Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

aim of Capt. Townsend is to secure a
coach for the rest of the season. 1t is
thought Charley Stephenson may be in
duced to come.
Stephenson is the assistant coach at
Harvard College. and writes that he
would like to come to Washington. He
will be remembered here as the coach of
the Ottawa crew of Canada. which won
the four-oared senior contest at the Mid
die States in 1908.
The finishing touches were put on the
Potomac boathouse during the past week.
The space under the arch of the bridge
was all graded and fenced In. the iron
gate was placed in position at the bridge
entrance and the electric light affixed
over the walk on the top of the arch Gull
vert. 1t is now complete in every detail
and the Potomacs are somewhat chesty
over the whole structure.
One of the prettiest sights ever seen on
the Potomac river Is the almost daily
race between the junior and senior eight
cared crews of the Potomacs. accompa-
MED by their fotilla of single scullers.
Daily, Davis, German and Herman. Crowds
on the bridge watch the affair, and the
fast seniors are always kept on their
mettle by the juniors, who hang on like
real veterans for the whole distance.
X
One Of the saddest things in the aquatic
WOTlQ was TIE IGCtIl Qedll VI MI II.
Smith, the promising sculler of the Yes
per Club of Philadelphia. Smith made his
debut on the Potomac in the Middle
States of 1906, and since then his rise has
been very fast. and this year his friends
were looking for national honors to come
his way He caught cold at Atlantic City,
pneumonia following. His decline was
rapid, death following in a week. Smith
had many friends and admirers here on
the Potomac.
X X
Among the new aspirants for rowing
honors in the Analostans Is Sheridan, the
we'll known athlete of Lehigh College. He
was their champion shot-putter, won that
March and ought to make good with the
sweep. though he confesses it Is the
toughest problem he has yet tackled in
athletics.
The national regatta of the present
week will be the stellar card In the world
of aquatics. and the contests in each OF
the fourteen races will he of the highest
order. The senior single SOULS, with Ben
nett, Greer, Scholes, Miller. Warnock and
Williamson alone as starters, are enough to
insure success to the affair; but the senior
eight oared race with the Argonauts of Can
ada, New York Athletics, Vespers, Bache-
lors Riversides. and the winners of the
Canadian Henley of yesterday will make
the affair even greater. Springfield. Mass.
will be crowded Friday and Saturday
next to witness the races, and the best
thing in favor of the affair. from Wash
ington point of view, is that all of the
winners will come down here to the Mid
die States on Labor day.
Mr.. Claude r. Zappone and Mr.. John
J. Nolan will represent the Potomacs at
the National Association Of Amateur
Oarsmen at Springfield next Friday and
Saturday.
Richardson Of the Potomacs is making
a fine showing in the ranks. and will
.rews.
The four scullers of the Potomacs Daily.
German, Davis and Herman. will probably
rig I'D the four-oared shell and enter the
centipede race. All four men are in first
class condition, and with a weeks work
ought to make a splendid crew. 1t is one
of the new fads in rowing, and Is be-
coming popular all over the north.
X X
The Analostans are seriously thinking
of starting q four-oared crew for the
senior race. as there are no other four
cared crew races in the Middle States.
pearce the extra heavyweight of the
Potomacs worked off two and a half
pounds last week. He will increase his
running distance to twelve miles the
coming week.
Commencing Monday. the Potomac
crews will be coached by Trainer Demp-
sey from the speedy motor boat Arrow.
This Is the same craft used last year to
whip the champion crew into shape, and
is only one of the few that can keep up
with the shells when sprinting.
X \ X
The Bachelors of Philadelphia have
started a senior eight for the Middle
States. giving the National the go-by this
year. The stroke Of the crew Is Zane. re-
| garded as the best in America.
| The action of the Washington Canoe
Club in generously sending a donation to
help along the financial end of the COM
| ing Middle States has caused any amount
| Of pleasant things to be said about the
! canoeistP>