The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-11
THE OARSMEN.

Stockton and San Francisco Fight
ing for the Annual Regatta.
Considerable dissatisfaction is preyalen t
among the rowing fraternity at present.
relative to making the regatta to be held
at Stockton during the Native Sons cele-
bration on November 9 championship
affair.
The Stockton Athletic Association ap-
piled for sanction for the regatta over
two months ago and asked to have the
affair made a championship event. but the
P. A. A. anticipate big regatta on the
bay here during fiesta week, and as Stock
ton has had two regattas this year efforts
are going to be brought to bear to have the
championship races allotted to this CITY
during the carnival.
5. j. Pembroke OF the Alameda Boating
and Swimming Club was present at one of
the meetings OF the Chamber of Com
merce held recently and pointed out to
them the advisability of setting aside an
appropriate sum for fiesta regatta. and
his efforts received commendable consid-
GRAFTON. He now feels certain tn at a re-
gatta will be part of the athletic pro-
gramme of the carnival.
In the event that the 9th of Septem Der
regatta will not be cham pionship affair
II will undoubtedly be one of the greatest
aquatic events ever held on this coast.
The clubs are fast developing new mate
rial, and many new crews that have never
before been seen In race will take part in
the Admission-day regatta. This will be
grain OF comfort to the spectators, for it
has long been prevailing feature of re-
gattas that the same men are always tax
ing part and the same men always win
ming and losing.
AT the Stockton regatta on July several
new men participated in the races, and as
consequence some of the old-timers were
ignominiouslv defeated. George Phelan.
the latest addition to the rowing world,
will certainly make his rowing prowess
known In all future reeattas. He won the
Junior ourrigger-skim race at the Stockton
regatta so handily that he is already
looked upon as the coming coast cham
pion.
Phelan was the only one out of the Oriel
CLUBS many entries in the Stockton races
who brought victory to his club.
The Stockton people feel rather sore over
the defeat OF their new barge in its first
race, but the barge, in the opinion of
many, Is not what 1t is cracked up to be.
and If anything the Stockton crew that
rowed it on the Fourth were the equal in
every particular of the South End crew
that defeated them. 1t can be, therefore.
seen that the contest was an equal test of
home production against Eastern manu-
facture and home production came out on
top.
The barge is altogether dissimilar to the
home boats. 1t is shorter sits lower in the
water and the gunwaie is perfectly
straight. The bottom of the boat resem bles
wedge. The stern is drawn in almost to
point, the bow is rather full and the stem
comes straight down until it reaches the
water, when it begins to taper off grad
ually. In the home barges the stem
begins to taper off from the gunwale and
resem bles yacht with cutaway bows. but
the stem OF the Stockton boat is almost
straight.
The boat is not by any means hand
some craft. The workmanship is very
plain, and the knowing ones say she will