The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-31


before it was known that the strangers
were not coming. There were nnsnS
members at the house, and each one had
ms little joke about the flag, and they
| came so fast that Thorne took it in.
| The three Wachusett scullers who
competed at the Nationals, Edward Fl.
Ten Eyck, Frank j. Kerns and Charles
| II. Lewis came together and were ac-
companied by President Meagher,
James A. Ten Eyck and e. j. Kerns.
When they reached the house they
placed the boats on the racks and left
Tor their respective homes Kubic'a
smell was also taken into the house and
ne rugged it up to take row.
The arrival of the wonderful sculler
didn't create a furry of excitement, as
might be expected, after his great vic
tory of Saturday. The reason was that
his eliminates were so positive he would
win, they took his victory as a. mat
ter of course. He was warmly con-
graduated and asked all sorts of cues
lions about the race, but he did aot
make much talk about 1t. Concern
ing the protest which Mcguire made,
he only said that he thinks Maguire
could have touched his boat when they
were turning the stake if the Boston
man had spurted trifie.
After the departure of the champion
of champions, interest in boating
Jagged among the crowd gathered at
the house, until Kubic launched his
shell. 1t was the first time he ever
rowed on the lake, and the first time
many members of the club had seen
him. A number of rowing enthusiasts
went out on the float to watch the
style of the Springfield man. He went
up the course to the starting point. and
came back with strong stroke There
was much comment on his work and
1t was all favorable
When Kubic returned, he expressed
himself as much pleased with the
course. He must have been, for he
thought the stone posts which mark
the starting point a mile and a half up
the lake were the posts to mark the
line at three-quarters.
Soon after Kubic's return, the Wa
chusett men were given another chance
to see interesting work on the water
The Lakeside war canoe, with nine men
padding, went up the course to coma
down for time trial. The canoeists
padded up the lake leisurely, and came
back at racing gait, for they were
under the watch, and wanted to set
mark. They came back with a DOW
erful padding stroke, keeping a pretty
course. AS they reached a point OBJ
posite the Wachusett house they lug
in deep for a strong finish. They made
remarkable one, sending the Scat
through the water with the speed of a
steam launch. But the men were dis
satisfied when they learned they mad
not made as good time as on other oc-
casions. The conditions were favorable
for good time, strong wind blowing
directly behind the paddlers. Although
the time did not reach the mark they
desired, 1t was very fast, and would
make the Crescents stop and think IL
they heard what the war canoe crew
did.
The Lakesides will have only the
Crescents for opponents. The Wabe-
wawas entered a war canoe and also
four-blade canoe crew in the regat-
ia, but wanted all the canoe racing
done the same day This the commit
tee did not think it should do be-
cause it wouldn't be fair to the war
canoe crews that had to race to make
the winner race on the same day
against the crew that drew a bye.
When the announcement was made to
the Wabewawas, they refused to come.
When the committee meets this NORM
ing it will again draw positions ana
heats. 1t is doubtful if Frank 7.
Kerns will row in the singles. He In
willing to stroke one of the Fights, how
ever, and will help the committee out
of its dilemma in that way
1t was suggested yesterday that
O'Keefe Of Springfield be asked to row
Kerns special match. The latter
would be willing to try conclusions
against O'Keefe, and the Springfield
man would not endanger his standing
If they rowed match race.