The times., 1897-08-13

Pennsylvania road and with them We're
number OF rowing enthusiasts of the club
The crew will compete in both the ma
tional and international championships in
senior fours today and tomorrow on the
SchnylbiJ River. They will meet all the
e. pert fours of the country during the two
days racing.
The crew is composed of the following
r4cn: McGowan, stroke; Mann, No. 8; Eaton,
No 2, and Blunt, bow.
This crew is believed to be one OF the
best balanced and skillful that ever rowed
on the otomac River.
Every man in the crew is an expert in
dividual oarsman, having had long ex-
Deneuce But above this, they possess i'll
a high degree the advantage OF having
rowed together for four years. They aE5
perfectly familiar with each others style
Of rowing, and have achieved that most
uece ssary thing of all i'll rowing-p perfect
| uniformity OF stroke. The body work is
one Of their strongest points, while the
| blade werk is clean and possesses all the
| skill compatible with strength.
The men are unusually well matched
| physically There is less than three pounds
variation in the weight of each man,
while the port and starboard are almos:
| exactly balanced.
L!ttle coaching has been done during the
mast few weeks The men have worked
together 50 long that any change in the
| styic and method of rowing would prob
| aby be handicap rather than help
Sam BoyIe, the captain of this years
| University Of Pennsylyania crew, has
been coaching the junior eigiits, but he
| ,-ad IN IL VII for the
| four, as il was not necessary.
Hecox. who has hitherto rowed No. 2,
was thought TO have trained down too
fine for strength, 80 he was replaced by
Eaten, cne Of the strongest oarsmen the
club ever had. Eaton is up to standard
weight. while Hecox was several pounds
below it, Hecox was taken along, how
ever, anG will be d first-class substitute
in case he is needed.
The crew and it's supporters were most
| sangtiine when they left yesterday. The
crew is undoubtedly handicapped by be-
ing badly boated- They were compelled
to take along the old cedar shell which
they have been using for several years past.
| 1t is pounds too heavy, yet even With this
disadvantage the crew was nothing
dauntcd.
1 III biIS ~ CIV beA1 i1N DSNH
selected wi en- they left here.
This afternoon the national senior fouI
race win take place, in which the Washing
ton crew will compete. The distance will
be one and one-balf miles, with turn.
The Schuylkill course is a most excellent
one, and there is apparently nothing TO
mar the success OF the regatta.
Oarsmen from every section of the coun
try are arriyingin in Philadelphia. and bythis
afternoon all the crews viii have reached
that city.
One Of the most notable figures at the
regatta viii be Edward Ten Eyck, who
recently won the international sculiine
championship and diamond scuIls at Hen
| ley, England.
Young Headley, who won the sculling
championship at the Potomac River re
gatta last year, is rowing in wonderful
strong form this year.
lockwood is another strong single sculler
He has been in Washington this summer
and has done his training at the Golumbia
| Athletic Club house. He is expected ta
prove factor in the races which he enters
II is very Likely that large number o.
wasbingtonians VIII take advantage OF tbs
excursion rates to Atlantic City taking il
that resort by the sea on Sunday and re
turning to the city on Monday.