The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-28
OARSMEN
ROUNDING
INTO FORM


by the men I'm the shells and days and
nights OF anxiety on the part OF the
captains and coaches. Each club has
bad its troubles. the MyrtIes through
accidents and the illness OF one or two
or the men and the non-arrfvaI OF their
cars. and the Healanis By the accident
TO the new shell on Thursday night.
and although the swampinG was caused
by the men themselves. who rowed that
night. al Harry Murray expressed H..
Ike bum actors u Is nevertheless
very hard luck that u should have cc-
Cured ut the late hour. The Heaianis
helped out their rivals with a set Of
new sweeps. although they left them
selves without new oars 20 substitute
In case one OF the Junior crew oars
should be broken
The crews have been rowing over the
course nightly. on time. but the COACH
80 are mum and "a - impossible for the
outsiders To- obtain any correct figures
n 10 known that the Myrties have done
much better than ten minutes. and the
wise ones have 10 that the Healani se-
nSors also have got into single figures
"wednesday night the Myrtle crews
waited at the start until their rivals
received the signal from Coach Kle-
balm. who was In the launch at the
half mile nag. and took the water
about half n length behind the Heala-
mis-. A n result a very pretty race be-
tween the four crews took place. the
SENIORS and juniors pairing Off The
Healanis. wou each race by something
over two lengths and appeared CORE
spondingfy exalted
soper. perhaps the best oar the N.Y.
ties have. was not in the senior boat
while one OF the Crozier boys was TAX
q, or the Jnior crew and seated In So
perss place. ollie sorenson filling the
gap Ia the Junior four. Everyone knows
that 9orrnson Is n crack oar. but ne -
hardly In shape for n hard race. not
being In training. Harris would scarce
~ have sent two pickup crews against
the Hcaianfs unless he fully expected
To get worsted-
on that day the Blue seniors rowed
in better fora than their rivals and
looked like winners. but the water was
smooth a. a mill pond. condition
which the morning Of race day rarely
sees. The night after. In rough water.
they pulled like a lot OF farmers.
swapping and damaging their ness
shell. Prom present indications the
Myrtfes should win the Junior race BY
one or two lengths. while the senior
race will also BE- theirs unless one or
two men in the Heaiani Seniors take a
decided brace. No. 7. the strongest
man IN the boat. puts less power in his
stroke than any man In II. and loafs
in prpctice. rot beginning To do the
work that ne should
The Myrtle seniors do not row as
smoothly aS their rivals. and for the
ffrst time In several years are pulling a
slower stroke than the Healanis. but
they keep their shell on It's bottom
very well. and u runs better between
strokes than any boat now out
The Junior crews both row rasgcdly.
vim fttfe form. but "a the Myrties
have rowed together much longer and
are n stronger lot physically. tney
should '. IN out OF course these guess
80 are made week before the race.
and in training during the last lev
DAYS frequently a crew comes up with
n rusb. but IL the races were rowed
today. n IL pretty safe to say that the
MyrtIes would win the Junior race IN
any Kind OF water. and the senior race
n the course was choppy. while the
fI~afanis would take AZ ~ there was no
wind The probabilities are that dur
ing this last week the Blue crews VII
improve in greater proportion tnan
their rivals. ns they have not rowed
together ~ long AMI have only been
over ths course n few times
The races promise this year TO BE-
better than ever before. while the scene
at the finish will BE- a most animated
Que. with many new features that have
never before been In evidence. The
many boats OF the Yacht club will b.
anchored along the last half mile Of
the course on the Eva side. In order
to leave an unobstructsd view for thss
watchers from the shore. while tssp
new house boats. xaily decked In hunt
ing. win add color 40 the scene.
The steamer J. ~ Curumius has been
chartered BY the Yacht Club. and viii
take down a torsd Of members and their
friends. who cannot so down on ths'
cruise the afternoon % the third. This
win all make n very pretty sight worth
xoins< a fous way To see
There IL one rather amusing feature
about the two senior crews. The Hsa-
tsnis have four Americans rowing In
an English boat while the MyrtleS
have thrr~ F.nEffshfneu ard one other
foreigner rowing In au American built
boat.
the recent rains have made things
green On the Prntusuts. and have laid
The dust. - that those going down
wiz not have F.~ariy sS much tnConvs-
nfence aS in former years In this re-
spcct. Taking IL All and all the Fourth
promises 60 b. a gala day. with boat
races in the morning. yacht races and
T. ~
bail and the fireworks in the evening.