The Washington critic., 1885-07-08
OUT OF STYLE.
Anything hut Single-Sculi Rowing
Among Professionally.

given, like those at New Orleans and BOs-
ton, where prizes are hung up for doubles
and fours For these the single scullers
| present make up scratch crews. There is
no doubt that there is much more excite.
ment in crew race than in q single scull
race. Something should be done to en-
courage crew rowing among professionals
Outside of Boston there is no place in the
country, save Buffalo, where professionals
make practice of rowing in crews. Men
are content TO row year after year. and
never get to be better than fourth-rate
sculler, when the same man might earn
glory and money as n member of a crew.
The Biglins never amounted to much as
single scullers. yet they had rafting
good double and fouroared crew. The
Wards were better as four than as single
scullcrs. Faulkner and Reagan were al
most inyincble as pairoared crew, yet
Faulkner never could row single and
so on. 1t begins to look little as though
we were coming back to thegood old days.
Professionals are all talking about rowing
double this season. Courtney and Conley
will probably join forces Hanlan saws
that he can take George Lee and beat any
of them. Mckay and Hamm doubled up
at Boston. St. John of st. Louis has CON
troll of Gauduar and Hosmer. Ii is hard
to say who Teemer would row with. Many
Washingtonians believe that Kennedy
and Davis can defeat any double.scuil
crew in the country.
There does seem some foundation for
the assertion of Teemer's, that Hanlan is
afraid to row him. Teemer wanted to
make each of the first four races for 81 900
n side and the fifth for 50, 600 side. Han
Ian would not consent. He insisted that
the stakes should not be more than $500
n side for each race. Each party held out
until Tppp1pr fpn riIp N ypItlH
any races at all, consented, but urged that
the last race should be for 81, 800 each.
Hanlan would not have it, however
Then Teemer wanted all the railroad
money to go to the winner of each race
IIanlan insisted that it should be divided
equally After long argument Hanan
finally agreed that 60 per cent. should go
to the winner and 40 to the loser. This
position seems funny from man who was
wont to row for everything, and shows
that he has not the confidence in himself
that he had. Now Teemer has posted
81 $50, III accordance with the agreement,
but Hanlan won't post unless Tcemer will
consent to postponement of the first
race.
The annual election of officers of the
Washington Club will be held tonight at
club room, 500 Ninth street northwest at
o'clock.
THE CRITIC is informed by friends of
kearney who saw the race on Saturday
last that although Smithson went into the
race with the determination of sweeping
the river up with him, it was only by a
bare length that he beat him, and 1t re-
quired all his strength to do it.
Arrangements have been made for
five mile race with q turn between Han
Ian and Hosmer on Cazenovia Lake, n.
Y, July %, for $500.
AS there are five crews entered in the
l.arN .lnag LII. 4.
| morrow III is probable that the race will be
| rowed in heats, otherwise it is stated that
| the crew having the east station will be
| practically out of the race. The matter
| will be decided tonight by representa-
| tives of the crews. The referee will be
chosen at the same time. The Philadel-
| phia Press sporting man says: "The Co
lumbias row a stroke averaging between
| 40 and ~ to the minute in perfect unison
| and with very straight swing, while the
| Providence men seem to roll more or less.
| The latter crew have the Davis oarlocks
| and the patent sliding seats in their eight,
| and use butter knife oars. The comb-
| nation is probably the cause of their I'M
| steadiness and the rather ragged way in
| which their oars take and leave the water.
! They rowed about SO to So strokes to. the
minute on their way over the course yes
terday afternoon. The Maltas are rowing
| about 20 to the minute, the FairmountS
|
eral impression seems to be that the race
will be close one, with the Columbus,
| Atalantas and Fairmounts the favorites
| If, instead of a straight race, heats are
rowed, the crews will begin the contest
on Thursday morning."
| A full delegation from the Columbia
| Boat Club leave by the Baltimore Il Poto-
mac road at p. m. to-day to witness the
| races tomorrow.
| Baseball.
| Phil. Baker had his hands full at centre
field yesterday. Whenever fly is sent
| to centre field when Baker is there the
| boys always mark it an "out' without
waiting.
| The Nationals won another victory
| yesterday over the Lancasters. The games
to-day and tomorrow are the last for a
couple of weeks here.
| Powell has regained all his old batting
form. He also kept the visitors down to
eight base hits yesterday.
| In the games yesterday Detroit beat
| Boston, 4 to 3; Metropolitans-Louisv
10 to 8: Pittsburg- Athletic, to /, Cincin-
| nati-Brooklyn, II to 7; st. Louis alt-
more, - to .; Richmond-Tre to 0
| (forteited).
| Horse Talk.
| BY winning the Lorillard Stakes yester
| day at Monmouth, Wanda showed that
| she has entirely regained her great form.
| Any horse that beats her from here out, at
weight for age, will be good one
st. Augustine is another that the boys
want to keep their eyes on. Alcock says
he has gotten him nicely wound up. The
colt is much better as three than he
was rs two-year-old.
The match between Miss Woodford and
| Pontiac still hangs on. The defeat of the
Queen will not probably deter the Dryers
from making the match, provided the re-
spective weights can be agreed upon.
For those who are watching for horses
| just coming into form, THE CRITIC will
| give this tip Look out for Rica, she will
either win her next race, or the one after
| that.
Sparring.
The lovers of sport Fistianic will be
pleased to learn that match has been ar
ranged and will come off at the Comique
Summer Garden Friday night next, be.
tween John r. Kline, Clarks "Goodun"
and Fidel Edwards. From the reputation
the latter bears n rousng mill may be
looked for. Kline is we'll known for his
| good work in the two encounters he has
had with Johnny Kane, the Washington
lad.
q. Zapp Dreamed of Sudden Wealth.
Orsini Zapp, of Round Top, Fayettc
County, Texas, is night constable there.
In discharge of his duty there he colared
one-fifth of Ticket No. 81 ,25S in the May
Drawing of The Louisiana State Lottery,
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