Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-03
FOsTERED AQUATIC SPORT
JULIUS BARNES KNOWN AS
FATHER OF AMERICAN ROWING
Irntcfui for BENEFITS Received From
sport He Spared Neither Time Nor
Money In pOpuInrizinE.

julius Barnes called THE Father OF
American Rowing" has done more than
amy other man TO popularizc tho aquatic
sport In America, which has come for.
ward with such leaps and bounds dur
ing the past fifteen years. And behind
II all Is Il pretty story-onc that tells
how man. grateful for what Il sport
has done 70" him. has spared neither
'inr nor money to raise it TO ranking
among III" major sports OF America
Twenty years or SO ago Barnes. then
IiNinG in his home town of Duluth
faced a nervous brca kdowu. He was
emerging from his teens. but hard wori.
a"d long hours had made their impress
upon his health. Doctors told him it
was best that he should go away for
long rest. But that Was Just what
IS Barnes couldn't do.
Ba1ncs to-day is rated as "a multi
millionaire. III The other days he was
poor boy. WORKING his way .ilon,: TO-
ward success. and travelling the Io.y
hard road. And so n. could not follow
the advice OF his physician. because to
uuit work meant 10 abandon his means
OF livelihood
And then !; was Thai Julius BARNES
tooh M rowing. In that darkcs, hour
he saw 81 ray "f light. and il directed
MN 10 tho water. To y boat and to :,
DAFT OF oars. Every cvcnin. when his
work was done he would take himself
down 10 OLD &. Louis Bay and row IN
me cAcr,i"n. at first. tired him very
much. But IN "a li,tic while hh found
that he could pull harder and faster
aud not feel tired. Soon his checks
hlled out au1 began to bloom His
chest took OH buisc and muscles be-
gan 20 develop "u hjr urms, his legs
and on his body. Ia less than 81 year
julius Barnes. fraiI. wan aud worked
out developed into a strong. husky
youth. with clear eyes. clear skin and
superb health
IL 'sAS rowing that did IL FOR mo
and nothing else" SAID barnes. When
took up III" sport | waR IN poor
condition Wi;h!n a y"ar had re.
gained all my los, health and much
more And | have been n rowing
"hthusias; ever since"
y year OF 80 after hc took up row
ing Barnes Joined tho first crew tina.
ever represented Duluth. II was
remarkable uuar;"t--on. that SVEN.
It's Way TO victory in almost every
contest that II entered.
Fifteen years or so ago when
Barnes was forced to abandon IA.
sport as e regular pleasure to dcvo,.
his 'ine 70 his grain business In New
York aud Duluth, hc decided 10 boos;
tho gam" wh>nevcr u" could
Rowing probably saved my life"
he once said. II know wha, I; did for
me s.: uphuiiding health And 80
]
hoU!d open the waY for other boys
To GROW strong and healthy through
its ln",!iu'n.'
Na.ucs became the patron Of tho
Duluth Boat club. III spared nothing
TO make il Il success. With several
others who loved tho rowing game as
lie does. h. helped TO build the strur-
Cling cluh up To first ranking among
organizations II iis Kind. It's mem
hcrsh!p jumped from score or more
10 something close 10 100 And the
crews tha; they turn out there In
Duluth Ere the greatest in America.
nuluth oa.sinan has become the
standard ~ which ali others are
Judged. Darsmnuship has been de-
v"ipp"d - - hiyMca, possible stand
ard iu the Minnesota town. and dur
'Ig the past few wears the story OF
"vors big amateur regatta has start
cd with Duluth again Won the lau-
els. scoring hrsts in nearly every
cv"u;"
Duluth IL city that is nllcd with
husky little elfs. And each is ALI oars
man. The boys there begin rowing
at AN carly aEc. and when they arc
twelve or fourteen they can pull a
blade with tho sk;ll--and oftentimes
the puScr--of an adult. And SO it is
with the girls. Several years ago
some OF the daughters OF the members
-
chance 10 row. They got II. Duluth
now has som. girl rowcvs who are
the equal OF many masculine stars o.
other cities.
- think rowing is the greatest sport
IN the world" said Barnes. Nothing
* better for young boys. Tho COM
bination OF water. sunshine and fresh
air, together with exercise, builds up
their bodies to the highest point Of
efficiency. II develops them in every
other way and makes them manly lit
tie fellows.
Acting under orders OF coach. the
boys soon learn the value of obedience
They come to realize AT an early age
that success comes to them only when
they follow certain rules laid down
TO them.
The lesson that the boys learn in
that way becomes invalua bic to them
later in life. And the superb health
that rowing gives TO them stands them
in good stead in later years"
PROFESSIONAL GRIN oThRc