Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-08-11
LOCALS ROW TOMORROW .
intermediate Four Event Postponed
From Today And Will Be
First Saturday.
HOUND CITY CREW is BARRED
FROM ENTERING.
This Makes The Contest a Struggle
Between Baltimore And
Annapolis.

On hNNOuuN Va NA6 SAliAiluk ADOuI
some of the entries in the various
events in the annual regatta of the
National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen, the intermediate four -oared
shell race, in which the crew of the
Severn Boat Club of this city is enter
ed, was yesterday postponed from to-
day TO tomorrow The race will be
the first rowed tomorrow
Another change and one which is
decidedly in favor of the local crew
was determined upon last night when
meeting of the regatta committee
and the executive committee was held
at the Belvedere, and the former de-
cided that the Mound City Rowing
Club was not eligible for the interme-
diate fours. in which it had entered.
The objection to them was that after
the entries for the national regatta
had closed they entered a race last
Saturday at St. Louis. Their crew
was an intermediate four and they
won. This bars them from the regatta
tomorrow.
This leaves only three entries for
the race, the crews which will start
tomorrow being the Arundels and the
Ariels of Baltimore and the Severn
Boat Club of this city There was a
general leaning toward the Mound
City crew as winners in the event,
and many picked the Seyerns for Sec
ond place A we'll known Baltimore
oarsman, in commenting upon this
race day or two ago said that while
the two crews from the Monumental
City were straining every nerve to
defeat the .Westerners, they should not
lose sight of the crew from the Sew
ern The authority mentioned the
fact that it had been q humber of
years since crew had come out of
Annapolis, but that Notwithstanding
that fact, when the Ancient City sent
crew out to compete in a race that
crew was generally a winner.
A number of Annapolitans went to
Baltimore last night expecting to
witness the race in which the local
crew is entered today, but these An
napolitans will stay over until tomor-
row and viii be joined by number
of others Among those who went to
Baltimore today from here was Mr.
Francis .. White, whose son, Olar-
ence White, is rowing No. 2 in the
Annapolis shell.
The local crew arrived in Baltimore
on time yesterday, and were given
accommodations for their new shell in
one of the mahy temporary boat houses
erected along the Patapsco. They
went out yesterday >afternoon for
limbering up, but made no attempt
at fast work. merely going over the
course to familiarize themselves with
the turns and the water
Shall the turning course in the
races be continued sor shall rules be
adopted providing for a straightway
course?" This stands out clear as the
only matter of legislation TO tbe dealt
with by the National Amateur Oars
mems Association at its meeting to-
night, and there will be q vigorous
fight ON this.
A canvass of the oarsmen yester-
day displayed considerable difference
of opinion. So far as the matter of
rowing is concerned it is almost gen.
orally agreed that the straightway
course is preferable. But the specta-
tors are to be considered, and the oars
men do not hesitate to say that the
spectators are a large consideration
Ii turning races are abandoned row.
ing will lose much of its spectacular
side-and that is a large side. The
rowers know that the people like to
watch them; that rowing race is a
pretty thing to see. and they wishH it
to continue to be attractive from this
point Of view. The stretching of the
course over straight mile-and "a half
sweeps will make seeing a race far
more difficult.
Ia the races between eights there is
never q turn. 1t would cause too
much strain on the boat Single,
pair r-oared, doubles and four events
may be either. The turn does not
strain them particularly and it in
wolves a matter of skill in rowing the
including of which in race is justi-
fed by all arguments. The division
of opinion seems TO be about equal,
with perhaps a slight leaning toward
The straightway course.