St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-09
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lose, George brewery, of Rat Port
age, and Dan Murphy, of Winnipeg,
are wondering just how much of it
John Kennedy means. They are not
losing sight of anything, and both
think that the senior four lies be-
tween Winnipeg and Minnesota be-
yond question. -, .,.-.,-..,,.. -.
I'll tell you," said Kennedy last
night, 1--WE don't bank on winning
with the Junior four, although you
can rest assured they will be in it,
and will row their best to the finish.
That four hasn't been together long
enough. And then there is the
senior double, Nettleton and Wann.
Splendid men, but they have only
rowed once together With the senior
four we have a fighting chance.
They don't make satisfactory time,
but as racing crew it is a good one.
The truth is, we never entered a re-
gatta with less chances of success.
Our eight broke our fou1s and after
we returned from Saratoga it took
us some time to get four started.
Now we put such a crew against
men who have been rowing togeth-
er all summer. Still, my boy, we
will row better in a race than we
will on time. Our boys are excellent
racers; have cool heads, steady
nerve, strength and wind. They
count like thunder when you're on
the course and watched by thousands
of eyes
Kennedy doesn't see how Mime
sofa can win the senior four, for
the reason that they only beat Win
nipeg a slim length last summer,
and this year the Canucks broke the
record at Saratoga. Duluth will
make a hard battle for the junior
four, the only race in which the
Zenith City boys are entered. They
are a likely crew, and appear here
with handsome new shell, the
counterpart of the one Cornell used
in England, and built by the same
man at Troy. The Duluth boys are
not only telling what they are going
to do, but they will be in the race
at all stages beyond question.
A STARTLING RUMOR.
spread through the Lafayette to-
night to the effect that Winnipeg
will attempt to send both her crews
in the junior four race. It caused
CONSERVATION amongst the other
oarsmen, but it appears that they
are helpless and cannot prevent it.
The constitution of the association
is a very riclety and vulnerable af-
fair, and most anything in the world
can be done with it. The question
will be brought UP at the meeting
late tonight, but the general opinion
is that nothing can be done with it.
Hence the Winnipegs will prob
ably send their seniors in the junior
race. Good thing!
Now it is fact beyond question that
the best of feeling does not prevail
at this regatta. There are no open
ruptures, but Winnipeg and Rat Port
age came here not arrayed against
Duluth and Minnesota, but prepared to
stand together in all questions that
Winnipegs to send two crews into the
junior race comes-before the meeting,
Winnipeg and Rat Portage will stand
together, and Minnesota and Duluth.
The vote will be a tie, and Winnipeg
cannot be debarred from entering both
crews.
Another matter that isn't conducive
to the best of good feeling is the fact
that the Minnesotas have renewed
their old charges of professionalism
against De Brisay and Hackett and
these charges must be heard by the
status committee, which will meet the
first thing in the morning. George
brewery, of the Rat Portage club. to
which both of the men belong, says
he is surprised that these charges
should be renewed. They We're made
at Saratoga, and the regatta conlnl.t-
tee threw the charges out as unworthy
of consideration.
If it were possible to substantiate
the charges against these two men,
Rat Portage would have 10 drop out of
the singles and the junior four. as