Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-18

\ ~ became KNOWN tnat
IL JSI all three Of the local
MN boat clubs had each ap-
Shk pointed committee to
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.mE|S form joint committee
Sd&3r for the purpose Of con-
iHTtEf ELi, ferring as to the FEAST
,Ml[ 7EHn bility of holding Poto-
.VN HHSkV mac regatta this year
%H@u every man in the three
clubs became interested
and felt that it was
''just the thing" needed
to revive the interest here and when it is de-
cided that a regatta is possible this year then
will come the old-time enthusiasm. 1t takes
some time to work the local clubs up to pitch
Of enthusiasm, but when that pitch is reached
then look out. for something is going to
drop. As we never do anything by
halves here, frst-class regatta may
be looked for. We give better prizes here,
more costly, than in the great majority of re-
gattas, and visiting oarsmen are treated with
that open-handed hospitality Of which few other
cities can boast. We have the choice of two
splendid courses-the national or lower and the
upper, the latter beginning near the Three Sis
tiers and finishing nearly opposite the Columbia
and Potomac boat houses.
cost SO much as to be tax on our friends and
the business men who subscribe to the fund.
Indeed, it need not cost the trouble even of So
hciting subscriptions, for the reason that be-
lieve that the six or eight hundred dollars
necessary, or even a thousand dollars, NAV be
gotten from the G.. A. R. fund, audit seems that
as we are to have this regatta, as suggested,
about the time of the G.. A. R. encampment
the matter might be laid before the local
committee having the entertainment Of the Wis
ltlng veterans in hand and have that committee
name the day and have the regatta as one of the
attractions and features of the encampment
To many thousands of the visitors this
would be great novelty, and doubt
less afford them much pleasure. Having
thus placed the date and attraction at
the disposal of the G. A. r. committee the
few hundred dollars it would cost would not be
missed by it and it would serve the double
purpose of helping the clubs to have a regatta
open to all the amateur clubs Of the world and
at the same time of giving feature in the list of
entertainments which no other city selected for
the encampment has ever done. Now, let's
work this up!
greater success and show to what extent our
local people are interested in the clubs have the
representative business and professional men
and others act as the executive and reception
and other committees, their instructions and
suggestions carried out and the details of the
mittee, the members Of which are, of course,
more conversant with the parts Of machinery
necessary to make a working model, and we
will have the biggest regatta this river has ever
seen.
If it is cared to make the affair a source Of
profit grand stands could be erected and thus
many dollar could be made.
THE CREWS.
As to crews, we have, every reason to expect a
Iorrv ,har <If Al
low fare at the time from everywhere. The
date wouldn't operate against the number of
entries Of the regatta, either, as many of the
crews, by reason Of the cold. rainy spring sea-
son, lost nearly month, and as nearly every
crew which lost in the earlier regattas will want
to ''get even with somebody" this regatta here
will be just the opportunity they will be looking
for.
OPINION OF BOATING MEN.
The committee from each of the three clubs
held meeting last evening at the Potomac
boat house to discuss the subject of the regatta
and the matter was very favOrably received and
Expressed that this above all others was the
year in which to hold Potomac river regatta.
The committees representing the three clubs
had no power to act, but were simply to meet
and talk over the prospects and report to their
respective clubs.
A. C.-Messrs. Alexander Grant, w. Howard
Gibson and H. NJ. Wilson; Analostan Boat Club
-Messrs. J. L. Robertson. Louis A. Fischer and
G.. Carlyle Whiting, and from the Potomac Boat
Club-Messrs. William NJ. Ofley, c. R. Zap
pone and o. P. Schmidt. The joint committee
will meet again next week.
THE PATAPsCo REGATTA.
The Patapsco regatta is uppermost in the
minds Of at least two crews on our river. and
when each Of them have crossed the line next
Saturday they will know they have been in a
race, for, judging from some Of the crews that
have signifed an intention Of entering and
rowing, it promises not only to be q big re-
gatta, but one full Of good hard races. Among
those who have promised to back up to the
starting post in the senior Fights are the
famous "Chippie" crew Of the N. Y. A. C. and
the now famous Maltas Of Philadelphia, the lat
ter being the which won its heat as juniors at
the Passaic regatta, and a few hours afterward
won the junior race, and soon after that, on the
same day. won the intermediate race for Fights,
beating out the Atlantas and Eurekas.
This crew has strange mixture of oarsmen
and field and track athletes, having in its make
up q sprinter, a hammer and weight thrower
and two wrestlers. If the crew keeps together
another year it will make the best Of the seniors
move along to keep up. Then there may be
expected the Crescsnts and Pennsylvanias Of
Philadelphia, Neptunes of Baltimore and the
and what pretty race that will be! Who can
name the winner? The Neptunes will row
in their brand-new cedar eight, Just
christened last Wednesday, and which is is said
q perfect beauty. She is remarkable for her
length, being sixty-eight feet over all and
twenty inches beam. 1t is supposed that the
increased length and the beam as it is will give
her about the same displacement as . shorter
boat and more beam would give.
This remains to be seen, as much will depend
on the weight of the crew she is to carry.
Sixty feet in length is the average length Of an
eight, and longer than that is unnecessary.
Besides, the additional length makes transpor-
tation to outside regattas risky and trouble
some, as boats are mostly carried inside of
coaches, and these are Just about sixty feet
long. There will be four or five Junior fours,
among them the Analostans Of this city, Yes
pers Of Philadelphia, Unions of New York and
the Neptunes Of Baltimore will probably enter
two crews, and possibly the Tritons
will come down from Newark. This
win make . good race, barring the
fouling, which, however, is nearly always looked
for in junior race. There will be doubles
from the Manhattan A. G. and from the Yes
pen and Ionas, and it is hoped the
gig race will I'LL One Of the great
features VIII be the senior single scull race
between Hawkins Of the Manhattan, New York.
and Hedley Of the vespers, Philadelphia, and
As this will be their third race this season. each
having one to his credit the rubber will be for