Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
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The appearance of the Potomac Boat Club
of this city in the national regatta of anna
teur oarsmen, which takes place on Friday
and Saturday of this week is absorbing the
attention of local oarsmen. 1t will be the
first appearance of the Potomacs with a
representative crew in the national since
1898, and the first time that a senior crew
has been sent to d national since 1886. The
Potomacs, up to within a fortnight, had
been building great hopes on the crew. as
everything was moving along nicely and
the men were In tip-top condition, but two
weeks ago two of the men. Bell al No. 2
and Barber the stroke oar, were forced to
stop rowing on account of Illness. After a
rest Bell was able to return to his training
but the stroke, Barber, not so fortu-
nate, and it looks now If the crew would
be deprived of this really good man, whose
place it will be hard to fill. He is the young
man who sprang into fame last year by
stroking the Potomac eight when it defeat
ed the Argonauts of Canada, Maltas of
Philadelphia, Staten Islands and Unions of
New York and who this season stroked the
Georgetown University crew at Poughkeep-
sic.
He had not returned to the boat up to yes
terday, and while Coach Dempsey feels very
bad over the drawback, nevertheless he has
gone ahead and prepared himself for Just
such an accident. For the past ten days he
has had A. c. DuGanne filling the vacated
seat, and under the hard drilling the coach
has brought him into magnificent shape,
and he is setting a stroke that pleases the
men who sit behind and do the lifting. He
Is one of the best all-around athletes in
Washington. having been captain Of Tech
nical High School foot ball and track team
and holds the record for shot putting in the
high schools. While therefore Barber will
be missed, and missed considerably, it Is
considered fortunate that the cluf had
man whom they could call on in such an
emergency. The vacancy in the boat has
been filed by calling on Cadna from the
Junior squad to take seat No. 1, while
Thompson has been switched from port to
starboard in order to take DuGannes old
seat at No. 6.
The crew 1t will row at Baltimore in
all proba bility will therefore be Cadna l.
Bell, 2; Bliss, 3; Scott, 4; Freeman, s;
Thompson, 6: Mueller. I; DuGanne, stroke
and Haneke, coxswain. 1t is a stalwart
crew; in fact, it is the heaviest and best
looking from physical standpoint that the
Potomac Club has ever sent out to win
honors for the glory of the club. The men
are rowing finely together crew, their
swing on the recovery being about the pref
test piece of aquatic work that Dempsey
has ever gotten cut of the many crews he
has handled here on the Potomac. They
send their stroke to thirty-six the start,
and generally settle down to a swing that
brings them through the water at q good
fast clip. They have had all of their hard
pulls but two one here tomorrow and the
other one on Saturday next at Baltimore.
While the entries will not be made public
until Monday, it is pretty well known who
Will compete In the senior eght-oared con-
test, the winner Of which will in all proba-
bility be sent abroad next July to repre-
sent America at Henley.
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A close watch has been kept on all the
localities where the big clubs are located,
and the progress of the crews has been.
noted. The Canadians have already notified
this country through the Associated Press
that the champions Of their country. the
Argonauts, are coming, and expect to win
the prize. There are always good crews in
the land of the Kanucks, and the Argo-
nauts generally represent the best of them,
like the Leanders Of London. Then, there
Is that fast-going crew Of the Detroit Boat
Club, the one which won the intermediate
eight at st. Louis last year, and which tried
SO hard to get In the race for seniors be-
tween Vespers and Argonauts, but was pre-
vented owing to the objection Of the Yes
pers This year they have Duffield, the
leading oarsman e the west, at stroke seat,
and reports say the crew is doing fine work
There will probably be the West Philadel-
phtas, the crew that came in winners at the
Peoples regatta on July T.. and which must
be regarded as great factor in the race,
as Young Ten Eyck is coaching them. The
Maltas of Philadelphia will send out a good
crew, as will the Nassaus and the Daunt-
less of New York. In all probability the
Craige Athletic Club of Boston will be
among the starters. The Ariels of Balti- !
more. who never sent a poor crew to rep
resent them on the water, will make their
first run in a senior eight-oared race and
for prestige's sake will work hard to win
the contest for the good Of the city. This,
with the Potomacs of this city, will make
it the finest feet of eight-oared crews that
ever graced a national regatta.
This will be the great race of the regatta, 4
and the second in point of interest will be
the octipede between the cities of New
York. Philadelphia and Boston, composed,
as the crews will be, Of the leading scul-
lers of America. New York. will send down
a crew which, If they row, will have one
of the greatest galaxies of famous scullers
ever seen In a boat. The men, as they are
rowing at present. consists of Titus, Vese-
ley. Shepherd, Fuessel, Holen, Meherofr,
jackson and Stivers, while such great soul
lers Mulcahy and Varley, fresh from
their recent victory In Germany, are rated
as substitutes. Philadelphia will send out
crew, six Of whom were in the Vesper
crew at Henley-Roll Lockwood, Gleason.
Cresser, Kirk and Abel while Bond, Will
hanson, Morris and Rivenis will fill the
other seats. In Boston, Champion Greer
and brothers. with Buckley, Ten Eyck,
Goode. Mcguire and others are talked of.
The result of this race will be watched with
interest by all lovers of rowing. as 1t marks
new feature in shell propellinE, and even
at this early day many are predicting It will
eventually do away with eight-oared row.