Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11
Crews Working Hard for
Poughkeepsie Regatta
IMPROVING SLOWLY
POTOMAC CLUB TAKES IN MANY
NEW MEMBERS.
Rowers Adopt New Stroke-AnalostaI
Boys Busy-Another Regatta
for Old Dominion.

| Local aquatic prospects were never so
bright as they have been the past week
| Every evening the river has been full OF
pleasure and racing craft and the boat
| clubs are planning and carrying out a
| very successful season. All Of the clubs
are making great strides-nOtably the
| Analostans.
| Georgetown University.
| Georgetown University crews are upon
the water every evening and are day by
| day showing signs of the looked-for i'm
| provement.
| Coach Dempsey has made one daring
| change in the past week, having moved
! Atkinson. last years stroke at POugh-
| keepsie. to number four. Stanley. new
man this year, hitherto at number four,
was moved up into Atkinson's seat. Shan
| ley is 1SO-pOunder, and has made such
marked progress in his three months at
| the sweeps that Coach Dempsey has seen
| fit to place him in that most important
| position.
The four-oared crew is fast becoming
| accustomed to it's new SHE'LL and in it's
nightly spins with the eight it has shown
signs of great speed.
The crews are on the river every even
| Ing by $50 o'clock. They are followed up
| to Dixie landing (about two and half
miles from the boat housed by the launch.
Here they turn and go down again at a
| miles After short rest off Analostan
! Island they take a long. slow stroke
down as far as the Long bridge The
| crews here turn and take a short rest
| before their final run to the boat house;
| the four is given few lengths start and
the crews are off for "a fast two-mile
| squirt. The eight usually catches the four
Just off the lower end of Analostan Is
land, and from there until the launch sig
| nails the crews to stop it is one hard
squirt.
On several of the evening spins, Rev.
| Raley, S. j.. the faculty adviser on athlet-
| les of the university and a great enthusiast
| over aquatics. has been upon the launch,
| critically watching the progress of the
| crews. Joe Curran of last years Pough-
keepsie crew also has been a guest of
Coach Dempsey on the launch several even
| ipgs
The Potomacs.
At a regular meeting of the board Of
| governors of the Potomacs Wednesday
night ten applicants for active membership
were admitted.
The Potomac Club houses more pleasure
boats than any other club in America, in
| fact, it is estimated that they have twice
as many as any other similar organization.
Not counting the shell, racing boats,
| there are on the racks of the club house
112 pleasure craft. These are for the most
part canoes and other pleasure boats pri-
vately owned by the members. which are in
almost daily
| The junior eight-oared crew, under the
| coaching of Captain Meuller, is rounding
| into fairly good shape. The crews of the
| club have, in the last few years given up
| the old Get thar stroke, taught the
| Potomacs in 1885 by Courtney, and they
| have now adopted a slower stroke. This
| is a radical change from the days when
! Cropley, Fraser, Dyer. Kearney and Fisher
used to set the stroke for the Potomacs. for
| if the stroke is raised to more than thirty
| or thirty-twO to minute, the men think
| that they are being terribly punished Will
| liam Britt the intermediate Sculler of the
| club has decided to enter the Peoples Re
| gatta at Philadelphia. July 4. He will prob
| ably enter both the intermediate and senior
| races and he should make a good showing
| among the large and good fields in these
| races
| George Herman and r. Reddington also
will probably represent the club in the jul
| nior class of single scullers at Philadel-
| phia. In these young oarSmenS previous
| races they have shown considerable speed,
! and should they enter the regatta Potomac
| should come near landing one or the other
| in first place.
The smoker held recently at the club
| house was a marked success, great
| one. indeed, that Capt. Mueller Will appoint
| a date for another one in the near future.
| At this entertainment the club was pre-
scented with a large photograph Of Presi-
| dent John Hadley Doyle, now serving his
ninth consecutive term in that Office
Analostan Boys Busy.
Not in the last nine or ten years has the
| Analostan Club house been the scene of
| such interest and boating enthusiasm as
now Every evening three or four crews
from this club are on the river. and the
Blue and White is steadily forging to the
| front.
| At a meeting of the officers held lately 1t
was decided that a club regatta should be
| held Saturday evening, June %. The mem
| hers determined to make the affair sue
cess, are working to make 1t so. There will
| be races for Fights tours, four-oared gigs.
! outriggers and canoes, and Capt. Nevlous
| is confident that this regatta Will surpasS
/ ~ ,I,,I aver given An invita-