The Washington times., 1906-09-04
LOCALS ROW WELL
IN BIG REGATTA
P OtOmaC aud AnaloStan
Crews Show Up Strongly
Against Best OarSmen.

II was proved again yesterday that
Washington is on ideal city for large
regatta when the Middle Atlantic States.
one Of the largest regattas Of the year
in poins Of entries. was pulled of with
never a hitch. A great deal of credit is
due the management Of the regatta for
the manner in which the events We're
run of
In addition to the fact that the re-
gatta was Ideal from the spectators
standpoint there was an exhibition Of
Craftsmanship on the Potomac yesterday
that has seldom. if ever. been equaled
here. The entries included the best crews
and the best sculleTs Ia the country.
Five Potomac river records were broken.
in the intermediate doubles. the senior
fours, the senior Fights, the junior four
gig, and the junior doubles Il is true
that the weather conditions for fest time
were exceptionally good. A stin breeze
was blowing down the course, aiding
the oarsmen- The course is sc sheltered
by high bluffs that the wind cid not
make the water too choppy except for q
short time Al the start OF the afternoon
sport
The course was we'll pOliced and the
which lined the shores were kept clear
II the racing boats. The crowds Of
spectators which gathered ca-iy and
remained the day long were euthusI-
astic. The Aqueduct bridge. the boat
houses along the District shore. and the
docks were thickly crowded with people.
From the standpoint of the local
oarsmen the regatta was not only a sue
cess but great boost. u has created
more iHteres, ia rowing in the District
than has any eyeHl since the Middle
States regatta was rOWed here IN 1903.
Coming at the time when the boat
house Of the Georgetown College crews
Is going 10 rack and ruin on the bot
tom OF the Potomac along with their
costly launch il made "a sharp contrast
between the interest that is manifested
IN rowing by the boat clubs mere and
the college which is SO ideally situated
for aquatic sports. The boat house was
a pathetic sight. especially al this par
ocular time, lying more than haIf sub
merged, apparently rapidly going 90
pieces. a repT0aCL 20 Georgetown.
The local boat clubs showed well. The
race for the junior Fights was one of
The prettiest of the day and local crews
finished first and second lu this event
Though the FOtOmacs won. the AGalos-
tan crew was a dangerously good sec
oud losing only by feet That there
was q strong entry in this race makes
tEe performance OF the local crews even
more worthy OF praise. The Potomac
CLUB also took second Ia The lnJerme-
date eight. In the junior singles Cor
man, OF the PotOmacs. rOwed "a good
race until he collidcd with one OF the
bridge abutments, and Nevlus. or the
Analostan Club. finished well up in the
bunch.
The two big events Of the day. the
senior singles and the senior Fights.
while they brought out undoubtedly
splendid Craftsmanship. neverthebe ssi were
not as closely contested as several OF
the other events Greer. who is perhaps
the strongest sCuller in the country to
day. gave beautiful exhibition. al
Neseley and Shepherd. 10 viii be re-
membered that Neseley took the senior
single SOULS from Titus at the Middle
States regatta here in 1903.
In the senior eigntE the result of the
race was never in doubt after the first
100 yards. The Nassau crew pulled
long powerful stroke. Their time was
perfect and their work cupboard and
inB0ard was the best seen on the river.
In spite of the desperate efforts Of the
Pennsylvania Barge Clubs eight. the
Philadelphians steadily lost ground
down the course and crossed the line al
most four lengths behind Nassau.
one of the most evenly contested
races of the day was that Of the inter
mediate Fights. Il was won bv the
Paramount Rowing Club, with Potomacs
a good second. Four crews entered.
Fairmount. Potomac, AtalaBta. and
AualOstau-
They were of we'll together. The
Analostan crew rOWed a very high
stroke, having been coached by Plaisted
10 go back and get. another as soon as
they had whipped their oars through the
water i IS a killing stroke and has the
disadvantage Of checking the boat badly
between strokes unless executed per
feCtly The other crews contented them
selves with a lower stroke. the Fair
mount crew rowing IN excellent form.
At the bridge there was no open water
between the crews. Potomac was leaiiinE
al that point with Analostan q close
second. Fairmont was holding TO a long
steady stroke. neither going back nor
ahead Of the others, Iu the last quarter.
however, Paramount went yepidly 70 the
fore. Analostan's quick stroke had told
heavily on The men and they were all
In when they crossed the line,