The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-23
THEY'RE OFF TODAY
THE MINNESOTA-WnNNIP ROW.
ING ASSOCIATIONS ANNUAL
MEETING.
MANIToBANS OUT IN FORCE.
LURLINES EXPECT TO BE WELL
TO THE FRONT AT THE
FINNISH.
zaE STANDING OF DIES BRIsAY.
1t VIII be Considered at a Meeting
of the Association This
Morning.


Morning.
The Minnesota-W Winnipeg Rowing as
ISOLATION annual racing meeting will
open this afternoon, and for the sixth
successive year the rowing clubs of
the Northwest will try their skill on
Minnetonka waters. Seven events will
comprise the meeting, four to be rowed
today and three tomorrow. If Their
are any postponed races they will be
rowed Saturday morning. The last
event of the regatta, though not strict
ly a part Of 1t, will be the eight-oar'
contest between Duluth and Minneso-
ia, to take place Saturday afternoon.
The first event of the regatta to be
called near 8 o'clock will be the quar-
ter-mile dash for the Commons medal,
in which all the five clubs will be en-
tered. All clubs will enter the junior
fours; senior singles, Winnipeg, Min
nesota, Rat Portage Lurline; Junior
double, Rat Portage, Minnesota, Lur-
line. The Friday events will be senior
tours, Winnipeg and Duluth; junior
singles, Winnipeg, Minnesota, Lurline;
senior doubles, Rat Portage, Mime
sofa, Lurline. The winners Of the
junior four today will be eligible to
senior four tomorrow.
The senior and junior four races
will be for two prize cups offered an
nually by members of the Winnipeg
Rowing club, Of whom Sir Donald A.
Smith is one. There will be the usual
medals offered for each event.
The last Of the rowing contingent ar
rived at Minnetonka Beach yesterday
morning, and their number will be
swelled today by the arrival Of visitors
from Duluth, Winnipeg and Rat Por-
tage, who will make a special trip down
to witness the regatta. The Winnipeg
men who came in yesterday were c.
L. Marks, stroke; c. w. tombstone, 8;
W. ]. X. Osborne, 2; j. C. G. Armytage,
bow, comprising the senior four; C.
w. tombstone, stroke; E. f. Lloyd, 8;
A. A. Ssrarig, 2; r. M. Flett, bow,
junior four. The club has seven repre-
sentatives- on the. ground. but will en-
ter two fours,, tombstone sitting in
both shells. Osborne will enter for the
Junior and senior singles and for the
quarter mile dash. Winnipeg is not
boasting of any of it's crews, but is
hopeful of victory. 1t will enter no
doubles this year.
]. c. Waugh, one Of the lead
Ing members of last years delegation,
is out of the boat this year, and will
not be down for the regatta tombstone
and Flett are new men this season, and
have BEEN rowing only two months
They have never rowed in four.
Mr.. Gait, leading spirit of the club,
and a familiar figure In previous sea-
sons, will not be on hand this year.
w. F. Alloway and A. "A. Andrews,
president and secretary of the club,
will arrive this morning D. J. Murphy,
the trainer, and DR.. Holmes Simpson,
who is ready to substitute, came yes
terdaS. tre hfyl 10 Il -
In the Rat Portage contingent were
j. M. Savage, honorary president end
George DrewRy sz7presiaent of the club;
Il. Walsh, who enters for the Commons
dash, senior single and senior double
with ]. Link; M. Beaudro, NJ Emmons.
J. l.. Archibald, J. Link, Junior four;
S. Mitchell, the trainer. The four last
year was composed of Beaudro Snarr.
Link, Hackett. Snarr is doing doubles
this year, getting married, and will
not be down. Link and Walsh won
Junior doubles last year. Emmons is a
new man, having Joined the club this
spring. Archibald rowed bow in the
Junior four two years ago. and was
not down last summer. j. L. Hackett.
the fast sculler and stroke in last
years four, is rowing at Halifax. He
has gone over to the professional ranks.
and will take part in the Halifax re-
gatta, July 29-31.
Duluth is not expected to reap great
victories in this meeting, having been
In training less than two weeks It's
crews are self confessedly ragged, but
they make up in grit what they lack
In form, and will enter three events
beside the eight. In the junior four.
M and H. Peyton rowed double last
year. In the senior four S. McPhail
bow, rowed last year in the junior. G.
Gibson, 2, and M. Thomson, g. rowed
two years ago G. Calhoun, stroke.
held place in 1885, 1t will be recalled
that the junior crew last summer. i'm
mediately followed it's victory with a
race with the senior tours. 1t COM
prised McPhail, Calhoun, Barnes and
.Ballou, of whom Barnes was the man
who tainted after the tremendous ex-
ertion of two races. He is not rowing
this year Ballou has left Duluth and
is not in the club. The crew which
Duluth will enter for it's eight event
will not be the same as that which
raced in June. The Duluth. crew will he
lighter than the Minnesota eight.
Duluth brought down five boats for the
regatta, three tours, a single shell and
an eight.
The splendid material which the
Iurlines have put in their Junior four
boat is calculated to create something
of surprise. Its work was openlv
admired yesterday by the visiting oars
men, and, if conjectures carry, the
Lurline club is pretty sure of winning
something. The Minnesotas and Lur-
lines have been training for several
days past.
A delegated executive meeting will
be held this morning at the LAFAYETTE
hotel, in which the Des Brisay case will
De thoroughly discussed. No one was
ready to volunteer the probable com
piainant, but every oarsmen knew that
the question would come up. This
meeting was to- have been held lost
evening, but the delayed arrival of
several delegates necessitated it's post