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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16
Has An Easy Time at National Regatta, Defeating
Bennett, His Old Rival. Vesper Wins Senior
Fours, Metropolitan the Centipede, River
side intermediate Singles, Dedham
Canoe Race and New York A. G..
Senior Fights.

coxswain. Riverside was only two lengths
astern.
The afternoon started off we'll. with a
fine contest i'm the senior tours st. Mary S
Of Halifax was post entry, and for a
time was quite factor in the race.
Vesper led at the turn by short length,
but had to work hard to keep the adVan-
tage on the row home for Minnesota and
ST. Marys pushed the Phlladelph1a crew
hard upon the finish.
The best filled event of the day was
the intermediate singles, but the start
of the eight men was wretched one TWO
of them being left completely. Faulkner
dashed into the lead. with Gordon OF
Philadelphia in hot pursuit. They were
on nearly ven terms at the turn. and 1t
was warm work all the way to the finish.
Faulkner got the flag by half a length.
The war canoe race was procession.
the Dedham ten always being masters OF
the situation.
Then came the championship singles on
a river that was scarcely ruffied by a
breeze. and had only a gentle current.
The result has already been described.
1t was said that Miller's shell was in
jured last night by vandals. The other
two races were less exciting, and both
were won by many lengths.
The oarsmen found the Connecticut a
rare course for a national contest. and the
facilities for watching the race were bet
ter than the average. Summary:
Senior four-oared shells-Vesper b. c.. Phla
delphis. won; Minnesota r. G.. St Paul, second
wood B. G.. Long Island City. n. Y, fourth
Time S.5Sia.
intermediate centipede. Misunderstanding
politan X. C.. New York city. won: Union b.. c.
New York city. second: Harlem re. New York,
third Time. o. 13 3-5
Intermediate single sculls-Carey Faulkner. Riv
erside b. c.. Cambridge, Mass. won: S. +. Cor
don, West Philadelphia II. C.. second; Carl Wig
gins. Bradford b; G.: Cambridge. third, JOSEPH
Ryan, Riverside B. c.. Cambridge, fourth: Her
man Won Bsrthold. Metropolitan r. G.. New
York, fifth: NJ. =. O'Hara, st. Alphonsns Club
Boston. sixth: Gordon Fairchild. Bradford B. G..
Cambridge. seventh: Rudolph vrtacek. First Bo
hemian Il. c.. New York, did not finish. Time
1O.17.
War canoe race-Dedham B. c.. Dedham. Mass
won; Crescent Canoe Club. Waltham. Mass, sec
Ond: Springfield Canoe Club. third. Time, IS.
Championship single sculls-Frank Il. Greer
East Boston A. A.. won; John O'Neill st: Mary,
A. A.. Halifax, y. =. second: Harry $. Bennett
Springfield b: c.. third: Durando Miller. New
York A. c.. fourth: Fred Shepherd. Seawanhaks
B.; G.. Brooklyn. y. y, fifth Time. lo.0s35,
Senior pairoare shells-Vesper p. G.. Philade
pha, won; NOnpareil X. g.. New York. second
Time. 1000
Senior eight-oared shells-New York Athletic
Club won: Detroit r. C.. second: Minnesota b
G.. st. Paul. Mimi. third; Riverside b. c., Cam
bridge. Mass. fourth. Time, S.44.
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eral exodus Labor day. The Arfels and
Arundels will have crews in every race
the Ariels are printing up 10 wipe OUT
the stfngs of defeats the Arundeis al
mlnlstered to them Navy day.
X 4
Richmond will also send a large dele
cation to witness the effort OF Hecox's
men of the Virginia club against the
pick of the north
Frank Miller, the bow man of the Po-
tomacs' junior crew. is one OF the most
consistent trainers the club has within
it's ranks, while at the same time he Is
regarded as the humorist of the organi-
zation.
IF the course is changed to end In the
vicinity of the new boathouse Of the
Potomacs it is proposed to erect
would AFFORD fine view of the entire
race. The owners Of the lot. the Messrs.
Campbell. have given President War
den permission to use it for such pur-
pose.
x X +
The District Commissioners have COM
menced the erection of the stairway on
the east side of the Aqueduct bridge to
street. an Improvement of necessity,
which will be great comfort not only
to the general public. but the oarsmen
who patronize that portion of the city.
* r
The results of the national regatta
at Springfield will be real live bait
for the locals until the Middle States
is pulled off. as the gossips will line up
the winners against the chances Of the
entries from this city.
- X
Racks are asked for in the Potomac
boathouse for eighty-nine boats and
lockers for 346 out-of-town Oarsmen.
