Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-03
NOTES OF THE
LOCAL ROWING MEN

The sensation of the week in rowing
] circles was the plunge of the Potomac
Boat Club into the realty business and tho
subsequent announcement, as given in The
| Star, that it would erect a new house Of
magnificent proportions
FOR several years the Potomacs have seri-
| ously considered the plan OF moving, and
time and time again propositions were in
vestigated as to sites in Potomac Park on
Analoston Island and up stream by the
Aqueduct bridge. This season the Potomacs
determined to settle the matter and thew
succeeded in getting a good offer for their
land from the Brennan Construction Com-
pany.
10 follow this up, they bought a suitable
lot Just to the eastward Of the Auueduct
bridge from Judge Charles Camphill of
Cambridge. Ohio. They gave $1,000 for 1t,
he highest price that has been given on
any property in that neghborhood in the
past fifteen years, but the site was the
only available one. and the clubmen had to
come to terms.
NOW the club intends to build a home that
VIII last for all time, and is willing to ex-
peho *!oooO on the structure. From the
rough drawing made by Mr. Charles War
uen the mouse is to be sixty feet on the
water front, running all the way back To
the street, seventy-eght feet
me lower floor for boats will have a.
storing capacity Of 4,5OO square feet while
the locker room will be built in tiers OF
steel frames covering an area OF l 500
square feet. The ball room will be even
larger IMAM the present one, and will have
loo square feet allotted to 1t in the new
building, while the ladies' reception room
VIII be model one. The third story will
nave billiard ROOM an office room for
the board of governors. while the Roof in
the front will be slOped in tiers the idea
being TO make more room for the regatta-'
day throngs.
The deed will be conveyed probably hv
the 10Th of June, when the building COM
mlttee VIII at once take steps toward ths
erecting of the new house this author
lty was given to them at a meeting of the
club last Tuesday.
The American Henley at Philadelphia did
not pan out as large It's projectors
hoped form fact, it a small though.
perhaps, select attendance far as Clubs
were concerned. The only real races were
those in which the colleges took part. The
victories of the Yale crew and especially
their defeating Cornell, the big sur
prise of the day, and ii has given the
dopesters of aquatics lots to talk about
from now on to the regattas on the Hudson
and the Thames 1t must be admittcl that
the American Henley has fallen far short
of what its promoters had contemplated.
1t Is now nothing but an assemblage of
second-rate crews 1t rivals neither the
national nor the college regattas
The local representation did not startle
the spectators, Georgetown's second crew
making a decidedly poor showing. The
Props finished second in field of three and
its took interschoastic record time for
the beefy manual training crew OF Phia-
delphia to nose them out the finish.
DAILY of the Potomacs could do better
than finish third in field Of four, and
Joe seemed to be satisfied in that two of
those who crossed ahead Of him were sem
Tors. while he defeated Jolly of the Bdche-
lors', who has hitherto been beating Daily.
The POtomacs will hold lively smoker
Wednesday, the purpose being 70 Sot all
the members present in order that each
and every one may be made aware of the
future of the club. There VIII be music.
athletics, speeches and refreshments.
Thursday the AnalOstans VIII give their
outing To Marshall Hall, and the members
are looking forward TO jolly time.
1t IS not likely that the AnalostanS VIII
obtain a new eight-oared shell this season.
as the attempts to get one from Yale or
Cornell have fallen through But there is
still chance that one will be procured
from other sources In the meantime
Superintendent Briggs is constructing "a
new cedar four-oared shell on the frame Of
one of the old paper boats, and the officers
of the club are elated over the way the
work is progressing. 1t will be decided
addition to the Analostan fleet, and II Is
not unlikely that their old paper eight VIII
be treated in the same way next fall.