The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-11
ROWING GOSSIP.
Quinsigamond Regat-
ia Committee Has
a Balance.
KUBIC INVITED TO ROW LEWIS.
Wachusett Clubmen Want
the ScullerS to Row
Again.
KUDIC INVITED TO ROW LEWIS.

John II. Meagher, chairman of the
committee of management of the Quln-
sigamond international regatta, is anX-
ious to have affairs connected with the
regatta cleared, in order that the COM
mittee may ascertain it's position and
report to the board of governors. There
will be a balance remaining of the
money subscribed to carry on the re-
gatta, and it is a perpleXing question
with members of the committee what
shall be done with the funds. The
amount will be between $3.50 and $500.
The governors will have the decision
in their hands. Whatever the commit
tee which conducted the regatta rec
ommends, will doubtless receive unan-
imous support from the governors, but
the committee has reached no definite
conclusion on any recommendation.
There is among members of the COM
mittee feeling that the money should
be spent in aquatic sports, and it ends
there. Whether to save ii as a nu-
cleus for another fund for a New Eng
land regatta next year or the national
regatta two years hence, or whether to
arrange a local regatta during the
present season, are questions on which
the committee is divided.
One thing seems certain; there will
be no further attempts to hold a regat
ia on the lines which were laid down
for the Quinsigamond international.
Those who were actively engaged in
the work OF the last regatta, practical
ly the same men as were associated
with the regatta of last year, have
concluded that the two attempts do
not warrant another being made next
year.
The proposition which was made by
Walter Simpson, president of the Ma
tional association, that Worcester
boating men hold the annual fall re-
gatta of the New England association
at the lake Labor day, does not meet
with favor in this city.
The principal reason is that there is
no guarantee that Boston oarsmen and
scullers would attend the regatta and
take part in the races. Springfield OBJ
tanned the New England regatta July
under the superstition that Boston
oarsmen would attend in large num-
bers. They didn't. Springfield made
elaborate preparations for the regatta
and carried it out on a magnificent
scale.
Worcester boating men fear if the
Labor day regatta was held at the
lake, they would meet with the same
disappointment that Springfield boat
ing men did on July 4. They are not
running chances of disappointments on
lines similar to those they met with in
attempting to manage the Quinsiga-
mond international.
Considerable doubt has been ex-
pressed among boating men Of the fall
regatta taking place in Boston. The
city of Boston will expend only $500 for
the Labor day celebration, and organ
lied labor of that city will want nearly
all that money. Their claim to 1t is
first recognized as the day is one set
apart for laboring men. If the New
England association conducts a regatta
it will have to pay the expenses from
It's treasury. There is now only $500 in
the treasury of the association and
the cost of a regatta is usually figured
at $780, The members of the New Eng
land association from this city are
John H. Meagher and DR.. M. p. Hig-
gins, the latter being treasurer. They
are daily expecting a notice of a meet
ing of the association to consider the
proposition of holding the fall regat
ia.
What boating men of this city are
talking most just now is a local regat-
ia, a feature of which would be
match race between Amos Kubic of
Springfield and Charlie Lewis of the
Wachusetts. President Meagher of the
Wachusetts evidently has hope of con
summating such a race, for he wrote
last evening to President Coogan of
the Springfield Boat club relative to
such a race. The Wachusett men are
so anxious for it that they will do
everything in their power to make it
easy for Kubic, and will stand ex-
penses for bringing him here, as far
as the rules of the association will al
low.
The race would provoke a rivalry of
no small dimensions. The men have
raced against each other three times
this season. Kubic has won two of the
races. He won over Lewis and OBJ
tanned the title of New England cham
pion at Springfield July 4. He also de-
feated Lewis at the lake Aug ! in o
trial heat of the Quinsigamond inter-
national. Lewis defeated Kubic in a
trial heat at the national regatta in
Boston July %. Friends of each man
claim adverse conditions affected the
result in all but the race at the lake,
when an accident threw Lewis out OF
the race. At Springfield, it is claimed
by Lewis men, that he had rough wa
ter and his boat was checked, which
dllOWeu II TO NAH I'LL WIN water. Al
Boston, where Lewis won, Kubic's
friends claim the Worcester lad mad
the better course. The race at the lake
went to Kubic because Lewis fell out
of his boat. He had apparently win
ming lead. Kubic's lack of knowledge
of the course unquestionably militia
ted against him. for he rowed far from
a straight line and went a considerable
distance more than he should. WHAT
he could have done if he rowed a bet
ter course, causes more or less COM
ment.
Worcester boating men are anxious
to have another race arranged, partly
because they want to see more racing
at the lake before the season closes,
and partly because they want to see
the rivals settle the question of supe-
riority in such a manner that there can
be no doubt as to the better man.
If the fall regatta Of the New Eng
land association is held, the Wachusett
Boat club will enter junior, and a
race will be necessary TO settle who
the entry will be. There are two eligi-
oles, Frank j. Kerns and Cass Cola
more, and they will have to race to
decide which of them shall be entered
by the club Both are in training in an