Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02
AMONG THE 0ARSMEN
Boating Clubs Season APP
preaching It's Zenith.
POTOMACS' PROGRESS
CLUB TO HAVE REPRESENTATION
AT PHILADELPHIA.
Many "Rooters" Going Along-Annual
Many "Rooters" Going Along-Annual
Lantern Parade-Potomac River
Regatta-Old Dominions.


ended with the big intercollegiate regattas
| all attention is turned to the boating clubs.
whose season is now approaching its ze-
NTH OF course, there is that aftertalk OF
| this or that crews loyal adherents-those
who boast of their crews showing. or
| those who, nothing undaunted by defeat,
| resolve to do better next year. In the lat
| ter class are Georgetown's following. They
naturally feel deeply the poor showing
made by the Georgetown crews, but they
are confident that with better luck and the
| same crew they will do much better next
June.
The Potomac Club has continued on it's
| march of progress, and nothing but en-
| thusiasm and confidence prevails among
| its members. The men are watching dill
gently the work of the crews preparing for
| the regatta in Philadelphia Monday. 1t is
| the annual event given under the auspices
| of the Schuylkill navy termed the Cup
| and Peoples Regatta" and it is rated as
| the regatta second only in prominence to
| the national. A feature of this regatta is
| that 1t is held every year on the natal day
| of our country. and all the expenses are
| borne by the city of Philadelphia. No en-
| trance fees are exacted from the crews
rowing the races and it is only those who
! fail to start in their races that have TO
| pay the usual entrance fees.
This is a great event and looked for an
nually by all the residents or Philadelphia
| as well as the oarsmen of the country. 1t
| is part of the citys Fourth of July cele-
| bration.
Potomacs' Big Entry.
| The Potomac Club will send to this re-
gatta the largest entry that has ever rep
| resented the club at an out-of town affair
There will be, besides the junior eight
| cared crew. three single scullers. who will
| go to measure strokes with the best men of
| their respective classes.
William Britt, who won his junior race so
handlly here in the Potomac river regatta
| Of 1902, will enter the race for interme-
| dlate scullers. In this race four of the
most promising young scullers of the coun-
try are entered. among whom is Fred
York, who. it will be remembered, won his
| junior race at the middle states regatta on
! the Potomac last September
Dick Reddington and George Herman will
ooth enter the large field of entries for
junior single scullers. There are nine Of
| the best youngsters of the country In this
event, all anxious and hopeful OF winning
| These two local aspirants for sculIine hon
ors are, however, stocky youngsters and
full or grit and judging from their prac-
tlce and previous tests they should DO cred
| itably for the club.
In the junior eight-oared race tba Poto-
| macs will have against them crews from
| the West Philadelphia Boat Club, the Mon
| trose Boat Club and the Malta Boat Club
| Inns Is not large field, but should the
fotomacs win laurels with their light
| weight crew, it will bring great credit to
| the coaching ability of Captain Carl MeuI-
| Ter.
The crew has had several off evenings
ana although the men are slightly worried
| 1t will only cause them to be more care
| full in the race. AS the saying is among
oid coaches, Let man catch good big
crap IN practice: tell him his fault and
| he'll never get one in the race"
"Rooters" Going Along.
a group of about twenty-five rooters will
accompany the squad over to Philadelphia
to cheer the Washington entries The
squad comprised of Captain Meuller the
eight-oared crew, Herman Reddington.
Britt and Superin tendent Bromley, will
leave over the Baltimore and Ohio tomor-
row morning.
Another eight is being rounded into some
thing like form by Hunter Foster who
pulled No. . oar in the winning Potomac
crew of last year. These young men have
been anxious to begin shell rowing for
some time, but the boats were not in first
class order. Now that they have all been
carefully repaired the men are more than
welcome to use them.
1t Is believed that the Potomacs will pur-
chase the shell built for the Arundel Club
of Baltimore. but which was not bought,
owing to the strained financial condition
OF that club as result of the Baltimore
conffagration.
Annual Lantern Parade.
Saturday evening, July 16. one of the
most erectual events of the year will take
place. 1t is the evening set aside for the
annual lantern parade This affair has in
the past proven such success that it is
| always looked forward to year by year.
On this evening all of the pleasure boats
In the house. both those of the club and
those owned privately, bedecked with my
RAIDS of japanese lanterns, parade and per-
form regular maneuvers upon the peaceful
Potomac.
bers, and especially the canoeists, over the
decorations for the parade, and each one
Will vie with the other to have his boat
acclaimed the prettiest, the daintiest the
most artistic. The boats usually number
about sixty or seventy, and, under the
marshaling of such skilled canoeists as
Lieutenant John La Gorce, the Nipple
brothers and others, the maneuvers promise
to be attractive and interesting.
The members of the Old Dominion Club
of Alexandria have asked permission to
be represented by their club barge in this
parade. The Potomacs gladly agreed, and
the Potomac barge will be decked to meet
and escort the visitors from the lower Po-
tomac.
On Saturday evening. the ed following
the parade, there will be another of those
events enjoyable to all the club menu
bers. another stag smoker. with a pro-
gram that bids fair to surpass even the
There will be, usual, the long list of
wrestling and boxing bouts music and -eci-
tations, and everything that tends to pro-
vide for the members a jolly companionable
evening.
Potomac River Regatta.
In the past week great strides have been
made in regard to the Potomac river re-
gatta. The circular letters and entry
blanks have all been drawn up and will
be sent shortly to all the clubs in the
country. Mr.. Claude r. Zappone, when at
Poughkeepsie with the Georgetown crews
was given every assurance by the boating
leaders of New York that that city's clubs
will be well represented here on the Po-
tomac
Aquatics at the Analostan club house.
which gave such great promise only
week ago. have taken slump. Strange
to say it's club regatta last Saturday aided
all the clubs on the river but the Ana
lostan itself The men became disheart-
ened when their junior crew was defea red
by the Potomac seniors and they did not
seem to take into consideration that the
Potomac men were larger and more ex-
perienced. and they did not consider that
they were troubled by the breaking of No.
3s slide. The club, acting quickly upon
the outcome of the match race, decided not
to send its crew to Philadelphia on the