Evening star., 1903-08-15
Local Oarsmen at Work.

vent confusion toward the end of the
month.
Local Oarsmen at Work.
The various clubs Of this city are hard at
work these days getting the men In condi-
ton for what promises to be the stiffcst
kind Of rowing they have ever engaged In.
and which to win they will have to be In
the best Of condition. Naturally the great
est interest centers around the Potomac
house. for being the promoters OF the re-
gatta much depends on them in the way OF
entering crews in the regatta. Capt. Young
has plenty OF fine material at his command.
but unluckily now the whole work of de-
velOping the new ones devolves on him en-
tirely. as Capt. Baker has gone away on a
short trip. and business arrangements pro-
vent Mr.. w. E. Mckinney from assisting.
but the latter gentleman will SO arrange 1t
this week as to get down to work. The
Potomacs expect to enter three eights. two
doubles and three singles. with a good pros
pect Of junior four-Oared gig crew also,
which. If Capt. Young can arrange. will
map out heavy work for the Reds and
Whites. On the return Of MesSrS. Britt,
Hecox and EdmOnston from the national
regatta the crews will at once be picked
and the men will then get down to real hard
rowing. The junior crew Will come from
the Messrs. s. s. and Preston Edmonston.
Foster, Freeman, Thompson. Bliss, Ourand.
Lipp. Bocock. Cadna, Amiss. Blue. Scott
and Eberback. clever lot Of oarsmen who
ought to make winners of themselves. The
Intermediates. and which will also go the
seniors. will be picked from Mueller, Chase.
Moses, MCGOWAN, Britt, Maize, Herman, the
EdmonstOn brothers, Bradley, Marean, Lfpp
and Foster. Britt. EdmonSton and Reding-
ton will start in the singles. possibly Chase
and Redngton in the junior singles. Hecox
and Edmonston in the senior double sculls
The Analostans
The Analostans have had a great many
crews on the water during the past week.
but most of them are new men whom Capt.
Nevious is endeavorng to break in and get
one or two good available ones out as sub
stitutes for the crews. There is great re-
gret that Mr.. Adrian Sizer will be unable
to row In the regatta, at that time he
will be out of the city, and the same applies
to Lieut. Josh Evans. who will have to give
up shell rowing on account of business en-
gagementS. At present the crew that will
more than likely represent the Analostans
in the regatta will be composed of Burke,1;
Whepley, 2; Harrison 3: Lee, 4: J. Howard.
D; N. Howard, 8; Robinson. Z; Nevious.
stroke. The junior four will come from
this eight but as yet has not been selected,
but will more than likely be Burke, /;
Whepley, 2; Robinson, 3; and Nevious,
stroke. Some of the old boys. like Pair.
Fischer, Moore and Howard are out rowing
every afternoon and the query around the
house is in regard to their movements and
sides. FaSs has bought a new Morris canoe
and that means that he gives up shell row.
ing and takes up the l. G. c. A Next to
rowing is the prospective gun club that has
been organized in the ranks by Messrs.
George Eldred Slaybaugh with Messrs.
Whepley and Gibson as aid de camp They
have cleared out the old range on Ana
lostan Island and are playing havoc with
records.
Other Neighbors
The mi how, -,
work cut out for them during the the week,
as Coach c. R. Zappone took his place at
the helm and began to direct the training.
He was out in the boat several times with
the eight-oared crew. and will resume the
work on his return from the national re-
gatta Monday. and the oarsmen hope he
Will continue until the regatta Is over. In
the meantime Thomas Kirby is giving the
men the benefit Of his coaching and there
Is no denying the fact that the youngsters
are showing rapid Improvement
The Old DOminions are pushing things
down around Alexandria and Captain Ulher
says they will surprise some of the other
crews here on Labor day. The idea of get
ting in the JUNIOR eight-oared race has stim-
ulated the oarsmen considerably, and IL
they can secure boat from either the Po-
tomacs or GeorgetOwns they surely will
make an entry. In the meantime. keeping
the idea in view. they are training two
crews every night In four-oared shells. The
greatest interest Is being taken in the re-
gatta down at Alexandria. and large
crowd will come UP board Of a steam
launch to witness the sport
The Potomacs at their club meeting
Wednesday elected seventeen new mem
bers, showing that there is decided in
terest in the club. for this is the largest
number ever elected at such a late period
in the season. The club accepted a chaI-
lenge from the Dumbarton Club for a game
of base ball for Saturday, August %, on
Can nyxyp al fha dc crnin to
regatta fund.
Reports from Baltimore are to the effect
that the Arundels and Ariels will send over
a large delegation to back the seven en-
tries that will come from their ranks.
The Potomacs are jubilant over Hecox
and Edmonstons victory at the Worcester
regatta yesterday it being the first time the
club has ever won trophy at the national
regatta. Britt won his trial heat also, and
he starts in the final heat today. and his
club mates are hoping that he will make
good and win also.