Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-12
1T WILL BEGIN TODAY
The Regatta Of the National Associa-
ton of Amateur 0arsmen.
ROWING MEN SUFFER FROM THE HEAT
Again Defeated by
the BaItimores.
SPORTING NOTES

SARATOGA, n. Y, August Upright
and early this morning visitors and oars
men were gathered in front Of the United
States Hotel gazing at the flag. but not
ripple stirred its folds, and while the lake
promises to be as smooth as mill pond,
the contestants will be compelled to strug-
gle in a heat of intense volume. Never be-
fore In the history Of Saratoga has there
been heat go continuous and SO intense.
The oarsmen have suffered particularly.
and midday practice spins have been prac-
tically abandoned. The men. however. are
in good FORM with the exception of Baxter
of the Laureate. who has evidently over
trained, but who says he will be in shape
for today's struggle.
The first race will start at o'clock. and
the others follow at intervals. There will
be but few entries scratched, and three
events. the first and second heats Of the
senior singles and the senior fours, will be
sliffiy contested.
The first event Of the day will be the
pair-oared shells. But two entries are made
for this, viz: Vesper Boat Club and Penn
syIvania Barge Club.
The Vespers were the winners Of this
event in 1894.
The four-oared intermediate. which fol-
lows, will have two starters. Ariel Boat
Club and Detroit Boat Club
The Ariels won this event in the regatta
of 1892.
When the third event is called. the in
terest will grow, for in the senior singles,
w. s. Mcdowell of the Delawares. last
years champion. and who then won in $50.
and who went to Henley this year, will ap-
pear against q fair field. His opponents
Will he F. II. Thompson of the Argonauts,
who went to Henley last year; Joseph ].
Whitehead of the Riversides. Marsh Of the
Argonauts.
ably give the Chicago champion hard
hustle, but the latter is in the best of form,
and IS O favorite for first place.
The second heat of the senior singles will
tr.fe easier, as the hill on the western bank
will afford some protection from the suns
heat to the men on the inner course. The
entries In this heat are:
No l. Metropolitan Rowing Club, e. w.
AtheI ton: No. 2, Don Rowing Club, Leonard
Marsh; No. 3. Vesper Boat Club. Fred.
Cresser; No. 4. Beaverwyck Rowing Club,
F. II. Mcnahan: No. 8, Albany Rowing
Club, C. E. Bulger; No. 9. Pennsylvania
Barge Club. j. y. Juvenal.
The race which follows. the eight-oar
shell, WILL 1t is feared, be an example OF
the superiority Of perfect training and fine
fern over hurried work. There are but
two entries, tie New York Athletics and
the Laureates Of Troy. The latter have
been in trairing for the last three weeks
only, and five men out Of the eight had
never before sat in an eight-oared shell.
and a still further handicap is that the
Trojans shell weighs fully eighty pounds
more than that Of the Athletics.
The closing race. which Is for four-oar
shell seniors promises to be the event Of
the day. The entries are:
Detroit Rowing Club. Winnipeg Rowing
Club. New York Athletic Club, Wyandotte
Athletic Club, Wyandotte Mich: Argonaut
Rowing Club. Toronto; Institute Boat Club,
Newark, Nj; Riverside Boat Club, Cam
bridgeport Mass; Pennsylvania Barge
Club, Philadelphia.
The Institutes, VINO held the record time
of s:i31s, made last year. are favorites,
closely followed by the Winnipegs the
Argonauts and the Riversides.