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REVIVE INTEREST IN CANOEING 
IS THE YOUNG MANHOOD OF AMERICA 
BECOMING INDIFFERENT OR SOFT-MUSCLED? 
By E. S. Dawson, Vice-Commodore, Central Division. 
F OR the first time in the history of the American 
Canoe Association and in that of the City of 
Schenectady, N. Y., the Central Division Meet is 
to be held here under the auspices of the Edison Club 
from July 7-9, inclusive. The Edison Club is an or¬ 
ganization supported by the General Electric Company, 
for the benefit of its test men. Its membership of 
nearly 500 includes some of the most prominent en¬ 
gineers in the works. It is primarily an engineering 
club with bowling, tennis, baseball and canoeing as 
side issues. The latter receives the greatest atten¬ 
tion and is really the major outdoor activity of the 
Club. Bowling is very popular, and club teams won 
the City Championship and Championship of the Meribo 
leagues last winter. 
Through the election of Mr. E. S. Dawson, Jr., as 
vice-commodore of the Central Division, it became the 
privilege of the Club to hold the meet in Schenectady. 
The Club is ideally located on a branch of the Mohawk 
River for aquatic sports. Seven minutes from the works 
and a man can be on the water. A modern concrete 
boat house housing 144 canoes with steel lockers for 
the convenience of the men—furnishes every facility for 
making canoeing a pleasure. About a five minute paddle 
and you are on the racing course for short distances 
in front of the Schenectady Boat Club—the Club which 
with the Edison Club holds joint regattas every year. 
However, to get a suitable course for the longer races 
it was necessary to drop about 5 miles down stream to 
Niskayuna Pool. This is one of the most picturesque 
sections of the Mohawk River and there is clean water 
and ample space to take care of any number of en¬ 
tries. At this point also the Division Camp will be 
held. The Edison Club is making every effort to hold 
the most successful meet the Division has ever known 
—we, here on the ground, are doing our part, now its 
up to the members of the Division to jump in and do 
theirs—if we wish to have our hopes realized as regards 
the meet. 
Seems to me if the American Canoe Association is 
going to remain alive and healthy, something must be 
done to stimulate the interest of the divisions in it— 
for really they reach more members and go to promote 
better fellowship than among the comparative few who 
car make the trip to Sugar Island. As attractive a 
program as possible has been prepared by the Regatta 
Committee and a bully good time is assured to every 
member of the Division who will make the trip and 
thus contribute to the success of the meet. While the 
racing is the principal object—the measuring of your 
strength against some other lusty paddler in friendly 
competition—still the mixing and exchanging of views 
with the clean, upstanding men who will come here— 
men who have the right ideas as regards sports as well 
as conduct in general—really is the prime object of the 
camp. The friendships formed under such conditions 
are usually lasting with the result that the habit is 
formed of attending the division meets just to keep in 
touch with the friends you have made. 
While I can’t answer for other divisions, so far as the 
Central is concerned it is in a very lethargic state. To 
date only one club—Ka-ne-en-da of Syracuse—has sent 
in entries. Buffalo and Rochester seem to be completely 
out of it. 
Something is radically wrong with the young manhood 
forming those various clubs or a greater interest would 
be taken in the racing game. They are loath to endure 
hardships which are necessary if a man expects to 
round into satisfactory racing form—sort of a “pussy 
foot” spirit exists—so long as he can doll up and take 
a young lady out canoeing he is satisfied and hasn’t 
the stuff in him to get out and train and thus put his 
Club where it belongs in the Division—right on the 
starting line here ready for the gun. The A. C. A. is 
al. right as a sailing organization but as a paddling 
outfit it has a long way to go to approach our brethren 
of the C. C. A. Our paddling rules are in need of re¬ 
vision and some action ought to be taken at the next 
General Meet to bring them up-to-date. If the A. C. A. 
is ever to come into its own, then it is up to each club 
in the Association to do its “little bit” toward develop¬ 
ing real paddlers. Between the Schenectady Boat Club 
and the Edison Club there are about 300 paddlers—so 
far only the Edison Club is in the A. C. A., but it looks 
promising for the S. B. C. outfit to come in. If they do, 
Schenectady ought to become the racing mecca of this 
section of the country. A lot will depend on the 
amount of outside competition that we get on July 8th. 
The Edison Club racing team has been training hard 
despite the cold, backward Spring and any visiting 
crew that beats us will know that in every event they 
have had a real race. 
The Vice-Commodore has made an earnest effort to 
arouse sufficient interest among the men whose member¬ 
ship numbers are less than 1,000 to gather here and re¬ 
new old friendships and form new ones with the lads 
who are endeavoring to carry forward the work so 
auspiciously started by them. Their presence would 
lend dignity and distinction to the gathering. So. 
far the replies have been negative. Whether interest 
in the A. C. A. is dying out or whether this lack of en¬ 
thusiastic support is due to our not making some stren¬ 
uous efforts to stir them up—I am at a loss to know- 
just where the trouble lies. 
