The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-13
CLUBS WILL HELP
Strong Outlook For
Forming An Eight
Dared Grew.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
President of Wachusett
Club Speaks in Favor
of the Scheme.

John J. Quinn and the other young
men who are associated with him in the
organization of an eight-oared crew to
compete under the colors of the Wa
chusetts viii! receive valuable assist
ance from the club if the crew is con-
Quoted on the lines that are laid down.
Since his project was told in The Spy
there has been considerable comment
fn regard to it by members Of the
Wachusetts, and everything that has
been said has been favorable. Members
of the club plainly show that they are
not only willing but anxious to have an
eight represent the club the coming
summer which will be one of the live
Hest in aquatics that Worcester has
eyer seen.
One reason why the Wachusetts will
give every assistance in their power is
on account of the difficulty the club has
always had in maintaining good
crew. 1t has turned out several fast
ones, but not without more difficulty
than many of the members want to en-
counter again. The men became pettish
and formed a habit Of comparing notes
in regard to each other, creating a dis
sensiOn. The young men who have
agreed to row in the crew which Mr..
/ Quinn proposes to organize have shown
in the past that they will attend faith
fully to the business of training and
that is all the Wachusetts will ask. The
Wachusetts have always done more for
the support of boating than all the
clubs at the lake put together and are
prepared to do the same the coming
season. Mr. Quinns men understand
that the formation of the crew is es-
sentially a business proposition and on
their own faithfulness depends their
recognition by the Wachusetts. They
are prepared to undertake the project
with that understanding and it isn't
easy to see why they won't be success
3ul.
President John H. Meagher of the
Wachusett Boat Club was asked his
opinion regarding the formation of the
crew and the probability of the Wachu-
sets assisting it. He said; Il read with
Il great deal of interest the article in
The Spy giving the plans of Mr. Quinn
Tor the organization of an eight-oared
crew and for my own part nothing could
suit me better than to see a crew
formed on the lines that Mr. Quinn has
laid down. As The Spy states, a crew
composed Of the men who are named
ought to be faster than either of the
high school crews of former years, and
If it is / don't see where any crew has a
license to defeat it. The plans which Mr..
Quinn speaks of show that he means
business and the make up of the crew
is guarantee that the young men will
train. Of course 1 can't say definitely
what the Wachusett Boat Club will do,
but if the crew shows that it means
business I feel assured that the club
will do even more than the manage
ment expects. The Wachusetts have al
ways fOstered the sport and will make
no departure from that rule the coming
season. Such a crew as could be formed
from the young men named in The Spy
would be a credit to any club not only
for its excellence but for its faithfulness
They have shown their abilities as
oarsmen and they are the right kind of
oarsmen, for they will train conscien-
tiously. 1 am sure every boating man in
Worcester will lend every assistance
in his power to the project"