This estimate the boathouse committee
regards AS very conservative one from
the information at hand.
*
1t is probable that the Potomacs will
start their intermediate auadruple SOULS
Monday and that the crew will be Sc
lected from German. Davis. DAILY, Her.
nan and Britt. The latter has done very
little sculling of late. but could easily
get into shape by little hard work.
X X x X
After much hard work and unrest
Capt. Townsend of the Analostans has
been forced rather reluctantly to give up
hope in the matter of entering an eight
cared shell in the regatta. The men
We're hard to corral. some of the most
promising having left town. There is
some talk of making up four and
starting it in the senior event. The alb
sence of the Analostans from the junior
eiSht-Oared event will detract from the
regatta. as local competition always
arouses the best interest and affects the
excitement considerably.
x * x X X
The AnalOstans ought to secure a gig.
which could be- easily accomplished by
a borrow from one of the Philadelphia
clubs. and enter crew in both junior
and intermediate four cared gig races.
From such good men as Capt Town
send. Edmonds. Tisdel, Watts. Whelp-
ley. Hillyer, Moody, Bullough, Richey
Roberts. Thomas, Duckstein and Lieut..
McCardy the necessary men could be
selected. It's worth the while, Capt
Townsend. to start 1t a-going.
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who follows the fighters closely and
watches them In the workouts and bat
ties writes that Mr.. Stanley ketcheu Is
not the most careful person In the worio
about the hours he keeps and the wet
stuff he absorbs.
In a letter which arrived today the
sport tells the writer not to be surprised
II Mr.. Ketchell Is tumbled over in one Of
his fights which happen in the near flu
ture.
"Ketchell has been hitting the nigh
places a la Corbett lately. says the writer:
and those in the know declare tnat II
he keeps his pace up he won't last an
other year. Now that ne mas peaten
Hugo Kelley so easily he thinks tnat the
world is at his feet. and that there ism
a man living who can trade with him and
get away with it. i have seen him along
the avenues a bit after o'clock night
after night Of late. and not IN the best
Of company. either.
':He fights Joe Thomas out here Tues
day night, August Is. and for the life OF
me 1 can't see how he is going to get in
trim He is taking on weight very fast
now and thinks he will enter the ring
weighing ITO easily.
"You know after he fights Thomas he
Is billed for Los Angeles with Papke.
Take my tip now. he's due for lacing.
No fighter ever lived who could sap up
the brown October ale and get away
with the slug article"
Well, way out here we don't know just
how much truth there is In this, but. as
they said years and years ago, where
there's smoke there's fire.
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WOULD-BES HAS-BEENS.
That's What Has-Beens Say of the
Would-Bes.

A close game with an exciting finish
was played Thursday afternoon between
the Smith Athletic Club and team of
been" ball tossers from the Worley
Glass Club of Bethany Baptist Sunday
school. The latter club furnished the ma
terial for it's membership for the crack
Bethany team, which won the pennant
last year and finished creditably this year
i'm the Sunday School League. but none of
those who played Thursday had played
ball this year, and some had not played
for fifteen years.
Shellenberger pitched a fine game, as
will be seen by the score. and Worley had
a busy day at first, having had nine
chances and figured in two double plays.
Stokes and Ohm had bucket OF ice
water in the outfield and divided their
time between that and praying that the
ball would not come near them. Addison
led with the bat.
A second game will be played between
these teams Monday evening at McDev-
tits Field, when the "Wouldbes' expect
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MIDDLE STATE REGATTA is
TOPIC IN ROWING CIRCLES

While the national regatta, which ended
yesterday at Springfield, Mass. in a blaze
Of wonderful aquatic skyrockets, attracted
large list of entries-larger than any
previous one in its history-it can be
said authoritatively that the coming Mid
die States on the Potomac river will far
surpass it in every detail.
The Middle States is the final regatta
of the year. and toward il turn the aims
and ambitions of all oarsmen. especially
the junior classes. as the Middle States
Association endeavors to encourage the
latter above every other class of oars
men. Hence it is that at the annual gath
ering OF oarsmen on Labor day the va
rious events set aside for juniors fill more
numerously than the rest
The regatta that closed yesterday at
Springfield had sixty-eight entries, an
extraordinarily high number for a ma
tional regatta, which shows the renewed
interest being taken in the sport. AS
the Middle States will have four more
events than Springfield. it can be readily
figured there will be al least twelve more
entries in the last grand rally of the
season.
This is the deduction made BY the NOV
ers of the Potomac River Regatta Asso-
citation.
