The Professor Who Rowed Himself Into the Lake

The Seattle Athletic Club came within the proverbial ace of having a vacancy in the position of professor of its gymnasium, now so ably filled by Prof. Van Derveer. While out practicing in a shell on Lake Union last Monday afternoon, he actually rowed himself through the boat and found himself floundering in the water. The professor was out in the shell left to the club by the late Albert Bratton and had warmed himself up to a point when he felt in a condition to sprint. He did so and was getting along as if rowing against time, when either his great strength or the weakness of the shell, or the two combined, caused him to row himself clean out of the boat, which seemed to have gone into pieces. Although a good swimmer, he was too far from shore to trust himself in that icy cold water for any length of time, and so clung to the wrecked shell and shouted lustily for help. It was long in coming and the cold water was gradually benumbing him. He renewed his vocal efforts and finally succeeded in attracting the attention of Capt. Lake, who came out in a rowboat and pulled him up. In order to renew his circulation, Capt. Lake made the professor row the boat to land, and by the time they landed, 'Richard was himself again.'