Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-13
A Revival of Interest With the
Coming Season.
SOME TALK OF A POTOMAC NAVY
The AnaIostans Already Have Out
a Crew.
WHO ARE IN THE BOAT

Judging by the present prospects the
coming season will be one Of very consid-
cradle activity in boating circles. 1t Is a
little early yet to talk about plans for the
summer. but already one boat club has a
crew out In active practice On May IL a
crew from the Analostans will make a try
with the "middies' at Annapolis, and the
outcome of the race is looked forward to
with a good deal of interest
So far the situation has not been very
favorable to practice spins on the Potomac,
for the river has been rough and the cur
rent strong. but the Analostan crew has
Deen putting up good showing, and Its
followers are entertaining great hopes CT
the May struggle. Things are getting
quite lively about the different boat houses
and the oarsmep are busy these days fur
Dishing up their paraphernalia and putting
The Analostans are the only ones that have
regular crew out. but it will not be long
before the other clubs follow suit.
The proposition which has been started
out by the Columbia Athletic Club of hold
ing fortnfghtly regatta on the river be-
tween the different clubs this summer
meets with hearty approval from the CO.
lumbias. but the Potomacs and the Analos-
tans are little slow in falling into line
and the chances are that the idea will fail
OF consummation. The reason for this is
not Tar TO seek. The plan contemplates a
change Of crews in each regatta, so that
the clubs will have practically a new boat
load each time-a very pleasant and salts
factory arrangement for a club which has
so. large body of boating men to draw
from as has the c. A. c., but it is not SO
agreeable to the clubs which are devoted
solely to boating and which have conse-
quently a much smaller membership to
draw on. AS prominent member of the
Potomacs expressed 1t in conversation with
a Star reporter yesterday. his club has
practically only a score ofsmen to draw on,
and similar condition of affairs exists
| IN the case of the AEalostans, while the
Columbias, on the other hand. could put
cut hVe or ten times as many men who are
qualified to sit in a boat and handle an oar
| They could outlast the other clubs. and the
| contests would hardly be fair ones.
| centive to good work on the part of local
oarsmen this summer is the revival of in
| terest In boating in Baltimore. For the
| last few years things have been rather
dead along the Patapsco, but there has
been a marked change for the better this
| spring. and the chances are that the Bal
timore boys will have out a number of
| strong crews this season who will be able
| to make things lively for their Washing
ton brethren. With the revival of boating
| In Baltimore the Patapsco navy has come
| 70 nfe again and promises to be strong
| influence In boating circles. A like condi-
ton OF affairs exists in Alexandra and
| In all probability the Old Dominion Boat
| Club will be factor of no mean import
ance in boating matters this summer
| That they have been in years gone by the
| LEGAL clubs know to their sorrow. for on
more than one occasion the Alexandria
| boys have made them lower their colors
after a hard struggle. With the revival Of
interest in boating In two such nearby
cities as Baltimore and Alexandria II is
only fair to assume that it will receive a
big impetus on the upper Potomac
The Potomac Navy.
With the coming Of the boating season
interest again attaches to the talk about
| the formation of Potomac navy. Efforts
10 ., 1ox, l,aav ID in,
| by but the present season opens with that
conSummation no nearer than In the past.
1t is said that heretofore the Analostans
have favored the establishment OF a navy.
have shifted about and are opposed to it
this year. One objection that has been
raised to the plan is that II would lessen
| the dignity and influence Of the individual
clubs, but 1t is pointed out that the fornaa-
ton of a navy would be little more than
the establishment of permanent COM
mittee of the clubs. and that each club
| would still retain its autonomy intact. es-
pecially in the matter Of expenditures and
that the advantages that would accrue
would far outweigh all possible objections
that might be raised. The establishment
of a navy would make provision for the
annual Potomac regatta, and 1t is claimed
that If there were such an organization
In existence arrangements for the regatta
would already be well under way. As 1t ID
nothing has been done as yet, and the his
tory of past years will probably be -e-
peated. There will be delays waiting upon
the appointment Of committees to such an
extent that there will be difficulty In Sc
curing a suitable date that will not con-
fict with other events OF like sort In other
the opponents of the navy idea as only
one of the considerations that should weigh
with the different clubs in deciding upon
the plan. but just the same. 1t may be said
that a Potomac navy Is no nearer being an
established thing than was one, two or
three years ago.
held this year some time in the latter part
of August, but as yet there has been moth
ing in the way of gossip or talk about
entries or prospects. The Evening star
the Washington Post. the Mason and the
merchants cups will be among the trophies
to be competed for.
At present it looks as though the local
crews would not be very well represented
tainly there will not be any contests Of
great Importance on the Potomac. II any
Of the three clubs decide to show their
strength on that day they will send crews
Passaic or the Harlem. 1t looks now, how
ever, as though the Analostans were the
only club that would have crew In trim
race with Annapolis should put them in
line for the Decoration day regatta.
Practically all arrangements have been
to Annapolis to meet the Naval Academy
! boys on May IL. The race will be rowed on
the Severn over a course a mile and a half
in length. and the hour of course. will de-
pend somewhat on the state of the wind
and water. On the same day the middies
will meet the University of Pennsylvania
crew.
While there may be some changes In the
boat. the eight which will represent the
Analostans has practically been fixed upon,
and they are out on the river on every pos
sible occasions and are putting up a show of
speed that Is giving cause for hope in the
hearts of the Analostan boys. The crew.
as 1t is made up at present, consists Of
Chandler, Perry, Taylor. Moore. Vaughn.
Stearns, Mills and Weaver. Either Carter
Ballantyne or Harry Benner will officiate
as coxswain. The Analostans are growing
steadily, and nearly a dozen names CT ap-
plicans for membership are waiting to be
acted upon.
An Athletic Exhibition.
The athletes and gymnasts Of Carroll
Institute are in active practice for the
big athletic exhibition. which is to come
or on Thursday. April .. in the gymna-
SUM. The following contests have been
arranged for the championship of the
Carroll Institute: Putting the 16-pound
shot; running high jump: catch-as-catch-