The times., 1899-08-06

crew the benefit of the work and at the
| same time help the Potomac eight in it's
! practice for the Middle States regatta will
| probably arrange with President DOYLE for
a series of friendly brushes, so as to give
| 10 the daily practice of the crews more
| the nature of competitions to wear off the
| rough edges and get rid of what might
| be termed stage fright which is sure
| to come to new crews when rowing against
the more experienced in a regatta. This
| is the proner spirit and is another evidence
| OF the friendliness existing between the
clubs. The Analostans are willing to aid
| the Potomacs in the same way, but the
absence of some of their best men and
] the sickness of others will, for the pres
| ent make this impossible.
number of new men who showed a de-
| cided interest in rowing are away on va
cation and the rowing interest is confined
almost entirely to candidates for the regu-
| lar crew.
| Potomac Boat Club.
All interest at the Potomac Boat Club
! boathouse is now centered in the selection
and preparation of the candidates :or the
regular eight which will 5e sent to the
| Middle States regatta to be held at Phila-
'delphia on Labor Day.
Capt. Doug Sims and Coach Blunt are
busy each afternoon looking after the candi-
dates for the eight and they believe they
have the material at hand for a corking'.
| crew. They realize that their crew Will
| have to go up against some strong eights,
crews that were deemed strong enough to
send to the national regatta, where they
| were beaten, and who now turn TO the MIDI
| die States as a sort of consolation affair.
and TO beat these crews out will take a
| fast one indeed. Neither of these officers
are making rash promises. and rightly, too.
| but they have strong hopes Winning at tho
| coming regatta viii do much to regain a
place in rowing circles, place lost through
| several years local inactivity in open COM
petition.
The crew which frem the mixed
| crew in last weeks regatta and which has
steadily improved in its work during the
past week, rows: Maize, stroke: Lunsford.
Z; Heth. 6; Britt, 5; Ramsay, A.;
DAILY, 3; Gordon. 2; Young, 1. There
may be several changes in positions this
| week in order to better balance the sides,
and thus bring about stronger combina-
| tion.
! Maize has proven himself very clever
| stroke. He is at all times steady and cool
and knows how to reserve a certain
amount of strength, when more 'beef''
and a squirt are called for. With
| Lunsford and Heth back of him consider
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waist seems strong and the bow end is by
| no means weak.
| Grove in his last weeks race rowed in
beautiful form and he is this season many
| seconds faster than he was when he won
/! the championship of the river
! Much to the pleasure of his many friends
| Joe Daily, the clever basketball player of
| the Institute team, gave a good exhibition
of single sculling against Grove last week.
| 4pa Erct in he
made a splendid showing, and with his
strength and endurance he ought to de-
velop into fast sculler. In the eight he
| has already shown his usefulness, and at
No pulled good sweep in the late
races.
| Gordon is rowing better than ever. and
as stroke of the winning four demonstrated
that he is as good in this responsible posi-
| tion as he is in the waist of boat
| What's become of the LOCKER brothers? :?
| is the query often heard at the boathouse.
| Marion is a conner. He stroked the
winning novice eight and filed the same
position with credit in the race with the
! big eight. Weisel is built we'll and with
practice will strengthen any crew he is
| cast with.
! Arthur Gasch had bad cold and could
not row in the doubles on regatta day.
He is earnest and willing and strong and
might be used with profit in an eight.
Since the regatta the attendance has
| been light only the candidates for the big
crew furnishing daily quorum. Many OF
the men have gone on vacations, aud this
helps to keep down the attendance.
| Another club regatta for next month is
| spoken of, and this will have as a feature
| race between the Columbia and Analos-
tan and Potomac eights.
/ AnaIostan Boat Gu.
Beginning with today, for the next ten
days Lieut.. VIII Burke will be in charge
of rowing matters at the Analostan Boat
Clubhouse during the absence of Capt. Bob
/ Howard, who is away recuperating after
nursing a fortnight's obstinate cold.
| On account of sickness of members and
! absence of others on vacation only an oc-
| casional crew is gotten out, and no at
| tempt is made to do regular crew rowing
! Indeed, there is at present no real occasion
! for it, as the club does not contemplate
| sending a crew away, and the next club
regatta will not be held until late next
t month.
! With Howard, Bradley, Fischer. and
Frank Moore away, there is decided lack
of "old reliables'' about the boathouse.
John Howard, Macauiey, and Whelpley
are taking advantage of the lull and put
ting in lots of practice in the singles, and
/ their speciality will be made a feature in
the next club regatta.
! For the fifth time this season the eight
cared shell was out last Thursday, took a
spin, and returned safely. Bob Howard.
as coxswain. and Ross Perry, at No. g..
were the only ''old hands" in the boat. the
rest were nearly all noviees in this line.
! The crew rowed: n. Howard. stroke;
Murphy, 7; Perry, 6; Miller. s.; Macauley,
/ A; Burke 3, Allen, 2; Coombs, l.
| The novice gig crew is doing well and
keeps up it's steady practice and hopes to
be entered in the next club regatta. 1t
now rows: Fitzpatrick. stroke; Selhausen,
g.; Williams. 2; Merrick. l, with Whelp-
| ley. coxswain.
| Corcoran Cadet Athletics.
The players of the Corcoran Cadet Corps
are keeping up their practice of the game
of voliey ball and showing considerable
Improvement. AS the teams could not fix
upon a date for the practice games last
week with the Y NJ. C. A. players it Is
hoped to play during the coming week,
unless the absence of some OF the latter
players on the down river outing Will make
| ii impossible.
| walters. McGlue. Zell, Edwards. Julian.
Evans, and Hazard have developed into
clever players and make the strongest
team which has yet taken the hoor IN the
Guards gymnasium.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
| corps to be held tomorrow night an invi-
tation to visit New York and play game
| of basketball on October l will be con-
sidered. If it is decided TO go, other games
will be arranged for the Northern visit.
o. p. SCHMIDT.