The Worcester spy., 1899-06-19
RAILROAD TIE. UP,
IA
An Old Pole Blocks
Business on Con.
solidated.
CROWDS AT LINCOLN PARK.
Lively Scenes All Along
the Lake on Sun
day.
CROWDS At LINCOLN PARK

lightful days of the season at the lake
and several hundred people enjoyed
the beauties Of nature at the club
houses and parks along the shores
The crowd started early in the after
noon, and continued to go to the lake
until late in the evening. The Consoli-
| dated handled the crowd with ease
through a two-minute schedule until
$50 o'clock when an accident created
a bad tie-up that prevented cars get
| ting to the city.
A pole along the track near the old
dummy car shed fell to the ground, car
rying a long stretch of trolley wire
with it, and IA cars were held at the
| lake. A break was made in the stretch
of cars bound for the lake, and a half
dozen from the blockade were sent
up the Shrewsbury street hill to the
city TO bring down the people who were
| waiting. Three Marlboro cars were
| caught in the blockade and the run
ming time of the road was seriously in
teEfered with. A gang of men with the
repair wagon hurried to the scene of
the break and in two hours had the
| track open around the loop.
The largest crowd of the season
was at Lincoln park from 8 to o'clock
| during the concert Of Battery B band.
| The band under the leadership of e.
d. Ingraham, gave one of its best con-
| certs of standard and popular selec-
| tons, and the work of the musicians
| found ready response in the applause
of the crowd.
At the club houses the members were
| out in force and there was more racing
talk than at any time in the season.
The Wachusett and Crescent houses
were the centres of boating. The Wa
chusett house was a hive Of perform
| ers both afternoon and evening. In
the morning, Ned Ten Eyck Lewis,
Kerns, Meagher, Collamore and Crow
| ley went out for their usual practice
| and drew a large crowd Of interested
and critical spectators. The work or
| the champion Ten Eyck was as clean
and finished as though he had been
| training a month instead of three days,
and Lewis and Kerns roWed in their
| usual good style.
For the last three years there has
been a wide difference of opinion
among equally good rowing judges re-
| garding the respective merits of Lew
is and Kerns, and II has always been
the ambition Of the followers of the
| sport to see the young men meet. They
| IldNG GllCOuulGItd CtlH OlllCT Dub OtiCS
in their careers as scullers. This was
nearly four years ago, when they COM
| peted to determine which should rep
resent the Wachusett club in the La
| Dor day regatta at Boston. Lewis won
| by a narrow margin but Kerns' friends,
while acknowledging defeat, claimed
| that their man lost through poor steer
| ing on account Of a bent fin. An op-
portunity for another race has never
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son Kerns was engaged with sweep
| rowing.
Now, however, he has been sculling
since the ice cleared from the lake and
in trial last week rowed the course in
fast time. Yesterday the work Of the
two was closely watched and the
| friends of each were strengthened in
their belief that either is better than
the other. While the boys were up the
lake, f. ]. Kerns, father of young
Kerns, reiterated to a friend his belief
than his son is a faster sculler than
Lewis. He said he had $500 he was will
| ling to wager his son could defeat Lew
! is then, in an hour, a week, or month.
This remark was communicated to
Lewis during the day but he said that
he had nothing to say He has heard
nothing direct either from Frank
Kerns or his father, and he could not
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every remark that was repeated to
him. Furthermore" he said, II can
not be supposed to race everybody who
comes along"
The squad of afternoon rowing en-
thusiasts was augmented by the
Crescent crew which took a long prac-
tice spin over the south course. The
Crescent members are ambitious to
master the sweep and are proving apt
IJipOinef fnfala
Bedard strolked the crew and showed
up we'll Ryan held the rudder ropes
and otherwise the crew was the same
that rowed week ago.
The Crescent club is considering the
organization of a four-oared crew, and
Bedard, ConlOn, John Garvey and
John ]. Garvey are considered mater
ial for a strong crew. The club does
not own a -oared shell but a four
cared working boat, owned by the St.
Anne's society has been lying idle in
the house for several years and the
Crescents propose to utilize 1t. Coach
Higgins has determined to inaugurate
frequent rows this week and the eight
cared crew will be on the water Tues
day and Thursday nights.
The club has decided to devote one
evening a week to lady friends and will
extend the freedom of the house to
them Thursday, June 20, for the first
time Refreshments and an orchestra
for dancing will be provided.
The members of the Turn Verein So
ciety were at their house in forces yes
terday in attendance at the sacred con-
cert by the singing section Of the So
city. The orchestra remained at the
club house in the evening and gave a
concert from s until 10 o'clock.
The new theatre at Lincoln park is
nearly completed and the contractor ex-
poets to put the finishing touches on
tomorrow. The formal opening will be
Thursday afternoon and evening when
a band concert, fireworks and general
illumination will mark the event The
afternoon concert will be given at $3.50
o'clock and the opening number in the
evening concert will be at 815 o'clock.
Lowell Arms Co., who furnished
the material for the opening display.
will supply the fireworks Thursday.
The Tatassit Canoe club will observe
ladies' night Friday night with dancing
and an illumination. 1t has been de-
cided to inaugurate a series of races
to be held on ladies night and the pro-
gram for Friday night includes a hur-
ry-skurry race, a tug-of-war, a tail-end
race and a man overheard race.
Two base ball teams. made uo respee-
lively of married and single members.
will do battle at Quinsigamond park
Saturday afternoon. The game is called
for 2 o'clock and promises no end of
amusement
A sailing skiff race for club members
is bulletined for July 3
The postponed opening of the From
TONIGHT AND T0MDRR0W MIGHT