The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-04
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from this club would receive transpor-
tatlon. He stood firm, however. and in
sisted that at le3st four oarsmen should
Be included. the only concession he was
willing to make being in regard to the
cockswain. Then he was Informed that
the Alameda boats must be a, the de-
pot that afternoon. and, short as the
tina was. this was done. only TO find
that the car was locked and the yard
master had been strictly instructed not
to open It. However choking a ca:
with cream Is not the only way Of kill
ing i, and when the car was opened al
Astoria an Alameda barge aud skin
were found in H.
Then the Ariels had been all along
assured that their barge crew would
be among those selected. but no no
iice was given TO any OF them or 10 J.
A. Geddes, their representative. and
chairman OF the regatta committee. at
what time tickets for the railroad had
been received or would be distributed.
Some Of them had their trunks packed
ready for the summons which never
came. Yet the Ariels had the only four
who could fairly be said 10 be entitled
to go north on the ground OF their
previous performances as oarsmen, Rob
ert Ellis and W. T. Howe being seniors.
and Harry Foley and L. Smith being
the two strongest men OF the crew that
won the junior barge championship a;
the Lake Merit, regatta. The Ala
media crew has in It only one senior
oarsman, F. W. Ayres. while the Olym-
pic crew's best man was second in the
junior skiff race at Lake Merritt The
University Of California shell crew does
not contain a single man fit to row
in craft Of that class.
When :he question OF what crews
should he chosen vas in the early
stages II discussion. t was stated that
the Astorians wisnad TO have men who
could tas5 part in other aquatic or land
sports. Now this Is a condition which
the Ariels fulfilled especially well, Har-
~ Foley being a runner and a cham
pion mIddlewelght boxer; Howe being
4 swimmer; Smith a fine water polo
player. ana Hanlon being the champion
bln,amweight boxer of the coast. The
Olympic Club die not even enter a
barge crew az he Lake Merritt regat-
IA, ard az one of last years regattas
four comprising some of the oars
men who weat 20 Astoria rowed abso-
lutely last Of i've crews. The South
End barge crew includ I'd a wrestler and
Two moderate single scullers. The Ala
m edas feel tha, deliberate attempt
was male to shut ;hem out. bu, are
much pleIsei that promptitude on their
part ana a knovl edge of railroad af-
fairs made the attemp, frutless.
But the Ariels have not even the con-
ISOLATION Of having succeeded, and were
kept completely in the dark until their
protests were una7ailing They feel the
more ipjurei because they attribute the
juggling whereby ;heir crew was ex-
cluded to a man who for many years
represented their club en- the board of
managers Of the Pacific Association. but
who has now transferred his allegiance
to the Post street club. A general feel
ing is growing among the oarsmen that
the management of the affairs Of the
association has fallen almost entirely in
to the hands Of men who no longer take
any part in active sports"
The following is reprinted from the
sporting page Of The Chronicle:
THE forced changes in the plans Of !