The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
He Will Row
No More.
DECISION IS FINAL.
The Wachusett Crack Has
Quit the Game for Good.

-N'N''N ASAAiiAiittA vi VII l4dhe NyuIlI-
sigamond for several years past will be
seen no more.
Charles H. Lewis, senior champion of
New England, and, with Edward H
Ten Eyck, champion double sculler of
the United States and Canada, has once
for all decided to give up sculling.
When asked his reason, last evening,
by The Spy man, he said that he has
become tired of it, and the very sight
OF a shell makes him feel weary.
Lewis has been handling the SOULS
only three seasons and in that time he
has made for himself a national repu-
tatlon But for the existence of Ed
ward H. Ten Eyck, who is unquestion-
ably rowing prodigy, Lewis would be
rated at the top of the heap by his ad-
mirers.
His first race was in the summer of
1896, with Frank j. Kerns. who has
peen stroke oarsman of the high school
eight for two seasons. Before taking
hold of the sweeps. Kerns devoted con-
siderable time to sculling, and, as both
belonged to the Wachusetts, a feeling of
rivalry arose, not only between them,
put between the members of the club.
they were matched to row and made
pretty race. Lewis won by almost a
Length in 10l1. 519s., which was remak-
ahly good tome for a comparative nov
ice on the lake course
Inc excellence of his performance set
members Of the club to thinking, and
Lewis was entered in the Labor day re-
gatta at Boston in the juniors. In his
trial heat he beat out Leary of Boston.
VINO has been rowing for several years.
But he suffered defeat in the final at the
hands or Tom Joyce of Springfield 1t
was no discredit to Lewis to lose that
race. Joyce had been rowing for wears.
and had won several races in the kind
OF boat known as a Whitehall. so that
IL mas never been clear in the minds of
boating men that Joyce was eligible to
row as a junior
On June II of the following year, in
the celebration of Bunker hill dav.
Boston had regatta and again Lewis
was entered in the junior race. This
time he had no old-tim semi-profes-
slonals against him. He defeated all
corners in the amateur class with con-
sulilnate ease. beating Leary by about
dozen lengths.
The privilege men at the lake got M
a regatta, July 23, in which one of the
events was junior eight-oared race
the contesting crews being the Wachu-
sets and WorcesterS. Lewis was stroke
oar OF the Wachusett juniors. 1t was
one OF the closets crew races ever seen
anywhere. Never during the entire race
was there the lngth of a boat difference
between the crews. AT the mile crarlz
the coXswains steered toward each
other, and all that saved a foul was the
alternating of the strokes, the Wachu-
sett oars being in the water while the
worcester lads We're recovering and
wee versa. Lewis crew won by a scant
half length.
Practicing faithfully with the SOULS
the cub thought so well of his ability
that it decided to send him to the ma
tlonal regatta in Philadelphia to rep
resent it in the intermediate singles
The trial heat was rowed on August 16
Lewis having among his competitors
Wilson of New York. He easily dis
tanced the New Yorker.
IN the final heat the next day were
Wilson, Greer. Schultz of Providence
and Lewis. Everybody knew the race
would be between Schultz and Lewis
rhe Providence man was regarded as a
conner He was not a clever sculler, and
shortly after turning the stake was
seen Laundering in the water. Lewis
easily beat out the other men and won
his first national championship.
Another eight-oared race was ar
ranged between the Wachusett and
Worcester Fights to be rowed at Crys-
TAI lake, Gardner, Labor day, 1897. Ned
Zen Eyck was stroke of the Wachusett
eight and Lewis pulled No. oar. The
race was practically a waikover for the
Wachusetts. '-'0
Last year Lewis stayed out of the
memorial day regattas in order that ne
might witness the regatta of the Har-
lem River Association in Wh;ch Ten
Eyck won the diamond SOULS. lie took
a prominent part in the Quinsigamond
international regatta, however. He
foWed second to Ten EycG in the single
souls, and in the double gig race row
ing with Ten Eyck as partner won
ilfst place. The same two tried their
nahd with paddles, but were beaten in
tne trial heat by the pair from the
WaWbeWawas of Auburndale Nothing
daunted Lewis, and Ten Eyck formed a
Iouf-blade canoe crew with Herbert
ana Cavanaugh as their mates. They
couid not handle the paddles, as they
coulu the souls, and lost to the same
crew in the trial heat.
July 4 Lewis and Ten Evcl, wont IN
Boston and won the double scull race
hands down. The ease with which
they won made the race seem more like
an exhibition than competition. In
TINS race they We're greatly disanpoirs
ed, for there had been considerah Ie fan,
among boating men that Whitehead
ana Mcguire of Boston would double
race.
The national regatta held in PbiIadeI-
phla, July % and %, saw Lewis again
IN the competition. He raced in he
single SOULS with such cracks as Ten
Eyck, Goldman Of Toronto and Titus
OF New Orleans. The real race was
between Goldman and Lewis. Ten