The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-21
OARSMEN
ROUNDING
INTO FORM

With the advent OF the HeaIanis at
Pearl Haror today. the center OF row.
ing activity viii be shifted and oars
men will no more be seen on the waters
% the bay until after the Fourth OF
July races.
The Myrtle men have had the adyan-
taGe or training quarters for the past
week and from reports they are be-
coming even better than they were In
their practice here. The men are pull
ing strong and are rounding into shape
handiry. The only difficulty Is TO watch
them SO that they do not work too
hard. for they are already fairly ad-
vanced in their conditioning. The
training this year Is done on somewhat
different lines than formerly. owing to
the fact that the men who are train
ing the crews are light enough 10 steer
the boats and so do not have to utilize
n launch during the spins Harris Is
working the senior crew and Sorenson
the juniors.
The arrival OF the new boat for the
kHealanis furnished feature OF the
Hrscing which VIII add degree of un-
Certainty to u until the moment OF the
great struggle. The men are already
trying to get accustomed TO the differ
ences which exist between their old
boat and the new one. Instead OF the
accustomed oariocks the new boat Il
rugged with thoie pins The oars are
much heavier than the old ones. They
are longer. too. with blades narrower
and with greater sweep. The oars
proye TO be so perfectly balanced. how
ever. that they DO not show their
weight Taking IL all together the new
boat f. about The same length and
weight as the old one There Is va
rfed opinion among the ciubmen. some
insisting that u will prove faster. and
others believing that there will be no
advantage gained by its use over the
Davey boat.
The senior crew OF the Heaianis are
somewhat Handicapped by the fact that
they have only two weeks TO become
accustomed TO the new boat and TO get
themselves into shape for the race.
They will have fine quarters at Pear
Harbor and expect To show hard woFS
during the intervening time. The He
afani Junior crew IL not as Tar adVanc-
"a an their competitors and from the
form shown IN their preliminary rows
viii have TO make decided Improve
nnent before they may be considered IN
the hunt for The victory. They are
workins. hard but they do not show the
vf<or or the unity OF action which
cfarac.arfzeS the work OF the Ayrtles-
rms. outlook - that there viii be
.hovvn faster time In the races than
has been accomplished In any OF the
81 previous struggles The senior crews.
II IN. Healanis show the form which
- expected Of them. should go over
the course in better time than mas
yer been achieved. The record IL
h,ra one 20 break. but the boats are
moving well and the crews. barring ac-
cidents. should have no trouble In max
ing n new mark The juniors are not
"a liable to make a new figure. but the
MYRTLE men will force the Healauis 20
d 60 In record time 10 beat them accord
ing toethe outlook
The regatta committee mas Dec"
chosen by President a. l. g. Atkinson
OF the Rowing Association - r =
Taylor OF the Lsalani club ~ chair-
rrar and Merle Johnson represents the
Heafanis. Albert = Judd vas ssisSIe9
10 r~prpsent the MyrtleS. but ne re-
fu~.,t q, net. This ia n misfortune for
the reason that he IL n college man.
one who knows the sport thoroughly
and In n genuine sportsman
The cDurss will be surveyed today
nd tagged out 30 that the Work OF
the crews may De- done over the course
mon which they viii fight out the BAT
tie for supremacy July Fourth