The Washington times., 1903-09-01
REGATTA ENTRIES TO
BE OPENED TONIGHT
Claude r. Zappone to Go on
to New York for Them.
TO GIVE OUT LIST TOMORROW
John Hadley Doyle Will Then Publicly
Announce Official List-Many
New Workers Coming.

Entries for the big Middle States re-
gatta, to be held on the Potomac on
Labor Day. under the auspices of the
Potomac Boat Club, will close In New
York tonight. and will be given out for
publication tomorrow by John Hadley
Doyle, president of the Potomac Boat
Club and chairman of the local commit
tee for the regatta
Claude r. Zappone, also one of the
executive committee, will go to New
York tonight and be present when the
entries are opened. Immediately at the
conclusion OF this ceremony Mr.. Zap
pone will take a midnight train for
Washington and deliver the official list
of entries to Mr.. Doyle.
New Workers Interested.
The following dispatch from New
York is conclusive that an unusual In
terest is being displayed in Washing
toms aquatic event, In Gotham, and that
its quota Will be second only. in point
OF numbers. to that of Philadelphia:
Nearly all of the rowing clubs OF the
Harlem will be represented in the Mid
die States regatta, which takes place on
the Potomac, at Washington, under the
auspices Of the Potomac Boat Club, on
Labor Day. September 7. AS a result of
the entries that these clubs have made,
scores of their oarsmen are training hard
In order that the leading prizes may
come to this city.
In one point the Middle States is ex-
pected to surpass the National regatta,
according to E. Richard Gasch, secretary
OF the Potomac Boat Club.
AT the national regatta" says Mr..
Gasch, there was only one entry from
Philadelphia, which is recognized as the
rowing center of the United States, and
which In the past has sent more oars
men to the national than any other two
cities Now. my information is to the
effect that every club on the Schulykill,
with the possible exception of one, will
send crews and scullers to compete on
the Potomac on Labor Day
"A recent visit to Philadelphia of
Claude r. Zappone. a member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the National Asso-
citation, bears out my assertion. He re-
ports that the Quaker City will make a
many crews for the Middle States on the
Potomac here as though the regatta
were to be held on the Schuylkill.
Therefore, 1 expect more than two en-
tries from such clubs as the University
Barge. Quaker City. West Philadelphia,
College. Bachelor. and the Paramount,
and at least five entries from the Yes
pers, Maltas. Pennsylvania Barge, and
the Crescents.
Rivalry Keen.
Furthermore. New York. which is
virtually the headquarters of the Middle
States. is putting forth extra efforts TO
obtain entries in order not to be out
done by the Quaker City. 1 can state
positively that there will be crews from
the following Harlem River clubs: At
Atlanta, Wyanoke. Union, Dauntless, Mas
sau, Friendship. Nonpareil. Bohemian,
Harlem. Metropolitan and Lone Star.
From the Hudson will come the Hudsons
and the Cliftons. besides the New York
Athletic Club. of Travers Island
I'm addition to these metropolitan
clubs We will have the Ravenswoods and
the Seawanhakas. of the Long Island AS |
ISOLATION. and the Palisades. of Yonkers. |
Now. II it is taken into consideration |
that we are also to have seven entries |
from the Arundels. and the ArieIs. OF |
Baltimore, besides those that are sure |
TO be made from other places. then the |
officers of the Middle States seem to /
have good grounds for their assertion |
that the regatta promises 10 be one of |
the most successful yet given by the |
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