The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-01
THE HEAAM CREWS RAGE |NAH INJUNCTION SUTGU RID G SONANAg
SENIORS BEAT JUNIORS BY 81
SECONDS.
Championship Crew Pulled in a Much
Lighter Boat-Myrtle Junior Crew
Rowing Very Well.

| hOWlnB very Well'
But three days more of training and
! the crews of the Healani and Myrtle
Clubs will meet in the annual boat
races at Pearl Harbor The three crews
that started originally to train for the
events are now in about as good con-
dition as even a weeks more training
/ would get them but the second crew
Gf the Myrtles would be Vt,lch stronger
could it get ten days or more of hard
work
While the second junior crew which
the Myrtles got up on short notice is
/ composed of experienced oarsmen it is
not in quite as good condition as it's
| friends would like. The men are, as
rule, too fat and while they row the
course very well the strain will tell
more on them than it will on any of
the other crews. This crew went over
! the course yesterday and the boys
! finished quite strong Even the friends
/ of the Healani junior team admit that
the Mrytles have gotten together
surprisingly strong team and if the
! Healani second crew wins 1t will be af-
ter hard struggle. The new Myrtle
! juniors will row as follows: stroke,
! Rido Ross, weight 165 pounds; No. 3,
Sam Johnson, 152 pounds; No. 2, Allen
Judd, 1856 pounds; bow, w. b. Mclean
lao pounds; Coxswain, l.. Wheeler, IS
| pounds.
The Myrtle seniors are training stead
| lily and show improvement right along
| That club has secured very strong
team. one which is believed viii prove
| as fast combination as has ever raced
! in these waters. The crew is much
| lighter than its opponent but there is a
surprising amount of life to the Myrtle
! boat. 1t does not drag bit and shoots
! steadily through the water. The weak
! est feature of this crew seems to be the
! presence of a couple of men who have
never before taken part in a champion
| ship or even in an important race. They
| may become badly ratified during the
race next Thursday but there has not
up to the present, been any indication
of any such occurrence. The men are
| going along as steadily as If they had
rowed in championship races every
| year of their lives even their opponents
admit that the race is likely to prove
as close a contest as has ever been pull
ed off in the Islands and the winning
team will not have more than boat S
length or so to spare.
The Healani senior and junior teams
rowed the course together yesterday
The seniors finished two lengths ahead
OF their opponents but on this showing
the seniors are hardly as superior to the
second team as had been expected. The
Juniors rowed in the Australian lap
streaked boat while the seniors had the
is much heavier than the shell and in
the opinion of some experts is fully a
minute slower than the lighter boat
over course of a mile and half. If
this estimation is correct. which many
doubt, the seniors are as a matter of
fact an inferior team to the juniors.
u The Juniors We're given a start of SO
seconds. The seniors hit up a good clip
| from the start and slowly overlook the
junior boat. 1t was not until the three
d quarters of mile stake was reached
that the seniors passed the other crew.
On the estimation that the shell was a
minute faster than the lap streaked
| boat this was a good showing on the
part of the senior crew but in order to
nave sustained the same speed of the
smell and demonstrated their own sup
II erlOrlty over the other crew they
should have gone ahead and beaten out
the juniors by fully a half minute or
even more over the last half of the
course. This they were unable to do
absolutely.
The seniors continued to draw ahead
over the last part of the course but
they seemed unable to spurt and at no
time were they more than five lengths
ahead of the junior crew. In the last
two hundred yards of the course the
juniors surprised every body by spurt-
ing with well sustained strength. They
overhauled the senior crew several
lengths, and were beaten by only four
seconds
The time of the crews was consider
ably over 10 minutes.
Whether this race can be taken as
any indication of the relative merits
: of the two crews is a question. The Sc
niors rowed the course in 81 seconds
faster time than their opponents The
= lighter boat was in large measure the
I cause for such marked discrepancy in
: the respective times but just how much
is matter of conjecture. 1t is claimed
that the estimation of one minute Is not
fair in the present instance as the Sc
nior crew are but novices in rowing
shell and are not able to get the full
speed out of the boat. If this explana-
tion is correct and there is a strong
possibility that 1t may be, the race yes
terday cannot be taken as any indica-
tion of the relative merits of the two
crews and the experts are as much in
doubt now as IL the contest had not
been held.
The coxswains of both the Myrtle
crews have not been changed. Rey-
nolds will In all probability serve as the
coXsWain for the senior crews OF the
Healanis, and Lansing for the juniors
The boys are very dubious over Rey-
nolds' weight of 110 pounds. They are
making life miserable for the poor
youngster with their continual nagging
at him to stop eating and reduce
weight. Reynolds still insists on his
perogative of three Squares" day.
1t is thought that his judgement and
cool head will do more than Offset his
surplus weight
In addition to the senior and junior
races there may also be a pair-oared
race between crews from both clubs.
CURE FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM