Evening star., 1909-06-27
Varsity Fights.
BOATHOUSE GOSSIP.

crews at the approaching national regat-
tas, and scouts have been sent out urging
prominent clubs to send crews In order TO
keep up the standard Of the National As
sociation. The Star a month ago men
| toned the fact that few eastern clubs
would attend because of the distance, the
heavy railroad expense, the length OF time
| 1t would take the men away from tneii
| business calling, and the extreme difficulty
in making arrangements for the trans
portation Of the shell boats on the cars
and the statement was sort OF pooh
pcohed by interested parties, but facts
now bear out the statement made in these
| columns. Philadelphia, which hitherto
has always sent the largest delegation OF
oarsmen to national regattas. Will be
conspicuous this year by its absentees,
as outside an entry fsom the Vespers and
| West Philadelphias. 1t IS hardly expected
any others will make the trip. Boston Will
absolutely not have single representa-
tive, and New York. though they nave
greater majority Of the national commit
| tee in its vicinity, will be sparsely repre-
sented. 1t is expected that the New York
Athletics will send senior and lnterme-
date eight. senior double, and two
senior scullers, and these, with probably
an entry apiece from Atalantas and Mas
saus, will complete the list. The Arun-
dels Of Baltimore will send their crack
senior four, and there maybe an inter
mediate eight from the Ariels. From
Washington there is still grave doubt
existing whether the Potomacs can send
thel, eight out, but If Coach Dempsey
says they are fit it Is very probable the
club will finance the matter through
out senior four in boat borrowed from
club in this vicinity, as the Potoniacs
haven't such craft at present. Mr
Claude A. Zappone, who is a member o.
/ the National Association, says that there
will be a falling of in the eastern clubs,
but their loss will be more than balanced
| by the big entry list that will come from
every part OF Canada, Manitoba and the
other provinces of Great Britain. While
st. Louis, st. Paul. Chicago. Cleveland
| and Buffalo will all have large field
of entries, hence he looks for one OF the
greatest regattas ever held In America
The senior eight race between the Arso-
nauts New York Athletics, Detroits, OF
tawas, Winnipeg, Minnesotas, and prob
ably the Potomacs of this city will bring
4 together the very best oarsmen In North
America. 1t Is going to be banner year
/ in the annals of racing and / look to see
Detroit break all records in point OF at
| tendance. even though the two head CEN
ters-New York and Philadelphia-Will fall
away In attendance.
| There is a decided move on foot among
| the oarsmen Of the Potomac Boat Club
to effect a change in the bylaws or the
organization regarding the present uni
form now in use In the shell boats OF
the club. The present uniform Of the
/ club calls for deep red shirt, with a
white star in the center, and that style
has been worn by the organization since
1875, and has flashed across the winning
l line winners on almost every course IN
America, hence among the 'old boys
there is a traditional opposition to any
change. They hold to the legend Watch
out for the red shirts from Washington
and say what was glory in the past Is
good enough for the future. and they
l atlo
Grafton. however. are not living on past
achievements and glory. they are living
| in the present and want to radically
remedy the ills of the day. They argue
that years ago the shirt was perhaps O..
K, was made Of better material than the
goods Of today, but that owing to the
dye and chemicals used by the manufac-
turers in turning out the shirts now they
runs of the shirts like 50 much water and
| discolors everything in sight. and II any
OF the stuff gets under the skin is liable
to poison. The younger element want a
white shirt with red star. or a cross
bar Of red running diagonally across from
shoulders to hip, thus maintaining the
colors red and white" and there is no
doubt they will have their way II they
can get the shirt made as they desire.
The original shirt previous to 1875 was OF
white, with a red neckband and red star
in the center, but 1t was changed when
| Pop Truax. George Fox, Col. Frank
Jones, Sam Wheatley, Hosea Gordon and
Sam Wheeler were the head and front OF
the organization.
/ DIR. S. F. Gordon, the noted stroke oar
and sculler of the West Philadelphia Club
for the past four years, Is wearing the
colors of the Vesper Club this year and
| Saturday last won the single Scull cham
pionship OF the schuylkill Navy. He will
60 to the National at Detroit in August
in the scullfng matches.
/ \ y
Mr.. E. c. Kemper, who made such a
splendid record with the Central High
School as a sprinter, has entered the Po-
tomacs and may go out for the crews
after July 5.
The Analostans may go down to Rich
mond In August to row the Virginia Club
of that place return race for the one
of last season. Capt. EdmondS would
like to take a crew down there, az he
thinks 1t would be clever thing to wipe
out the sting the defeat caused his club
last year. Coach HecoX of the Virginia
Club is empowered by the club to make
races with the Analostans and Old Do
minions, and hopes to enter into an agree
ment with both organizations for the
coveted races, events that the Richmond
people are very anxious to see pulled of
on the James river
|
/ Messrs. j. Arthur Bell and Robert Roy
Slocum two old pupils of Charley Court
ney when students at Cornell, and both
prominent members OF the Potomacs. will
be among the Cornell rooters at Pough-
keepsie next Friday, the occasion Of the
, | great intercollegiate race on the Hudson
On returning from the trip Mr.. Bell viii
. devote his time to single scull work TO;
. the remainder of his aquatic days.
u X x
There is something doing over at the
. Ana lostan House in the way the up
! river membership were talking during
, the past week. owing to the daily ap-
pearance of crews on the river in the
uniform of that organization. AS pre-
+ dicted In The Star. Mr. Don Edmonds
: the popular oarsman of the club. was
elected to the captaincy, filling the posi-.
tion held by Mr. Gerry Townsend, whose
/ business connections forced him to leave
: the city. The selection is one of tht
1 best the Analostans have ever made Il
: fill the position, as Capt. Edmonds ha.
!, had rather long experience in shell row.
ing being one of the best sweep oar.
I ever graduated from Georgetown Univer
/ sity In the days when Pat Dempsey wa.
a aquatic mentor of that institution. H,
{ Is popular with the membership, is diplo
Q and progressive element Of the organiza
. ton will rally to his support; in fact
5 this was apparent during the week b.
z the crews that were on the water, witt
e Capt Edmonds generally in the coxswail
=, seat instructing the noyices.