The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-29
RACES AT
THE LOCHS
Myrtles and healanis
Looking for Big
Crowd.

The July 4th rowing races at Pearl
Harbor this year have promise of the
best kind of sport The event is only
one of the two annual aquatic fea-
lures of sporting life in Honolulu, and
as there is nothing else that forenoon
to draw a crowd, the attendance should
be extremely large. The Oahu Rail
road is to run a special train from Ho-
nolulu at a. M, July 4. This train
viii run directly to the end of the
Peninsula within a few yards of the
shore from which a fine view of the
races may be obtained. The railroad
rate is seventy-tive cents for the round
trip. The races are amateur events
and therefore no fee is charged. The
Myrtles and Healanis are putting in
senior and Junior crews, which are
working hard in their daily practice.
CREWS SHOWING FORM.
1--WE are rounding into great form, -.
said Captain Sam Walker of the Hea-
lani Boat Club yesterday. ''Our boys
have never worked harder for a race
in their lives and the wise ones who
think that the Myrtle Seniors viii run
away from us are likely to be sorely
disappointed. Things are coming as
well as can be expected and the boys
are improving their time every even
ing. We viii be in the best of shape
on the Fourth of July and viii have
no excuse to offer II we are defeated. -
great many people are looking to
see the Myrtles have walk-Over on the
Fourth in the Senior event but from the
form that both crews are now display
ing neither has a cinch and it looks
as though close and exciting race
Will be the outcome and the crew that
does win viii have an awful pull be-
fore them. Fred Damon has proved
himself an able coach in the way he
has handled the Seniors for the Hea-
lanis and although they have lost He'll
bron and Renear there will be four well
trained athletes in this boat that viii
be there to fight to finish. AT present
Damon has them working well together
and keeping the boat on its bottom.
John Clark, who is now pulling stroke,
is making a remarkable showing for a
new man. He seems to know the ability
of every man behind him and presses
them just at the proper moment. His
head work is good and this is a strong
feature for any stroke.
Paul Jarrett, the vet, has the Juniors
in charge and has impaired to them a
knowledge of the game that it took him
years to learn. The Juniors are show
ing even better form than the Seniors
and they are picked to win their race.
1t looks to US as though this FACE is
just as uncertain as the Senior affair.
The Myrtles have one of the strong
est Senior crews this year that they
have ever produced and while they are
not rowing stroke that is pretty to
look at still they are getting over the
water and this is what is required to
win races. They have a crew of old
seasoned men who have pulled for some
time and have been in the same boat
before. Tom King has handled
his men in grand style this year and
If he does not win both races it will be
no fault of his.
Rowing talk is warming up a bit
these days and is dividing attention
with baseball. There are many back
ers for each club and money is being
placed with slight odds in favor of the
Myrtle Seniors and the Healani Jun |
iors. 1t is not a cinch either way.