Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

The Old Domnions are getting out
crews every evening. and Capt. Douglas
is building strong hopes of entering an
eight in the Middle States
| Coach Harry Vail has departed from
the shadow of the Georgetown Ark. y
and is now looking after the doings of the
Ariels of Baltimore. If Georgetown is in
the going next spring it is sure Vail viii
again look after the crew.
Young Daily. the captain of the George
| town .'Preps.' will take up single scul
rowing and may go to the Middle states
| in the junior class.
Manager Woods of the Georgetown
crew was one of the star graduates OF
| GeorgetoH Wednesday night. He receiv-
| ed glorious send-off from the students
who recognized what the manager has
done to popularize rowing IN the uni
versity.
| Lieut.. McCurdy Of the Analostans went
| down to Old Point the early part of last
week for a rest.
The Middle States Association intends
to use every power in its means to get
! the Argonauts of Canada down here al
| the annual regatta Labor day. 1t will be
| the first visit of the Canadians to the Po-
| tonac river. and they would be the great
| est attraction at the regatta.
| The Potomac Boat Club will hold its
| first meeting Wednesday evening next ir
/ it's new boathouse Measures looking to
| the opening of the building in a forma
| manner and matters pertaining to the
I Middle States regatta will be considered
| while an overhauling of the rosie. pre-
| paratory to assigning lockers, Will .alsc
| come up. Many applications for mem
| bership " ill be considered.
| Mr. Frank Smith. one of the promising
sweeps of the Potomacs. had novel ex-
perience in front of the boathOuse one
evening last week. He was attired in his
evening calling clothes and was bold
enough to begin tossing the ball to one
of his companions. The usual error was
made ard the ball rolled overheard. and
Smith, in reaching for it. went overheard
| head first. His calling suit looked rather
| disconsolate when he crawled out of the
| water onto the float and made his way
| to the dresser. where Bromley loaned him
| a Jumper to go home in.
| The Analostans are making arrange
ments for their annual outing the even
| ing of June 49,
| Coach Plaisted will in few days trans.
| form the paper eight-oared shell of the
| Analostan club into one of cedar, the ma
| terial of which will be specially selected
| by Mr. Plaisted. When completed 1t vii
give the Analostans two tirst-class boats
| AS the celebrated Argonauts will be ir
England. both Henley and the Olympic
| regattas being on their schedule. there Is
| much conjecture as TO the probable win
ner of the senior eight at the nationa
| this year The New York Athletics are
going after the championship, and their
! crew is even now in championship form
as is shown by the dead heat with Penn
| sylvania Varsity at the American Henley
and their defeat of Columbia Var.
sity al the Harlem regatta Me.
mortal day. 1t IS the same crew the
Potomacs defeated last year at the ma.
tional They have kept in training since
using the machines during the long winter
/ nights, and expect to row in every i'm
/ pOrtant race of the year.
| President Charles G. Warden Of the
! Potomacs was in high dudgeon last week
| because some persons had spread the re-
| port that the entire membership of the
| club was to have an assessment imposed
| on them to help pay off the debt of the
1 club. The motive of the report was te
/ keep several desirable persons from ap.
plying for membership in the club. Pres
| iderit Warden says although the debt oil
the club will be a somewhat heavy bur
den, there is mo thought or intention OF
| any assessment being levied. and he
wanted that known to all in the most pos.
| tive manner.
The Potomacs are going after the ma.
| tional championship this year at Spring
| field. OF last seasons crew Brewster
Spransy Ellis, Miller and Thrall are
| rowing daily, and it is expected that
| Hart and Drury will come out shortly
| The other men available for the seats are
Bell, Capt Mueller, Freeman and King
| of the intermediate crew. & much strong
er crew than the one of last year car
| easily be formed from this skilled group
| of oarsmen. Until the men settle down
to regular rowing it cannot be definitely
| stated whether a crew will go to the
| peoples regatta at Philadelphia.