The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-18
AT LAKE QUINSIG.
Boating Continues to
Be of Greatest
Interest.
LEWIS GIVES UP THE SWEEP.
Ten Eyck and Kerns Out
on the Waters for Daily
Practice.

The smallness of the crowd at the
lake yesterday afternoon made the
privilege mep wish for a change of
some sort.
Despite the excellent weather there
were only few hundred at the various
resorts during the day, excepting the
crowd which went down for special
events.
Although the season has been back
ward, preparations are continually
going on in anticipation of larger
crowds as the warm weather comes on.
OF all the interests, boating is the only
one which does not appear to suffer.
The three great regattas to be held in
this vicinity within the next two months
serve to keep alive a decided interest in
boating. The Wachusetts are looking
forward eagerly to several new banners
in their club house to show the prowess
of their men with oar and scull.
Ten Eyck and Lewis were on the
water yesterday. The champion is COM
ing along finely and will be in better
shape this summer than he ever was.
Lewis has decided to give up sweep
rowing which he has tried for several
days past, strolling the eight-oared
crew of the Wachusetts. He thinks
handling the sweep does not help his
sculling and has made up his mind to
stick to the latter.
The decision is a wise one. Lewis is
going faster than he ever was and will
make any of them except Ten Eyck
hustle in a mile and half race. He has
rowed several trials on the lake already
and the time he has made promises him
a successful season.
Kerns of the same club is also row.
ing fast considering that he has been
in the shell only this season. By all the
laws Of the game Kerns should continue
| to improve rapidly and be able to give
the crack seniors Of the country an
argument by the time of the national
regatta.
The Wachusetts have in Ten Eyck,
| Lewis and Kerns a trio that should be
| big prize winners this season. Kerns is
junior and it is pretty safe to say he
can row rings around any junior now
handling the SOULS. By the recently
adopted rules of the National Associa-
| ton of Amateur Oarsmen, Ten Eyok
cannot row in the senior event. Thus a
chance is offered Lewis to win that race.
| He has big game to go against in Nc
| CURE and Whitehead of Boston, Juv-
email of Philadelphia and Goldman of
Toronto, if the latter gets back from the
| Henley regatta in season to compete IN
the national. Lewis is going so fast now
that his friends predict he will be able
| to show them all the way in at Boston
| the last Of next month.
Reports from Boston say Joe Mcclure
| is preparing for a race with Ten Eyck.
| Those reports receive little credence in
| this city Mcclure has had a chance TO
row Ten Isyck the last two years, but
| he never got into a perspiration in his
haste to row. They really think in Bos-
ton that he can row alongside Ten
Eyck, however, so there may be race
after all. The Wachusetts wouldn't like
anything better.
Looking forward to the Quinsigamond
International, members of the Wachu-
sett club see a possible chance for
great race. 1t is suggested that Kerns
and Lewis be rowed against each other
either in preliminary heats or the heats
arranged so they will meet toward the
finals. That race would be a big betting
event and would have more interest in
Worcester than all the rest put to-
gether.
The high school eight didn't take a
practice spin yesterday. Jackson was
not able to take his seat in the boat,
and the illness of the mother of another
member of the crew compelled him to
lay off. The eight expect to be on the
water tomorrow and intends to row
regularly.
If Lewis sticks to his decision not to
handle sweep again this season.
Dowd will go to stroke. He is good
man with the pace oar, as he has shown
in other years. The crew gives great
promise and the Wachusetts are giving
the lads all the encourag cement they
can. All the crew needs is faithful
training to become a speedy one. 1t
has been doing great time this
week for a crew which has been on the
water a few days only
Bathing wasn't a desirable amuse-
ment on account of the GOODNESS of
both water and air. Hardly a young
ster showed up at the public bathing
house, south Of the causeway. John
F. Hurley, inspector of plumbing, was
at the house during the day to inspect
one of the pOntoOns under the house
which is leaking. About eight inches
of water were in the pontoon yesterday
which was pumped out by Jere DAILY
the attendant in charge The pOntoOn
is the only one of the eight which sup
port the house that is leaking. The tim
bers were probably warped by the
breaking of the ice in the spring. The
pontoon will be copper lined as was
uOIlG To LllO6t uiiASA NAiI ON4ANA babAA7
house to prevent leakage.
Half a dozen fisherman went out
Friday after frogs, among them Ho-
race Long, Officer Millet of Station 1
and Charlie Lewis. Long and Millett
brought back 80 pairs of frog legs.
They got 1876 pairs the day previous.
Some of those secured yesterday were
record breakers, one bunch of six pairs
which they presented to friend,
weighing a pound.
w. H Wolcott, proprietor Of the
shooting range near the footbridge has
decided to offer a Stevens or Winches-
ter rifle to the person making the larg-
est number of consecutive bullSeyeS in
two months beginning July 1. All
scores will be made on a paper target
and the shooter will retain the target
after shooting in order that no mistake
be made. The winner will have his
choice Of rifle.
The bowling alleys in the park have
been planed and leveled and are as true
as alleys can be. The management
will shortly inaugurate a series of
match games. The season has opened
early in bowling and Clerk Hennes-
sey has about all he can attend to ev-
cry evening. Among the patrons of
the alleys are a number of ladieS who
are fast becoming adopts at shooting
the ball down straight and tipping Ov-
er the pins. With them as with the
male sex the candlepin game is the IA
vorite.