The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01

| worrying itself about ~i1o is to blame
Tor the entry list not filling, and boat
! ing men are in the same position. They
lelt sorry that the races of yesterday
could not be held, but they are not sor-
! ry over today's program. They think
! the races today will be 1T more Interest
| to Worcester people ttan il the entries
had come in full, numbers And they
are not far from right. Before the re-
gatta is half over today the Spectators
win be more Interested in the results
and probable results than if the original
program could have been carried out.
| There via be warm racing, and there
VIII be good performances. In the sin
gle souls, the champion of champions
will compete, and if the excellence of
the competitors is to be considered, the
| regatta does not suffer in the least. for
the king of them all viii be seen.
In the canoe events the same is true.
The champion four and champion war
canoe crews of New England are en-
tered, and will race, and they will have
worthy opponents, so worthy. in fact.
that there is considerable doubt about
the champions being able to maintain
the position which the name implies.
From a standpoint of excellence of
competitors, therefore, the regatta has
suffered nothing.
From standpoint of local interest, it
has gained in the race between the
school boy and Wachusett Fights The
crews may not be able to row quite
as fast as the Pennsylvanians can, but
time cuts no figure so long as there is
q race. What every lover of aquatic
sport and otherwise wants to see, is
contest, and they will see a struggle in
the eight-oared shell race today well
worth looking at.
There is no doubt Of the success of
J,s NIL I,s, errc
and there will be a good crowd. and
its interest will be conferred directly i'll
contestants whom 1t knows.
The first race will be the trial heat
between the Crescent four of Waltham
and the Tatassit four. The Crescent
four is composed of George Silvernail,
stroke, John Meisel, William Whelpley
is composed of A. H. Lange, stroke,
Hervey f. Lamb, Fred Coulson and &.
j. Soners.
This race viii be warm one. The
Crescent four is the champion four
blade crew of New England, but there
are good men in the Tatassit can0A
From the standpoint of spectator,
nothing can be prettier than half
mile canoe race, for the canoes keep
close together and their relative posi-
tons can be readily seen.
Then comes a race in which great
interest was manifest at the lake yes
terday. The contestants will be Char
lie Lewis and Amos Kubic of Spring
field, the latter being the New England
champion. He defeated Lewis at
Springfield July 4 because Lewis got a
poorer course, and Lewis turned the Ia
bles on him at Boston Friday he
cause he got a better course The al
ternate victory and defeat would imply
that the men are pretty evenly match
cd, and, on the lake. where there is
practically nc choice of course, wheth-
err the water Is rough OF smooth, the
battle ought to be warm one.
Then will come the second race of
four blade canoes in which the winner
Of the first heat will be matched
against the Lakeside four The lat
ter is a warm one. 1t is composed of
w G. Whiting, stroke, j. L. Wash
burn, b. S. Flint and Fl. Fl. Ames. The
last two were in the crew that made
worlds record for a half mile last
year. The padding OF a half-nile is
not sufficiently fatiguing TO a crew to
injure its chances and the winner will
have an hours rest, which should put
them in good shape again.
The champion Of champions who won
his title at Boston Saturday, will figure
in the next race. He rows the winner
\of the heat between Lewis and Kubic.
lNhe race Is an acknowledged win for
| I'm Eyck. but 1t will be of special inter-
esA 10 show the people how he rowed
70 Neat out Joe Mcguire and gain his
The war canoe race. which comes