The San Francisco call., 1898-04-16
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The South End Rowing Club regatta, open to members only will be held on May l over the Long Bridge course. For the senior four-oared barge race there will probably be three entries: The "Midgets," last years intermediate champions, and a third crew. The Mid get crew consists of the following: Stroke, Frank Duplissea; afterwaist, Gus Carson; forwardwaist, Robert Me Arthur; bow, Henry Bode; cockswain, George McGill The intermediate cham pion crew of 1897 consists of the following oarsmen: Stroke, Joe Lyons; afterwaist, Alec McGeorge; forwardwaist, George G. Fox; bow, Tom Shortall The third crew will be made up thus: Stroke. Ed Scully; afterwaist George Bates; forwardwaist, Mat Breen; bow, Jim Pallas.
 For the junior barge race, crew No. will consist of w Barry, stroke; Emil Blumlein, afterwaist; Charles Skell-. for wardwaist; w. Fox, bow. Crew No. 2 will probably be made up of Charles Creighton, William Meade, Henry Bo- gan and James Finn, the seats thev will occupy not being yet settled.
 There will be a quarter mile dash be- tween A. J. Fritz and Frank Duplissea in outraged skiffS, and a race III shells between (. C. Denniss, Len Hausler and James Foley.
 There will also be races In outraged SkiffS between Mat Breen and Tom Short all; between Jim Finn and T. l. Fftzpat- rick.
 The South End Rowing Club has about 125 members, and is looking forward to an active season. A handbau court is be- ing constructed at the clubhouse. Last Sunday some of the South End men rowed round to North Beach in a white hall to attend the opening of the Dolphin Club, whose hospitality was also enjoyed by three South End barge crews.
 The, preliminary heats for the A. B. Treadwell diamond medal for junior uCn a la n Club opening by A. Shields and Charles Farrell. The deciding heat will take place in about two weeks from now. The Dol phin Club holds it's annual picnic to-mor- row at Mirabel Park, -Sonoma County. It is the twentieth annual excursion, and the proceeds will be devoted to the pur- chase of new racing four-oared barge.
 The Ariel Rowing Club sent two crews over to North Beach on Sunday for a. W. Howe, stroke: R. Ellis, afterwaist: Ed Mckenna, forwardwaist; J. Nolan, bow, and was coached by Leander Ste yenson. The junior crew, coached by D. OConnen, was made up of J. OConneil, stroke; F. Loth, afterwaist; Ed F. BBa,u1ghton, forwardwaist; and Edward out in outraged skiffs, and H. A. Pless and D. J. Sheehan rowed round to Fort Mason in a pafr-oared shells.
 J. R. Bockman of the Ariels took a party of friends out last Sunday in his new pleasure boat Sprite. His guests were E. McDonough, Edward Lynch and
 
 Ariels intended to race against a South End crew, but one of their members be- ing absent through sickness no race took place.
 The Ariel Rowing Club will hold it's club regatta on Sunday. May 15. Medals for senior and junior scullers will be of fered. Frank Wilson, holder of the se- nior souls, is taking daily exercise and getting into form. The junior scullers are James OConnell and Andrew Car roll. The Stockton Club obtained last season from the East a new racing barge, and this year the Ariels will prob ably acquire one. Indeed. the probabil- ity is that all the rowing clubs will be better equipped this season than almost ever before.
 During the winter Herzer and Julius Morton of the Olympic Boat Club have been going over to the boathouse at Tib- uron quite regularly, but general practice among the members has only just begun Several members visited the clubhouse on Sunday anu some crews will soon be formed The captain is anxious to get four men to row regularly together to form a crew for the four-oared shell.
 At the meeting of the Alameda Boat Club on April 12 seven applications for membership came up. s. J. Pembroke, H. W. Mass and W. B. Hinchman were chosen on the board of managers The club regatta and entertainment and the christening of the new barge were post