Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-18
ROWING CLUB
IS IMPROVING
ATHLETIC CLUB BOYS DOING
GOOD WORK
MORE sNAPPY WORK is NOTED
BY COACH
Hope of Winning Pacific Coast Cham
pionship Thanksgiving Day at
Naples Encouraged by Ex-
traordinary Progress

Much better work is being done by
the Los Angeles Athletic club crew in
early part of last week. The faults
which were SO glaringly apparent In
| the work of nearly every member a
few days. ago have gradually disap-
peared, the regular daily spins on the
canals and bay at Naples resulting in
better form, more speed and endurance
and a generally snappy life in the
shell.
Treloar, in speaking of the individual
work of the men, said: THE boys are
working well together, and l think are
showing a form which will enable us
to capture first place in the Thanks
giving day regatta. At any rate, all
are confident that we will win. This
confidence, however, is not resulting in
any cessation in our work.
captain ISaacs who showed the
best work of any member last week,
has made marked Improvement. He Is
quicker in his recovery, works his slide
in better unison with the other mem
bers of the crew, has improved very
much in blade work and lost that
fault or swinging out from the center.
Routzhan is showing a tendency to-
ward retaining his senses whenever
there is any excitement and is show
ing better form in his body work. He
/ has recovered ON his temporary
trouble of last week, and now is in
tiptop condition. Derby is paying more
attention to instructions and shows the
| result already in his better blade work
and general form. Lewis has not in
any way declined in his work and still
is the most perfect Oarsman in the shell
| in point of smoothness in rowing, body
work and in other points. Refer
TIT,
his somewhat thankless task with good
grace and will be ready to take his
| place in the shell should his services
be needed. AS none of the crew shows
any signs of becoming i'll, nc necessity
for Retzer is looked for.
Members of the schools and colleges
of the city are being Interested in the
sport, and there seems a chance that
next year will see number of crews
on the water. Treloar is busy making
arrangements to speak before each
student body in the various schools
and colleges, and anticipates strong
support Thanksgiving day from this
source He is asking that all who
can will make an effort to get down to
Naples that day and boost for Los An
geles. This is right in the spirit of the
time. as the slogan, boost home
products is on every ones lips. The
crew is composed of representative
| young men of Los Angeles, and the
rooters of the several colleges should
have no hesitancy in cheering them
on to a victory. Such support will
mean a great deal for the crew.
| The races will begin sharp at IL a
m. Thanksgiving day and will be over
by 2:30 o'clock. The first event will
be the two heats in the big four Dared
contest. This will be followed by sew
eral shell and gig events, with some
| IN nf nv
veterans at the SOULS. The final for
the Pacific coast championship will be
rowed off about 2 p. m.
The esprit de corps of the crew is
good, and there is an air of self
reliance about them based on the hard
work they are doing, which will carry
them far in the big event Thanksgiv-
| ing day.
Name Minstrel Committee
None of the members of the club
who attended the enthusiastic meeting
last night. when a committee Of twelve
was elected to take charge of the big
minstrel show which the club will give,
can doubt for a moment that the show
will be a success. The movement might
be said to mark a new era in the ath-
letic circles of the club, as the proceeds
from the show will go to an athletic
fund to be expended equally among the
various athletic branches.
! Each branch of sports is represented
on the committee by a member who is
actively interested in his particular
branch. Roy Swain and Al Treloar will
represent the rowing interests, Dewitt
C. Van Court and Captain Jorgstoff will
represent the boxing interests, Lou
| Guernsey and Jay Welton will repre-
sent the interests of the baseball team,
Chester Lawrence will represent the
| interests of the runners of the club.
Other active members who were elected
| to the committee are DR.. Treen, Cecil
Frankel, George McKeeby, George
Adair and Walla Wheeler. Assistant
| Secretary of the Club w. E. Hender-
| son was selected to take charge of the
| financial affairs of the show in addi-
ton to a sort of supervision of the
whole project. The foregoing commit
/ tee will be empowered to select sub
committees to take charge of other de-
tails which will crop out during the
| progress of rehearsals.
| Manager Welton of the club base
ball team has secured a game for Sun
day with the Redondo team at Re-
dondo. AS an additional feature Of
entertainment for the thousands of
people who are expected to attend the
( rowing regatta Thanksgiving day at
Naples, Manager Welton will arrange
game of baseball with the Los An
geles high school team, to be played
| at Naples
The first man to enter the Marathon
race to Venice is Ralph Pearson of Los
Angeles. who filed his entry yesterday
with Secretary Henderson of the South
ern California Marathon association.
Randolph is not member of the club,
but is interested in long distance run
ming, and many of his friends look
to him to make favorable showing in
the race.
| CHICAGO COUNCILMAN