Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Among the Oarsmen

The annual middle states regatta, which
occurs tomorrow at Philadelphia. viii be
the largest attended aquatic carnival thai
has ever been held In America. and in bril-
liancy will. 1t is expected. far surpass the
recent national at Baltimore. There are
sixty-nine entries, made up Of clubs from
every section OF America ana Canada. The
growing popularity Of the Middle States
Association IL the wonder Of the aquatic
world, and this popularity u maintained
simply because the peopls behind the mid
die states cater to that group Of oarsmen
and scu1lers embraced In the Junior class.
Out Of the fourteen events scheduled to be
pulled on tomorrow on the Schuylkill FIVE Of
them are important races for the juniors. The
National Association Of Amateur Oarsmen
does not recognize juniors as part Of their
regatta, but as juniors are the very back
bone OF all well-regulated boating organiza-
tons, the middle states plays into the hands
OF these ambitious members of the rowing
fraternity. hence each year sees the greater
majority entered in the races. This list OF
entries Is large. and this Is due principally
to the fact Of President Milligan's popu-
larity among the boating men Of the entire
country. President Millfgan was very much
disappointed that the Potomacs Of this city
cid not enter an eight-oared crew. as they
have done for a long number Of years. but
pleased that they did enter other crews and
scullers.
Tomorrow the banks Of the Schuylkill will
be crowded with members Of the local clubs
who will go over to witness the races
Every race will be worth going across the
continent to witness, and 1t Is predicted that
the finishes in each will be measured by
riches and feet, instead of lengths and half
lengths. The junior eight-oared race Will
be one of the most important events, as
there will be six starters, and each crew
has been training hard for the event It
wiz also mark the first appearance OF the
Virginia Boat Club In fast company, and
the proteges of DR.. Joseph Reilly OF this
city, who Is coaching the southerners, Will
be watched with interest.
The entries Of the Potomac Boat Club
lef. last night for the scene OF the battle
and they were accompanied by number OF
to victory. 1t was thought possible to send
a couple of more entries, but at the last
moment MCGOWAN came to the conclusion
that he would not go to compete in the In
termediate SOULS, so his place was taken by
Joseph 7. Daily, who will enter both the
Junior and intermediate single SOULS. Daily
IL finished sculler, has had lots of ex-
perience in past regattas here and elsewhere
and should be able to turn the trick this
time to his credit. He is going to meet an
extremely large field in both junior and In
termediate races. but, as he says. he IS go
ing faster than ever before, the greater the
field the greater the credit Il he wins.
The junior double is simply try out Of
two very ambitious scullers, as 1t is Du
Came and Hernan's first venture in double
SOULS. They have been diligently coached
by Mr.. Clarence Hecox, and the old veteran
Of the SOULS is very much pleased with the
way they are getting in and out Of the wa
ter. They are in tip-top condition, and will
row as hard a race as any of their compett-
tors, and If beaten they can only attribute
it to the fact that the winners were more
polished oarsmen. If they should win the
tur iors' prize, they will ask permission to
enter the intermediate doubles.
Capt Mueller of the Potomacs Is consid-
ering the policy of closing the season by
holding e. club regatta sometime toward the
end Of the present month. and making 1t an
event of Importance. The idea is to have
every kind of race, and that the winners In
each event will receive a prize. September
and October are tn, best months for aqua
tics on the Potomac, in fact, in former
years all the Potomac river regattas were
held late in September or before October 10,
so there is no reason why such an affair
should not be carried out this year. At
present there are eight single seullers and
two crews Of double scullers at work, and.
with the senior and junior Fights, a regatta
could be arranged that would be credit
The Old Dominions of Alexandria have de-
termined to push things in 1905. as they
have agreed to purchase an eight-oared
shell. and will In other ways modernize
their aquatic belongings.