The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-26
OARSMEN At
PEARL HARBOR
YOUNG ATHLETES AND THEIR
TRAINERS HARD AT WORK
FOR THE FOURTH.
PROSPECTS OF TWO FIRST CLASS
RACES.
Finishing Touches Being Put on the
Crews-How They Work, Eat and
Sleep.

a trip to the training quarters at |
Pearl harbor where the Healanis and |
Myrtles are putting the finishing touch |
es to their training is well worth the !
taking by anyone at all interested in |
athletic sports aside from those who |
make boating a speciality.
Eight men from each club with an |
! occasional substitute and their rubbers- |
down, the coaches, captains and vis- |
| itor or two, go down regularly every !
! evening from town on the o'clock |
train. row over the course, practice !
spurts and catches, eat hearty sup
| per, sleep the sleep of the tired ath-
/ lete, and return to town on the early
morning train.
Almost directly after leaving the
| train the men strip and put on their
rowing suits, while the coaches repair
to the wharf with megaphone, stop
watches and binoculars ready to step
into the launches as soon as the shell
and crew are in the water. At the Hea-
lani quarters Secretary Cooper holds
his launch at the disposal of Klebahn,
coach for the senior crew, and follows
up the race with as keen an interest as
anyone. Coach Fred Church shouts
directions to the Healani junior from
one of Young Brothers small launches.
Captain and coach Harris coaches the
Myrtle senior crew, coaching the men
from the stern of their own boat.
The Healani juniors take the water
first and row off down the course to the
start at easy gait making an occasional
spurt. Church follows them up, his
megaphoned directions echoing back
from the quiet mountains standing in
sharp silhouette against glorious sun
set. Next a shell shoots out from the
Myrtle wharf and then another. Mean
while Klebahn is getting impatient and
the sun has dipped behind the crest Of
the Waianae range. The new shell,
built by Rough of oxford, is in the wa
, ter. and the crew are ready, but the
= coach is grumbling at No. 3, and the
; way he sits or rather doesn't Sit to suit
. KIebahn's critical eye The slides of
No. ) and No. 4 need a drop more oil,
and there is further delay. At last
! | they paddle off with little Tinker at
the lines, giving them the time until
they lay by waiting for the launch.
Straight down to the start they go, in
tending to row over the course for the
third time, now squirting, now taking 1t
easy while Klebahn dissects the row
ing Of every man in the crew, and tells
/ him of his weakness in plain terms
The crew has visibly improved in the
last ten days. Damon pulling in eX-
cellent form at stroke. There is lots Of
room for Improvement yet however.
= Down at the start, the juniors are
waiting and the Myrtle crews are
g standing over towards the mountains
1 apparently waiting for brush over
% the course. Watches come out in eX-
. peCtation of a good trial between the
I crews. A moment and the Healani
y juniors are off with the Myrtles, not a
n lengths difference at the start The
n 1annpl, tbpn1 ahp1 a
and watches them, the coaches shout
q ing instructions. The Myrtles have
. two new men in their boat but are maxi
Il ing excellent showing. Bow in the He
o alanis will probably not pull in the
$ final race, so there is little opportunity
y for judging the respective prospects of
; the crews. Both crews stick to their
! work well. and finish under eleven min
- utes, not particularly good time for a
- calm evening and smooth water. The
- Healani catch Is lacking in style and
q precision, and squirt weakens the
y machinery of the crew They rowed
the course at about twenty-five, a
/ stroke that will doubtless be tuned up
- on race day. The Myrtles Overhauled
: them once about half mile from the
u start and the Healani crew temporari-
% ly went to pieces. Sorenson Is looking
- after the coaching of the Myrtle juni-
- ors, while Harris confines his attention
q to the seniors, coaching them while he
II plays coxswain, Alvarez will cox botr
y Myrtle boats on the Fourth, Steiner
70 coXing the Healani juniors and Tinker
the seniors.
Secretary, Cooper's launch is waiting
" for the senior crews to come up anC
- lies with still propeller. The evening
- :, is wonderfully quiet. the call Of tn,
~ coaches sounding clearly across thu
- water where the sixteen oarsmen ar,
working their hardest in striking dis
tinction to the calm evening. Hardly
20 rifle is on the water a fact not likeC
&c overmuch by the coaches as there i
TX sure to be a choppy course. and SOM
he little wind in the morning of race da,
and the change may upset calculations
I The crews are feathering high In antici
re patton of such conditions but littl
, rough water is badly wanted for tn
u, u, best practice.
oU Soper Is temporarily out of the Myr
III tie seniors with nasty boil on his leg
- and SOrensOn takes his place. Tn
el MyrtleS line up again for a trial agains
no their rivals and both start on fairl
We even terms. on the start the Myrtle
IS set a faster clip, but the Healani
- quicken and are soon rowing abou
thirty, about the same time that the
will row on race day in all probability
X There is a good deal of rOughness ye
k to be taken off both crews. Both hay
ID. new shells and the Healanis have yet
rL get entirely used to thoe pins, and III
i. change i'm the alignment of their seal
which are placed to starboard and POI
'se allowing more oar inboard. A narro
n strip has been placed along the CUR
IS, vale as a precaution against rough wa
es, ter. Stroke pulls the best form in tn
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