The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-08
AT LAKE QUINSIG.
Ten Eyck and Lewis
Have a Few
Brushes.
NEW SCULLERS AT THE FRONT.
Entries for the National Re-
gatta at Boston to Be
Made Soon.
NEW SCULLERS At THE FRONT.

President John H. Meagher of the
Wachusett Boat Club will send in a
day or two the entries of the club for
the national regatta which is to be held
in Boston July rs and 20. Ten Eyck
will be entered in the championship
race for seniors, Lewis in the associa-
ton race for seniors, and Kerns in the
junior singles.
Ten Eyck and Lewis will also be en-
tered in the double scull race. They
are practicing daily on the regular
course at the lake at both styles OF
rowing, double and single. They went
out yesterday afternoon in the double
first, and covered the course in good
time. Later they went In the sin
giles They have brush every day
which is of assistance in keeping them
in condition for racing, because it gives
them better experience than if they
rowed alone.
Kerns intends to go to Boston today
to try the single shell of Pope, form
erly B. A. A. sculler. If the boat
hts him, he will purchase it.
one of Lewis principal opponents in
the Association SOULS will be Amos XII
bic of Springfield, who defeated Lewis
In the Fourth of July regatta at Spring
field. Kubic is a good man, but he
mad no license to give Lewis such a
beating, and would not had both mer
roWed under equal conditions. Lewis
met with hard luck at the start by win
ming the poorest course when the coir
was tossed. When his boat began tt
MI with water, those who saw him Ia
Dor realized something was wrong.
herns had the same experience in his
race, and things will wear a different
aspect in the national 1t isn't offer
that two men from the same club get
the worst of it by misfortune as the
Wachusett men did at Springfield.
Harry Crowley is rapidly coming tc
the front as a. sculler, and in few sea-
sons viii be up in the front ranks. He
IS youngster IL years of age, but rows
a strong stroke, and is seemingly tire
less. When he can devote more time
to practice and grows into his
strength, he will make a powerful soul
Fred Moe, a telegraph operator on
one OF the morning papers, has taken
TO rowing with the sculls. Moe had
the hardihood to enter the double SOUL
race at the Quinsigamond international
regatta last season with another novice
Up to that time nobody had ever ac-
cused them of being world-beaters. Moe
IS now handling the SOULS like a real
champion, and if he stays at the bust
ness long enough, he will probably be
heard front
There was slim crowd at the lake
yesterday afternoon and evening. OUT
side the persons who went solelv ia
listen to the entertainment. AT its close
nearly everybody came home lirec,ly,
The STOW viii conclude with two per-
formances today.
Two of the nickel in the slot ma
chimes in the pavilion which were for
merly used by A. G. LalinGe. were
stolen a few evenings ago. officer Hor-
gan found one of them alongside the
track between the lake and the village.
1t had been broken into and the pen
MES removed. No trace of the either
machine was found, but it doubtless
met the same fate
A wheel on one of the early after
noon cars broke at the turnout on
Belmont street just at the park en-
trance yesterday The car was in
charge of Motorman MCGOWAN and
Conductor McCourt. rne repair car
was sent for and in 25 minutes the
broken car was on its way to the
barn.
A young man who brought a jag into
Lincoln park yesterday came to grief
on the merry go-round, which ne tried
to board while it was in motion. lie
was advised not to make the attempt,
but pushed his adviser away with the
statement that he was an athlete. He
may have been, but he certainly never
practiced jumping on a moving merry
go-round. He went headlong and
turned more somersaults in succession
than he ever did before. He wasn't
injured particle, not even his con-
ceit for he still insisted he was an
athlete while being made a butt for
funny remarks by the crowd.