CANOEING. 



OFFICERS OF THE A. C. A., 



1897-98. 



Commodore, E. L. Dumiell, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. 



Sec'y-Treas., C. V. Schuyler, jog Sixth 

 Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



PURSERS. 



. Atlantic Division, Wm. M. Carpenter, 

 Mam St., Sing Sing, N. Y. 



Central Division, Laurence C. Wood- 

 worth, Gouverneur , N. Y. 



Eastern Division, Fra7icis J. Bur rage, 

 West Newton, Mass. 



Northern Division, Edgar C. Woolsey, 

 j j Charles St., Ottawa, Can. 



Annual dues, $1 ; initiation fee, $1. 

 Date of meet for i8q8, Aug. jjlh to ipth, 

 Stave Island, 1000 Islands, N. Y. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP. 



Applications for membership may be 

 made to the purser of the division in which 

 the applicant resides on blanks furnished 

 by purser, the applicant becoming a mem- 

 ber provided no objection be made within 

 fourteen .days after his name has been offi- 

 cially published in Recreation. 



The following havs applied for member- 

 ship: 



EASTERN DIVISION. 



George B. Graves, 302 Washington St.. Boston, Mass. 



William E. Barton, Lakeside Boat Club, 23 High St., 

 Worcester, Mass. 



Henry Y. Simpson, Tatassit Canoe Club, 13 Waldo St., 

 Worcester, Mass. 



Roscoe R. Perry, 27 Pratt St., Allston, Mass. 



Edward E. Eaton, Wawbewawa Canoe Ass'n, West New- 

 ton, Mass. 



Lincoln D. Hatch, 7 Gannett St., Roxbury, Mass. 



Willis G. Bancroft, Wawbewawa Canoe Ass'n, Auburn- 

 dale, Mass. 



CENTRAL DIVISION. 

 F. L. Danfonh, 308 R.E. Exch., Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Chas. F. Kilhoffer, 62 Erie Co. Sav. Bk. Bldg., Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



WAWBEWAWA SMOKER. 



The Wawbewawa Canoe Association 

 again entertained the local canoeists at its 

 cosey club house, in Auburndale, Mass., on 

 Saturday evening, January 29th. 



The third smoker of the season was fully 

 up to the Wawbewawa standard, and the 3 

 score canoe men who gathered for the oc- 

 casion can testify to its success. 



A fine blaze in the large, open fire place 

 added to the general comfort, as the 

 weather was extremely cold, and the in- 

 teresting programme prepared by the en- 

 tertainment committee was thoroughly en- 

 joyed. 



Two colored musicians afforded plenty of 

 amusement, and Messrs. Louis G. F. Hoff- 

 man, R. A. Hines & Clarence B. Ashen- 

 den entertained those present with instru- 

 mental and vocal music, after refreshments 

 had been served. 



Out of town clubs were represented in 

 goodly numbers and many well known A. 

 C. A. men were on hand to participate in 

 the merriment. 



Ex-Purser R. H. Hammond came down 

 from Worcester; Ex-Vice Commodore 

 Raymond Apollonio, and Ex-Purser R. 

 N. Cutter came from Winchester; Mr. 

 Parry C. Wiggin, of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, and Fred Wallace came from Law- 

 rence and Capt. J. Winn Brown, of the 

 Innitous, came out from Woburn. Among 

 the local men present were Vice-Commo- 

 dore Louis S. Drake, Purser- Francis J. 

 Burrage, Wm. V. Forsaith, Louis «G. F. 

 Hoffman, Charles F. Dodge, Clifford Kim- 

 ball, Harry C. Wiggin. T. A. Apollonio, 

 Clarence B. Ashenden, H. Stewart Bosson, 

 H. W. Langley, F. S. Ashenden, Louis A. 

 Hall, Charles T. Estabrook. Ernest R. 

 Adams, W. I. Hahn, F. R. Kimball and 

 Lloyd E. Allen. These represented many 

 of the important Eastern Division Clubs, 

 as follows: Tatassit Canoe Club, of Wor- 

 cester; Fish Brook Assn. and Lawrence 

 C. C, of Lawrence; Shuh-Shuh-Gahs, of 

 Winchester; Innitous, of Woburn; Wake- 

 field and Dedham Clubs; Puritan C. C, of 

 Boston; Waltham Club and the Wawbe- 

 wawa Canoe Association. 



The committee in charge of these 

 " Smokers," which have been so successful, 

 consists of Messrs. Louis S. Drake, Francis 

 J. Burrage, Wm. V. Forsaith, Louis G. F. 

 Hoffman and Louis A. Hall. 



THE SPRINGFIELD'S ARE ON DECK. 



A new lease of life was taken by the 

 Springfield Canoe Club, of Springfield, 

 Mass., in the form of a club dinner after 

 the annual meeting, January 18th. 



For the last few years interest in the club 

 has been practically dead, and although the 

 membership has remained well above 50, it 

 has been a rare occurrence to find half a 

 dozen canoes out at the same time, even in 

 the height of the season. 



Cycling, golf and other sports have been 

 responsible, in part, and again the club has 

 had no racing men. Now, however^ indi- 

 cations point to a revival of interest in the 

 sport, and a growing appreciation of the 

 matchless river at our very doors. There 

 is a growing sentiment that the club that at 

 one time headed the Eastern division of the 

 A. C.*A., and that has 3 times sent winners 

 to the national meet — such paddlers as Dr. 

 Harry Rice, Emile Knappe and Clarence 



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