Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-12
ENTRIES FOR REGATTA
Formally Closed at Meeting
Last Night.
FINAL PLANS M ABE
EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR
ToMoRRoW's EVENTS.
Time Of Races Fixed - First Contest
FINAL PLANS MADE
Time Of Races Fixed - First Contest
VIII Start at I: 80 p. M.-Crews
Expected Here This Evening.

Everything is now in readiness for the
! twelfth annual regatta Of the Potomac
River Association. There was a lengthy
and important meeting Of the Potomac
river regatta committee at the club house
last night at which nearly all the hnai
plans and arrangements were completed.
Letters were opened from Mr.. Fred Fort
meyer and John O.. Regan. both resrettins
| that they will be unable to come to Wash
| ington to officiate at the races tomorrow.
| In consequence Mr.. Robert Ston OF the
New York Athletic Club. the famous medal
designer and maker, will act as referee.
while Mr. H. P. Burke Of the Malta Boat
| Club of Philadelphia will serve In the ca
pacity of starter
The entries were formally closed, and
those received were read by Secretary
Cash. They are as follows:
List of Entries.
Junior singles-Richard Reddington OF
| the Potomac Boat Club. ]. c. Jolly OF the
Bachelors Barge Club of Philadelphia. w.
X. Klare of the Arundels of Baltimore,
Capt c. w. Rolph of the Ariels of Balti-
more.
intermediate singles-W. K. Klare Of the
| Arundels. J. M. Magee of the Malta Boat
Club of Philadelphia and Richard Reuolhs-
ton of the Potomacs.
Senior singles-Fred Shepard of the
Ravenwood Boat Club of New York. Fred
Fenssel of the Harlem Boat Club of New
York and c. 6. Titus of the Atlanta Boat
Club of New York.
Junior doubles-Crews from the Malta
Boat Club. the Arundel Boat Club and the
! University Barge Club of Philadelphia.
Intermediate doubles-Crews from the
Arundel Boat Club. the University Barge
Club and the MaltaS.
Senior doubles-Crews from the Bache-
lors' Barge Club of Philadelphia and the
Crescent Club Of Philadelphia.
Junior four-oared gigs-crews from the
Ariels. the Arundels and the Virginia Boat
Club of Richmond.
Junior four oared shell-Crews from the
AnaloStanS and the Arundels.
Senior four-Crews from the Ariels and
the Potomacs.
Junior eghts-Ariels and Potomacs.
intermediate eights-Ariels and Poto-
macs.
Senior eights-Ariels and Potomacs.
The positions have been numbered and
they will count from the Maryland shore
1. 2, 8. 4; No. being on the Virginia side.
The colors of the crews rowing in these
positions will be: No. 1, red No. 2 white;
No. 3. blue; No. 4, yellow.
All of the visiting crews and their boats
will arrive during today and many of
the visitors may be seen this evening TAX
ing their practice spins over the course.
This afternoon the clerks of the course,
MI. CndrleS BAKER ana treasurer ChdrleS
Warden. inspected the course in the Bar
tholdi and superintended the laying of the
buoys.
Schedule of Events.
The committee. after considerable debate.
settled upon the order of the races and the
time they will take place.
At 40 o'clock the junior Fights; 1 80, the
junior singles; 2:1O. junior tours; 2.3O junior
doubles; $50, senior fours; 1920, interme
date Fights; $40. senior doubles; 400, in
termediate singles; 400, intermediate dou
bles; 40, senior singles; 500, junior gigs;
80, senior Fights.
The transportation committee has about
completed Its work and tomorrow the re-
ception committee will be busy meeting
and quartering the visiting oarsmen. The
Baltimore contingent Is the first one due
and soon after them will come Titus and
the rest of the New York oarsmen.
The senior single race Is one that will
probably produce lots of excitement. Ever
since Titus barely beat Feussel out for
second place In the national championships
at st. Louis Feussel has been anxious to
turn the trick on the erstwhle champion.
Young Shepard, too. who started his laurel
winning at the last Potomac river regatta,
having just won his intermediate race so
handily at the championships, is anxious
to do well in his first race among the SEN
Tor class.
Last Hard Tryout
The Potomac crews had fine practice yes
terday, terminating in the last hard row
before the race. Coach Dempsey said last
night when the crews were In: well,
that's their last hard row. Pretty good
eh?" And then walked off to give little
bits of advice to this oarsman or that
coxSWa1n. The crews roWed up stream as
FAR as the two-mile mark in short spaces
devoting most of their time to the racing
starts.
The crews turned and took a couple more
starts. which brought them down to the
mile rock Here Coach Dempsey gave the
juniors lead of five-eighths of a boat
length over the Intermediates and started
them off. Both boats caught the water
well. but the Intermediates. by keeping up
the fast stroke longer than the Juniors,
overcame the handicap in the first quarter
mile Rowing steadily the Intermediates
forged slowly ahead until at the half mile
mark they passed under the bridge half a
length ahead of the juniors. Just then.
cd the stroke little and began to even
up on the Intermediates.
The race for the last quarter of a mile
ceptible difference between the two crews.
In the last seventy-five or fifty yards the
youngsters took advantage of a slight
break in the intermediate boat and won
out by the third of boats length. After
this race Coach Dempsey took Reddington
off and gave him a few points relative to
buoy turning.
vesper Club Will Not Come.
The Potomacs are disappointed that, after
entering their crew. the Vesper Boat Club
should at the last minute telegraph to Sec
rotary Gasch that the club withdraws en-
try for intermediate eight This leaves the
contest between the Ariels and the Ptoto-
macs The local club, after their defeat
by few feet only In the senior race of the
last regatta at the hands of Vesper, have
been very anxious indeed to meet the Phila-
delphians. They were elated when they re-
ceived their entry and went in training with
a will. But the Vesper Club cautiously de-