Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-29
MIDDLE STATES REGATTA.
Indications That 1t Will BE as Good
as Any Ever ROwed.


as Any Ever Rowed.
The Middle States Regatta Association has
completed its preliminaries for the Labor
day regatta on the Harlem. The entries
for the thirteen events number fifty-seven.
The races will be rowed over the old Har-
lem river course, extended from Central
bridge to Gates lumber yard, just below the
Madison avenue bridge. The prizes and ban
ners will be distributed in the evening at
the Metropolitan Rowing Club The first
race will start at $50 am, and the others
at half hour intervals throughout the day,
with the exception of an hours interval at
midday.
The indications are that the regatta,
which is second in Importance to that Of
the National Association. will be as sue
cessful any of the previous ones held by
the middle states oarsmen.
The Philadelphia clubs have made gener-
Gus entries and number Of the most prom
inent clubs. of that city will send their crack
crews Washington will be represented by
the Potomac Boat Clubs junior eight and
the New York Athletic Club will also have
a number of entries. among them q crew in
the novel four-oared centipede race.
The senior single scull race promises to be
cracking good one, as it includes six en-
tries to date, all of them exceedingly fast
scullers. There are seven entries in the ju-
Nor single SOULS, six in the intermediate
SOULS, seven in the junior double SOULS, five
in the intermediate double SOULS, three in
the junior centipede race, four in the quar-
ter mile dash for junior singles. four in the
junior four-oared gigs, three in the interme-
date four-oared gigs, three In the senior
fCur-oared shells, five in the Junior eight
Dared shells, three In the Junior pair-oared
shells and two in the senior eight-oared
shells.
Following are the events and entries:
Junior single sculls-Dauntless Rowing
Club. Lone Star B. c.. Friendship B. c.,
Institute B: c. Of Newark, First Bohemian
B. c.. Harlem Rowing Club and Pennsyl-
vania Barge Rowing Club.
intermediate single sculis-Harlem r. c..
Union B. c., Nassau B. c., N. Y. A. c.,
Oneida B. c.. First Bohemian.
Senior single sculls-Harlem r. c.,
Sheepshead Bay B. c., Passaic B. c., Mas
sau B. c., Young Mems Gymnastic Club and
Pennsylvania Barge R. c.
Junior double sculls-Harlem r. c., Mas
sau B. c.. Nonparei r. c.. Metropolitan
B. c., Penn Barge r. c., N. Y. A. c. and
Vesper B. C.
Intermediate double sculls-Harlem R. c..
Hoboken B. c., Union B. c., First Bohe-
m:an b. c., Pennsylvania Barge r. c.
Junior centipede-Harlem X. c. Varuna B.
B. and n. Y. A. c.
Quarter-mile dash-Junior single. Harlem
r. c., Union B. c.. Lone Star B. c. and
Pennsylvania Barge r. G.
Philadelphia, Atlanta B. c., Clifton B. c.
and Metropolitan r. G.
intermediate four-oared gig-Crescent B.
c. of Philadelphia, New Rochelle r. c. and
Wyanoke B. c.
Senior four-oared shell-Crescent B. G..
OF Philadelphia. Union B. c. and the Insti-
tute b. c. of Newark.
Junior eight-oared shell-Potomac r. c.
of Washington. West Philadelphia B. c.,
Staten Island b. c. and Clifton r. c.
Senior eight-oared shell-Dauntless r. c.
and First Bohemian B. c.
Junior pair shell-Penn Barge r. c., Nom
pareil b. c. and Union B. c.
The crew that will represent the Poto-
macs will consist of: May, stroke; Lowe
No. 7; Coburn. No 8; MCGOWAN. No. B.:
Herman. No. 4: Pollard. No. 3; Winship,
No. 2; Barber. No. 1. and Ward. coxswain
The crew which will be sent has been in
training the greater part of the present sea-
son. and has done good work. sufficient i'm
provement being shown to justify the ex-
pense of participating in the regatta. The
interest in boating in the club Is more lively
this year than ever before. and the club
claims to have more crews on the river
than any other local boating organization.