The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-19
ROGERS GOING FAST.
The Final Deposit for the Race With
Durham Will Be Made This Week.

Durham Will Be Made This Week.
If the weather holds as good as it has
been since Ras Rogers came to this city
to train for his race with Eddie Durham,
he won't have any reason to find fault.
His spins on the lake yesterday were
as good as he could desire, because wind
and water conditions are excellent. He
continued training on the lines as laid
down in The Spy yesterday. Soon after
rising he took a 10-mile iaunt over the
Shrewsbury road doing the distance IN
time that would be a credit to pedes-
TRAN. When he returned he was a few
pounds lighter than when he started.
which pleased him greatly.
He then went on the water and rowad
a stiff three miles. In the afternoon
he launched his shell again and took
a four-mile spin, going over the south
course. He didn't let any barnaclcs
attach Themselves to the bottom of his
she'll They would have 20 make all
kinds of records to catch him He sent
the light craft along al tremendous
speed. Rogers work has improved II
the time he has been here, short as it
has been, which would lead a person
to suppose that he has not done a great
deal of rowing in the last few weeks.
The remaining $500 of the stake money
will be posted this week, and on the
Rogers end nothing more will be re-
CURED, as he is on the scene of con-
test. Durnan is expected at the lake
some time this week. Although the
race will not occur until Sept. q, Dur
nan will probably come here several
days before that date in order to ia
miliarize himself with the course.
Purser Calvin Anderson of the Venus
had considerable trouble yesterday ex-
planning the wherefore of an accident
which happened him and young lady
at the dock of the Frontenac club the
evening previous. Anderson, while gin
gerly escorting the young lady to the
boat, tumbled into the water and
dragged the young lady in after him.
1t was rather late in the evening
when the accident happened. The
young lady had been in attendance at
the clambake of the Frontenac club.
Anderson found time to take in the
clambake and the good things that went
with it. He took in everything that
was on the card and squeezed in a few
that weren't The young lady was left
in the house by her escort, who thought
she had gone to the steamer with other
frl6nQS. Nn61 lie T6dCneu the DpdI ne
learned she had not appeared, and when
on the point of going back 70 The house
the ever obliging purser volunteered to
escort her to the steamer. Her escort
made no objections, and Anderson es-
corted the young lady to the dock.
The steamer had not been fastened at
both ends and drifted out about thrae
feet from the dock All distances
looked alike to Anderson, and three
feet didn't seem any more to his fair
companion than three inches. An
derson confidently stepped toward the
boat, and his companion did likewise.
They didn't step quite far enough 10
reach the boat, but they stepped far
enough to reach the wayae which vas
down more than three feet. They
went in together and went under, as
the water is about eight feet deep off
the dock Several men On board the
steamer pulled them out, and the boat
started for the dock in Lincoln park,
the drenched companions endeavoring
to keep themselves warm in the engine
room.