Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR LOCAL REGATTA

The action of the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen at it's meeting last Sat
urday night gladdened the hearts of the
local rowing men. 1t gives them plenty of
fine regattas within easy stages. and sane
tons an open affair here on the Potomac to
be held under the auspices of the Potomac
River Regatta Association.
Despite the efforts put forth by the
jamestown Exposition Company the Ma
tionai Association could not see its way
clear to hold its annual meet at that his
toric place. The fear of rough water from
the tideWater, the danger to the frail rae
ing craft. and the inaccessibl:ty of the
racing course at jamestown were the chief
arguments that induced the committee to
turn down jamestown in favor of Phila-
delphia by the score of to 1.
The Star has maintained from the time
that it was limited that Philadelphia would
enter the contest for the privilege of hold
ing the national regatta that If Ph;ladel-
phia should enter Jamestown would be
beaten. The clubmen of the Schuy kill river
are the heartieSt co-workers known, and
with an undissenting front they are likely
to pick any plum in the aquatic orchard
that pleases their fancy. 1t is undoubtedly
the best place in America for the holding
Of the National as the large number of
clubs there make the reception of visitors
pleasant task instead of burden on the
one or two clubs of other cities. and the
accessibility by railroad Is superior to any
other place This selection is highly salts
factory to the Washington oarsmen. who
prefer to visit the Schuylkill course, where
the fine course is clear and the best crew
will win
Not knocked out by this. defeat the
jamestown boomers made a strong bid for
an international regatta on August IA. ID,
Is and II. So well did they fight that it
was awarded them, and the National Asso-
cation pledged themselves to work as hard
to make it a great success as they do for
their own championship meet 1t is expect
ed that the famous Belgian crew that de-
feated Leander at Henley last year will
come. With it will come several of the
crews and scullers from the Rhine in Ger
many. and possible English squad or two
Foreign Crews Expected.
On the week following this event we will
have the Potomac regatta here, to which
nearly all the distinguished visitors will
come and give Washingtonians a chance to
see the famous talked-ef crews of the other
hemisphere. The local organization will lose
no time. but will begin at once to make
plans to receive the crews and make the
affair a success
Every large regatta of the year. with the
exception Of the Canadian Henley and the
New England Association. will be held in
easy access of Washington, so that this
year should be the best year yet for the
Washington scullers. There will be the
American Rowing Association DIETER
known as the American Henley In Phila-
delphia. May q, the Cup and Peoples at
Philadelphia July 4, the National regat-
ia in Philadelphia August Z and 8, the
Jamestown exposition international regatta
August ii. 10, 16 and Il, the Potomac
river regatta August "a. and the Middle
States In New York on Labor day.
The local oarsmen should lose no time
therefore in getting out their sweeps and
SOULS to. be all prepared to send their
ablest representatives to all the nearby
contests.
Fred Plaisted has finished the new single
scull that big Billie Britt will use the
m ic
masterpiece. 1t is made of Spanish cedar,
and is twenty-six feat in length. If Plaisted
remains in the city he will coach the husky
sculler. and with consistent training he
should Guido the splendid showing he made
several seasons ago.
Georgetown University boating stock took
a great boost last week when the new
coaching launch arrived. The speedy little
craft was the gift of Robert j. Collier Of
New York, and fits the purpose splendidly.
Coach Russell, Capt. Rice and Manager ].
McH. Stuart are all more than pleased
with it. The launch is 30 feet 6 inches in
length, with water line of % feet 6 inches.
The extreme beam is feet 8 inches. The
hull and decks are all of fine white cedar
and mahogany planking of one-half and
seyenth-eighthS inch. 1t is equipped with
twenty five horsepower Standard auto-ma-
rine four-cylinder, four-cycle motor and is
capable of making about fifteen knots
hour.
This has already been a great help to
Coach Russell, as from the bow of the
launch he can look right into the shell all
the way down the course and see how each
man takes the task from start to finish.
The Star representative took a run over
the course behind the Fights for the initial
spin, and was much pleased with the good
condition of the ,oarsmen for early in
the season. The crews as they are now
rowing are:
First boat-Fitzgerald, stroke; Rice, z;
]. Stuart, 6; Foy, 5; Moran, 4; Murray, 3;
Lynch. 2; LePlante, bow; Hebron or Dun,
coxswain.
Second crew-Chapman, stroke; Cronin.
Z: Tighe. 6: Woods or Muckley, 5; c.
Stuart. A; T. Stuart, 8: Benzinger, 2; Fitz-
patrick. bow; Byrnes. coxswain.