The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
Naples Regatta Reyiyes
Interest in Rowing
Championship of California Col
feges to Be Decided Next
Month
By Herbert HauSer

The rowing regatta that will be held
at Naples, the Southern California re-
sort, the latter part OF next month,
has revived the interest in the sport
among the clubs around the bay and
those in the southern part of the state.
The idea of the regatta originated in
the mind of AL Treloar. the rowing
coach of the Los Angeles athletic club.
who hopes to make il an annual event.
1t is to be hoped that this first affair
will prove successful, SO that it will be
repeated. The following events have
been announced. subject to change:
Senior and Junior four cared shells and
barges. senior and Junior single shells
and single gigs.
Fhe Dolphin boating and swimming
club of this city is one OF the lucky
ones that have been invited to send
crews. For several weeks the junior
and senior crews of the club have been
hard at work getting into condition
One crew goes out every morning at
$3.50 o'clock, while the other goes out
at about in the evening. Leo Weinand
and one or two others are trying for
Chet Ayers and his crew are at work
in Alameda with the idea of going TO
the regatta. Just who will go will not
be decided until further advices are re-
ceiyed from the south.
October 22 will be the date on which
the events will be brought off, This
Is known in Southern California as Ca
briIlo day, the anniversary of the dis
covery of San Pedro by Cabrillo.
Stanford and California have been In
vited to send crews to compete against
the southern colleges. This is the first
time that an effort has been made to
have an all California college cham
pionship, and 1t is to be hoped that the
various colleges will take hold Of the
regatta In the proper spirit ana turn
out their best crews.
1t is to be hoped that the league now
being planned by the Catholic schools
and colleges will soon get under way,
for 1t Will mean much to the amateur
athletic world. For a number OF years
some OF the schools have merely played
professional baseball turning out as
the larger colleges. Thanks to the
good onIces of such enthusiasts as
Brothers Joseph and Gregory and
number of others who are now labor
ing for the new organization, this VIII
not be the case hereafter The league
will be modelled after that now In ex-
istence IN New York city. With the
completion of the ST. Mary's outdoor
track the latter part of next month
and the dedication Of its new gym
nasium and swimming tank at the
middle of the month an active season
for the Catholic schools is In prospect.
Forty men have been at work on the
track and will continue so until its
completion.
There are two more amateur leagues
that we should have out here, fash
toned after the ones in New York and
Chicago. One Is military athletic
league. composed OF members of the
state militia. and the other Sunday
school athletic league. This would
cover the entire field and there is no
doubt that we will have these organi-
cations before long. Another interest
the meets held by the different large
department stores. which give the hard
working clerks a chance for fresh air
work.
Hayes, the American Marathon win
ner, is now teaching the school boys
of New York how to train for and
run long distance races He had 1000
boys out at one time q week ago. One
of his first inquiries of the beginner
is What kind of shoes do you wear TO
run in?'' Hayes always wears SHOES
with half inch heel and insists on
all his pupils doing likewise, as many
a runner cripples himself in distance
races by running in fiat shoes.
The Century athletic club is hard at
work planning it's Marathon race for
Thanksgiving morning. Some Of the
boys are going to walk over the pro-
posed course today Just to see what VIVA II
held tomorrow night The club in
tends to enter a full team in the Pa
cific athletic association field day next
month"; Inc lOOlDdA team ID "a dSeASAAS
twice a week.
The southern California commission
ers of the Pacific athletic association
are doing great work in their territory
and a great deal of the credit belongs
to George Braden, who has served in
the capacity of a commissioner for
several years. Before the association
took a firm hold of affairs in that sec
tion amateur rules were almost un-
known and there was constant friction
among the southern colleges, which IS
only lately being smoothed over. 1t
was William Hinchman. former .presi-
dent of the Pacific athletic association,
who started the good work there, and
President Peixotto has during his two
southern trips this year helped matters
along considerably.
More athletes have been registered
in Los Angeles and vicinity this year
than ever before. and now that the as
sociation has awarded the 1909 track
and field and also the swimming cham
pionships to southern California 1T Is
bound to show that section that as long
as they do right by the A. A. u rules
they will be well cared for 1t Will, no
doubt, end, and we are working with
that object in view, TO have branch
association similar to our own Pacific
IN southern California, which viii take
in all territory south of Tehachapi. in
Guiding Arizona. Our great trouble has
always been that the distance has oeen
so great between the different sections
that it has been almost impossible to
keep track of what is going on and
control the participants
The eastern colleges have been getting
down to hard work on the gridiron
this week, all of them fnduiging In
scrimmages, and Carlisle, Pennsylvania
and one or two others playing minor
games. Yale is not saying much. but
It is a pretty sure thing that she will
have the strongest team of the big
four" While many of the colleges
have lost their best players by gradua-
tion nearly all have good material
from last years second elevenS to fall
back on, and the picking will not be
any harder than in former years.
Princeton was later In starting than
the others, which makes 1t harder on
both coaches and players. Cornell was
hard hit by graduation and has lost
further by two or three of the best
men not returning.
The approaching P. A A. handicap
field day is creating considerable In
terest among the amateur athletes.
There is nondoubt that it will bring
out one Of the largest crowds of not
clone competitors but spectators as
well that has ever crowded local Gin
der track st. Mary's college will put
in a fast track, and every one will be
anxious to try it. Harry Horton. the
Stanford university captain. has an
nounced that he will enter a team of
10 men. California will have more
than double that number of entries.
while Coach Mil of St Mary's IS going
to put In a large list of new material.
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