The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-01
ROWING.
Scrap In National Association % Amateur
Oarsmen over Executive Member.

A. the annual me~ting Of the National
Asso~iat ion ~ Amateur Oarsmen. which
takes plac. In connection with the national
regatta at Washington week from newt
FRIDAY. there promises to he tho livsliert
sort II = scrap over he Philadelphia member
~ tho executive committee Harry Penn
Burke. president II the Malta boat club. 10
the present quaker Iity represent alive. hut
80 nudge from Nhat has been going ON for
the last week or 80 tho bowie knive. are
being sharI '~n.d and Harry - slated for a
alptnR In other words Burke II TO he
uns-ated and he campaign against him has
started right at his oNu door Ia the very
heart ~ the S,chuyikhl navy. az cours.
the navy viii haV" Ia b- represented on the
COMMITTEES and he man spoken NJ Tor Burke
-ao-- = Philip Mas. the present commo-
dur- Of tho SchuN lkill navy. a man in
fu"ntial among the rowing clubs Of the
locality
II - no idle splinter that the Mas sup
port~rs are making. nor are they combining
their campaign to Philadelphia. They have
ranVassed outlying districts. \ detachment
of sp.llbinder- having already zWooped
down on the siuruhering moments 81 -srul-
l.r- row on the Harlem River. They
Nere he, Tor Mas and butter against Burke.
hut a. Burke - well liked among the New
York clubs the harm they did him will not
be- known I'll the night Of election.
That Mas will pat up strong opposition
there ,- no doubt. his position as head OF The
navy being = great help ia ITSELF. He repre-
he-ide- eleven other clubs In thar organiza-
tion Inc VanIpaign~r- say that the ma
Joritv are for MAa-. while Others say that at
he lA-t moment Burke wall show his
strength n - not SHOWN that Burke u
- very ANXIOUS 10 continue a. a member OF
years ago he refused a denomination Tor the
presidency Of the Middle Stats- Regatta
Association although the conyention begged
80 Oh
and another man had to be nominated then
and there
locality a number Of oarsmeu have been
inauiring what Burke did against the vel
fare Of INF associati9n and a little inyesti;
serious II Is sad that in a ioCo-e way he
made the remark hat the navy clubs would
back him in any, hing he did That he Was
Inferred from the fact that when he ran for
his place on the eN-cutive COMMITTEES he had
the warm support OF the schyklkhl rowing
Oarsmen and their politics and likes
and distke- sre strsnso studies sad a
cause Burke said the navy clubs we're with
him now they turn on him and want 20 Gust
rowing man u u sportsman Of ohanzesbls
TX Tie u usually 80 much in touch with
,he wS Sfohe an. ,a"' gs,. to h,s head are,
imagination 20 work the. wrong way IL
one Of them ai;nin- a little prOminence he
BODY II kno, king him aud he goes about
whispering aud making trouble all around
Ihs man who lakes an OaIyman seriously
10 the ranke.' sort OF fool
Despite the hot wave. the crews prepar-
ing for IA" championship kept on az their
WOrk coach G.AnInnI ~ the New York
, IL more han satisfied with the work
Oi MS senior eight aud four Capt. NaRl-
OF the Harlem y. Z. las started an inter.
med late eight which VII go to washlnHto on
The Nassau Il q. will send q senior c-ntipede
and Wash and Russell will have a 90 ~ the
intermediate double souls The Nassau
senior eight - rather doubtful Coach
smith 10 looking for a man 20 replace Fraser,
and n he finds him the crew will star, work
"a earnest.
Down a. Flushing Bay the WAhne,sh
senior sight - working hard under the
watchful eve Of Davy Ro, he The men
are doing all he asks OF them