Evening star., 1909-08-29
BoATHoUsE GOSSIP.

That a big regatta is on the tapis is
made apparent by visit Of the skeptical
to that portion of the river starting from
the Analostan boathouse up to that por-
ton known as the Hen and Chickens
about a mile beyond the Three Sisters" "
The river Is now dotted with the crews
Of the Analostans and Potomacs in all
sorts of shell and other boating craft,
while the members Of the Interclub and
the Washington Canoe Club are sending
out quite a large number who expect to
represent the organizations In the canoe
events.
Added to this Is the fact that the work
of developing the shell crews is devolving
on two of the foremost coaches of Amer
ica-James Ten Eyck, with the Analos-
tans, and Pat Dempsey, with his own
Potomac aggregation. OF the two Demp-
sey is the best known hereabOuts, as his
skill with the Vespers of Philadelphia is a
matter of history. His failure with George
town was due entirely to a lack of support
by the then faculty, while his success with
the local Potomacs is a national record
that will stand him to be good for many
years to come, as up to this year 1t has
been one round Of victories for the Red
and White under his coaching.
in praise, for during the past forty years
he himself has been at the head of the
professional rank of coaches, while he has
given to the aquatic world two of the
greatest amateurs the country has ever
seen-hiS eldest boy, Edward HanlOn Ten
Eyck, being the only unbeaten amateur
champion sculler of America, and one of
the few that ever won the diamond sculls
at the English Henley, while his younger
son James stroked the noted Syracuse
o; Ut ,Ohk {y,ta oUia a 70 N
it cleaned up all America In eights. Hence
1t is that these two prominent adopts at
Goa ching make the river an attractive
spot these pleasant August afternoons for
spectators who take an interest in aqua
tics.
The article in last Sundays Star, in re-
lation to the mistake Of changing the
course of the regatta down to the almost
inaccessible part of the river, facing Poto-
mac Park. struck home to many of the
devotees of aquatics, and wonder Is ex-
pressed on all sides what were the oars
men and canoeists dreaming of when the
selection was made In justice to the Wash
ington Canoe Club and the Potomac Boat
Club it should be stated that they voted
against the change, but the Analostans,
the other canoe clubs and the motor boat
people neiu 10 the rover course, nence un-
less changed 1t will be pulled off on that
course, thus depriving the greater mass
Of our people from witnessing the sport.
The Analostans. since the coming of
Coach Ten Eyck, have been humping
things right along. and present indica-
regatta of September of which any club
would have right to be proud. The boys
have been working hard in the shells
every day under the direction of Ten
T.
and are steadily advancing toward that
rhythmical perfection of form which Is
absolutely necessary to winning crews.
1t will be the desire of Capt. Edmonds
to enter crews In the junior and senior
four-oared races. and also in the junior
eight-oared event, and there seems to be
plenty Of material for these crews and
more. The junior four will probably be
composed of Edmonds. bow: Daniels. two;
Sheridan, three, and Green. stroke. al
though Daniels will have to work hard
for his seat. as there are two or three
worthy aspirants for 1t In the person of
ex-Capt. Townsend, Lou Ansart. both of
whom are stronger and heavier and fast
acquiring the requisite skill.
Coach Ten Eyck will have a hard task
selecting the members of his junior eight,
for there is such a wealth of material
that 1t is almost an impossibility as yet
to eliminate the unworthy from those de-
sired. For instance. Ten Eyck has An
sart, a tower Of strength: Combs. Dam
iels, Drown. Edgar, Finney, Fox, Goode,
Green, Johnson, Middleton. rather light
but a ciean-cut oarsman; Scott, strong
enough to win by himself when he learns
how: Sheridan 1S5 pounds of muscle and
every inch an athlete: Townsend, another
like Sheridan, Ansart and West, to say
nothing of such old water dogs as Whep-
ley, Tisdel, Moody John Howard, Hou-
ston and Sizer. who have proved their
mettle In hot races in days gone by.
These men are now at work and will row
against each other until Coach Ten Eyck
will pick his eight best men for the
junior eight-oared crew. Lieut.. Caplin is
doing the plotting for the eight-oared