The morning times., 1896-07-12

amateur Club circles is the national re-
gatra, which is held under the auspices of
the National Association of Amateur Oars
men.
This year it will be held ON Saratoga Lake
August IL and 13. Entries close on
Wednesday, July 20, and entries bearing
pustmark Of that date will be received. +,
An races will be one mile and half with
one turn, except the eight-oared events.
which will be one mile and a half straight
away. This year straghtaway four
| cared race has teen added te, the program.
II is not improbable that a crew will be
entered from this city, and II will he, If the
work 1t does In test trial comes up to
what the club officials expect of it.
POTOMAC RIVER REGATTA.
The various crews on the Potomac are
rapidly getting into shapertr the Potomac
River regattn, and they will undoubtedly
make ii good showing and hope this year
10 row So fast that outside crews coming
here will not be able to take away all the
prizes as they did last year with one excep-
tion.
There promises to tie gooG-sized entry
li>tIroni Gag OF town, and among the crews
VIII be some with quite reputation won
The regatta committee is working up all
the detail and is even nCw ready for the
| coming Of entries. 1t is proposed to mako
the Regatta of August / tig success.
| Tickets for the excursion 10 he given
| on July 20, under the joint auspices OF the
! three clubs, tor the benefit of the re-
ga.ta fund, are selling rapidly. and 1t
behooves the members of the clubs to
make extraordinary efforts to sell n iagre
number. In order that there may be a fund
sufficient to cover all regatta expenses
| and IN order that the Regatta committee
may not he compelled 10 call on our
| merchants and Others for subscriptions as
nj former years.
! There should be enough tickets sold to
cover all expenses and have surplus
| to start next years regatta with. Let
every club member put his shoulder TO the
work and make the affair a big success.
COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB.
Rowing ut the Columbia Athletic Club
| boathouse has taken on an immense boom,
| anu Lieut.. tLarlcy Baker is sending out
| more crews each evening than have been
sci a'ioat here IN many years. 1t looks
| like old times, hereahouts,' - said an old
boating man one evening last week, at the
bGathouSe. where We're congregated fifty
or sixty members, balcony oarsmen and
Others. who Were delighted with the sight
the Terror and a number OF pleasure
| boats set afloat, all well manned.
All this shows Il decidedly increase OF
interest in rowing at the C. A c. house. and
speaks We'll for the energy and bard work
OF Liert. Baker, who seems never to tire
OF helping the new men to master the art
of rowing. The new men he has are all
strong, welLbu:t young men. who are
anxious and willing 10 row, who, while
he "A a bo off
be -aluable next year.
Sam Boyle, Il member Of the club, and
aptain Of the University Of "Pennsy'
eight. is again in the city, and has ex-
pressed his intention of again rowing under
his old C. A. c. colors His presence will
add interest and strength in more ways
than one. He Will. too, lie OF material
assistance to Lieut.. Baker. All his club
mates are delighted at his return to the
boathuuse aud club.
Blunt, who early in the season declared
his intention not to row this year. has re-
Considered that intention. and will resume
his old place in the four and help IL along
10 victory. The crew will row: Blunt.
bow: Hicnx, 2; Mann, 8, and McGowan,
stroke, and is rowing in better shape than
ever.
A lightweight four will also lie in evil
dcnce n the Potomac River regatta. A
crew of this class that has form and GO
is composed of Magee. stroke; Parsons, 3;
LunsfOrd, 2, ana Elder. bow. This crew
may be changed. as Lunsford is rather
heavy. There are two good lighter men
10 select from for the place. Amau and
F. MorScl would make good men in IL
four.
Carter will stroke the junior eight. and
as lie is capable of setting good stroke
and is withai cool and hCady. the eight
he strokes Will be up among the leaders
when the line is crossed
The junior eight will he heavier than
last year, and will lie made up of cid and
new members and will be selected from
among Shields. Jaquet.e, Wells. Ryan,
O'Leary, Clarke. Purman, Stewart. Swig- |
CART. ii. Lunsford. McConville, Cruzan,
Smith. Claridy. MOrsell Aman. C. Luns- |
ford. BriscO. Brooks, and Gleason From |
among these Il strong Junior four will also |
be gotten together.
Swageart is showing great Improvement |
in his body work Ryan Is new one and |
good one.
Gleason gives every Indication of hecom-
irg Il valuable waist man. but requires tn |
be rowed regularly and hard
What has become eofDannyWalsh? sthe |
query frequently madr. He should be in |
a crew now and working |
As already stated in The Times, Lieut |
Pnker on Friday evening perfected his ar |
rangene ent for a big club regatta and hon to |
be held on Wednesday afternoon next r.- |
ginning at $50 O'clock Frnm present in
die aiinns it will be the best given at the c. |
\. G. in many.Iroons There will be four !
races. -sa4,
The four cared shell event will start
four crews, made up OF juniors, with senior
towmen. there will he an eight Dared |
race: and the winner OF the fours will after
ward row the big senior four Then there
will he a single scull rare between Moar and
probably Sam Boyle After the races an
informal hop viii he held IN ;i,e teat house.
y number of invitation cards have been
sent out and very large attendance is ex-
pected d.
The hicycle members who took the July
and trim through Virginia returned in
due time, delighted with their outing From
Harper's Ferry the rnptelay TO IN d through |
Chariestown, Rerryviies Win hester, Mar
tnsDuSg and Hagerstown and home. The
trip was filled with sundrv strange and
some amusing experiences, and its success
has whetted the riders desire for more |
Those whd rrade the trim and are still full |
Of what they saw and heard were Can't. |
Wells. burroughs. Fowle. Beail, Stiles, |
Burt Miller. Williams. Cabrera, Ir-vihg: |
Brown and DR.. Won Lindgren
Pnf. John CroSSley Sa very busy n,a at |
Columbia Field these days ard is gradr-
ally rounding 10 his large "a ss o asnirarts |
for ath'oti" horors, al MI nv faII will ra~e
number Of sure winners In track and field
sports.
Tindall is doing well at enrintipr and run
ming He moves like a veteran
Jesse Schaftirt. well-known a a member
Of the W. L. !. BASKETBALL team. is also a |
G. A. G. man. and promises ia become one
Of the best of local srrirters lie will also
take uD distance running