The Washington times., 1906-08-18
REGATTA GOSSIP
ALL TO THE GOOD
Scouting Committee Reports
All the Big Crews VIII
Be Here Labor Day.
COACH PLAlSTED ARRIVES
Whereupon AnalOstan Stock Rises--Po-
tomacs Have Bunch of Assorted
Crews and Singles.

AANfH9 e%-@N N@-N- -1-N~'
There was a most encouraging meet
ing held at the Potomac Boat House
last Thursday night. when the canvass
ing committee made its report
This committee composed OF Claude
j. Zsppone and John J. Nolan, was
sent BY the local organization 10 the
TWO regattas ot last week To get line
on the crews and clubs which intended
10 be represented at the Labor Day re
gaUta. They visited twenty lighthouses
and saw representatives, Of hve other
clubs. Among the houses visited In New
York were the New York Athletic Club,
Ravcnswood Boat Club. Bohemian Row
ing Club, Friendship Athletic Clu., At
ianta Boat Club, Union Boat Club, Non
parieI Rowing Club Lone Star Rowing
Club, Dauntless Rowing Club, Nassau,
Harlem. and Metropolitan Boat Clubs;
in Y0ukrrs, the Palisades Rowing Club
the staten Island Athletic Club. OF
Staten Island: the Sewanhakas and
Sheepshead Bay Clubs. of Brooklyn;
the Wachussets Boat Club, OF Worces- /
Ter. ana the West Philadelphia. Fair
mont Crescent, Montrose. Malta, Yes
Der. Pennsylvania Barge Club. and Uni
v-rsitv OF Pennsylvania Clubs, of Phila-
delphia.
Baltimoreans Coming.
Representatives Of the two Baltimore
crews the Ariels and the Arundel, were
interviewed and also officers OF tho fol
lowing clubs: The Severn Boat Club, Of
Annapolis; the Clifton Boat Clun or
Hudson. the Boston Athletic Associa- |
zion, st. AIphonse Association. and Itiy-
ersides. or Boston. and also the officers
and crews OF the two Western crews
now in the East-the famous Mound
city crew. OF st. Louis. and the Port
land Boat Club, OF Portland, Ore.
From these entries IL is approximated
that there will be from out of town
about thirty entries in the single shell
events fifteen IN the doubles, twenty-five
in the four-oared events. and an un-
precedented number Of eighteen out of
town eight-oared crews.
This report has made the local man
aEement extremely confident of the
greatest success, the only damIeF 10
their enthusiasm being the tardlness of
the committee TO collect funds for the
running of the monster event The Po-
tomac Boat Club, however, voted TO
shoulder the risk and all the members
have set 10 work in earnest 10 make
as the greatest aquatic carnival ever
held.
The sample Individual medals were
received from the firm OF Robert SJoN,
OF New York, and We're cons llered by
all 10 be a very handsome and valuable
prize, Wel worth the winning. A pho
tOgTaph of the medal is herewith pre-
scented. showing the seals OF the Middle
States, surmOunted by two scullers on
the Potomac. with the Capitol and Mon
ument Ia the background,
Mr.. Hibbs Timer.
The contract for the official program
was awarded 20 James Alexander & Co.,
and Mr.. Alexander said last night that
he intended 10 make this program his
masterpiece. William B. Hibbs, the
banker. was informed last night that
he would be the only official appointed
by the local organization, as the other
officials are all appointed by and chosen
from among the members Of the main
body OF the Middle States Association. [
Mr.. Hibbs viii be upon the torpedo
boat In the capacity OF timer.
There is one race on the program
which Is already creating no end OF
speculation among the interested rowing
men all over the country. and that race
Is the senior sCulllng event II might
as well be called the sCullIng champion
ship, as the outcome or this race viii
show who really is the champion sculler
Worcester did not decide that question,
as Fred Greer last years champion
was not allowed 10 start because he
was TWO days too late IN getting his
entry into the Boston Athletic Associa-
uOn, under whose COloTs he viii race
tlis season. Constance Titus, this year
champion, made so by his walk-away
victory last Saturday, Is as anxious 10
meet Greer as Greer IS TO meet him,
because he does not want to have his
championship made sport OF by the row.
Ing world he Is confident of being able
% beat Greer, and this race on Labor
DAY viii be the race of the day.
Besides these Two, there VIII be an
other youngster in the race whom wise
ones consider to be the coming sculler
Of the land-he is Harry s. Bennett, Of
the Springfield Mass. boat club. This
young man Vomped away from a field
of eleven of the fastest scullers in the
country last week. and won the associa-
ti0n single event in better time than
Champion Titus roWed lis race The
race between these three viii be anXr
.ously watched by all, and with Wesley,
Of the bohemian club Of New York, who
defeated Titus here on the Potomac two
years ago, and Fred Shepard, OF the
RaVensWOod club, and West the fast
senior of the Schuylkiu navy, there
should be a grand fight all the way
Gown the course.
Argouauts Enter.
Two other entries which are creating
plenty OF gossip among the Balcony
oarsmen" are the champion senior
souble-scul crew, Of the Crescent Boat
Club of Philadelphia. aud the ArgonaUts.
sf Canada, who are coming 70 prove to
lhe boating world that the best crew
Ras thrown out of the race on account
9f the foul AT WoUo. ester last week
The sportsman-like Canadians took their
acfeat quietly, but TO heart, last week
and the best rowing critics declared that
ne crew had been thrown out and al
though they had not won the race, they
had easily shown at Worchester that
hefr crew was the best on the lake,
Locally. the enthusiasm IS high. Since
The arrival of Coach Plaisted last We'd
aesday. AualOstau stock has had a big
boost After his first two nights out
with the Wearers of the blue and white,
Khen seen at the Morgan House, he
laid. Eyes. I am very well pleased with
ne material They all seem TO be
neanly built and are hard workers. 1t
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