Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
.P0T0MACS WILL
SEND SCULLERS
No Local Crew Going to Middle
States Regatta-RaCe at
Colonial Beach.

The anal rowing races of the year take
place Labor day At New York-the Middle
States Association regatta Il is generally
the largest regatta OF the year. and this one
promises 70 keep UP is reputation by ccllps-
ing all held this season. as reports from
every section Of The east speak of many
crews in traiaing for the event
Washington Will be represented only by
scui!ers For the first time in many years
a crew wearing the colors OF the Potomac
will not be present. but the club Will have
1t least three scullers among the juniors.
The entries will be Clarence Dunbar Davis,
Thomas German and George +. Herman.
and all three are hard at work
Mr.. Davis. In order to learn the Harlem
course which IS a treacherous one for row.
ing. left Friday and is now there as a guest
Of the Nonparei club. He IS being looked
after by Constance $. Titus tho former
champion. and will no doubt improve under
his tuition. Messrs. Davis and Titus were
schoolmates when boys down in Mississippi.
The Middle States Association WAS very
anxious to get the Potomacs 10 send their
eight TO the Harlem but the racing commits
tee OF the club did not deem II advisable.
They have made a wonderful record this
year and the Harlem river is no place to
test merits Of oarsmen owing to its strange
currents. tides and evertloating debris. and
Race at Colonial Beach.
The Potomacs and Old Dominions will meet
In a match race In four-oared shells for
juniors Labor day at Colonial Beach, a race
arranged by Capt Mueller OF the Potomacs
and Capt. Nicholson OF the Old Dominion a.
a compliment to the juniors who have
worked hard all summer. The Old Domiu-
ions loaned the Potomacs a shell to make
the race, as at present they do not possess
a craft of that description tit for racing
purposes. In order to make the affair more
interesting an eight-oared race for mixed
crews Is talked about. and Capt Mueller
will row a member of the Old Dominion q
single scull race. or perhaps may Induce
one of his own club mates to go down and
with him give an exhibition. The Potomac
crew will probably be Kennedy. strokeI
Murray 8; Smith. 2 and Frank Miller. bow,
with Musehold and Doran substitutes.
The Wonders of the Season.
The rowing season is fast approaching the
goal which marks the closing Of year that
has been full OF interesting events. tho
sweeping off the pedestal of unbeaten crews
and scullers. the breaking OF records and
the advancement of new ideas and changes
in the general run OF things aquatic.
The season marked the Inauguration OF
local scholastic rowing. and the old fallacy
that it takes several seasons to make first
class senior oarsmen has been exploded, to
the CONSERVATION of the wiseacres II re-
manned for the crew made up OF high school
boys of the Potomacs to upset the belief.
The success of the Potomac Boat Club in
this movement has been such that the Ma
tional Association of Amateur Oarsmen at
its last meeting passed resolutions to the
effect that in every section where rowing
was a feature interscholastic rowing should
be encouraged and every inducement Of
fered to the young students to join the older
OrganiZa tons.
So 1t would appear that the movement
started here by the Potomacs, sponsored by
The Star and heartily Endorsed by the Dis
| trict Commissioners and the superintendent
of education. has borne fruit in Its first
season and may have wide-reaching results.
To begin complete novices in rowing
and work through all classes defeating
clubs of prominence. Is what the kid
is no wonder that the great rowing author
ty of New England Mr.. ]. ID. Buckley. said
they were the wonders OF the year
The Potomacs hope to hold all the crew to-
gether next season. with the possible excep-
ton of Octave DeCarre. who expects to en-
ter Cornell the coming term, so there will
be a fine set of willing workers to begin
work next season.
The defeat of Grier for the championship
was a bitter blow to the rich Boston Ath-
etic Club. 1t had counted on this one
great race even before II was rowed. II
was another case OF the ambitious young
ster after laurels defeating the matured
and tried sculler or many previous vlcto-
rieS.
Joe DAILY of the Potomacs has been In bad
shape since the National. he was before
the event his feet having been injured re-
curing the use of the surgeons knife to re-
lieve the disorder.