The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-30

Ut ''I |tIIIh N''INH UNlllNHh Ahah To
uy to promote am understanding be-
tween tha Mytlcs aud HCalauis re.
rardng the boats ln which the crew
race. An efforts TO arrange com
pact between the two clubs have fail
gd. and the old system of bestaud.bost
boats is TO prevail There Is expected
to Doe mo- more talk Of better boats win.
ring races. however, for the Myrtles
have certainly done all I'm their power
Co meet the demands made by the Hea-
lanis, without success.
The compact talk is pau After sug.
gesuug a compact the uealanis have
gone back on their word, or rather, the
word of their chairman, and the posi-
ton is the same now as &c was six
months ago. The philanthropic offer
of the Hawaiian Rowing Association
TO donate $500 towards the cost of
two identical boats has come to
nought, for with the refusal of the He.
alauis to keep to the agreement made
on their behalf, the order sent to Kee-
nan for the two boats has been can
celled.
To recapitulate briefly: w F. He'll
bron, as president of the Healani Club,
speaking to Tom King, chairman Of
the Hawaiian Rowing Association, sug-
30 f1I no g1t91,
boats, and King concurred, going as far
as to suggest that the Hawaiian Row
ing Association had $500 lying idle IN
its Golfers, that this money might be
appropriated in the interest of sport
towards paying for the two boats, if
the Healanis would enter a compact
to race in one against the other TO
this suggestion Hebron agreed, and
King secured permission to appropri-
ate the money. The two boats were
to cost, in all, $11OO, and the balance
of 5000 was to be paid in equal pro-
portions by the Healanis and Myrtles.
When the time came for the signing
of the contracts for the boats, He'll
bron was no longer chairman of the
Healanis, his place being taken by
James Jaeger. To Jaeger went King,
and both signed on behalf of their re-
spective clubs, Jaeger undertaking to
see that later on a compact was enter
ed into between the two clubs regard
ing racing in the boats. So far, so
good. Work on the boats was com
menced, and all seemed we'll. It was
then learnt by King that the Healanls
had another boat on order with Rog-
ers, and it was likely that the compact
proposition would fall through How
ever, the Healanis were given an OPP
portunIty to Sign a compact and re-
fused.
Now, King, as head of the Hawaiian
Rowing Association. having in view
the refusal of the Healanis, cancelled
the order for the two boats, and as
chairman of the Myrtle Club wrote
to keenan, telling him that all ex-
penses he had incurred IN connection
with the two boats would be met by
the Myrtle Club, for in his actions all
along the line King has had the whole
hearted support of the Myrtle men,
bers. Then King ordered a new boat
for the Myrtle Club, from Keenan,, ask
ing for one as good as, or better than,
if possible, the new Rogers boat being
built by the Healanis.
At this stage the Puunene Club of
Maui comes into the matter. Bobbie
Hughes, an old-time Honolulu oars
man, talking among the members n
this energetic club, infused the rowing
spirit, and the Puunene boys conceived
the idea of taking up the sport. The
Myrtles, in response to a request from
the Puunene Club, lent them the ole
Alice barge for practice and this boa
went down to Kahului a week ago. Al
agreement was also entered into be
tween two clubs that the Puunen'
Club should purchase the other boa
now being built by keenan,, and tn
money for this boat was promptly sui
scribed and deposited with Alexande
Baldwin to he drawn on when neces
sary.
The Healanis are now out in tn
cold as far as the two new Keena
boats are concerned. The none
which was to have been paid by tn
Hawaiian Rowing Association will nc
be used, the deposit already put u
having been returned by the Myrtl
Club, and the Myrtle and Puunene club
will pay in full for the boats. 1t wa
= agreed that the Myrtles and the He
y lanis should each have one Of the boa
hnt