The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-16
MYRTLES AND HARRIS
RED AND WHITE OARSMEN
WANT A COACH.
w. w. Harris Resigns From Active
Interest in Rowing Affairs-Goes out
With Dual Victory To Credit of Club

w. w. Harris captain of the Myrtle
Boat Club, has retired from rowing
and the captaincy of the club. His
resignation is written and will be plac-
ed before the Board of Directors at the
earliest opportunity. There will be a
great Outcry from directors and all
the other members, but Harris says
that his decision is absolute and final
other and more important affairs of
business claiming his attention in a
manner that necessitates the exclusion
of his favorite pastime.
Harris goes out with a final double
victory to his credit after the victory
of the red and white crews at Pearl
Harbor on the Fourth under his train
ing. He fully deserves the laurels that
he has won. He has been a persist
emily hard worker in the clubs affairs
during both terms of his captaincy,
and also during his unofficial member
ship
The club owes much to his energy
and enthusiasm and will be very re-
luctant to see him step down and out
of active rowing affairs The Myrtles
will be hard put to it to fill his place
in many ways. There are several good
Oarsmen and others capable of taking
up the captaincy and assuming the
Coachs megaphone, but they have not
hitherto shown any disposition to eX-
ercise their executive ability and ta-
lents in anything like the active man
ner exhibited by Harris.
Since his last acceptance of the cap
taincy in September, 1901, the year has
been a notable one for the Myrtles.
In the shell races in July the Healanis
carried off the honors in a dual vic
tory, but the Myrtles ran away with
the Junior barge races in September
in the harbor. The senior barge race
was an unfortunate affair with pro-
tests from both sides and was never
rowed out. Shortly afterwards Harris
was the main factor in engineering the
moving of the Myrtle boat house from
its old location next to the Healanfs
to it's present site at the harbor mouth.
He superintended the training of
the crews for the July races, coXing
the senior crew over the course while
instructing them. Harris methods OF
training are to a great extent original
with himself, being adopted with a
view to the eXigencieS of the climate
and the makeup of his crew. 1t has
always been Harris belief that with
a crew like the senior crew of the Myr-
ties, composed of men who work hard
manually during the day, regular
training exercises and strict attention
TO form cannot be attempted in this
climate.
He has steered a medium course, con-
filming himself principally to instruc-
tions as to diet and seeing as far as
he was able that they were carried out
a good catch, clean, regular bevel and
making the boat travel between
strokes. His instructions are limited
TO the essentials and tieing down his
men to form is not included. The He
alanis rowed in much superior form tC
their opponents on July 4, according
to Harris own acceptance, but lost the
day, the race being won in the last few
strokes.
The regrets for the retirement OF
Harris will probably take some tangi-
bic form of recognition by the mem
bers who are still not without hope
that Harris may be called upon once
in a while if desperately needed.