The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06

club houses to make way for the en-
croachments of building and bust
ness. Members would not 90 to the
lagoons provided for the rowing
practice and the sport fell Off in inn
portance. Regattas were planned
for Black Lake, Holland, and one or
two other places, but the entry list
generally was confined to q few eX-
perts. For five years no real earnest
effort has been made, to revive the
once popular regattas. And the con-
sequence is that one of the most
healthful and beneficial of the out
door sports has fallen into the slough
of Indifference.
THE Iroquois club, of which L have
been a member for many years, is
active enough, but it is only one or
ganiza ton. 1t will endeavor to have
some regattas before the year is out.
Recently the sympathy of Gov. Yates,
of Illinois, was enlisted on the side
| of the rowers, for a proposition to
build a costly club home for rowers
! in Lincoln park, Chicago. modelled
after the plans of either the Detroit
Boat club or the Philadelphia Barge
club All that is required is the per-
mission to build, and | will guarantee
that the money for building will be
Forthcoming. Despite all of the de-
preston in rowing circles, John Cor
bett, eX-champion single sculler of
America, works hard coaching the
members of the Iroquois crews. He
had contributed an elegant diamond
medal emblematic of the club cham
pionship, which will be contested for
this year L look for a general pros
elyting expedition in the northwest
this year.
Strange, indeed, is the punishment
| that the victorious Cornell oarsmen
have placed upon one of their former
hard working colleagues-John NJ.
Francis. This Ithacan oarsman is
conceded to be one of the most prom
Using scullers in America, yet the
| Cornell crew refused to permit him
70 row in the Poughkeepsie races.
Francis is the son of Minister Fran
els, the United States diplomat at
Athens, Greece. The latter made a
long ocean voyage expressly to in
terccde for his son, who wanted to
row with his varsity crew. But the
young man, in his eagerness to learn
some extra frills in sculling, had en-
gagged Ned Hanlan, the great oars
man and coach, to give Kim point
ers."
| Because of this-or was it because
Hanlan was coaching the Columbia
university boat crews?-the members
of the Cornell varsity crew declared
| they would not row with Francis,
and the young athlete was barred.
To the casual follower of varsity
rowing, there seems to be little diff.
ference between getting information
on rowing at your alma mater from
| Coach Courtney, Coach O'Dea or any
other professional who is engaged to
| impart his knowledge of the stroke,
| slide-in fact, everything about row
ing-and studying the science of the
oars with Hanlan, Ten Eyck Me-
Dowell or any other teacher of his
| art.
Since the defeat of Pennsylvania in
the finals at Henley by the Leander
Rowing club veterans in the grand
challenge cup event, the varsity boys
have had many opportunities to
sound public sentiment at home.
Everybody is glad that they won two
heats in the trophy event and every
body is pleased because Leanders
were forced to the limit to win By n
scant length. And every critic now
knows, or should know. that Penn
sy's performance was the grandest
in the history of the Thames river
classic. for her rowers were mere
boys compared to the bronzed veter-
ans of Leander. The latter are ex-
perienced rowers whose arms have
been burned by the suns of many
summers. The Quaker varsity crew
is in good luck to have done SO well
against these almost amphibious Eng.
lishmen. e. G. WESTLAKE