Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-16
THE BOAT CLUBS BUSY
Potomacs VIII Hold Their
First Regatta June 8.
WILL BE CLUB AFFAIR
GEORGETOWN CREW TRAINING
FOR PoUGHKEEPsIE
New Shell IA lighter Than Old nna-
WILL BE CLUB AFFAIR
New Shell is Lighter Than Old One
Ana1ostans After an Up
River Landing.

River Landing.
With the approach of the chief aquatic
events OF the season all plans and arrange
ments are being completed. The Middle
States Regatta Association has decided
upon the speedway course on the Harlem
river as the place for its annual regatta.
the date having previously been settled-
Labor cav.
It Is known fact that this event could
have again been held here II the Potomac
club mad made a bid for 1t. Out of regard
for local interest. however. 1t was determin-
ed that it would be better to hold the annual
Potomac river regatta AS IL well known,
the Potomac river regatta carries with 1t
the possession OF the magnificent Evening
Star cup for senior tours, as well as the
Mason, Castelberg and the Washington
Post cups These handsome gifts were do
mated for annual trophies, and hence the
club decided to promote the Potomac In
stead of the middle states regatta
The Potomacs at an important meeting
al their club house, Wednesday decided to
hold the first regatta of the year Friday,
June g. This will be a club affair, and Capt.
Mueller has been instructed to arrange the
crews. Among the usual list Of races for
All sorts or boats and crews. there will be
the Inauguration Of canoe contests. sug-
gested by Lieut.. John La Gorce. It Is most
probable although 1t has not really been
definitely settled. that invitations win be
extended to other clubs to enter their crews.
Georgetown Crews.
The past week has seen great improve
ment in the work Of Georgetown's crews.
notably the second crew. In the first few
days OF the week there was a deviation
from their usual form, owing to the change
! from the practice oars to tho new racing
ones. These are beautiful set Of oars,
hich are large. yet light. being SO made
that most of their weight II fnboard.
-. nc crew. are improving In their racing
STARTS ana from the work in this line Coach
dempsey gets out Of his men they will be
looked Tor to jump good lead on their
opponents at the very start
The men have all registered for the
Poughkeepsie regatta in order that each
ones athletic standard might be thoroughly
investigated In time. The members of the
crews have also been. measured for their
suits. which. 1t IL hoped, will be on hand
before the race with Annapolis, Saturday
next. The navy crew has made one impor-
tant change, the last one probably before
the big" day. May a.
youngster. having proven his worth In the
race against Yale, has been removed from
the stroke Of the second crew to the stroke
Of the varsity. He will change seats with
-
Coach Dempsey has been taking great
pains with the second crew in order to keep
1t steady in the race, for although the
members are big. husky lot Of men. they
have the great flaw Of "going to pieces" las
the expression is) during a sprint.
The new pumping engine arrived Thurs
day, and with this In the boat Coach
Dempsey will be better able to follow the
crews and break the second crew Of its pre-
vailing fault.
In order to test the merits of the two
shells. the new cedar one and the old paper
one used last year at Poughkeepsie. Coach
Dempsey transferred the crews Thursday.
The varsity, which had not been able to
defeat the second when 1t (the varsity
was In the old shell. defeated the second
crew easily. This was very pleasing to
Mr.. Dempsey, as 1t shows that the new
boat is lighter and runs much faster be-
tween strokes than the last years boat
Whether he will leave the varsity in the
new shell from now on or not is not
known; but 1t is thought that he will allow
the second crew to keep the faster boat
until after the race in Philadelphia Decora-
ton day.
In the last week there has been but one
change In the makeup of the crews, Ken
needy, law student, replacing Stuart at
No. 2 In the second crew. Kennedy has
been handicapped by slight illness. but
by hard work he has proved himself
worthy of place In the crew.
Potomac Club.
At meeting Of the Potomac Club We'd
nesday much important business was
transacted. Besides settling upon the club
regatta, twelve new members were elected
into the club. This brings the membership
roll very nearly up to the limit mark-15O.
1t was also decided to hold the annual Po-
tomac river regatta this year on or about
August q. This date Is thought propi-
tious as 1t Is about one week prior to the
Middle States at New York This will
n A,-f, 10,
come down here for trial before the last
final fight of the year on Labor day
The Potomac crews have not been dill
gent in the past week In their practice
George Herman is one member, however,
who Is displaying true Potomac spirit. BY
means of his daily spins he Is rapidly
rounding into racing form. Owing to this
conscientiousness and his marked improve
ment the club has decided to enter him in
the novice event for the ''Farragut cup" at
the Philadelphia regatta May 80. Billy
Britt has not yet received his new racing
shell, and hence has not been able to do
real training. When 1t does arrive. how
ever. with his promising start made in
previous regattas he will surely be looked
for to win honors for the Potomac club
The board of governors and many in
dIvidual members who attended the annual
minstrel show of the Arundel Boat Club in
Baltimore Tuesday were royalty entertained
by the oarsmen of the monumental city.
The show was unusually good, and was car
rfed Oft with great success. The theater
was packed to the doors with loyal friends,
and the Potomac boxes were tastefuily dec
Grated in the glorious red and white.
1t is hoped that the sale OF tickets for Po-
tomac's benefit at the Columbia Theater
this evening will continue on larger scale.
The souvenir program for the evening viii
be the handsomest Of its kind ever dis
played In this city or any other. The Of
fcers Of the Arundel Club will be the guests
OF the Potomac. and viii mako UP a boz
The house committee has at last bought