Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-29
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Local 0arsmen Active and
Banner Season Promised,
NUMEROUS REGATTAS
RAIN WRECKED BASE BALL
SCHEDULE ALL OVER COUNTRY
Races at Jamaica - o'Brien Whipped
Carter-Chess Masters Tourney
= Base Ball Notes.

| If anything can be judged by the appear
ances about our boat houses, or any hopes
can be built upon the ardor of our young
oarsmen, this will indeed be banner year
for Washington in aquatics. The zeal and
push Of the Potomac Boat Club, which has
caused such a welcome revival in boating
here in our capital city during the last few
years. is still at work, and the oarsmen
are all enthused and hopeful for a success
full season.
Crowds of boating enthusiasts. encour-
aged by the elections and opening dances
of the clubs, went over to the boat houses
on last Sunday morning. And who of them
did not come away with his heart crowned
to the brim with confidence for great
summer? Who was not thrilled by the
sight which greeted him-six eight-oared
shells and as many single-scullers on the
water at one time? Indeed, 1t has been
many a year since April has seen such
sight on the old Potomac. We may truth
fully say that never before has such an
early and promising start been made.
All the clubs have held their annual cleo
lions, and the newly elected young officers
have lost no time in working the men un-
der them up to that pitch of enthusiasm
which seldom fails to produce winning
crews.
For the benefit of these crews big list
OF reRaICaS mas dlTetuy DeeH oSHOouiSu'
The Naval Academy starts out with her
races with Yale, Harvard, Pennsylvania
and Georgetown. There is the big so-called
American Henley" regatta at Phfladel-
phia on May % and 80. The Harlem river
regatta is also on Decoration day. Then
comes the big intercollegiate meeting at
Poughkeepsie on June 70 There Is the
Peoples regatta on the Schuylkill on july
L. There is the worlds fair international
regatta of the National Association of Am
ateur Oarsmcn at st. Louis on July ~.
There is the middle states regatta on La
Dor day, the place not as yet decided upon,
and last, but by no means least, is the an
nual Potomac river regatta. In all OF these
aquatic carnivals. or nearly all of them, To-
cal talent will be pitted against the pick or
the country.
Georgetown University.
Georgetown University's crews have been
on the water now for nearly two months,
and, needless to say, they are improving
steadily under the wary eye of Coach
Dempsey. Mr.. Dempsey has been consider
ably handicapped in his coaching this year.
owing to the inability of mechanics to get
the Georgetown launch in running form.
Before the season began the manage
ment procured a new boiler for the launch,
In place of the one which gave SO much
trouble last year. Everything promised to
go all right as soon the crews were able
Ito go on the water, but the unexpected
happened. The steam pumping engine be-
came disabled, and it is this that the engi-
neers and mechanics have failed to repair.
The management has now telegraphed for
a new one and it is to be hoped that 1t
will be shipped without delay.
About week ago. upon the arrival OF the
new cedar shell, Coach Dempsey made a
big cut in the squad leaving only about
twenty men from whom to select his two
crews. In order that the second crew at
Annapolis might enter as juniors at the
American Henley on Decoration day. all
the Poughkeepsie men of last year were
placed in the varsity boat.
There may yet be one or two shifts made
before the Annapolis races, but 1t Is highly
probable that the crews will row as they
did yesterday.
Varsfty-Atkinson' stroke; Bremmer,
!captain)' Z; HAYDEN g; Sheppard I'd o. era
bow, and s. Desmond. coxswain
Second crew-Linahan, stroke, Mudd cap
tain). Z; Wade, 6; Ham, 5; STANLEY, a:
Lett. 8: Stuart, p; Ridgway, bow, and
Doyle, coxswain.
The men in the varsity boat, marked
with the asterisk O.. were In the famous
Poughkeepsie crew Of last year. Vlyman,
at 3, was member of the sophomore class
crew, yictors of the fall interclass race.
Canario, at 2, Is hard worker. Bocoek, at
bow, 1t will be remembered, played several
games at half back on the foot ball team
| last fall, and was member OF the Poto-
| mac crew last year. which won both its
| junior and it's intermediate race in the
same day.
VI the second DOdG, LlIldIdf SdUhc anu
Captain Mudd. Z, were in the victorious
sophmore crew. Wade at and Ham at 5
are big and promising candidates from the
! law SCHOOL. Stanley, at 4, Is big young
young lawyer who has been with the squad
several years. Stuart, 2 and Ridgway,
| bow. are Woodworking freshmen.
The coxswains have hardly been decided
upon as yet. With two such crews as
/ these Georgetown adherents hope to do
| even better than last year, when they were
second only to Cornell.
! 1t is to be regretted that through the
poor management of some one in charge
| at Georgetown. and through the antagon-
| ism of Georgetown's unfriendly neighbors,
| 1t will be imperative for the boat club to
| vacate it's present home. 1t Is to be hoped.
| however that, after the magnificent show
ing made by Georgetown's crews at both
Annapolis and Poughkeepsie last year, and
with such bright prospects at present for
| a winning crew this n. her loyal alumni
and admirers will extend helping hand to
| them, in this, their hour of calamity and
| need
Potomac Boat Club.
OF course, among the Potomacs there is
| that liveliness which seems to be a part
! Of them. Though yet early for their sea-
| son. the men under Captain Meuller are al
ready planning for the coming regattas.
| In the Junior class of oarsmen the Po-
| tomacs have a large field to pick from and
| an even more pfOiHiSiuS OHo tHdH tndt from
which last years snappy crew was selected.
There is also very large number of
members who last year and in years be-
fore that worked their way up to the lin
| termediate'' and senior class of oars
| men. There should be two fine crews
| chosen from these classes, and If there are,
| 1t is almost certain that the club will send
| them to the worlds fair International re-
| gatta at st. Louis. In order that this
may be done the energetic club is PLAN
ming big benefit performance at the CO.
| lumbia Theater on Monday, May 49, of
| Edwin Arden and his stock company in
| "Trelawney of the Wells
| The members of the club who seek indi-
yidual honors are also starting in to work
/ Britt, MCGOWAN, Herman and Herman have
| all bought new shells. and wise ones are
| whispering that some of them will be heard
| from before the season of 1904 closes
/ Analostan Boat Club
Under the able leadership of Capt New
| ious the members of the Analostan Club
are beginning to make plans for. the COM
ing year. The membership. has swelIed past
any former record, and. by the long list