The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-09-06
ATHLETICS AND ROWING.

Thisis the way they do it In the North: On the
return of the Arlington championship junior
crew to their home at Arlington, Mass, they
we're met by the citizens in royal way. The
whole place was Illuminated, and the Mayor
acted as grand marshal for the procession that
paraded the entire city. Three bands we're in
the line of march, and the victors were pre-
sented with valuable trophies in behalf of the
city for the honor they had achieved in win
ming the race. 1t was great occasion for the
oarsmen.
On Friday afternoon next at 5:45 o'clock
the Potomacs will hold their regular fall re-
gatta when the various championship classes
will be decided. There will be single shells
In which Smithson, Roberts, Won Dachenhan-
sen, Jones, and Moore will take part. Then
their will be race between the junior crew,
Doyle, Oliver, Mccoy, and Roulette, against
the pick of the house, a double scull race with
lady coxswains, and the festivities will close
with great race in the eight-oared shells in
which the best men of the club will take part.
The regular dancing hop will follow the races.
Mr.. j. G. Carroll, the head and front of the
Norfolk Boat Club, in letter to the sporting
editor of this journal, announces that during
the early part Of October regular jubi-
lee Of outdoor sports will take place in that
city. and that he had been appointed chair
man of the rowing regatta. He is going to
have senior and junior singles, the same in
four-oared shells, gig race, and probably an
eight cared race. He also writes to inquire
what has become OF the "Clyde Cup'' that
was won several years ago by the Washington
Club from the Columbia Athletics, as that
trophy will be placed on one of the races.
The Washington Club was organized by
Messrs. Israel Ktmball, jr., now deceased, and
Frank K. Ward, and their crew was Baker,
Ryan, smithson, and Sweeney. After win
ming this race the club went up in bubble
What has become of the trophy? Can any
one enlighten the Norfolk people?
The two eight-oared crews of the Columbia
Athletic Club that are to race on Monday at the
regattas in Boston and Staten Island left on Fri
day night for these places and the crews were
given royal send off by their stay-at-home
club mates. The senior crew, holders of the
Staten Island championship trophy, will row
at the Labor Day exercises of the Staten Is
land Athletic Club on the Kill Won Kulls
The crew is very sanguine that they will bring
back the precious trophy once again. The
eight is the same as the one that rowed
in the National Regatta-Dyer stroke,
Baker Z, Crist 6, johnson 5, Ryan 4,
Janus g. Brewster 2, Harlan bow, Welsh
coxswain with Simmons and O'Leary as
substitutes. The standing of the crews
they will meet is not known, though it is be-
lteved that the Fairmounts will be there to
avenge their defeat here. the Atalantas will,
III dli pTODaDlllCy, S6Qu Llelr crew, as well as
| the Triton of Newark, Staten Islands, AL
| cyones, Of Elizabeth, N. j., and a crew from
| the Harlem. This will make good field, and
| If the G. A. G. win 1t will be a big feather In
their caps. The junior eight that will partici
| pate in the New England Amateur Association
Labor Day races is composed of the following
| oarsmen: Lee stroke, Campbell Z, Merritt g,
| Nelson 5, Selden 4, Blunt 3, Perry 2, Hacker
| l, Dessasure coxswain, with Welsh and Stay
Ter as substitutes. 1t is very promising set
Of inntn or,6 srt HE
| vicinity If they do not win. The New England
oarsmen, who were here during the National
| were very much taken with this crew and said
that there was nothing in their vicinity that
| would come anywhere near beating them The
! two crews took their last rows together ON the
| water last week and though the advantage
| was in favor OF the seniors, the difference was
SO slight that it enthused the juniors consider
ably. A large delegation will accompany
both crews to the scenes Of the regattas and
the c. A. c. will whoop things up in a lively
manner. That good luck attend both Of the
crews is the wish OF every oarsmen In this
city.
For some time there has been considerable
whispering going on between certain mem
bers of the rowing clubs Of this city and the
officers and trainer, Fred Plaisted, OF the Nep-
tune Club, OF Baltimore. The climax was
reached last week, when Captain Montell, of
the Baltimore club, impaired to a friend the
scheme his club had on foot This club has
longsd for seasons TO possess senior four-oared
crew that in regattas would carry the colors
Of the Neptune Club to the fore, but in their
membership the desire ended in the longing,
as 1t has been found impossible to get the men
beyond the junior line. When the regatta of
the Patapsco Navy took place in Baltimore on
June 26 the subject was broached and some
one tntimated that the plan of the Atalanta
| Club, OF New York, might well be followed.
| That Is, crew could be selected from among
the rowing men On the Potomac River, who,
being regularly elected members of the Nep-
tune Club, could row under their colors 1t
will be remembered that the Atalantas went
boldly over to Newark, N. j., and elected the
whole eight-oared crew of the Passaic Club of
that place, built them house, and installed
them as the Atalanta Club. AS soon as this
was broached it spread rapidly and the hust-
lers Of the Neptunes soon commenced to 'ssaw
wood" So well did they succeed in their
work that four applicants bearing the names
OF Messrs, lsador Dyer, z. w. Reynolds, A. j.
Robinson, and John Renhardt were brought
up at meeting and elected as members.
Dyer is at present stroking the senior eight OF
the Columbias who race at Staten Island on
Monday, and he is beyond question one OF
the best strokes that ever sat In shell. He
stroked the famous champion four of the Po-
tomaes, and Reynolds and Robinson named as
two of the others, were with him in the va
rious crews. Reinhardt is a new man, but il
a powerfully strong man, They make a good
set OF oarsmen, and ii they compose crew il
will make affairs interesting here next season
They will, SO says the Baltimore people, row
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