Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06
AMONG THE OARSMEh
Preparations for Potomac
River Regatta.
SOME OF faE ENTRIES
CREWS OF LOCAL CLUBS HAV]
BEEN SELECTED.
Ten Eyck, Jr., and Other Notable Oars
men Expected to Participate
officials Chosen.

With the short space Of but one week re
naming before the Potomac river regatts
| every one at headquarters is busily en-
gagged in forming plans and making prepa
| rations for the coming event. The regatta
has made remarkable progress and it will
be a great success as far as entries anG
| first-class contests are concerned
Crews are hard at work all over the
| country preparing for the local races and
all are striving diligently to win the COW
eted prizes. including The Evening Sta,
| cup, said to be one of the handsomes,
| trophies given in America for the senior
| four-oared crews. This cup Is now in the
possession of the Pennsylvania Barge Club
| as their crew was victorious In the last
| Potomac regatta. For intermediate eight
| cared crews the Washington Post cup Is
| offered. 1t is now held by the Potomac
club as is the Castelberg cup for tuniss
elsht-oared crews. the Potomacs having
| captured both races the same day.
| Nearly all the medals and banners have
been contributed by local Washingtonians,
| and 1t Is impossible to calculate Just how
| much more money will be needed to cover
| The medals have all been designed and
| made by a prominent medal manufacturer
for all the best athletic associations in the
| country, and they are examples of the
| finest workmanship. The banners, made
| after the designs of those of former years,
| will be of pure silk.
Donors Of Medals and Banners,
The donors Of these banners and medals
are follows:
Senior single-Medal, Commissioner H. b.
| F. Macfarland; banner, c. G. Warden In
| termediate single-Medal, Gen. George II.
| Harries: banner, Saks & Co. Junior single
| Medal. D. ]. kaufman; banner, ]. B. Sle-
man, jr. Senior double-Medal, Walford &
Co.; banner. Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company. Intermediate double
Medal. M. A. Tappan Co.: banner H. w.
Fuller. Junior double-Medal. w B. Moses
& Son; banner. F. L. Grosvenor. Junior
four-oared gig-Medal. Riggs House: ban
Junior four-Medal and banner, the George
town Citizens Association. Junior eight
Medal and banner, the plate printers Of the
bureau of engraving and printing
The prizes for the other three events-the
senior four cared race and the intermediate
and senior singles. respectively-have not
yet been donated, but it Is probable that
some other prominent men or firms will
donate these before next Saturday.
All Of these trophies, the cups media Ia
and banners will be exhibited in the win
dow of M A. Tappan & Co.. 1889 F street,
during the coming week A fine poster ha 9
been drawn by Maurice Lunsford who pulls
the stroke oar in the Junior eight and this,
too. will be placed In the window for ex-
hlDltlon IL portrayS a single Sculler at the
catch of the stroke.
An important meeting was held at the
boat house last evening, at which many Of
the paramount features were settled upon.
The list of officials Is as follows:
List of Officials.
Referee. James Piltington president of
the Harlem River Association
Starter, Commodore r. H. Pelton of the
Seawanhaka Club of New York
Timers, Fred. r. Fortmeyer, secretary Of
the National Association of American Oars
men; Robert Stoll of New York. Robert j.
Milligan of the VeSper Club of Philadelphia,
Chas. w. Preisendanz of the Paramount
Club Of Philadelphia. VIM. Innes Forbes of
the Bachelor Club of Philadelphia. r. c.
kammerer of the New York Athletic Club
H. NJ. Bacon of the Detroit Athletic Club,
W. B. Hibbs of Washington.
Clerk of the course, Charles Baker of the
Potomac Club.
The clerks. assistants and the finish
Judges have not been named They will all
be settled upon at the big general meeting
next Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Claude r. Zappone. having just re-
turned from the Olympic national regatta
at st. Louis. made favorable report. He
went there in the interests of the local as
ISOLATION and did much to induce great
number of entries for the local regatta.
The association formally received aid from
three branches of the national government.
The Navy Department Will send the
United States tropedo boat Talbot. and
place 1t at the disposal of President John
Hadley Doyle. This will be used during
the regatta the referees launch and only
a few persons will be allowed aboard The
President and his cabinet have been for
mally invited to witness the regatta from
the torpedo boat.
The Department of Commerce and Labor
will have charge of the course. The ship
Albatross and launches will be used to keep
the course clear and prevent careless craft
from getting in the way of the racers.
The War Department has loaned the as
ISOLATION three regulation tents which will
be used for storing the pleasure boats of
the clubmen during regatta week.
The Potomac Club loses great deal by
the destruction of the Georgetown boat
house, and now all Of the visiting crews
and boats must be housed at the Potomac
house. This will necessitate the removal
of the pleasure boats for the time being.
A Line on the Crews.
Although the entries do not close until |
tonight and they will not be published |
Until day or two before the racer. line |
on the crews that are coming can be had. |
From New York will come crews repre- |
senting the Ravenwood, the Harlem. the |
the Atalanta the Seawanhaka, |
the Union the Nassau boat clubs and the |
New York Athletic Club. Some worthy of |
separate mention are Fred Shepard of the |
faVehWood IN the senior single SOULS, as
ne won his intermediate race SO hand.ly at |
St Louis. The N. Y. A. c. will send down /
fast senior eight, will the Dauntless
CiuD. They will also send senior four. |
The Harlem Club will send Junior |
ana an intermediate eight, while the Mas |
saus are relying on a gig. The Metropol- |
tan Club have entered an intermediate |
double. III -
Philadelphia will send a large crowd of
entries from the West Philadelphia, Penn
FafYnOlnf n.
vefsity and Vesper clubs. The West Fhila-
aeipnans are trusting in an intermediate I
aouDie. an Intermediates single, Junior
double and a junior single. The PenrsyI-
sanla VIII send junior eight and senior
[our. which win make hard struggle to
'e!ain The Evening Star cup. 1t is prob
aoie that James Jnvenal, the champion
scuiier OF the Schuylkill. will also be on
naho. Inc Maltas have entered as yet In but
1he event. the junior doubles. The Fair
mounts VIII. 1t Is thought. enter their in
; ;na,s eight. The Union Club will send
iown senior four-oared crew, and Will |
hanson in the senior sI,ullers. event Tba |