There will be an international entry from
Germany, as letter from the HeliaS Ru-
derpost Club of Berlin announces that
Messrs. Sands and Granz of that organiza-
ton Will come over to take part in the dCu-
BILE 9culling events. Sands may also enter
the junior SOULS. being anxious to get a
chance at Davis Of the Potomacs, who de-
feated him last year.
The weekly meetings of the local COM
mittees arranging for the regatta show
that everything, with one exception is
in Sr1o I'D
aquatically 1t Is going to be huge sue
cess. The one exception is the almost
hopeless task of the subscription commit
tee reaching the business people to help
finance the big affair
Each OF the local papers has given a
donation toward the AFFAIR. but aside from
these there is little response Even the
street railways. which get all the returns,
nave failed to heed the appeal OF the
committee. The members Of this commit
tee are still hopeful Of keeping clear Of a
deficit.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Winthrop has notified the committee that
the department has ordered vessel of
the United States cutter service to re-
port here on Labor day for the purpose
of patrolling and safeguarding the course
during the regatta.
The survey Of the course will be made
this week under the direction of the Dis
trict surveyor. MIR. John Meigs. jr.. and
President Charles G.. Warden of the Po-
tomac Boat Club They will decide wheth-
or the old-ma rks will be changed and new
ones substituted in order to bring the fin
ishes near the new bOathouse Of the Po-
tomacs.
Frank Greer, the former champion sim
gle scuIler OF America, has notified the
committee that, win or lose at the nation
al, he is coming down here to the Middle
states after honors He will represent
the strong Boston Athletic Club.
The Analostan Boat Club sent check
to President Doyle Of the regatta COM
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FRANK GILL WINS.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

to 2. in the place, and Fancy, to 2.
five lengths hack.
H. p. Whitney's Delirium. to 1. was
successful i'm the handicap for all ages at
six furlongs. as he got up in time to beat
Bouquet. Is to 5, by a head in liz.
back.
Three favorites won and Schilling rode
three winners. The summaries:
First race ns and upward selling g
to 1. ! TO s and 5 to 5. second; Frlnette. mo
s to t DAINTY fVd DAME no o. and
second race: for two-year-olds; five and . halt half
out. won; Ragman. lO7 III. Smith. TO 1. 3 TO 8
and ont. second: Homecrest. 10 Duganj, TO ]
to and out. third. Time. LOT 40. Etheida
Third race. three-year.olds: selling; one mile.
To- : WONT Queen to to nPiSn
even . to 3 and to 5. second: Cymbal: los IL.
Dugan,, to I. to | and TO 8, third. Time
LAP. HarcOurt and Earl's Court also ran
Fourth race. the Yonkers handicap; for three
year olds and npw ard one mile and a sixteenth,
even. won: Tony Bonero. 80 III. SMITH. II to I.
to and to l. second; Jack Atkin. I2s III.
la. Charles Edward: Mccarter: Grappie. Ara
! see Old Honesty, Tileing and Bad News also
Fifth race. two-year-olds: selling five and a
to and 1 to =; won: Garland. 81 lH; smith
Time Tin los as Star thistle Gliding Belle .;
Y. Kid. DonseIla. Energy, Kin. Elmer Boy and
Fine Lawn also ran.
sixth race. four-yearolds and upward: selling;
mile and a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1O4 tE. Du-
gam. to 10, 1 to and out. won; bookstore.
103 Garner, to z, even and ! to B. second :
Coat-of Arms. 100 "a. Leo. q TO J.. to 0 and 4
TO s. third. Time Las l-5. Chantilly Lord Stan
hope. Tipping. Saylor and ]. c. Core also ran:
Saylor and Core fell shortly after the start. and
Jockeys sumter and Sweet were seriously injured
FORT ERIE, Ont. August 15.-Today' S
races resulted as follows
First race. two-year-olds: five and one half fur
made. to ], to and to =. second: Guy
Fisher. 80 to 1, 6 to and to 2 third. Time,
100 As.
Second race. three year-olds: six furlongs-
Usage. to 2. even and 1 TO 9 second; Fire
brand. 10 10 1, to and TO ]. third. Time,
1.16 Is.
Third race six furlongs: three year-olds; SELL
ing-Lady Carol. to !, TO and even won
to /. 2 TO 1 and even. third. Time. 1.15.
Fourth race. five and a half furlongs-lrrigator,
1 to and out won: StrOmela nd. : to / to o
and out, second: Marse Abe occupied with lrri-
gator. third. Time. 1.OS AS.
Fifth race. three year-olds; one mile-Pinkula.
8 to 5. 4 to ; and ont. won: Terah To 1. 3 TO
and Z 70 10. second Minnie Adams, ID to D. 4
to ) and to 5. third. Time. .43.
