Evening star., 1909-03-07
B0ATHOUSE GOSSIP.

BOATHOUSE GOSSIP.
| The prospects Of a race between the
| first and second crews Of the Naval Acad-
enny and the two crews Of the Potomac
Boat Club Of this city is very promising.
| and all that remains to be done IS to
| agree on the date of the meeting. Mid
| shipman Bergen, the manager of the
crews of the Academy. has written to Mr.
John Hadley Doyle, chairman of the
racing committee Of the Potomacs, asking
| that they send a crew over on April II
! to meet the second crew, 1t being gen.
orally understood down at the Academy
| that the Georgetown freshmen and the
| preps would come down on that day
| to race the third and plebe crews, re-
spectively. It is now very certain that the
only crew the Georgetowns would send
down would be the freshmen, and they
would specifically agree to a meeting with
the "plebes." as 1t would be inexpedient
at this time to send the preps.
| The Potomacs have notified the Navy
oarsmen that they will gladly
send down two crews at any
| time after May I, this being also
about the only time the Georgetowns
could row. as the Easter holidays would
prevent their getting away any time
around April II, the date set by Midship-
man Bergen.
1t would make gala day down at the
academy to have three crews from this
city, and it is therefore up to the future
sea-pacers to get busy and agree on a
date for the regatta, as the Potomacs
are on edge for such a race, and only
await the call from Capt. Mueller and
Lieut. Slocum to report for training
stunts. 1t may be probable, too, in case
the races are arranged for the month OF
May for the Potomacs to send down
a third or junior crew to row against
their third crew, as Lieut.. Slocum thinks
he can get out a good one of that class
by that time.
Joe Richardson OF the Potomacs has
purchased the thirty-four-foot launch
Naomi and is going to place it in first
between Washington and Colonial Beach.
1t will become one of the many in the
anchorage of the club Just west of the
Aqueduct bridge. which Is rapidly filling
up with such craft Of members.
DIR. I.add, Mr.. w c. Mckinney and Mr.
Joseph It. DAILY were UP to the formers
ranch In Virginia early last week on a
hunting trip. 1t is said the trip was for
the purpose OF getting DAILY in trim for
the coming season, as the youngster
has taken on too much flesh during the
winter.
Frank Greer. the American champion
sculler. is rapidly mending from the re-
cent operation performed on him by the
Boston specialists, and it Is said that he
may start in the regatta at Philadelphia
| July 4.
| Baltimore oarsmen are making great
preparations for the American Henley at
Philadelphia. May 20. while they are also
making a big fight to secure the Middle
| States. The Arundels hope to capture
the interscholastic championship with
| their "Poly" team, representing the stu
dents of the Polytechnic High School of
| Baltimore.
The Hellas Rudderpost Club of Berlin
| Germany, has sent to the Potomac Boat
| Club very fine edition OF the yearbook
| OF the club 1t Is handsomely bound in
| morocco and embossed with the club
| colors on the front. 1t Is replete with
numerous cuts and engravings. showing
| the course and the clubhouse in the vi
| cfnity of the Germans Capital city, and
will no doubt be a decided attraction to
| the library of the Potomac club.
| Tho West Philadelphia Boat Club ex-
| poets great things this year from Young
| Allison. its intermediate sculer. who. it
will be remembered. won the Junior sculs
is only kid" but, like that other kid.
Miller of the New York Athletics, is
wonder with the sculls.
President Taft when a student at Yale
was a great disciple of rowing, and for
two years rowed in the varsity against the
common enemy-Haryard. With him in
the crew was the noted Bob Cook.
whose stroke made "Old Elf famous.
For the first time In years Cornell has
not a Washington boy in the probable
members of either the varsity or fresh
men crews for Poughkeepsie.
John Kennedy. the noted aquatic mentor
of Yale College. in letter to Mr..
William C. Mckinney, assistant superin-
tendent Of the bureau Of engraving
of the prnpE Prospects speaks for so~nEy ToWny
at New haven in the future. He
gives in detail the prospectus of the new
100000 house the faculty is going to
build, and when completed says
Eli will have something like 500 students
enrolled as oarsmen. Mr.. Kennedy also
said in his letter that there was no stream
in America to compare with the Potomac
river for rowing purposes, and had Yale
College the benefit of such a river 1t
would have the world beaten to a FRAGILE
as far as rowing achievements are con-
eerned.
The coming smoker of the Potomac
Boat Club, on the evening of the 18th at
Carroll Institute Hall. will eclipse any
thing of its kind held here since the DAYS
of the old Columbia Athletic Club There
will be a diversity of entertaining fea-
lures, vaudeville and sports mixed in suf-
ficiently to keep all interested for the
whole evening. There will be IA minstrel
olio. songs by George O'Connor. Don
Edmonds, Tom German and a quartet. a
poetical monolOgue by Col John A. Joyce.
one OF the original members OF the club,
volunteers from Chases and the Lyceun
Theaters, and some wrestling and other
sports. 1t will be flrst-class in every
respect.
READY FOR GAMES
at INDIAN HEAD