The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-07
IN ROWING.
Things Taking on a
Lively Look at
the Lake.
WACHUSETT CLUB.
Ten Eyck Sure to Enter
the Harlem River
Regatta.

The promised boom in rowing for this
year will be fairly launched in Worces-
ter today, at the regular meeting of
the Wachusett Boat club. The Wa
chusetts will decide upon their entries
for the Harlem river regatta, which is
held May 80, the first important re-
gatta of the year.
Besides this, the club will register it's
approval of the project to hold local
regatta at the lake Memorial day, and
lay its plans for the seasons contests.
Up to the present, all talk on rowing
matters has been largely of a prophetic
nature, with no definite action by any
of the clubs or oarsmen to permit a
positive opinion.
The Wachusett club will surely de-
eide to send Ned Ten Eyck to the Har-
lem river to contest in the senior single
SOULS. He made his first entry in the
regatta last year, and outrowed a good
field including the famous Jimmy Jul
venal of the Pennsylvania Barge club,
Juvenal was the winner of the race in
81, but his defeat of last year throws
medal, and his victory does not count.
The Wachusetts figure that the man
who will finally possess the medal
made his first victory last year, and it
awaits only the regatta of 1900 to have
the medal come to Worcester perma-
nently. The senior single scull at the
Harlem river is one of the most i'm
portant races of the year, and really an
ambitious event for so early in the sea-
Resides the diamond medal
which is hung UP as perpetual prize
to become the property of a sculler only
after he has won the event three years
in succession, the regatta association
gives a valuable medal to the winning
sculler and a banner to his club.
The banner, commemorative of Ten
Eyck's victory in 1898, was hung in the
Wachusett club house yesterday, as
was the senior single scull banner of
the New England association, won by
Charles H. Lewis, Labor day.
Besides Ten Eyck, the most promis-
ing men of the club who may be con-
sidered fit to enter Memorial day regat-
tas are c. H. Lewis and F. J. Kerns.
Both of them have been rowing since
the ice cleared the lake, Kerns doing
the most steady work Lewis has been
hampered in his practice by his work,
but with the few times that he has
been ON the water he has shown to
good advantage. He went over the
course Friday for the first time trial
of the year. and covered the distance
in time that is highly satisfactory to
Jim Ten Eyck. Kerns has been DOING
most of his work alone or under the
direction of his father. He has done
practically no sculling for three years,
and in beginning work had to overcome
the drawbacks induced by rowing with
the sweep.
Some of the club men favor entering
Lewis with Ten Eyck in the Harlem
double and Kerns in the junior single.
Kerns has made no application to the
club officers for an entry and may wait
for the New England regatta at Spring
field before making his first race.
The idea of organizing a Wachusett
four may take definite form at the
meeting today. The club has a four
that would have the confidence of
members at the start, but the great
want is a she'll for the crew. There is
no four-oared shell on Lake Quinsiga-
mond, although in other rowing local
tiles tours are in great favor The Wa
chusett club would have to have a boat
built to order and this will take about
four weeks. AL Ward has filed a bid to
build a shell, and his figures are highly
satisfactory, and if a boat is ordered
he will probably get the contract. If
four is put on the water, an eight
cared crew will soon follow.
Ten Eyck is rowing steadily on the
national course on the Schuylkill and
reports from Philadelphia are to the
effect that he is getting good speed out
of his shell. Jimmy Juvenal is also
rowing on the river and figures on cap
turing the quarter mile sprint at the
Harlem. Ned may enter this event to
take the kinks out of his back be-
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pretty race should ensue between the
two friends.
The high school crew is the star at
traction at the lake at the present time
and although the lake is dotted daily
with scullers the high school boys hold
the greater part of attention. No crew
ever had a more loyal or larger body of
sympahiZers that the high school boys
and every sign of improvement in their
work is hailed with delight by their
supporters.
The crew is the recipient Of favors on
all hands, and no greater is given than
by the Wachusett club, which fur
nishes quarters and everything neces-
sary for training at no inconvenience
to the crew. The boys have been on
the water a sufficient length Of time
to permit a discussion of their form.
The crew as a whole is rowing an
even and for them a powerful stroke,
but some of the boys have not mastered
the elementaries of workmanship, and
are inclined to splash somewhat and to
roll the boat A few of them have
caused Coach Ten Eyck many worries
by interfering with the practice
through hardness in reporting at the
club house, but beginning this week
all candidates will be obliged to report
with the rest of the crew or endanger
their chances for making the crew.
Jackson, who has not been rowing
since the crew took to the water, is Cx-
pected to report with the squad tomor-
row. Jockson is a veteran of the crew
and is practically assured Of a seat in
the freshman race. Capt Daily, John
son, Perry and Taylor, other veterans,
are sure of their places, and the con-
test for the other three seats viii be
fought out by Cosgrove, Weyer, Carroll,
Hagberg, Wheaton and Harvey. A de-
cision will be made by Ten Eyck this
week and a regular crew picked by
Saturday for the final two weeks prac-
tice.
Manager Lancaster he's received $500
for the support of the crew, and is as
sured of a large increase in the amount
from the girls of the Britomart socic-
tv. The girls of the Aletheia donated
$40. and the Britomart not to be out
done. have decided to give over a large
part of the proceeds of their entertain
ment of Friday night.
The decision of the board of manage
ment of the Quinsigamond internatiOn-
al regatta to put two canoe events on
the card. has awakened interest in the
Lakeside and Tatassit clubs. The Lake
side four. which established a worlds
record last year, Will get together and
will be fitted out in a new cedar racing
canoe which has been ordered con-
structed by the Spaulding, st. Law