Sixth race, three-yearolds: mile and furions
Minks. to l.. {" 1 and even. second: Minoi.
IL 10 TO- IL to 20 and out. third. Time. 1.56 As.
Seventh race. three year-olds; mile and seventy
yards-Belmere TO 10. IL to ~ ana out. won;
brinus. to /, IL to and to 5, third. Time.
Las Is.
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mittee. which shows its interest In the
approaching regatta.
The Middle States Association at it's
meeting appointed the following commit
tee to look after the interests of the as
ISOLATION at the regatta: Messrs. David
Brown, Atalantas. New York: John O..
Regain. Metropolitans. New York; C. c.
Hoffman. Harlems. New York: j. A Mil
Ter. New York Athletics: T. J. Brennan.
Ravenswood. n Y: a. II. Walker. Quak-
er City. Philadelphia; C. w Preisendanz,
Fairmont. Philadelphia: Judge James G..
Tishe of Brooklyn. with Claude r. Zap
pone. Washington, D. c., as chairman.
Messrs. Zappone and Nolan were at the
national regatta during the past week.
and while there did some missionary
work Especial inducements were made
to get the DetrOits and MnnesOtas of
the Western Association to make a trip
to Washington. The Detroits and Mime
sofas have not been in Washington since
1885. when they took part in the last ma
tional regatta held in this city. The Same
gentlemen were also endeavoring to get
the eight-oared winners of the Canadian
Henley. "Winnipegs," to come to the Mid
die States.
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TRAVIS Is IkVINCIBLE
WINS AMATEUR POLAND
SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP.
Columbia Golf Club Lands Repre-.
sentative in Each of the Three
Divisions of Tournament.
spccial pispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch To The Star.
POLAND SPRING. Me. August 10
Walter J. Travis of Garden City again
proved himself invincible i'm today's thirty
six-hole final round of the first annual
amateur Poland Spring championship
golf tournament. defeating w. c. Chick
of the Oakley Country Club. 10 up and
S to play.
Mr. Travis had the match we'll in hand
from the first. making two thirty-nines|
in the morning. and retiring for luncheon|
up. going out in the afternoon at al
record "a gait. which ended the match
on the twenty-sixth green.
A high wind emShasiZed the strength
of Mr.. Travis long low shots. and played
sad havoc with Mr. Chicks hooks. ln|
addition the Oakley player was percep-|
tibly nervous on the putting green.
Several hundred people followed the|
match and OF enthusiasm there was mol
limit.
The Maine state, or second division, cup,
went to Hugh Halsell of Dallas. Tex.
who defeated Il. Winslow Taylor OF the|
Philadelphia Country Club by 10 and 8.
w. w. Winsley OF Maplewood Club wonI
the third division cup from Davis Pear
son of the Merton Club by and 3.
From start TO finish the tournament hasI
been "a success beyond the expectation oil
the most sanguine. and already plans are|
making to be The most important Of the
season.
The Columbia Club landed represented
tive in each of the three divisions OF the
tournament DR.. w. s. Harlan in the
first. w j. Father. jr, in the second |
and w j. Flather. sr.. in third, and they
figured in nineteen and twenty hole bat
ties
DR. Harban's first round was with II.
p. Dixon of the Spring Haven Country
Club, whom he defeated up and 10
play losing in the second To ii. p. Smith
of the Philadelphia Country Club, down,
on the hardest kind of luck. his opponent
laying him three stymes and holing two
Nasty approaches.
Mr.. Father. jr.. won his first match
with +. II. Eleych of Hollywood Golf
Club on the nineteenth green. losing the
second to Hugh Halsell OF the Dallas.
Texas Golf Club. > down and 3 to play
Mr.. Flather sr.. lost I'm the first round 10
Frank Pearson of the Merton Cricket
Club in a red-hot twenty-hoe battle.
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SHRUBB CHALLENGES LONG
Doesn't Believe Indian Beat His Rec
ord at Boston Last Winter.

NEW YORK. August 15.-Alfred
Shrubb. the English professional distance
runner, has challenged Tom Longboat.
the Indian, who was touted by the Ca
nadians an almost sure winner of the
Marathon race at the Olympic games in
London. but who stopped at the twentieth
mile, to run ten miles for the worlds
championship. Shrubb says it is ridicu-
lous to believe that Longboat beat his
ten-mile record in Boston last winter, and
IL the Indian has any idea of turning
professional. Shrubb will make a match
with him at once to run ten miles for
$1,000 or more as a side wager.
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BOATHOUSE GOSSIP.

