The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-05
UNIVERSITY RICHMOND.
THE \lk6lNlA A. ISOLATION OF ANA
TEUR OARSaEN NET YESTERDAY.
The 40 &c for the state Cup 90 be Held
rr sbabiy To uorrow-tii tn he De
cided To-Day About the
captain OF the Grow.

The Virginia Association Of Amateur
Oarsmcn met Yesterday at - o clock IN
the Office Of the j. l.. Hill Printing
Company. There being quite "A mum
Der OF interested parties present, II wa-
suggested that the meeting be held IN
the rooms of the Bar Association.
where there was ample room. The
suggestion was carried out. and at
about half-past - O'Clock Mr.. j. J.
Hill. the secretary. and the only oiii-
Ger of the association present, called
the meeting TO order.
The President. Mr.. ". S. White. Of
Fredericksburg. being absent, Mr.. Hill
called for nominations for chairman.
Any member Of the association could
serve as the PRECEDING officer. but could
not, under the constitution, vote.
Mr.. Lamb nominated Mr. Charles
1erndOn. Of Fredericksburg, and be
was unanimously elected.
THOSE PRESENT.
The secretary called the roll
The following clubs and delegates re.
sponded: Rappahannock of Frcderlcks-
burg. II. ii. Johnson. Nirginias. Of
n
school. of Petersburg T.. O McCabe
Rves. of University Of Virginia. j. G..
Lamb. Mr. Is. T. Crump is the presi-
dent OF the Nirgnias. and Mr.. j. C..
Lamb. the known editor Of the
Lar Joaupm is an honorary member
of the Rives Club. at the University of
Virginia, and always represents them
as their delegate at the meeting of the
State Association.
The Old Dominion Boat Club. Of
Alexandra. was not represented.
There were present about thirty
gentlemen members Of the various
clubs. but only the four delegate
aforementioned had a right to vote.
After the minutes of the last meet
ing were read. and an omission of tine
former secretary that Richmond was
the place and July 4.h the time for the
State regatta had been corrected. and
the whole then approved. Mr.. b. j.
Crump. the delegate from the Nir-
glnias. rose.
MIR. CRUMP' s SUGGESTIONS
Mr.. Crump said that AN along ID bad
been the ann of the association to con.
duct matters ON high plane. There
seemed TO be. me thought. ID lack of UNI
derslanding and appreciation by the
people of the various cities of ihe value
10 each city of cultivatng the spirit
necessary for the success of rcgaltas.
This was evident from the fact that no
entries had been made from frrdericks-
burg and Petersburg. a regatta 0n %
large scale teaches people their usciul-
ness to the young men OF city. This
is the way such teachings are produced
i'm the cities of the North. including the
smaller ones.
EVERY EFFORT MADE.
The Virginias had made every ar
rangoment for iir-i class regatta on
the Fourth day of July. Three days
previous the water in the river began
20 rise. and they engaged Mr. g.. j. f.
Burgwyn. resident United state. cu-
eineer of The James River Improve.
mcnt. 10 watch The water and give DDS
opinion. Ie did SD. He had informed
the regatta committee Chat 10 would Doe
impossible tO row ON the fourth. 80
gig. he was satisfied. could Dee JsDd ln
Tins high wafer. SO fair race could b
rOwod.
Mr.. Crump said the University men
were here. and hc knew how 90 was
with himself when at the University. t0
get home early after commencement.
but here was q flood which Che Nu-
ginias could NOT control. and which
neccssitated the posip0uement OF tine
race to a future day.
A PROPOSITION.
a mutual friend had made PROPOSE
ton To the NTgnias, SAID Mr. Oiump.
TO have sub-regatta between the \ir-
einias and the Rivcs Crew next odur.
dav.l Tomorrow Tine Virginao were.
IN an their actions. looking Co theinter-
est Of the state Association. aud DOT 90
themselves alone. They wanted tot
advance the interest in racing,
place the question ON high
plane and perform their duty iu carry
ing out their high object regardless of
cost. Two Of the crew. including tine
captain and cOxswain, Mr.. W. i. Tins
lev. were in Philae lphl4. and would
not return until this morning at about
Q o'clock. possibly not tiil the later
forenoon train An thing. considered. .
be thought It no more thau proper that
theass0ciatiOu adjourn unul this morn T
lug at 4 O clock.
IMPORTATION WANTED.
Mr. Lamb said tine Rl,es University .
Crew wanted To know whether there .
would be race between the two crews
-NrgInia- and kVCs-0u Saturday.
Mr.. Cump said that he had under
stood that because of The action OF the .
Rivcs crew. the race would have To be .
rowed ON Saturday or not at all. lie F
explained that the two.abseut members
Of the Virginia crew could have bat
one hight sleep ON their return 90 the
'lty. before having tOcng4gen The race
for the State trophy.
Mr.. Lamb said that the Riyes Uni
,ersity crew consisted of men who
lived i'm four different States. They
could not wait longer than Saturday
he claimed that this crew had 1ght
10 insist ON the race at once. They
were ready and could row over the
'oulsc and demand she prize. but they
were proud. They did not want the
.up TO come to them by the default Of
heir opponents Iney waived ail tech
licalties and their right To TOW ON the
ourth They wanted genuine race.
go that il would 80 out 60 the world
hat the best crew would win.
AMoroN MADE.
Mr. Lamb moved that the race. which
10 believed should have taken place
yesterday under the rules. De postponed
Until Saturday tomorrow a. q % clock I
p. NJ
The rules of the association require
hat the home boat club should furnish
programme of the race. giving tine
lay and hour. Mr.. Lamb asked Mr..
,rump 20 furnish the programme.
Mr.. Crump said that he did not know
hat the association had reached So far
n its order of business as TO necessilate
lin furnishing programme. SO date
n hour had been set, and he preferred
% wait until to-day az 4 % clock. when
mother meeting could he held and all
hese points decided upon.
Mr.. Crump said that he would use
lis utmost ptrsOual euleaVOrs tO have