The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-20
MYRTLES AND HEALANIS BEGIN
REGULAR TRAINING.
Various Candidates for the Senior and
Freshman Race Being Arranged.


the members of the Healani and Myr-
tie Clubs have begun to report regular
.ly every night for practice. More en-
thusiasm is being shown in the sport
this season than ever before and it is
believed that the races will be better
than have been witnessed at previous
meetings.
Tne Nyrtles have adopted wise poll
cy in handling the young men of their
organization. Captain A. +. Judd says
that If the club hopes to develop good
rowing material not only for the pres
ent season but for successive years,
they must look to the younger element
where the enthusiasm and growing
strength is to be found. Acting upon
this theory special effort is being di-
rected towards interesting the younger
members and also training them prop
erly in handling an oar
In an addition of a pair cared shell the
Myrtles have found a valuable aid i'm
training their various crews, and
watching the young and inexperienced
men especially. w. H. Soper the vice.
captain of the club has charge of the
training and coaching while Captain
Judd looks after the finishing touches
of the boys. Soper takes the various
crews out and instructs them in the
principles of rowing and coaches them.
| Whenever it looks as if some candidate
did not understand the pointers of the
coach and is slow in acquiring the art
of handling the oar, he is turned over
to the mercies of Captain Judd who
takes him out in the pair cared shell
and gives him personal attention.
A new crew this year is the juvenile
or freshmen. The Myrtles have gotten
| quite a strong aggregation of boys to-
gether to compose this crew. The He
alani club also has a similar organiza-
nd ci w ha
the crews is being discussed. Walter
Alvarez has been made captain of the
Myrtle crew and he is very sanguine
over the result of any meeting. Lloyd
| Conkling who has served as coxswain
| for the past barge victories of Healant
crews, is coaching the crew for the
| Healan club. Conkling has had eX-
tensive experience in training athletes
for he was one of the most successful
| bicycle trainers on the Coast. He is
| cool and has the faculty of keeping his
men together when there is a severe
| test of their courage and strength.
Alvarez has not participated in an ac-
tual race but he has had much more
! than the average amount of experience
| in training men for rowing races. He
He has been with the Myrtle crews at
Pearl City several years.
| The Myrtle crew is composed as
| follows: Stroke Ernest Kopke; No. o,
e. Crabbe; No. 4, E. Smith; No. 8, Percy
| Griswold; No. 2, Walter Alvarez; bow,
George Robertson. The Healani crew
| is composed of the following: Stroke,
| Lot Kaulukou No. 5, w. Dixon; No.
4, Eugene Allen; No. 8, p. Devereaux;
| No. 9, +. DevereauX and bow, $. Ma
| helona In addition to the spirit of
| rivalry which is felt between two row.
ing organizations. additional desire for
victory is added to this race by the
fact that the Myrtle boys are members
of the High School while those of the
Healani with one exception, are re-
cruited from the Punahou College
ranks. There is some discussion how
ever over recognizing the Punahou
| boys as the juvenile or freshmen crew
of the Healani club. The crew should
be given such recognition however as
| they have been allowed the use of the
| Healani club house and barge for
training. The race between the crews
| may occur two weeks from tomorrow.
The principal interest naturally CEN
ters In the senior crews. At the pres
ent time it looks, as If there would be
no change in the personnel of the Hea-
lani crew. Renear, Jarrett, Lloyd and
Boisse composed this crew which won
at the Pearl Harbor races last year and
as all of the men are in good shape now
| and, with the possible exception OF
formidable candidate, it may be decid-
ed to retain the old crew.
There will be one or more changes in
the Myrtle crew for this year. Soren-
son, Martin, Soper and Lishman are
| practicing now together. This is the
crew of 1899. A. f. Judd, who rowed
last year with the Myrtle crew, will
start training next week He will prob
ably row in the crew this year. Angus
who also rowed last year may not take
part in the sport this season, his inten-
ton on the subject is not known. Mar
tin and Soper We're the other members
of last years crew. The senior crew will
probably be chosen from these candi-
dates with the possible choice of Sam
Johnson and Arthur Giles.
The candidates of the Myrtle junior
| are Sam Johnson, Lyle, Lansdale, Ross
Arthur Giles, Mclean, Allen Judd anC
George Fuller. Sam Johnson, Fuller
. Allan Judd and Giles rowed with the
junior crew last year at Pearl Harbol
! and made a splendid showing.
| More than the usual rivalry fol
places in the junior crew exists among
the Healani club members. Among
the most formidable candidates are
i Tracy, Walcott, Lowell, and Stokes
They have been4 rowing together fol
months past ana are regarded as
quite a strong crew. A number of new
men are being tried out for this crew
in which Spencer and Webster are quite
prominent. Harrison is another can
didate whose chances are fair Ray
mond Is a novice who is being coached
All of the preliminary coaching anC
Instruction is under the direction o
Jim Lloyd the captain of the senio
crew He takes on an average of thre'
crews out every night. Jarrett i
lending valuable aid by rowing witt
the junior crew candidates. Captain
Jack Atkinson also is present ever!
afternoon and takes out one or NOR
crews. The pair Dared SHELF has no
been called into use very much as We
in instructing the Healani candidates
So far as is reported the Myrtles an
Healanis are the only clubs which In
tend to place crews i'm the field thl
season, although there may be som
others gotten together before the har
work of training sets i'm.
The senior and junior races will oo
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