Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-06-18
CLUB ROWING ENJOYS
REVIVAL ON PACIFIC
First Race OF Alameda Club Sine
1913 Races Will BE This Year
at san Diego.

Club rowing is enjoying a strong
revival all over the Pacific Coast.
The war put crimp in the brine
slashing game. but now the crew men
and scullers from the Canadian 20
the Mexican border are buster than
they ever We're.
The Portland Rowing club. like the
clubs in various parts of California
are particularly active. The regatta
held two weeks ago by the Portland
Rowing club, under the management
of Captain Fred Newell was pro-
nounced success. Large entries were
received in all events and the compe-
tition was keen.
1t is many years since the oarsmcn
of the Pacific Northwest and Califor-
MIA have competed against each
other. Rowing conditions in the two
sections are different and this makes
it difficult to bring about meeting
for the real Pacific Coast champion
ships. In Portland the racing is done
for championship events in regula-
ton shells The championship events
in California on the other hand are
rowed in heavy lap streak barges.
due only to the fact that wind and
water conditions make it impossible
for a shell to live on the waters of
San Francisco.
Down at San Diego on the other
hand, the southern California men
are anxious to meet any crews in
shells. They have ideal conditions
on Glorietta bay and can row shells.
The San Diego club, however, in
order to get competition have for
years rowed in the barges and COM
pete annually with the northern Cal.
that is always termed THE Pacific
Coast Championships" The race in
reality is not true coast title event,
but it is rowed under conditions as
laid down by the National Rowing
Association and is registered as such
with the national body by the Pacific
Association of Amateur Oarsmea
with its headquarters in San Fran
cisco.
This regatta is to be rowed at San
Diego July IL and it has produced a
situation unparalleled in the history
of California rowing. In the senior
barge championships there will be
seven crews competing, this being
record for a championship regatta.
Another factor that shows the great
revival in rowing is the regeneration
of the famous Alameda Rowing club
which for 16 years up to 1913 was
unbeatable in California rowing and
this same club about 20 years ago
rowed with success in races against
the Portland oarsmen. The Alameda
club practically went out of business
after the 1913 races and this year at
San Diego is the clubs first race since
that time. The regeneration of the
club is due to the efforts of Jack
Lewis who % years ago was one o.
the star oarsmen of the club and dur
ing that entire time he has been an
active oarsman. He is still good
enough to row on the senior crew in
the coming titles.
San Diego will have three crews in
the senior event and the other clubs
representa- will be Alameda, South
Ends, Dolphin Rowing club and the
Ariel Rowing club. the latter three
being San Francisco clubs.
The revival of the game all over
the coast is good omen and 1t
brings out the thought that greater
profess in coast rowing could be
made if the California and Oregon
and Washington clubs could get to.
gether for real cost championship
event next year.