The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
BIC ROWING REVIVAL
WANTED BY OARSMEA
Northwest Regatta at Minnetonka
This Week Expected to
Have Effect.

A big revival of rowing in the north
west is expected to follow the regatta
of the Minneapolis Boat club at Min
netonka this week. Everything is in
readiness for the racing of Friday and
Saturday, and it is expected that the
events will attract thousands to Min
netonka to watch the best oarsmen OF
the northwest contest for supremacy.
The Minnesota Boat club crew takes
up It's quarters at the Tonka Bay hotel
this afternoon and will spend the, re-
malnder OF the time before the races
in accustoming themselves to the
course and i'll putting on the final
touches OF their, training. There will
be about twenty-five in the party.
On Friday and Saturday the Mime
apolis & st. Louis railway will run spe-
clal trains from st. Paul to give the
sanity city enthusiasts an opportunity
to come over 70 Minneapolis great
- playground and watch the racing.
Sam MARS will represent the Min
nesotans in the Junior singles. Mairs
is perhaps the best single sculler in the
club and has all kinds Of nerve besides
his ability as an oarsman.
The sc.lior four consists Of w. Coch-
ran, Il. M. Newport, Jr., G. f. Wright
and A. S. French. In the Junior uou-
bles, Minnesota will be represented by
Nj. M. Cochran, bow, and Sam MARS,
S'f fhe Junior eight will be made up of
G. l.. French, bow; D. P. Freese, g;
A. H. Savage, B.; A. b. Sharpe, 4; c.
?: !Schaub, s.; R: H. Finch, 6; E. S.
Lorne Foley, coxswain. Foley also will
be the coxswain in the senior eight.
1t has not yet been decided who will
represent Minnesota in the senior sin
giles. Winnipeg, the only other COM
petitor in this event, has not as yet
made known it's representative, and the
Minnesota man probably will not be
has been announced The junior four
will be made up Of M NJ Cochran, bow
and the following three members of the
Junior eight: A.. 3. Sharpe, 9; A. Fl.
Savage, 3; and j. G. Otis, stroke. M
NJ. Cochran and Sam MARS will repre-
sent the club in the, senior as we'll as
the Junior doubles. - BE-.
All OF the members Of the senior four
will row In the senior eight, which has
been selected, as follows. w. Cochran
bow; D. c. Connolly, 2; E.. S. Stringer
s.. R. NJ. Newport, Jr., 4 C. P. Schaub
5; r. FL. Finch, 6; c. F. Wright, T; A
3. French, stroke, and Lorne Foley
cOXsWain. --.
English Boat Builder Late, st.
1t is probable that only four clubs
will participate in, the, regatta instead
of six, as was expected. The Port Ar
thur crew will be unable to row.. as
their new boat would not arrive ir
time. The Port Arthur club intended
to send four-oared crew to the regat
ia. Their boat, which was made
near Henley, on the Thames, Eng
land, is late in arriving, and as thu
s. crew has no frst-class boat, it was de
cided not to enter. -
Port Arthur will be represented a
the regatta by George Gibson, who ha
been selected as one of the Judges a
the finish, and Mr.. Gibson will be pres
ent at the annual meeting and .presen
the Port Arthur club Is application 70
membership in the association,
The Kenora (Rat Portage) club ha
not been heard from, and it is no
known whether the club will be repre-
sented. Kenora, too. will be repre-
serted at. the regatta, DR.. Schnarr O.