Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

seasons work. AS they are three hustlers
In behalf or aquatics. nothing viii be left
undone to. promote the interest OF the ciub
and the oarsmen. Commencing from to-
morrow, every oarsman who expects TO
row in this seasons crew or crews viii be
required to report promptly every after
noon to Coach Dempsey. who will have full
control of the makeup of the crews. or
course the chief end In View Will be TO get
our hrst-class senior crew, one that the
club and the coach viii feel confidence In;
regatta and defeat all Corners. Every other
crew will be subservent to this, but by
this the officers do not mean TO infer that
no other crews Will be made up; far from
II. as they and the coach hope TO at
least two other crews go over TO Baltimore
to the national The junior eight that went
to Philadelphia on the Fourth did not win
as many hoped for. but they pulled good
race considering the crews and the ele-
ments that operated against good time.
There Is good material in the boat. and
with the necessary drilling and changing
OF some OF the men Will make top
notcher for middle states. The majority OF
tho crew after the race went down TO At
lante City for rest
The defeat of Vesper in England was not
much of surprise hereabouts; indeed
many of the most experienced oarsmen
predicted that Lcander would beat them
in the final struggle il they got down be
yond the semi finals in the heats: but it
came in their second trial, though they GER
tainly rowed good race. II has been stat
ed in these columns repeatedly that there
were crews in America able to defeat Yes
per, and the Nesper people knew II last
season when they refused to row here at
the Potomac river regatta and later on
at the middle states. Among the oars
men of America there is little sympathy
extended them, for the crew was not any
where's near being called a fast crew. 1t
proved this on the try out on May % at
the Amercan-Henley at Philadelphia. where
liz was just able to nose out "A victory from
a crew of unframed university men. The
Nesper crew that went to the Par.s expo
sition was the greatest crew that ever sat
in boat, and Leander or no other could
have beaten them, and they proved It by
easily defeating All Europe; but this crew,
this one defeated on Wednesday, cannot
be classed with them. This is the deduc-
ton of the old oarsmen around the club
houses here on the Potomac. and is acqui-
esced in by Coach Pat Dempsey. who
trained the famous Vespers Paris crew.
The resignation of Capt Robinson hav-
Ing been accepted by the Analostans. il
was expected that Mr.. Al Leet would as
sumo the position, but he could not give IT
the time and so declined. The board of
governors then fell back on Capt. Nevious
and they induced him to assume the posi-
ton again. 1t is a popular choice in every
respect, for there is one held in higher
esteem among the members of his own
club. while among the other organizations
he is just as much respected. This selec-
ton means a lively season among the Ana
| lostans and the oarsmen may expect TO see
things jump for Capt. Nevious sets the
pace ard asks the others to follow. No
date has yet been fixed for the annual club
regatta.
The Arundels of Baltimore sent up
Junior eight to Philadelphia, and they were
about the huskiest set of juniors ever sent
out by club They were as big as Har-
wards varsity crew, and II Murray Rus
sell can round them to in time for an In
termedate crew for the national they Will
make some of the best of them scatter. The
regatta committee of the Potomaes have
ordered new souls for the octipede and
new sweeps for the eight-oared shells.