The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-13
ARE AFTER PRIZES.
Springfield Boat Club
Wants Its
Share.
JAMES A. TEN EYCK MAY GO.
Veteran Coach Has Re-
ceived an Offer from
President Coogan.
JAMES A. TEN EYCK MAY GO.

The Springfield Boat Club, which has
taken unusual interest in rowing with
in the past few years, and now is one
of the most interested clubs in the New
England regatta to be held at Spring
field three weeks from today, has its
eye on some of the choice prizes of the
regatta and to that end is endeavoring
to strengthen its eight-oared crew.
The crew is practically the same that
competed against the Worcester Boat
Club juniors at the New England re-
gatta on the Seekonck river three years
ago. Since then it has improved in it's
work and moved into the senior class
in which it won last year.
The crew is composed of capable
oarsmen but the members of the club
are anxious for greater improvement
and to that end have communicated
with James A. Ten Eyck with view Of
securing him as coach. Ten Eyck was
in Springfield Sunday in response to
telegram from ]. P. Coogan, president
of the club, and he looked over the
rigging Of the eight-cared shell. The
boat is a paper one purchased from
Yale, and Ten Eyck found room for
Improvement in many places. He re-
NEEDED the defects and put the boat in
shape so that the men can do their
work to better advantage.
President Coogan discussed terms
with Ten Eyck, but the latter is uncer-
tain regarding the plans of the high
school crew with which he started out
and could not give any definite answer
to the offer. If the high school boys
intend to continue training for the New
England regatta, Ten Eyck will remain
with them, but otherwise he may go
to Springfield for the last week of train
ing before the regatta at least.
Ten Eyck said last night that the
Springfield clubs are making great pre-
parations for the regatta. The rowing
men of the city are expecting big list
of entries from Worcester, and are
counting upon Ned Ten Eyck, Lewis
and Kerns in the singles, the first nam
ed two in the doubles and the Wachu
sett and high school crews in the Fights.
Both the Springfield and Atlanta clubs
are shaping scullers and oarsmen for
the regatta and intend to keep as many
prizes as possible in the city.
John Joyce, the Springfield profess
sional sculler, who has many times
raced Ten Eyck, was in the city yes
terday looking for a single shell Joyce
believes he has a wonder as a sculler
in young Keefe, who defeated Boyle of
the Springfield Club in a match race
last Labor day. Keefe is a big strong
fellow, who has never rowed a shell,
but has done all his work in Whitehall.
The boat is much the same as what is
known as a working boat at the lake,
and Keefe has been able to get great
speed out of it. Joyce feels sure that
his protege will open the eyes of sew
eral of the entries in the junior singles
a. the regatta. The coach succeeded in
purchasing the single shell owned by
James S. Aborn. The boat is one of
the finest shells ever rowed at the lake
and is well suited to such a man as
Keefe
The high school crew was on the
water yesterday afternoon for the first
time since its race with Harvard
freshmen, two weeks ago last Satur-
day. The full crew, with the exception
of CoXsWain Mason, responded to Capt.
Days call. The crew took a three
mile row, which was more of a pleas
ure trip than anything else No hard
work or idea of form was attempted,
and the boys had rare sport. The crew
will report at the lake this afternoon
and will likely engage in training in
earnest for the New England regatta
There is chance for the crew to make
a strong bid for the prizes in the Sc
nior eight-oared event If the boys put
in some hard work for the next three
weeks.
The bowling alleys at the lake will
be placed in the hands Of an expert re-
pairer this week, and trued so that
matches can be rolled. P. H. Hennes-
sey manager of the alleys, is arrang-
ing for games with teams of Fitchburg,
and expects a match a week at candle
and regulation pins.
The Wachusett crew last night con-
tinued the work begun Sunday and put
in some goOd practice on the regatta
course. Six of the men who roWed Sun
day afternoon reported at the club
house early in the evening, and with
Jim Dowd and Jim Hurley made up the
crew. The men were seated as fol-
lows: Bow, T. Hurley; No. ? Cola
more; No. 3, Thorne; No. 4, J. Hurley;
No. 5, Kelley; No. 6, Dowd; No. Z, Gil
christ; stroke, Lewis; cOXswain Mea-
CHER. Attention was given more to
form than speed and the men did a
clean job They will continue training
every evening during the week.
The Lakeside Boat club held its regu-
lar meeting last night and elected En-
DRY A. Stone treasurer, to ill the va
cancy caused by the resignation Of w.
P. Goodwin. Roland G. Lane, Frank
A. O'Neal, Charles A. Harrington and
James NJ Adams were elected to mem
bership. The board of directors an
nounced the program for the opening
Saturday. It was the same IS printed
in Yesterdays Spy.
Subscription papers for the Qu'nsg-
almond International regatta viii be
circulated through the city this week.
The committee of management will re-
ouire nearly s1100 to manage me re-
Catta. and this amount will have to be
raised by subscription. The members
of the board of government have been
approached by Secretary L. e Ware
and last night the subscription papers
were passed among members of the