The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-04-23
SPORTS AND PAsrrMes.
Annntirs.

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river was crowded with boats Of all kinds from the
large steamer to the small and graceful single scull
| one Of tho most conspicuous the new double
scul OF Mai. Appleton OF the rotomaos, rlggcd with
| the new patent Davis wind gauee aud manned by
other boats OF the river the eght-oared barge OF
/ the Columbia Club In command OF Captain Gibson;
Columbia four. cared she'll with Mute stroke; KNIT
| ner, 3; Thompson q Lake, bow. Analostan four
CARED she'll Eddy, stroke; Robertson, 3; pairo, .,
Marshall bow; the Analostan palr-oated the Hop
| Filters r. L. Ctopley and W. +. Roberts,
| Of the potomacs and Henderson, Of the Columbus,
In singles, aud many others. The banks OF the river
were crowded, and the boat-ho Of the potomacs
| aud Columbus filled with eager crowd Of specta.
| tors. The steamer City Of Alexandria, which had
been engaged by the club, was crowded with fair
freight of tho young lady employees OF the bureau
| and other friends of the contestants, while q band
stationed In tho bow rendered excellent music, The
! Anoiostan boat house at i!2o p. Nj with Mr. i. r.
| White, referee; w. G. Mckinney, Judge y. Natt,
imokecper; representatives OF the New York clipper
aud SUNDAY HERAln, aud the following invited
guests Col. o. H. Irish, r. !, sullivan, Assistant
| superintendent George CASTELAR,, chief engTaver; W.
Morgan superintendent Of printing; Col. Moore, Gus.
tolian and other invited guesa from the bureau. The
weather was all that could bc desired, aud the water
| excellent for rowing. At 1894 L. VI. the first race
was started with the men In the following post
lions numbering from the virginia shore: BUde,
| Kennedy, No q weight, i7Ts pounds colDrs, blue,
| burrows, No. 2; weight 40 pounds coots, red aud
blue schneldet No u weight 40 pounds, coors
| brown. Loctatt, No b; weight i52 pounds, coots
Hight blue. very oven start was had, with Locraft
| !; Butrows, .; Kennedy 3: Rode, Land Schneider
| the lead, rowing powerful stroke OF "a to the
minute; Rode :; burrows 3; Locraft !, and
Schneider, last. At the half mile the places were
changed, except that locratt had gained some on
| Burrows. At the threc-quarters Kennedy led by
three lengths, hut losing ground; the others I'M
wctc even. node and Kennedy both rowing
thirty-two to the minute At the mllepost Bode,
who hal been steering the best course, had caught
| Kennedy, and the men passed the bridge together
At ono and quarter miles Bode had the race
kcnncly, second, Burrows, third; bocraft, fourth;
| unchanged
the finish. Time-Boie, i2;l7A Kennedy, l2;i2b
sion Of the tho men pulled over to the city of
Alexandria which lay vt the finish, aud MIR. Joseph
Burns, ON behalf Of the ladies Of tho bureau, pre-
scnted Rode with beautiful single scul shell, made
Of rosehuds, tubC-roscs, and violes. with oars
crossed. Just before the start Of the second the
the Congressional District Committee, steamed up t.
the start and followed the boats through the with
great nea OF Interest rue second race was sta'teo
O'Clock Moore and 1hroop, No, 1; colots, red,
average weights, l55 pounds. Clarvoe and Marte,
No. :; weight, 10, coors. blue and white, Rogers
and Cohurn No. 3; weight ia pounds, cnlors, dark
blue. Hawkins and Wordsworth, No I; i35 pounds,
colors, white Smith and Somers, No. 81 weight, lii
pounds, Colors rel. At the start Rogers and Co.
burn went of with the lead, followed by Smith and
Hawkins and woodworth in the order named. At
the half mile Smith and Somers had the easy,
Throop slipped his scat and he and his partner were
never more In the race. From this point to the one
, and q quarter mile the race for second place wa'
one of the closest AMI most furnishing ever
:
a showed little in front, until the spectators wer,
4 worked up To the highest pitch. AZ this point
Rogers and COburn, who had been rowing In the beg
form, secured second place, the men crossing the
lne in the following order: Smith and Somers, easy
in Il.Si's; Rogers and Coburn i2:o6's; Hawkin
and Woodworth l2:li4; Clarvoe and Nlarte, l2:2o
At tho conclusion Of the races the contestants ant
their friends repaired to the residence of Mr. Arthu
, Small, in Georgetown whore bounteous COLLATION.
