The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-07-09
IT'S GLORY GONE
Pittsburg no Longer the Aquatic Cen
tire of the Country.

y
day almost dead to aquatic interest
KCesrort, but he is about all there is TO
the aquaiics of that locality. Amateur
rowing is dead there. The Pittsburg
Sportsman is trying to get up single
scull race among the youngsters there,
and shows considerable enterprise in the
undertaking. There are lot of small
fry professional scullcrs, but no interest
among the amateurs.
Ellis Ward has had very poor success
this season with his crews from the Uni
vcisity of Pennsylvania, The four
cared crew of the Fairmount Rowing
Club, which Ward has been training,
promises, however, TO give any four in the
country hard race this season. They
won at passaic in good shape, though the
time, s3S, was partially due to an ebb tide
that had been running out an hour and
half when the race was started.
Callahan, the veteran of the Elizabeth
Club of Portsmouth, paid the Washing
ton Club quite compliment at Freder.
icksburg. lie was a loser to the tune Of
about 500, vet he took defeat as he ALWAYS
takes both victory and defeat, philosophi-
cally. He said that they had no idea the
Washington was as good as it is, and that
Sweeney, bow of the Washingtons, would
twice before he did.
There was some curiosity manifested
among rowing men to-day as to who the
single sculler is who is to be entered by
the Washington Club at the national re-
gatta at Boston. Opinion seemed to be
divided between Smithson and Sweeney.
The Joint regatta committee of the four
clubs will meet at the rooms of the CO.
lumbia Club ON New York avenue next
Saturday evening at s o'clock for organ-
cation.
The infant of a few weeks ago is now a
strong child, the Washington Club being
firmly established in popular favor. AT
the first annual election last night the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: President, William Dickson;
vice-president. Charles &. Moore: record
ing secretary, William II. Lapham iinan-
cial secretary, Hugh A. Sweeney; CORE
spending secretary, IL. d. Mclntyre;
treasurer, j. ii. Whitaker; Captain, |. Kim
second lieutenant, Charles Baker; mem
bership committee-Bla Blanchard, Gray and
Lewis; finance committee -Draw, Ellis
and Benzler; boat-house committee -
Sweeney, Griffith and kimball. Several
| active members were elected last night.
The club has established contributing
| membership, and number of well-known
| business men have joined that class
| Among those elected as contributing mem
| bers last night were Messrs. Vermilya and
| Standiforth
The Columbias will miss the services of
| Kintner to-day ut Philadelphia. "Kint'
| has been a member of every crew almost
| that the club has sent out since the Ma
| tional regatta in 1881, when, with Mute,
| he made his debut in q public race. Wal
| ZACH was stroke and Brace bow, and the
| crew, though finishing third in their heat,
| vet covered the mile and a-half inside of
| nine minutcs--a feat but few District
crews had been able to accomplish mt that
! time.
| II is pretty we'll settled now, that the
BowdoiBs and Browns will row off the
college race on July 16. The Browns will
have rather the best of it, as they are still
in training.
Kirby, the sculler, is rowing stroke for
the Narragansett Eight. Tingley another
sculler, is also rowing il the crew.
The subject of crew rowing among pro-
fessionals, spoken about in TIE Garlic
yesterday, has been anticipated by Ross
and Hamm, who have challenged Teemel
| and Gauduar to n double scull race. 1t is
hard to see just why they should connect
Teemers name with Gauduars, when il
is well known that Gauduar and Hosmel
are rowing together under the manage
ih ~, VI ~ INN
lhere is strong lecnhg among the foto
mac men tnat thoir llght weight crew can
beat the Mashlhglons IN mile race u
would MAKE very interesting contest II
some one ne Woulu nune up u prize 10 DC
course. The Potomacs arc speedy for the
distance, and lots of people would back
them to win.
Inc single scuil race al McNeesport
ra,, yesteTuaNt v pet"eem Mese ana rruuy
Mua MN f;o vi % So,,o
ulllisJ,ir ~ iooheu ~ nue.
llke glit lor I Hvrlauy that people laughed
"' tiic iue" vi "ee' niahiiiS Vhc ,iiatcn'
courtney says that II he mad lost tw(
important races IN foreign country an
had come nome WIN %3o,gool ms pocket
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baseball
Yesterday the Lancasters again fell vic
Tins to the superior playing of the Ma
tionals. Save for two passed balls thai
Cook had the game would have been &
iaultless one on the part Of the home nine
Barr was quite effective, only three of thu
nancasters batting, nm TO any extent
Barr, COOK, Knowles and Morrisey car
red on me ne.dihg h3hQrs. rowan agaii
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run, 1o'u"y 10 'iic last Suihe oeV"cci
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