Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

will take place on the policy of the clul
for the future regattas to be held her
on the Potomac river. The fine start mad
last summer by the crew, and the splen
infused new life among the majority o
the younger element. and they are de
sirous of continuing the upward trend to
ward progressiveness. The Analostan!
possess the finest material in the cit.
for crews and with suitable boating Graf
they would turn out unbeatable crews II
any regatta. The friends Of rowing hope
they Will keep up to the front and be-
come a factor among the rowing clubs
as they were back in the prosperous day:
OF aquatics on the Potomac.
The only shell boats seen on the rivel
these pleasant days are those launched
from the float of the Analostan Club
Ross Perry. jr.. and Capt. Don Edmond:
are the only single scullers who keep VI
rowing. though the river is now better
adapted for sculling than at any time dur
ing the year.
the Analostans will dispose Of his clever
launch this winter and have a much
larger one built for cruising on the lower
Potomac next summer.
The members Of the Washington Canoe
Club are becoming rather restless over
the delay the contractors are making In
starting the new addition to their house
A month of good weather has passed and
the piles remain uncovered, much to the
chaGrin of President Whlpple and the
hard working building committee. Among
the other improvements contemplated by
the Washinstons is the bridge across the
railroad tracks into their home.
The report that Harvard will send q
crew Of eight oars across the Atlantic
to row the winner Of the Cambridge-ox
ford race is again going the rounds, with
some prospects of 1t coming nearer the
truth than ever before Harvard is now
attempting to have the race take place
two weeks after the one with Yale a,
New London. the arrangement being thai
the members OF the crew leave immedi
granted that they will win the race will
Yale. But suppose Yale bests them
What then?
Mr. Joseph Richardson and a coterie o.
willing spirits OF the Potomacs will built
a thirty-five-foot speedboat during the
winter months In the club annex adjoinins
the bridge. The boat will be supplied witt
powerful engines and the builders expec
it to attain a speed in excess of either
Gray Bat or August Belmont.
It is not unlikely that George Washing
ton University will in the spring make al
attempt to start rowing as one of the
sports Of the college athletics. The deci
sion Of the athletic association not to ado
basket and base ball to the university fol
lowing has given those who favor rowing
a decided boom in that direction. and It i.
not unlikely that they will get the athletic
association to make a start in the early
part of next year. The university ha:
among it's students Messrs. Hart Ellis
Mueller and Lucas of the Potomacs ant
Sheridan OF the Analostans, who have ha(
plenty OF experience as oarsmen. ant
th-se FIVE would make an excellent star
for an eight-oared she'll crew. If proper
steps were taken it is an assured fact tina
the Potomacs would foster the move JUS
as they did some years ago, when they
gave high school rowing such a boom, blu
which. unfortunately. the authorities die
not back on account of the expense anG
the desire to perpetuate foot ball