Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-03
MADE A new RECORD
Speed of the P0tomacs in the
Junior Fights.
ALL THE BOATS PUNCHED
Most Exciting Race of the Morn
ing.
ANAL0STANS' FAST STROKE
Rowed Themselves Out, but the Win
ners Were in Not Much Bet
ter Shape.
ALL THE BOATS PUNCHED
ANALosrANs' FAST STROKE
Afternoon Races.

Event No. S1Senior quarter-mile dash
First. Frank B. Greer of Boston Athletic
Association; second, Frank Wesley Of First
Bohemian Boat Club: third, John Hoben
of Seawanhaka Boat Club. Time, 100.
Greer won by half q length: Hoben half q
length behind Wesley. MCGOWAN of Po-
tomac Boat Club upset about half way of
course.
Event No. Authenticate single, first,
Thomas McGee Of Ravenswood Boat Club.
Long Island City: second. Joseph T. Daily
of Potomac Boat Club; third. Robert Emer-
son Of Metropolitan Rowing Club. Distance.
one mole Time, -
Event No TO- intermediate four-oared gig
First. Pennsylvania Bargle Club Of Phila-
deIphia: second. Metropolitan Rowing Club
of New York; third. Virginia Boat Club,
Richmond.
Under almost perfect weather conditions
the Middle States regatta was rowed on the
Potomac today. A new record was made
7:3o-for Junior Fights in the one-and-a-
half-mile race. the previous record being
7:5a. 1t was the biggest aquatic event ever
held In the United States. Up to the close
of the morning session. for the races lasted
ali day. the local clubs had not shown in
the money. and then at the last Of the
morning races the Potomacs and AnaIos-
tans finished one and two in the junior
Fights, with the Atlantas, the Ariels and
the Vespers punched inside of a boats
length behind them.
1t was the most exciting race Of the day
up to that time. for there was scarcely a
glimpse of open water between the leaders
and the three tail-end boats. 1t was .
race from start to finish. and the Fights
fairly ran away from the torpedo boat that
was following them over the course. 1t
was Washington race also. for the argu-
ment was between the Potomacs and the
Analostans all the way, and the leaders
won only by a fraction Of boat length
Further, 1t again demonstrated the futility
of what the watermen term the super
heated stroke"
1t had been the inteition of the Ana
lcstans to start the race at 46. to drop to
Al in the middle Of the course and finish
at 49, thus making 1t a sprint from start
to finish and using up their opponents
in the process. The theory was all right.
but the crew could not quite make good
their threat. They did begin the sprint
between a 43 and a As stroke. but they
dropped to 80 in the middle Of the course
and did not finish better than 40. They
had rowed themselves out and at the end
there was no form left in either of the
leading boats. The Analostans were row.
ing the faster stroke, but they had rowei
themselves out. -4:-t 49,
The Potomacs were not doing above IS
and were almost all in, too. The Ariels,
the Atlantas and the Vespers all had more
In reserve and closed part of the gap be-
tween themselves and the eaders in the
last furlong. But the local crews were
fighting the water at rate that could not
be cut down. The steadier stroke of the
Potomacs showed the nose OF their boat
rushing the slides with a furious fast
stroke does check the way of the boat in
the water. And the Analostans lost by.feet
only. while two lengths would have meas
Great Day for 0arsmen.
1t was a great day for the oarsmen. The
middle states regatta had been looked for
ward to as the greatest event of the sum-
mer but 1t proved to be the greatest event
Of the country up to date. The regatta
committee had worked like slaves to make
1t success. All of the crews on the river
had intended to contribute. But the boat
house of the Georgetown University oars
men sank and the twenty-seven racing
boats that had been assigned to them had
to be split between the Potomacs and the
AnalostanS.
There were ffty-five foreign shells in
the Potomac house this morning, and the
Analostans had seventeen above their
quota. The regatta committee had helped
the situation some by building an extra
float just above the mile starting point
on the Virginia side, and there the single
and double sculls were parked. and they
were thus within easy reach of the finish.
so that the events were run OF very close
to schedule time throughout.
In fact. the smoothness of the local ar
to raao taI
managers of the regatta, and was a sur
prise and a satisfaction to the visitors
1t was hot, but not too hot, by the river
side. In the early morning there was dull
favored the racers. What little tide there
was was on the ebb. Later the sun came
out and the day finished bright, but the
river was high and muddy.
The mile course ran from the starting
point abreast of the Three Sisters to the
feat Of the Potomac boathouse. where the
biggest crowd of the day was gathered
The finish Of the mile course
was made in the same place. but started
above the Sisters. However, they were all
straight-away courses, and showed, II 1t
needed showing. that the Potomac is the
greatest place in the country for boat
race course.
Opposite the Potomac club house and
abreast Of the finish was moored the reve-
nue. cutter Apache. on board Of which was
Assistant Secretary Hays OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Acting Secretary
Lawrence o. Murray of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor and q number Of
other officials and interested spectators.
Clustered all about the cutter there were
rowboats, canoes. sailbOats and motor
launches, while there was float decorated
with flags on the Virginia side, just inside
the finish line.
The Spectators.
1t was hard to estimate the crowd. It
stretched irregularly along both sides of
the river from little below the Potomac
house almost to the starting point It
was thicker on the District side and scat
| tering along the Virginia shore. The
| Aqueduct bridge was covered from end to
| end on both sides with rail birds" All
| the lighthouses and floats along the river
| front were filed. and as the day wore on
| there was larger outpouring, SO that In
| the middle of the afternoon the crowd
was one OF the biggest that has been seen
| here
| Among the morning races more national
\ interest attached to the race for senior