Maj. Douglas Spencer Bliss of the Po-
tomacs, who returned from camp last
week, was assigned a seat in the senior
eight by Coach Dempsey. Maj. Bliss is
regarded as a splendid oarsman. He was
Argonauts of Canada two years ago at
New York
x y y
Keep your eyes on the junior crew
Pat Dempsey is getting into form at the
Potomac boathouse. They are moving
along finely and give the seniors all they
want in the mile. With Morse Cornell.
O6) as stroke they are showing decidedly
the best blade work. The crew Is: Morse.
stroke: Richardson, Z; Smith, q; Mueller.
): Murray. 4; Bullough. 3; Spransy, ,;
Miller. 1: with 'Coxy" Randolph in the
tiller seat.
Coach Dempsey is happy these days.
With plenty of Oarsmen at hand. seat
in a fast steam launch and a big mega
phone in his hand. his work is cut out
for him this year Dempsey has notified
the oarsmen that every man must fight
to keep his place. that every seat is open
to competition, and no personal favors
will be shown 1t means hot fight. and
the boathouse is warm spot these
pleasant August afternoons
\ X X X
George Herman of the POtomacs is row.
ing better this year than ever before and
he may be dark horse in the junior
sculls.
x X X
Joe DAILY says he will not start in the
intermediate singles: that he is rowing
now simply for pleasure. That may he
so. but the lure of the SOULS has him
bad, and he is going it too fast and
steady to get out of the game at his
age He will be on the firing line Labor
day.
X X y
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ENTRIES FOR MONDAY.
Empire CITY.

First race, for colts and geldings. maidens;
two-year-olds; five and one half furlon-s-Cam-
peOn. W. !. Pinch. Home Run. Solicitor Nj
DerechO. Nedlim. Never Late. Kille Reen. Take
One. Footpad. l12; Ark. Harry Rogers. Bird OF
Flight III. 109.
selling; six furlongs-Gloryar. III; Or. Gardner.
1l6; Goldproof. 113; James II. Brady, no.
Grimaldi, L'Amour. Gowan. los: Black Mary.
1oT: Woodcraft 1913: Ida D.. 80.
Third race, handicap: for three-year-olds and
upward; me mile-Falcada. 113; Beaucoup.
Halket. Firestone. ITO; Tileing. 100; Golden
Pearl. 1o6; Tony Bonero 1o4; Zicnap. Saylor.
Fourth race. the Demoiselle: five and one
half furlongs- Melisande. 124: Occidental. Gid
a ng he1i ne. i roiv rs,f ady SWIFT ios
Fifth race for three veal -olds and up; selling;
one mile-Campaigner, JOB; Ace High Dr. Card
MILAN. Lad OF langdon los: killiecrankie. 10l
j. c. Core. 100; Boema, 10; Tipping. Cymbal.
Druid. %: Bicot. 90
sixth race for three year olds and up: selling:
mile and onesixteenth- Lally. l13; Easton los,
Golden shore: Coat OF Arms; Coincidence Rock
stone, 1o5; Sir Toddington. loS.
Fort Erie.
First race. five furlongs -Splendida. Mrs. Ma
rion Moore, Rupicoa, Woodlands Rose, 100:
Boadicea, Lady Clara. 104; Anile. Dolly Built
man, May Lutz. Flower Beauty, Mia r., 1Os;
Point Lace, Pimpante, 10.
Second race five and a half furlongs Captain
Griffona, Yankee Tourist. 103 Irrigator, The
Misses Dr. Holzberg. Alice. Elizabeth HARDWOOD.
lO5: T. NJ. Greene, Dan De Noyles. no; Rich
ard Reed 113.
Third race steepechase, short course-Imper-
Thence, 1877; Inkap III, 1879; Little waily, TAG;
Arian. ISL; Awawegang Isl; Creoln, 154; st.
velma 1854: Pick Time, 154.
Fourth race. six furlongs. handicap-Night
Mist. 90: Chief Hayes. 100: Superstition. 1G5:
Dixie Himmcl, 100; Royal Onyx, 1l2: Berwick.
1870.
Fifth race. mile-Keep Moving, 100;
Youthful. 102: Severus, los: Terah, l12.
Sixth race one mile and seventy yards-"Iady
Baldur. 90: Miss Marjorie. 81: Oriental Queen.
81; sWarner Griswell. 90; Camille. 1o2: Tagane.
io7:: Miss strome Io7; Topsy Robinson los:
Anneta Lady. 1os: Moon Raker ios; Tsury, los
Martha, "a; EstelIe g.. 90; Spunky. 102: Cha
nida. 1o4: Tivolini. 105; Matador. 10S; Clements,
ll2; Hosher. lib.
apprentice allowance claimed.