Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-02

Oldest man in the crew was twenty years of age.
the crew averaged 1859 pounds and the cox
swain weighed lis. Not 10 be outdone by her
rival at Philadelphia the Norwood gave an ex-
hibition Of speed before the rsce at New Lon
don yesterday.
THE NATIONAL REGATTA
The National Association of Amateur Oars
men has secured the most liberal terms known
to the association from all the trunk lines and
traffic commissions, to go into effect several days
before July 26 and q. the dates Of the national
regatta at Saratoga Springs, thereby not only
insuring a large entry list. but a large attend
ance OF friends and club mates of contestants.
Fuller particulars will be given next week.
The n. A. A. o. has added a Junior eight
cared shell race to its list Of events at the
national regatta and no doubt will have a large
number of entries. The coming national
regatta promises to be one of the largest in the
history Of the association.
1tIE ASALosTAN BOAT CLUB
1t has come to passl The members of the
club who went to Baltimore on the 25th instant
to ''see the crew win" did not have their
trouble in vain, for not only did the Junior
four win, but they surprised even their most
ardent admirers with their style OF rowing and
cool-headedness, which caught the crowd" so
to speak. An easy, pretty stroke, q peculiar
"Analostan" stroke, and steering which was q
revelation in junior race, Stearns bringing the
boat down the course as straight as a string,
and to him and to Perkins, the stroke and Leet
2, and Chandler, 8, will the local boating men
point with pride as the men who saved the day for
the Potomac. And Capt Fischer smiled He
was very happy. He and the club are still re-
ceiving congratulations, and Col Flowers in
his greatest agony, badly wounded, though still
| fighting the double jointed mosquitoes coming
over from Actions that evening. never once for
got to put in a good word for the boys. Adler
pens than mine have already indellibly en-
crossed the words Of praise richly deserved.
As result of the victory there is much in
terest shown by the membersan the club leads
the others in the number of boats on the river
each evening, two gigs and four being almost
a daily occurrence. One gig had out Marshall
(stroke), Longstreet, Smith and Fischer, with
Crenshaw coxswain. Another gig had Poesche,
II. &. Mckinney, Robertson and Webb, with
Goodrich, coxswain, and the four is rowing
regularly.
Crenshaw would make a good man in a light
weight four.
Robertson is rowing regularly.
The barge has been out almost every week
| this season with party for the landing. Mr..
W. c. Prentiss had as his guests on barge
party on Wednesday evening Mrs. Stephens, the
Misses Watkins, Miss Fink, Miss Wilson, Miss
Simons, Miss Willoughby, Miss Porter and
Miss Shepard. The crew consisted of Messrs.
Marshall, H. c. McKenney, Longstreet. Schaaf,
Webb, Benner, McReynolds and Prentiss, Mr..
Frank Aspell a former member of the club,
now located at Denver, COL, was in town last
week.
THE COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB.
The members appreciate good thing when
they see ii in print, and a result the barge
has been out several evenings this week with
juniors and others learning how to handle
themselves and a sweep at the same time. This
is the best way to learn to row and is one Of the
few ways TO get rid of nervousness peculiar to
green men. all Of whom naturally feel timid the
first time they go out in a shell. while. il rid of
this through practice in a barge, they will have
confidence in themselves in a shell
The junior eight that is rowing quite reg
ularly consists Of MCGOWAN, stroke; Mann. 4;
Lee, 6; Lewis. 8; Ward, 4; Weaver, g. Ballan-
tyne, 2; Burroughs, l. with flanagan,
coxswain, and is fast developing speed, and
with all the weight it has in the waist ought to
make good eight. The boys hope to go to the
middle states August IS.
The club has lost the services Of one of its
most valuable men, Desasure, a splendid
coxswain. full of nerve and voice. His new posi-
ton in the r. NJ. S. calls him out of town.
Hannegan is working hard to be a worthy
successor of the good coxswain gone.
The intermediate eight is suffering from the
absence of Campbell. who is out of town, and
Harry Blunt. who is laid up sick.
Steve Jannus, the big stroke of the senior
eight. has taken to sailing. and in boat he bull:
himself has much pleasure sailing away from
Eugene johnson in the Old Bachelor.
Capt Wilson and Lieut.. Dove have returned
from their respective trips and daily at
work on the float or In the barge coaching
new men.
THE POTOMAC BOAT CLUB.
That the junior eight could have. won at Balti-
more last week is almost certain, that they did
not win through no fault of theirs is certain
sure, and the members Of the crew naturally
feel much discouraged. The manner in which
the race went to the Vespers and not TO the
Potomacs has already been spoken of. Suffice it
to say, If all the flags in the course had been the
same color instead of a red and white one at
the draw at the beginning of the last quarter the
crew would not have been ordered to stop row.
ing until across the line-and winners. II the
crew had only been sent over the day before
the race. as many of the members hoped they
would be. and thus have a spin over the course
and become familiar with it, it would have been
dl1erent. However. what's that about SPILLED
MILK and Capt. Zappone was disappointed!
The eight was very anxious to go to Philadel-
phia to row on the 4th. and would have been
sent, but unfortunately one of the mainstays of
the crew had business engagements previously
made) that made II impossible for him to go,
and thus all had to stay at home. This goes to
show again how necessary it is for every man
in the club to show an interest and come down
and row in something and see what he can do,
and in case Of such an emergency as this be in
trim to be somebody's '.understudy''
Since the regular crew dropped the sold"
eight and took the new one the opportunity to
come down and use the boat has not been taken
advantage of, and before that. when the boat
could not be had, there were at least two crews
for the one boat each evening. Begin this week
and come down and take out every boat in the
house and get ready for the club regatta, if you
haven't ambition for anything else. but ALWAYS
remember that the club regatta has been the