The times., 1899-07-30


Victory - Junior Eight Won the /
Club Chnmpionship-The New Men. |
| The Potomac Boat Club held its thirty
! second annual regatta yesterday afternoon,
and it proved to. be as good as the hest
| ever run off in the long string Of aquatic
events.
With all the elements favorable and the
crews and individual contestants we'll
| matched, each OF the five events was run
off in good shape and provided abundant
excitement and pleasure for the enthusi-
astic lovers of the sport, who were out in
| great numbers. Spectators lined all the
river front near the boat house and the
latter from the float to the balcony and
up to the lofty tower was crowded as it
has not been before in number OF years.
The old club numbers among its friends
many of the prettiest girls in the city,
and these, fair to look upon, in their most
fetching vari-colored gowns, filled the big
balcony to overfowing and enthusiastically
applauded the efforts of the brawny oars
men.
The river fronting the boat house was
alive with craft of every description from
the single canoe class through the line of
frail shells and .barges of friendly club
neighbors to the naphtha and steam
launches. each carrying its quota OF lovers
of the sport.
All races except the eghts started and
finished in front of the boat house, rowing
up river and turning the bridge piers, the
| aiuhf ctr
course starting near the Three Sisters.
The steamer Bartholdi, having aboard the
regatta officials and q few invited guests,
followed the races. President John Doyle
was in charge of this boat and to his able
management may be attributed much OF
the success OF the regatta
T The programme Included junior and
/ mixed eight-oared, four cared, and dou-
BILE and single scull races. The races were
scheduled TO start at o'clock, but 1t was
nearer when the junior eight approached
the starting buoy for the first event. The
crews were made up entirely OF new mem
bers, and this was their maiden appear
ance in competition, and they acquitted
themselves in very creditable manner.
They rowed in what is known for the
want of better name, as the new" and
"old" boats. The new boat won by
about one and one-half lengths
Both crews got away to coed start, and
ing the bridge neither boat had perceptible
advantage. Coming from under the bridge
the old boat, by good steering, ran up
lead Of nearly length. and stayed ahead
until opposite the Columbia boathouse.
when cne of the crew dug up 'crab'
and before the stroke was caught again.
Gordons men, in the new boat, who had
been swinging we'll together closed the
gap. Tapped the leaders. and passed them
finishing in clipping squirt length and a
half ahead Of their unfortunate compet-
itors. all finishing in good condition.
The crews were as follows:
'New'' boat-Mation, stroke; wheatley. =
Cochrane. 6; Mackall, .; Barbour. 4; Weisc
5; Blackstone 2;JCncs, !; Gordon coxswaiu.
Old boat-Cliiton, stroke; Lowe, :; Winship
Q; May. 8; slater +; Stuart, 3; Medbury, .
Bradley /; Young, roxswain
The next event was for mixed fours, and
. this brought out two snappy crews in the
Potomac and Lynchburg shells, and the
former boat won by about two good
lengths. The crews rowed nearly side and
side to the bridge. with Lynchburg leading
slightly. The Fadvantage. however, was lost
through making poor turn of the pier.
: The Potomac shell made clean, quick
turn, and canaetaWay in good shape and
then Stroke Gordon settled back for his
well-timed swinging stroke. which soon put
: his crew well in front. increasing the lead
at the upper ice house, and crossed the
line winning handiiy by two lengths.
: The crews were as follows: Potomac-Gordon,
stroke; Britt, 3; Lunsiord, ;; Won Dlchenhausen,
bow.
Lynchburg-Y -Ysng, stroke; Hcth, 3; Began, ?;
Grove. bo~. s''
The double xorking boats had a number
of entries, bat only two crews faced the
. starter-Wflkins and o. Whipp!e. and W.
!. Whipple and Russell.
|. The crews stood even to the bridge and
turned together Strengthening out, Will
kins and partner ran up their stroke and
!. gaining a lead held it and crossed the line
! winners by three lengths.
+ Then came the asingles,' and Grove and
/ Joe DAILY were the competing scullers.
] Grove holds the championship Of the river
. and his experience and skill gave him
!. every advantage over DAILY, who yesterday
: rowed his maiden race. Daly put up a
|, | good race for a short distance rowing in
!: good form, but he was unable ID hold The
. | champion, who won by several lengths.
. The star event of the carl was reserved
:. for the last, and this was for the cnam-
. pionship of the club in eights between the
: regular junior crew and a mixed one. The
: juniors have been rowing together for sew
eral months and a better crew cf this class
the club has not had in several years and
this is the crew which :hc Cub will uroba-
IA bly, enter in the Middle states regatta next
month. II Is fast aud we'll balanced COM
Il posed of all new men, and has in Maize
one of the most promising strokes on the
river. The mixed crew was composed of
2 new and old men. To make the event in
e teresting the mixed crew was given a start
II OF about 300 yards, which in the end did not
prove enough of an advantage, for the
juniors won the race by about a quarter
X length.
81 Through misunderstanding of the sig
/ nails the first start was a false one the
IS mixed crew driving for home while the
a juniors lay on their sweeps. Another start
was made. and in the mean time it grew
= quite dark and when the boats crossed the
line il was almost impossible to tell one
: from the other.
"a The juniors began their stern chase In
earnest, and in very few lengths Stroke
Maize settled down to telling swing, ami
before the bridge was reached almost over
"a hauled the fast-fadng mixed crew and just
IT when the victory seemed in hand. Cox
d swain Bradley veered and chose the second
ST instead of the third pier 20 row under. and
x lost length at least. At the Columb.
/ house the crews were even, and TO the finish
IS it was anybody's race, but the juniors were
Is in great shape, and by telling squirt
ss crossed the line by the narrow margin
= named, the boats tapping.
The crews were: Iunior-NIaize, stroke; Luns-
~ ford :; lIeth q; Britt, >; Ramsay, 4; DAILY 3;
l. Gordon >; Young, l. Duncan BHdley. coXswaiu.
Mixed crcw-Narion, stroke Began, :; Coeh-
rane Is; Blunt. ;; Sinims, /; latrGer, 3; Clifton,
,; Van Dachenh0uscn, ]; Grove cUNsNuin.