The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-01
Candidates for 1900.
Will Be Called
Out Early.
EDWARD ]. KERNS WILL BECOACH
A Scarcity of Heavy Men,
Necessitates Beginning
About Thanksgiving,


attention to rowing matters Plans for
the coming year are being made; in
fact, the plan of campaign for next
season is already formulated with
nothing remaining but the arrival Of
the proper time to put the plans into
execution,
w, X. Weyer, who rowed bow car in
the high school crew Of last spring, is
captain Of this years crew, and in ac-
cordance with the custom Of high
school crews will have entire charge Of
the plans. He intends to make an en-
tireIy new start, and will pursue the
methods which were responsible for the
successes of the first two crews Ed
ward ]. Ksrns VIII be engaged as coach,
He was coach Of the high school crew
Tor the nrst two years OF its existence
and had great success. one Of the crews
winning the national intermediate
championship. A high school crew
that he coached defeated Harvard
freshmen and also the Weld senior
eight
Training will begin this year three
rnoaths before the time that Coach
Kerns usually called the lads out. Inn
mediately after the Thanksgiving vaca
ton the call viii be issued by Capt,
Weyar. While Mr.. Keras coached the
crews the men were never called out
before the last Of February, so that the
coming crew will have three months
more work on the machine than either
of the crews Mr.. Kerns handled. Last
year the crew came out toward the last
of January. The coming crew will thus
have two months advantage Of last
years, which was month ahead of the
first two crews IN starting work.
Capt. Weyer intends to have two
crews on the water all the time. The
candidates for positions will be coached
three evenings week regularly until
after the Christmas vacation, after
which they will row on the machine
five evenings week until they get on
the water. If any new candidates APP
pear during the time the original can
didates have been in training. they will
be worked in gradually.
The crews will be light, and it is on
that account that the men will be
called out so early. There is a scarcity
of material at the schools as regards
heavyweights. Capt Weyer has sized
UP the entire student body among the
boys and discovered only a COMPARE
tively few big fellows. He will have to
take light men for the crews, but is not
daunted by that fact. He is confident
favorably with any crew the school has
turned out, and thinks the extra ma
chine work will accomplish that end.
Capt. Weyer is a firm believer in ma
chine practice.
Capt. Weyer thinks he will be the
only member of last seasons crew who
will handle an car next year. DAILY
and Jackson, who rowed on the regular
crew, are yet at school, but he does
mol fn
Jackson is not regarded as a surety
among the candidates Hagberg, who
rowed in the crew, does not show great
enthusiasm for rowing McKeon and
Wheaton, substitutes on the crew, are
still in school and are looked for in the
make-up of next seasons eight. Nc
Koan ought to make a good man with
an oar He would have made the
crew last season had he started out
with the other candidates, but he didn't
begin rowing until short time before
the race with Harvard freshmen, and
it was too late to give him a place in
the boat. Wheaton kept at work faith
fully and all but made the crew. He.
too, is a sturdy youngster with plenty
of strength, and will be a valuable man
for next seasons eight.
The school eight of next season will
be composed of men weighing about $50
pounds, with the exception of Weyer,
MeKoan and Wheaton There ia an
abundance of material at the school of
this weight. Capt Weyer thinks the
additional training that the boys will
get on account of lhe early call, win
more than compensate for the lack of
heavy mefs in the boat.
The plans include a more strict sys-
TEN Of training than has hitherto ex-
listed. The captain realizes that team
work will have to be developed to an
unusual degree to remove the handicap
of light men, and will make a deter
mined stand on the point Of training
AS he will have an abundance of men,
than any Of his predecessors, who
picked out heavy men only, and were
thus limited in the number
The tower room Of the English high
school building will be used for train
ing quarters. Two crews of the school
have been trained there. 1t is an adj
Enirable place for training on machines
Yhe room is large and sufficiently long
for the eight-oared machine which is
owned by the athletic association of the
school The walls are bare and in win
ter the temperature is little above
freezing point, SO the lads can be
worked hard without suffering a strain
on their strength. The room beneath
the tower room Is used for a dressing
room 1t is well heated and serves the
purpose admirably.
Harry P. Jourdan, one of the star
sprinters of the schools, is manager.
He has taken no steps in the duties of
his position. A meeting of the assoc
citation will be called shortly at which
officers will be elected and plans for
athletics made. Mr. Jourdan will then
formulate his plans for the management
of the crew. He is in no haste to begin
work for the present, and Capt Weyer
agrees with him in that. on account Of
the foot ball team. The officials of the
crew desire to wait until the foot bali
season is practically ended. in order
that they may not interfere with the
team in any way.
Although the plans already made
touch on indoor work only, Capt, Weyer
intends to get his men In the boat at
the earliest opportunity feeling that
the real training will begin then. The
water work will be carried out as
faithfully as that on the machines, and
two crews will row daily. The purpose
of having two crews is to enable the
coach to make changes up to the last
minute If men in the second crew inn
prove faster than those selected for
the first crew. With two crews on the
water continually, all accidents will be
provided against, and whatever hap.
pens, the authorities will be satisfied
q good crew Will be on the starting line
the day of the race with the Harvard
freshmen. That crew is the one the
high school oafsrnen have first in mind
Whether or not any other races will BIZ
rowed, viii be determined later.
MISC Elizabeth A. Foley, for the pas
few months with Jacobs Bros, cornei
Foster and Norwich streets, has re
ftU'ned to her former position wifi