Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-17
Lewis, Hacke lsub1. Is
80 Observation-Disclosures
VISITORS ARE IN STRICT TRAINING AND HAVE
BROUGHT THEIR OWN DRINKING WATER WITH THEM

Il = 1
| If the Alameda crew goes home
minus q cup and q championship, Il
/ will not be by reason of any lack OF
systematic work or preliminary pre-
Icautions. Certainly the men from the
north are not overlooking anything
that might increase their chances OF
/ winning by fair and spOrtsmanlike
means, and their showing In the short
time that they have been here Is I'm,
pressiye, to state the case conserve
lively
| The Alamedans are in strict train
ing. No member Of the crew is al
lowed even dip in the ocean after
i work, and the Shower or the tub Is
all that he can hope for in the way
of bathing refreshment. With the
Iyelyety waters of the harbor within
splashing distance it's sore temp
i tation for the Coast boys to lose
their footing on the pontoon and
tumble In, but yesterday they re,
sisted the temptation. and obeyed or
lders to the letter.
eve have come 2100 miles to row
this race, said E. B. Thornilg, pres;
lident Of the Alameda Boat Club, ana
lmanager Of the trip. and 4. would Re
foolish for as to take any cilAnc
Itlat might even possibly decreases
otr chances of winning. h1n
iswiEa myself this morning, ana
know lust how good the water e, nd
how easy it would be to fool around
lin II for any length Of time. SWIM.
ming takes it out of rowing mel, Anu
| its easier and better to keep them
out of the dater altogether than 70
! try to limit the time of bath or
anything of that sort After the
races are over you can be sure faat
FAN the boys will enjoy Island SWIM
ming up to the limit. They win have
ten DAYS to make up for lost time IN,
and IL I know them at all think
they. will more than even the score.
Brought Drinks. -
Neither are the Alamedans going
| to take any chances with diet OF
lehange of water. They couldn't very
wen bring their own food along, put
they could pack their drinking water,
and they did-sixty gallons Of #.
Huge bottles of distilled water were
landed at the Young soon after the
oarsmen themselves put IN san ap.
Epearance yesterday morning, ana
when the athletes sat down to their
first meal in Honolulu they took
Mains to see that they were being
served with their own special brand
Eof H.O. AS the Alamedans explain
Eit. there is nothing so apt to put 9
man in training off condition as
change of water. They were coming
q long ways, into a strange climate,
with too little time TO aclimatlEe
themselves thoroughly, and therefore
they wish to keep conditions as neaf
" as possible the same as IN them
home town. They will make no ex-
periments with their diet, and they
will drink the same water that they
have been used to all along. They
figure that the sixty gallons will last
them until after the races, and rur-
Their deponent sayeth not No one Is
worrying much over the water cues
ton for Regatta night.
Out Twice Monday.
The Alameda six expect to do their
boat work in the evenings, but yes,
.terday they were out in their barge
both morning and afternoon. After
their long spell aboard ship, away
from all oars except those attached
to q rowing machine, they couldn't
get onto their slides quick enough,
and the half hour that they spent on
the water was great thing for the
visitors. It showed every man that
he was just as good as when he left
San Francisco, and therefore It took
the mental as well as the physical
kinks out of the crowd.
! Yesterday morning the crew didnt
make the full course, but they went
far enough into the harbor entrance
to get q taste of what that end Of the
course might be like with q small
sea running. All the rowing men had
their timepfeces out, to see Whether
the visitors really hit up a 40 stroke,
and the checkers after counting the
dip of the flashing blades for 30 sec
onds found that the crew was vary-I
ing from Is to 20 at different times
during the row, making 36 to "a
strokes minute.
This seems like very fast clip stpI
the locals, who row In the neighbof-
hood of 80, but, then, 1t was very ap.I
parent that the Alamedans have an
entirely different stroke to the locals