The San Francisco call., 1896-06-27
THE OARSMEN.
Crews That VIII Not Take Part In
the Stockton Regatta.

Crews That Will Not Take Part In
the Stockton Regatta.
Tomorrow at 1890 o'clock at the foot
of Chestnut street, Alameda, the Ala
media Boating and Swimming Club will
have rowing regatta.
1t has completed all preparations for
the event, and the original entry list, as
appeared exclusively in Sundays CALL,
still remains intact
The offic ais of the days sport are as fol-
lows: Referee, al Rodgers; judges, ]. A.
SAMSON and A. Schumacher; timer, J.
Conro; marshal, F. Mundwyler; starter,
S. W. Creigh.
Rowing is enjoying an era of prosperity
at the Alameda Club. AT present they
have not enough boats to satisfy the row.
ing propensities of the mem bers, and will
soon place orders Tor many new boats.
Following is a list of applicants for mem
bership at the next regular meeting: P.
Steinmeitz, Samuel MarSton, Roger Chey-
elier, Louis Chevelier, Walter Canning
and James Scott.
From present indications it looks as if
the Stockton regatta on July will be
robbed of one of its most important fea-
lures. A senior four-oared barge race, in
which were entered the South End crew
(the cham piops of the coast), the Stockton
Giants, and a crew from the Pioneer Row.
ing Club, was down on the programme.
but it is very doubtful if 1t will take place.
The Pioneer and South End crews have
stopped training, but the Stockton crew is
still smashing away at the oars, and in the
event OF neither of the local crews Inning
up the Stockton crew will claim the race
by default.
The management of the regatta had
counted on this race as one of the draw
ing cards, and the Stockton people were
more than anxious to see the crew from
their city line up with the local cham
pions.
But the home oarsmen say "nit," they
won't row for acup; but this Gems to be a
case of 'possum. The same crews have
rowed for cups before, and there is no rea.
son why they should refuse to race again.
There are many who think that the local
men are actually afraid of the Stockton
crew and don't like to tackle it in its pres
ent condition, for the Stockton boys are
known to be in great form, while the
barge crews here are mparatively in no
form at all.
Dupfissea, the stroke of the South End
crew, will row single-scull race before
going into the barge event, and the rest of
the crew, it is thought are afraid to row
the race, thinking that Duplissea will be
too pumped out and In no condition to put
up speedy stroke.
The South End Club at its recent meet
ing tried hard TO induce the boys to row,
regardless of defeat or victory, and offered
to pay their expenses while at Stockton,
put Captain Macarthur said that they will
row on September only.
The Pioneer crew had been training
hard, but when the club said it couldn't
afford to pay the boys expenses at Stock
ton, the crew quit work.
John T. Sullivan, the shoe-deaIer, came
to the rescue and offered to pay all the
crews expenses and put up $500 besides
that they could defeat either the South
End or Stockton crews, but the Pioneers
had knocked off training for week, and
they say they didn't like to risk defeat
owing to lack of condition.
This is just the reason why the Fourth
of July committee will have nothing to do
with rowing regattas, as it cannot depend
upon the oarsmen to train properly and
race when the time comes for business.
The senior single scull event will have