The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-09-03


The Analostau crew made brilliant
squirt iu the last hundred yards. over
taking the Aralauta crew. .disrancing IT,
and creeping prTSlteutly past the ste .
of the Potomac boat The AuaioStau
boat was gaining even as 10 crossed the
nnish llue, AID had the 1ace been Tor
another half mile il might have won.
But 10 wasn't
Made a Good Start.
Inc crews got of wen together and
for the first half mile there was little
or no advantage. AT the half however,
the Potomac Club moved up into the
lead. followed by tire AtalnJa crew.
The others We're well punched. This was
the order Ia whi-h they Towef until the
last hundred yards, when all Ii.v crews
raised their stroke, the Potomac aEG
AnaIO=tau seeming 20 have more speed
and strength than The others IL hap
pened that launch had crossed the
course just as the crews swept into the
last quarter. The wash from this boat
caught the PotomaCs full But even
with this handicap the Potomac oars
men maintained their lead and crossed
the line "a winner, The time was s.52.
The crews rowed In the following
order.
AnaIostau Boat CIub-T. L. Moody.
bow; George .. Nass, .; ID. y. HOus-
ton, 8; A. =. TisdeIl. 4, Adrian Sizer. 8;
q. +. Neal. g, r. r. Shreve, Z. ID. =.
Edmonds, stroke; George IT.. Howard,
CCNsWaiu.
Potomac Boat Cub-W. p. Miller.
bow. Thomas GorNan, .. }. W. Schafer,
., NJ T. Harralseu, 4. A. Z. DuGanue.
8. j. T. King. Jr. g. TT. III. COrdua, g,
C. Arthur Bell. stroke. Robert SlOCum.
Ataiauta Boat Cmb-C. H. scbmeuser.
bow; r. J. L. Raldiris, .; =. W. Hoe
mack, s, Tom Thorpe. Z; c.. T. BAN
man. .. w. b. Westerheld. 6; F. +.
Owens. Z; c. r. Cutler, stroke Edmond
Vcsper Boat ClUb-Felix. bow; Velose.
2, Smith, g, ALDER, Z, SutL 3; Clark, 6.
Mulrooney, Z; Gordan, stroke; McClus-
key, cOXsWain-
Ariel Boat Club-RoIph. bow: RIAL.
., SJehl. 8: Barrier. g. Griffith, .; Bohne.
6; Hood, T. Babbitt, stroke; Hail. cox
swain
Great Crowds Line Shores.
Long before the time scheduled for
starting the first event in the Middle
Atlantic States regatta, over 5000 people
had gathered at different points along
the District shore OF the Potomac eX-
tending from a short distance above the
AqueduCt bridge to q point below the
Potomac Boat Clubhouse, which marked
the frSsh Of the races. The largest
crowd was perhaps, gathered NJ the
Potomac Club. Another big aSsemblagc
had gathered on the bridge from which
could be plainly seen both the start and
finish. The line of the course on either
side was alive with pleasure craft of all
kinds from the chugginS launch TO the
easy SONG canoes which turned out in
fun force.
Everything was i'm readiness on good
time and promptly at 10 ocloc-. twelve
contender in the junior single We're set
off TO a good start at the crack of Start
er John O. Regan's pistol.
Until the bridge was gained the men
pulled along at a fast pace with things
about equal At the last quarter. how
ever. j. II. FTeas, of the West Phila-
delphia Boat Club, increased mis- stroke
and rapidly opened up a big GAP. A
few second later r. F. Smith of the
Vespers. IN turn began his sprint and in
a heartbrcaking drive crossed the line,
his shell overlapping that of the win
ner.
Dead Heat for Third.
DR.. E. r. Kanaga, two lengths in the
rear of the first two men to cross the
l.ne. was an easy third until the last
forty yards when H. p. Gerard, of the
Bachelors Barge Club, came with a
rush AID at the finish the two were fair
" abreast and the judges declared a
dead heat for third. The time for the
mile vas 6.5l.
Tom O'Gorman, of the Potcmacs. was
in a fair way to take the first event.
but his boat was fouled just before he
reached the bridge and was compelled
TO slow up 20 prevent running his shell
against the abutJments.
A Close Finish.
The second race, junior f,ur-oar gig,
went TO the Arundel Club, OF Baltimore,