Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-21
The OarSsDlen.
THE POTOMAC BOAT CLUB REGATTA LAS
EVENING.

THE POTOMAC BOAT CLUB REGATTA LAST
EVENING.
rather small but interested crowd witnessed
The Potomac Boat club regatta last evening
With the exception of the four-oared race the
Contests were rather tame The course was
rom the boat house to AqUeduct bridge and re-
turn Tor all the races except the eight-oared.
Ire nrst race Tor single shells was won by
kearney, Keynoi.i second and Sprague third
-Four Crews contested in the four-oared she'll
race "a follows: JuIubo-Fisher l. Reed . Rev.
nolds 3. Robinson stroke; Lisn;weight-Dovie
i. Wit; =. Llnore 3. kearney STROKE: LYNCH
bur--Srr..2lie l. Oe?tei =. EcoriZy 2 DTer
stroke; Errde rtchSsErg-W arden l. Ofiey y
Minde!en :, Doxon stroke.
The four crews got III well together, but the
IiSht weights had rather the advantage in the
INST quarter. The Jumbo crew swung over TO
the virginia shore, and upon reaching slack
water made good progress. They obtained the
i,S'u ~ me turn aud came home winners,
l-At weights second and LyncuDurgo third
ne double WORKING boat race between Finley
ana itunSefiOTd and Lewis and kar was won
by thc tOrmer by "a half length. 1t was ex-
Peeted that the eight-oared race would be a,
Very pretty one. but instead of keeping well to-
g-ther, one boat was on the Virginia shore and
the other on the Mary land SIDE the former far in
TIE lead. The course was from the Three
SISTERS to the boat house The heavy wejaht
crew, III the new boat and coxswained by
hoecrts were the victors- The crews con-
sisted of: New boaI-EiInore L: Writ y.
Nindeief. 3 Reynolds. 4; Dickinson. B; Robin
son, .; Noofdzy; .; Dyer, stroke, and Roberts.
Warden. 3; Orrtel. A; Doxon, 81 Reed g. Kear,
hey. :; fischer, stroke, and La Dow, coxswain.
N irt
was won by the former.
xHE NATIONAL REGATTA.
The fourteenth annual national amateur re-
eat'a commenced at Albany yesterday. NJ. L.
Quigley, of the Institute boat club, OF Newark:
II. Ho.iand. Cornell university; John +. Daley
OF tambridgeport, Mass. and q. F.. McDougai!
New Ork Athletic club. were the winners of
the heats for Junior singles. The first, second
ana fourth heats for senior singles were won by
T. j. Mucahy, Mutual club: j. j. Donohoe of
Hamilton, Ontario. and j. +. Corbett OF Chi
ctSo. The third heat is To be rowed over by
Nonohan aud Nowian. OF the Albany club. The
race for senior fOuroared shells was won By the
fairInounts. OF Philadelphia, over crews from
the Laureate boat club OF Troy; Nautilus row.
Ing club. OF Hamilton. Ontario, and the Argo :
naut rowing club. OF Toronto.
Base Bali.
The Nationals Will play the first game Of the
series with Bostons in Boston to-day The Az
ricultural department nine defeated the team
nom the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
yesterday 81 10 10. The Young Pioneers for.
ineIiy the Red Caps, defeated the Young Dis
terday resulted as follows: AT Chicago-C-hic:igo.
~; ST. Louis, l. At New Iork-New York 4:
philadeiphis 2 Al Detroit-Detroit, 3; Kansas
City, p At BTooklyn-Brooklyn, d: Louisville
i. At Observation-Disclosures, ); Pittsburg q
At New Iork-NetropoIitan. 3; ST. Louis, l. AT
fhiiadeiPhia-Athletle IL; Cincinnati, 3.
THE MASTER BKICKLAYERs. - The Master
Brick layers last evening revised their constitu-
ton ana bylaws and elected the following of
nccrs: Jared ID. Biting. president; VIM. Ii. Car
son. vice president; E.dw. +. JONES' recording
SECRETARY; Cbts. Lemon. corresponding secre-
taTy; Geo. IL TGrton. treasurer; Frank Baner.
John Cassei, W IN. Ginger. VIM. IL. Cissell and
Chas. Cowell, executive committee.
MARRIAGE LICENsEs.- Marriage licenses
have been issued by the clerk of the court To
samuel sutton and Ella Block; Edwin s.
douck and susie Il. Hammitt
A DESERTED WIFE GETS DIvoRcE.-To-day
Judge James, in the Equity Court, made "A
decree OF divorce in the OF Hannah j.
Sn I'm fstlrL resxt
complainant the right to resume her maiden
name of Oliver. They were married December
18th, 1871. and she charged desertion in 1875,
when defendant went west.
AN EX-PoLICEMAN'S SUIT AGAINST THE DIS
ahiCI.-JaTnes NcGrevey, VINO was dismissed
from the police force at the time of the reor-
kanization. three years ago, has, by his counsel
Mes.rs. Cone and Richards, entered suit against
tne District OF Columbia, claiming S3.240 as
the amount due him salary from The time OF
Als ieiloyal 10 date