Q was served, after which Mr.. J. Il. White presented
e the medals. They are in the form of circles, with
: view Of Georgetown heights and single o
double Underneath
: tiers "P. r. A." and Potomac River o
4 Of the winner, with "Aprll %, 1882, and - \
miles The second prizes are the same, except tina
. they are made OF silver. After the presentation
y the best Of feeling prevailed. Col. irish
pleased with the result OF the regatta. as well h
IS charm under the skilfu hands Of Kari and Whit
referee, and the committees In general performe
y gaa WIN be looked forward to with great deal
e Interest
lie The four-oared crew of the Potomac Gu
will probably he picked from the following gentle
Ian, George johnson, Z. Carpenter, samnt
Of wheatley,, "; G. BAILEY and DIck Morgan Their
SoW Johnson so No. 'G wEEeSy So T.
rs stroke, or Carpenter, bow; Bailey, No. = Morgan
No. D. and Coughlan. stroke. In fact the Potomac
81 have two more good fours without exhausting III
X material, with Mckinney, stroke; Wilmington M
,e 3 hoDers, No. 2; Harrison noT or Ar'n.
70 Dodge, bow. race between these fours would 1
m highly interesting.
r The new four-oared shell ordered by tn
Columbia Club from Waters & Son, Of Troy n. Y.
m will lie Just like the shell used by the Minnesota
" here last summer. 1t Is built after the Davis patent
he with two oock-plts separated by some six feet whc
Is decke1 over ms style OF boat Is destped NTH
y, bias did wise thing In ordering one. The one u
VI Poomacs had last fan was not given fair trial II
" CoCkpits altogether too short for her crew:
the model was blamed, when II should have been Il
measure which would have Just suited their lieh
~ weight crew.
l. The paragraph in last Sundays Herald j
re regard to the badges by the Coumbias at II
y citizens Regatta two years ago somewhat wrong
The Coumhias wanted to row again for the badges
the time, but as such could not lie arrang,
the badges became the property Of the indiyidu
i members OF the crew, which Is now scattered, OF
member being In Chicago. SO 1t would he Impossib
to offer the same badges again.
The name OF the new boat club il the Pa
Printers Rowing Association They have secured
- site up river for their landing. but yet have II
selected the locality for their boat I'll,
would do well for the present to make their heat
quarters at Cumberland's lie has Accommodate
for between one and two hundred, and as perfect
1t every detail rs any OF the other club-houses.
Ie The Analostans and Columbias have for
la out every night. The other night both took
or long pull down the river The Columbia wa
l. Lake, stroke; Kintner 81 Henderson, =: GibsoI
{. bowr and the Analostans Douglass. stroke: Eddy
he 81 Pairo, >, Marshall, bow. Both Captains GIBBS
al and Pairo, are trying different men.
y, 1t has been the desire of Capt. Gibson,
IL the Columbus, to get together the following four,
~ II they up 10 expectation, send them to II
is troit Page, stroke; Klntner, No. 81; Mute, No.
or wallach, bow.
The Lone Fisherman of the Columbii
~ was hailed the other night making all sail for the boz
" house. Upon rowing alongside 1t was found that
had captured six fine bass, the largest weighing ty
Lv pounds.
or The POtOmacs labor under the disadvan
rs tage OF being the whole month without captain,
hoped Mr.. Dodge VIII accept the place, AS bc,t
q me fRTl ICON M ln
RS The racing committee of the Potomac CT,
r. has not as yet been announced. A good commit
he would he +. 7. Dodge, y. Carpenter and w.
he Appleton.
Ny Marshall Wallach, well-known in socie
se and aquatic circles leaves next week for an extend
III European trip.
he The following well-known players W
nr compose the nine that VIII meet tho crack team
nI Georgetown College next Thursday afternoon on
~ College grounds: Greason and Barr, y. Baker,
nnce Kreamer, h.: Kalbfus 2b. White, Sb. Eyers,
mc s.; Barren IT,. Doyle, CT; the extra pitcher,
no This will he the opening game OF the season and
o the College boys play nrst class game fine cont
W. may be expected. The public VIII be admitted q
w. 10 the grounds, the game being Sc. for $3.50 o'coC
mt The game of ball played yesterday aftt
noon between the Post once Department nine a
the Kendalls OF The Deaf and Dumb Asylum result
in draw, the score being thirteen to thirteen at
FOR the very fine batting and fielding exhibited
both sides, the Post Once men showing up,
|
~ had been together. They win probably togetl
We again this week.
o.. The League teams have succeeded
nI nearly every cas-. In defeating the League Allla
81, and American Association clubs. outside OF
no. Metropolitans, OF New York, and the Cincinnats,
mh Cincinnati the mines Of outside clubs are very wei
nj the rittsburgs making the worst show OF ALL
''Hno The games throughout the country a
Of drawing unusually large crowds, showing concnsy
a that the old sport has recovered from the Odium
,ed past years, Base ball is played entirely upon
IN merits now, there being not the slightest chance
The what Is termed crooked playing.
III; Snyder received during the opening gan
,,u In Cincinnati terrible blow In tho head from
w., w. In the hands Of OF the haimen. The blow
% purely accidental and Unavoidable and laid Snyder
VI for several days.
Gerhardt umpired the game between t
Detroits and LouisyilleL last week This Is COncu'
M evidence that Joe has not been expelled, for II su
~ was the he could not act as umpire under
ll, League rules,
- The wheelmen.
Gus