The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-11
MEN WHO WILL REPRESENT THE
MINNESOTA BOAT CLUB THIS
YEAR.
KENNEDY LIKES HIS CREW.
THE YALE YOUNGSTERS, LANGFORD
AND SIMPSON, LEND STRENGTH
TO THE EIGHT.
SOMETHING ABOUT CORNELL l..
st. PauI's Representative in the Yale
Crew Talks About the Recent
Race.

In spite of the unusually high water
in the river, the members of the Mime
sofa Boat club have not let up a bit
in the work of preparation for the COM
ing Minnesota and Winnipeg regatta.
and when the time comes it will be
found that the doughty Wearers of the
carnelian and white have been put
ting in their time to excellent advan-
tage. To begin with the boys have
not gotten over their disappointment
at the unique course followed by the
Wisconsin Navy in refusing to COM
plete the event started three years ago
for the Schlitz cup. The cup itself
has been the subject of considerable
hard for the victory it stood for, and
felt sure of winning this year both
the event and the cup, having already
captured two out of the three neceS
Sary victories. Possibly the only race
which the Minnesota eight can now get
on is with the Duluth boys at the
Minnesota and Winnipeg races. The
crew is in excellent condition and pulls
with a strong clean stroke, which needs
only trimming down here and there a
bit-a process to which it will be sub
for the regatta. The men have all
been working for some time, and for
the most part are quite beefy. Trainer
Kennedy remarked yesterday, as the
members of the crew came out on the
clubhouse float, that he would trust
the eight to give a good account OF
itself wherever it might be entered.
The crew has certainly not been
weakened by the accession of the two
Yale youngsters, George LangfOrd and
Harry" Simpson, who had just come
West. The eight. as finally made UP,
will probably include the following
men: Harold Bend will be bow. Err
nest Bohland, 2; Harry" Simpson, 3;
Tan" Langford, 4; William Bjornstad
5; Percy, Houghton, 6; George Lang
ford, Z, and Meredith Bend, stroke.
Who will be coXswain has not yet been
decided upon, Trainer Kennedy having
up to this time held the rudder strings
himself. D.. ....'
For the tours events the. club is
handicapped in not having good boats
for it's crews. One or two old tours
on the racks are not calculated to al
low the men to do their best work
against fast men in new boats. Al
though Capt. Denegre has not yet dis
cussed the entries with his men, there
has been some talk about the regatta,
and the gossip is that Meredith Bend
will carry the club colors in the senior
singles. He is entitled to this, having
won the junior doubles with Burlington
last year. & go .-. -'- .-' -.
Bend is a. TALL 1.-the youngsters with
not, too much beef, heady, and of dis
position never to stop rowing until he
is beaten. BjOrnstad, who is a very
likely man with the sweeps, will go
in for the junior singles and should
acquit himself creditably against any
of his adversaries. He or Tan" Lang
ford will probably be chosen with Percy
Houghton for the junior doubles, or
else Bjornstad with George Potter or
George Langford will hold up the
honors in the senior doubles There
are a number of other men available
who may be selected, but the club will
probably enter but one man Or one
crew in any event.