t.
| Burgeois. las
The eolors of the Portland crew are
| navy blue, sky blue and white; the Bur-
rard Inlet, dark blue and crimson; Van
couver. scarlet and white; Willamette.
dark blue and white.
Ed WerIein, deputy city treasurer OF
i Portland, is in charge of the Willamette
| crew and Is loud in his praises of their
| work, and says the opposing crews will
have 10 row fast 10 beat his team. He said
| II ouackinbosh loses the single champion
| slip he and his team will have to walk
i home.
| The Portland, Burrard Inlet and Van.
couver crews are stopping at the Rainier
/ aud the Willamette crew is 81 the Butler.