ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 November 1907, Page 10

ROWING.

(By -Mercury.;

, The foreslioro at Kaiwarra presented quite 'an animatod appearance last Saturday when the"Star Club members rowed off the Ladies' ■I'our's. ''It'was a regatta iii 'itself,' as nino Jheats-.w'broV disposed of, the crews in the "final turning out three times. Somo of tho 0110 resulting in a dead heat between Taylor's and Budge's creWs, and another being won ny two feet by Barron from Buckley. The winning crew| Hacon's, was stroked by Lance ;Bridge,; who rnwqd with good judgment and kept a' good length for so young an oar. Hacon, who rowed three, grafted well' and ikept his moiinvoll-in-hand, 110 easy task con-■smering-tha't: his* No.' : 2 and bow (H. D. .Br.idgo and.Dudley) .are just entering on their 'first season's,racing.", ;' ,

1 : Several" alterations' have been made in tho Star Club's regatta 'crews as originally picked. Wi : Wilkinson and Buckley, tliu original' selections' : for'.'the stroke and three seats in.-tlic junior, fours, :havo announced tliat 'thcy'.wilrViiot be available, and with their defection tho carefully laid plans of tho match committee came to naught. As far as -the'i senior ,crejv; is concerned the change ;s ail to the''good, as A. T: Bendall has stepped ■ into the breachvarid has . resumed his old seatas No. 3, thus releasing W. H. Brewer, who "has likewise-gone back to his old place as 'tlireei.in the;"juniors.":;'®; fJehnson has been moved from bow to stroke, in this crew, and the gap ha's' : been filled by;at. M. Brewer from the maiden four. ' This vacancy made room for J. Davis, who becomes bow in tho maiden, crew. -:

This'last'selectioii caused great surpriso as, though Davis put . up' a 'good performance in ; winning- the' Club Junior Fours, lie ■'wa3- picked ..over the. heads ,of more experienced men, -and at was .considered that Smythe, or Williams, should , have been chosen; These two, diowover, are out with a challenge crew,; rowing stroke and three _respcctiyely, with' the remaining places filled by Seward and. Gledhil!.. ;

"j Another challenge..'crow. is in the field— "ii' ,, 'Vouth , s combination consisting of Wilkin-, son, Turner, Doughty ami H. D. Bridge, bunas'thclwcather hasibccn.so unprqpitious of lite' 1 r'aiii' unable to- give (inv criticisms as 'tj-.fßrnVj-fetc:; 'of this> orany;other crews just at .present... ........

„..The..senior_double.scullers. have alsp undergone alteration.- Bendall wants to give his whole-time to tho four-oared work, and, as Fell wilUhave his time fully occupied with his' training;.for. the. ;single. sculls, another 'crew: cartsisting'.tof: C-.''.|E:i Bridge and W. 'I. ■G.< pswiii-has been solectod.

,i I ■shall be. glad of.chib,uotes for this column jind \voul(l.yiank the, secretaries of the several local' clubs .fpr any-. information that may be forthcoming for publication. Any of interest' '.acfcLresscd. "to ' "Mprcury, care ci Literary' Department of 'this journal will l.i 1 acceptable, and will receive attention.

(Br Wet;Bon.)

Several important alterations have been made in the list' of-Star-Club's regatta representatives as originally selected and published in the press. Wilkinson and Buckley, the chosen stroke and ,three of the Junior given of jtheir inability to lill the positions, and with'their withdrawal tho structure so carefully built up by the Sbflbction Gbmmittee collapsed. As far as tho sonior crew is affected tho upheaval is all -to-the good, as it lias had the effect of inducing A. T. 33endall to resumo his old ■place':on'tho:threG;seatjiwhilo W. H. Brewer, tho original .three, Igoes: to fill tho gap in tho junior crew. Either Barron or Johnston, the : two and :b.ow; will be tried out. as stroko, and ono of tho maidens, -probably R. M. Brewer, will bo promoted to the other vacancy. This .will' mako" a "Very warm"juilior crow : indeed, And l i'will: : cciyside.rably strengthen tho seniors, ithouglr ■-•the-maiden "orow, ~,loft without, a stroke"; will-fail t&Hak'fe Such a rosy view of the situation. Hcwover, if Suckling were placed., stroke, it should bo easy with the matorial :''available'' 'to 1 fill'-the odd seat. Smytlid. is. thoUikeliest Candidate for the positipn, I ,and tliat for work is shown by his presoht"'positi6ii as stroke of a challenge maiden crow. I expect the voices of the said'challengd crow-Vill bo heard 'in- the land if Smythe is taken, but tho lotiofxhal-iange-crewsrhas'over>been;a hard one. However," by'"the 'ti'mo this appears in print tho whole matter will prbbSbly be officially settled,- but there'is'evo'ry 1 indication that tho adjustments v.'ill be-along the lines indicated.

Tho 'Club is fortunate in having been ablo to retain the services ,of the stroke, three, .and two of tho .youth's crew, who did so Hv6ll' in 'this youth's and maiden classes last season, and though tho new bow, Lawson, has yotf 'tb win his spurs (I don't know what uso spurs are to. fi:hoating man), still he. is a likely oar, and has had a good grounding as 1 'a 1 coxswain and-in-club racing.

WSflvcral challenge Screws are out, but I will postpone cbmment on these until final selections havo been made, when I hope to furnish a weekly criticism -of the rowing ti>roughput- the. three.,clubs, to which end 1 iWpukijtjiankEthe club secretaries to furnish rtliib notes of-interest? addressed "Wet Bob," ■Literary Oifice, Dominion".