Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . old Neriusorganization in 1897. It is recognized as one of the best rowing associa-tions in the country. In 1910 its eight crew won the American Henleyon the Skulkill River (Phila.) against the countrys finest crews, and onDecoration Day, 1910, Wahnetah eight won again at the Harlem RiverCourse. Among theClubs coaches havebeen such famousoarsmen as JohnMorrissey and JohnFitzpatrick, now as-s i s t a n t coach atPrinceton Uni-versity. More re-c
Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . old Neriusorganization in 1897. It is recognized as one of the best rowing associa-tions in the country. In 1910 its eight crew won the American Henleyon the Skulkill River (Phila.) against the countrys finest crews, and onDecoration Day, 1910, Wahnetah eight won again at the Harlem RiverCourse. Among theClubs coaches havebeen such famousoarsmen as JohnMorrissey and JohnFitzpatrick, now as-s i s t a n t coach atPrinceton Uni-versity. More re-cently the trainer ofthe eight crew hasbeen David Roach,Champion SingleSculler of the U. S. Thomas F. Clearywas Captain of theCrew for 14 years,and to him muchcredit is due for theclubs rowing pre-eminence. The BrooklynDaily Eagle everyyear at the event ofthe Long IslandRowing Associationdonates a large silvercup to be competedfor, by Long Islandcrews only, in a fourshell race. Wahne-tah, by winning theraces in 1910-11-12, . i Shinnecock Club Meet now Owns tne Ike Messer winning One-Mile Run Handicap trophy. jack Eller, Worlds Champion Hurdler 47. FLUSHING BIRTHPLACE OF BOYSCOUT IDEA By DANIEL CARTER BEARD, National Scout Commissioner UNDER the shade of the wonderful Flushing trees, here in the oldtown of Flushing, the Boy Scout idea was originated and was born-It was in 1905 that the late William Annis of Flushing, busi-ness manager of the Recreation Magazine went to his editor, also aFlushing man, with the request that he get up some scheme to interestthe boys. The result was the birth of the Boy Scout idea, and the firstBoy Scout in the world is the son of the gentleman who was acting asassistant editor at that time, Mr. Carl Ackerman, now with the FrankSeaman Advertising Company of New York.
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