The San Francisco call., 1898-08-06
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4 4 The alI-absorbing topic among the oars- men Is the approaching annual regatta the fifth-at Astoria. The members or the Alameda senior crew have all pro- cured leave of absence from their various ennlovers and will go up by train to' Astoria. their boat going up by steamer in charge of their coach. The MidSets. whom the South End men consider the finest barge crew that was ever got to- gether, will also go to Astoria, ana VIII test their strength against the Alamedas. This barge race has been specially auueu to the programme by the Astorlans' lhelr races being for shells only. It IS also said that the Midgets are prepared. to row fin one of the four-oared shell races if they can procure a boat in which to row. But it is very doubtful whether their stlye of rowing, while 1t IS well suited to a barge, would prove equally good in a light racing boat. 'Ihelr chance against crews which have been rowing together for several weeks ana "HoSo style is better fitted to light boats would probably be small. Such clubs as the Willamette and the Portland, of Portland; the Burrard Inlet Rowing Club ana the Vancouver Boat Club, of Vancouver, ana the St. James Bay Rowing Club or Nlc- toria, make strong and dangerous oppon- ents. Even oarSmen who have been spe- cially trained to row a stroke suitable to a light boat, and whose style indiv1d- ually Is good, roll about considerably when they first find themselves in light four or eight Our oarSmen naturally row in style suitable for the roush water prevalent in the bay during the summer rowing season, and for the heaxy boats used here: the oarsInen on th9 Columbia River and round Nlctorla anu Vancouver enjoy much smoother water In a barge it is not necessary 3 t3 hors pe e T +a1-r m a man: strength and a capacity Tor keep- ing time are all that is neeGed' men the oarsmen of our bay suffer terrlDly from a lack of competent coaching, with out which no really good rowing IS pos- sitfe. Probably the only club contain ing any really trained oarSmen IS thS Columbia Rowing Club, the members or which take no part or interest Ill gen eral rowing matters Our oarsHlen +, lqw q by the light of nature, supplemented. by a few suggestions from men whose eX- perience has been longer, but whose orig inal source of knowledge was the same. :
 J. Foley of the South Ends IS gong to Astoria on a vacation. but will prob ably take part in the regatta, there: On his return to this city he will begin training for the senior shell champion ship. It would be interesting to see A: W. Pape and pr. c. c. Dennis in R Sklfr race at Astoria, but there seems no nKe-
 F. Wilson of the Ariels and F. Ayers of the Alamedas will probably enter the outraged skiff race at Astoria. Ihere is talk of some match races between va rious crews and single scullers, such as a barge race between the Intermedat9 crews of the DolphinS and Pioneers ana a skf race between Dr. C. c. Dennis and A. w. Pape: so. that it is not un- likely that a regratta may be got up De- fore the championship regatta . At the last monthly meeting of the Tri- i ton Boat Club D. J. Keefe, August Schup- pert and G.. Schimpf were appointed a | committee to report on the matter of the club joining the Pacific Athletic As l n aafa md Tr h. pointed a committee to secure a new site
 for the clubhouse. They will probably l choose a site between. Black Point and
 Hyde street, to the east of the Dolphin | quarters. Emil Kehrlin has acquired a
 gasoline launch, which flies the dark blue
 and white flag of the Tritons, and will l be used as a pleasure boat by members
 of the club. Last Sunday several visi-
 tors came in it to take part in the en-
 tertainment at the Dolphin house. c.
 Hess Jr. has begun practice in an out
 rigged skiff.
 The Ariel and Alameda crews. winners 1 Fl Campo, having expressed their desire to have medals as prizes, an order that meeting of the Pacific Athletic Associa- tion last Tuesday.
 W. O. Patch of the Dolphin. Boat Club has left the city on a two weeks vaca- ton. On his return he will take in hand the coaching of the junior and interme- diate Dolphin crews for the champion ship regatta.
 The members of the Olympic Boat Club will hold meeting at the Olympic Club on Tuesday evening next, at which will be discussed the feasibility of forming a stock company for the purpose of build ing boathouse at Ttburon, to contain accommodation for boats belonging to the club and privately owned by members, and rooms to be rented by members wishing to live at Tiburon during the summer.
 Dr. Ware, the headmaster of Eton College, Englapd, has sent out to St. Peters Collegiate School. Adelaide South Australia, as a present, the eight-oared boat in which the Eton eight won the ladies' challenge plate at Henley regatta in 1896. The headmaster of St. Peters School is a famous oarsnan, having stroked the Oxford University eight in the interuniversity boat race some ten years ago. The St. Peters boys row on Lake Torrens, formed by damning tIIe waters of a creek called the Torrens River. The course is about one and a half miles straight away.