The San Francisco call., 1899-10-07
OARSMEN WILL
STRUGGLE FOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Majority Of the Rowing Clubs
VIII Enter Barge Crews and
ScuIIers

The regatta committee Of the Pacific
Association of the Amateur Athletic Tn
ion for the coming year consists of j. R.
Bockman of the Ariel Rowing Club, presi-
dent; w. B. HinChman of the Alameda
Boating Club, ecretary-treasurer NJ. ].
Calnan of the Pioneer Rowing Club, A.
P. Rothkopf of the Dolphin Swimming
and Boating Club, c. c. Dennis Of the
South End Rowing Club, George James
of the Olympic Boat Club and J. H. Han
ley of the Triton Swimming and Boating
Club. The we1l-knOwn names Of W. c.
Espy and S. J. Pembroke are missing
from the list. A meeting of the commit
tee was held last night to make arrange
ments for the coming championship re-
gatta at FL Campo.
The prospects Tor a successful regatta
on the 18th inst. are promising. Besides
the barge. outraged skif and she'll races
there Will be a race between divisions l
and of the Naval Battalion in cutters
and relay swimming race between
teams of the Olympic and the Lurline
clubs. There will be entries in the row.
ing races from all the clubs except the
Triton, Olympic and University of Cali
fornia. The Ariels say that they will en-
ter crews in the senior, intermediate and
junior barge races, in the two outraged
skin events and in the shell race. II is
also expected the Stockton Athletic AS
sociation viii send a barge crew and some
scullers. The Pioneers will have senior
ana Junior barge crews. - l. OClS VIII
pull in the shell. George CoIlOpy in the
senior skif and T. Orr in the junior skiff
The only entries from the Dolphin Club
will be Alex w Pape and George Baker
in the senior outraged skiff race. and
DR. L. r. AXton in the Junior skiff event.
W. o. Patch says that he will not race
again until the championship regatta Of
1900, when he will pull in the shell race.
He finds il hard TO keep up both regular
ottice work and systematic training for a
boat race.
racing barge and find her even faster than
they had expected. They are confident
Of winning both the senior and the junior
barge races. The new handball court Will
will take place between experts. The Sc
niOr and junior barge crews will have a
trial of speed. The junior barge crew has
been practicing regularly and is strong
The Alameda senior barge crew, with
Z. 3. Hadcock in the place of Atwell
Webb, is in good trim and feels sure of
retaining the championship. AS the club
has no fast skins, ii is probable that F.
W. Ayers will not pull in the senior skif
race, but Edwin T. Thorning will enter
barge crew is made up thus: George
Lewis. bow: B. Guild. No ,: D Green
leaf, No. 3. and E NJ Hunter, stroke.
As DR.. B. l. Wheeler, the new president
of the University of California, seems 10
appreciate the value OF rowing as an ath-
letic exercise, it may reasonably be hoped
that he will encourage the sport among
the undergraduates. and that representa-
tives of the university may in future be
seen at all open competitions on the bav
Nothing would do so much TO excite gen
eral public interest In rowing contests as
the establishment Of race between the
universities Of California and Stanford
1t would lead 10 the best and most in
teresting form Of rowing-in eight-oared
boatS-and would attract the attention Of
q social class which has heretofore al
most entirely disregarded the sport.