The times., 1898-07-31

time it has had for practice. The crew
with one or two changes could be made
a very fast light crew and should be kept
together
VIII Burke is new man this season
who is doing good work. His outboard
work is very good and gives good promise
generally. J. c. Howard again demon
strated his ability stroke and fin
ished his crew in good shape Clagett and
Bradley are two clever scullers and their
work with the sweeps showed their all
round cleverness.
Capt. Boyd Taylor has been under the
weather with an attack of malaria and it
considerably affected his practice Whelp-
ley is new man who promises well.
-four out last week went along with
the usual a. B. C. clean swing and moved
well. the work of Clagett at bow being
noticeably good. The crew rowed: J. c.
Howard, stroke; Burke, 3; Mccoy. 2. and
Clagett. bow.
Ross Perry has taken liking to the
single sculls and pushes his boat through
the water at fair rate of speed. II
looks if the Potomac would again have
it's fleet OF singles, ar one time one of the
features of local rowing.
The crew which the a b. C. will put
out in the triangular race with the Po-
tomacs and Columbias on August % will
be a very strong one said an enthusi-
dSliC ulcilDtIs anu II Will open the Ss -
of some of the wise ones who say we
have dropped the eights." This will IN
dOubtedly prove 10 be true. for the club
is able from a large number of good
sweeps" TO put out a corking good
picked eight Fisher and Bob Howard
and Ross Perry are sure TO be in ii and
they form good nucleus for a strong
crew.
Ollie Hine is a lieutenant of marines on
the Harvard. and Lieut.. Tenney Ross.
| of the Second United States Infantry. left
/ last week to join his regiment at San
| tiago. Both will be very much missed,
( especially for their good work in the
| crews.
| A club barge party will be given to-
/ morrow afternoon. An elaborate pro-
7 gram OF entertainment has been mapped
out and dancing will follow on the return
to the boat house.
Potomac Boat Club.
With the annual club regatta out of the
way the rowing men of the Potomac Boat
Club feel that they can now devote all
their energies to developing the mixed
crew. which will meet the Columbia and
Aanalostan eights in the invitation clos
ed race TO be held on August 13- The
affair promises to be one of the most in
teresting and exciting witnessed on this
river in several years.
| The crew will be one of the strongest
| junior eights the club has ever had. II
/ Doug Sims and Eliason were here the crew
/ would be just that much stronger. as
/ they are among the very best sweeps the
| river has had for some time.
/ Heth is undoubtedly a very clever
/ stroke and his ability to row as well in
| the waist of the boat makes him all the
/ more valuable if changes are found nee
! essary.
( Young filled the stroke seat very
! creditably and he kept down the colts
I behind him in good shape. Wheatley is
a power in a boat. and if he were rowed
| regularly and hard he could easily land
a seat in the big eight. LOCKER keeps up
his good work, says but very little. and
when the crew lands at the float he shows
| that he has pulled his sweep all the way
| through
| What has become of the big Hume
| four What a feature they would have
| been in yesterdays regatta.
| Three of the Columbia's big four are
| now also active members of the Poto-
macs, and doing all their rowing from
! the latter house. They are Blunt. Mann
and MCGOWAN. They form the nucleus
| for a every strong mixed crew
/ Blunt is rendering valuable services
| helping Capt. Bradley to coach the new
men. He materially helped to make the
regatta of yesterday a big success. II
/ was run off in good shape. md Capt
Bradley and Lieut.. Blunt deserve lot
credit for the showing made by the sew
eral crews.
! Won DachenhauSen does not despair ot
getting on a single scull race with either
| Clagett or Bradley, of the Analostans
Connor is a new man, who promises
well. He handles himself in an easy
manner in No. seat.
Lieut. Hecox's offer to put in a mixed
crew yesterday to help fiji the program
was very clever act. and. while he was
unable on such short notice to put in q
representative crew, he succeeded in put
| ting in a winner.
The spirit which prompted the affair
was very highly appreciated by all low
ers Of rowing and especially by the Po-
tomacs.
The new up-river landing is now In
| good shape and is being used fully as
much as the old landing was The formal
opening of the landing by the Potomac:
and Analostans has been deferred unit
later in the season.