Evening star., 1909-06-20
BoATHOUsE GOSSIP.

| The second regular regatta of the TO
tomac Boat Club will take place Saturday
afternoon next. and from the details map
ped out by the racing committee and Capt
Richardson, the affair will eclipse the
success of the one held under date of
June s.
! In order to make the regatta take on
the form of interclub interest the Poto-
macs have sent request 10 the A1aiostan
club to enter an eight-oared crew against
one from their juniors. and it is expected
| that the downriver club will avail itself
| of chance for a friendly race. II
is also down on the program 20 invite the
Old Dominions to send up a couple OF
crews to take part, and if they accept the
regatta will attract great zeal OF at
tention between the three organlZations
! The PotomacS are determined to boom
rowing here this summer. despite the
| fact that the city will be without ols
| open regatta, they argue that Dy
creating this local spirit it means more
of a'success to the regatta they will
| hold next year open to the world, hence
they expect cooperation from among the
other clubs in order to arouse the desired
| interest
one of the strong cards for the regatta
next Saturday will be the single-Scull
contest between the scullers of the Poto-
macs for the set of racing sculls tnat MI.
John Hadley DoyIe offers to give the WIN
cester. Mass a firm that turns out the
| best sculls in America, and the winner
will get a prize worth contestlns lot IL
is stipulated that there must ne at ieast
| three starters, but with nelh lihe Joe
| Daly Tom German, George Herman, SIdf-
ence Davis and Capt Carl Mueller there
will be no trouble in getting the necessary
men up to the work. -.
In addition to these races there VIII
| be plenty of others, such as doubles
i oil -nCip
| Guiding a picked four from the Potomacs
| and Washington Canoe Club. the latter
event being the stellar attraction OF Ine
| canoe events. Dancing Will follow the
aquatic events on the water. music 1or
this being supplied by an orchestra from
the Cavalry Band of Fort Myer.
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| Capt. Gerry Townsend Of the Ana
| lostans has been away from the city for
quite a period. and it is indefinite when
he will return to the city. A good many
| friends of that clever oarSman and dip
lomat Don Edmunds are anxious to see
him at the helm as they realize he is
progressive and would make things lively
| around the old resort. Don EdmundS IS
a finished oarSman having graduated
| from the Georgetown University squad,
| and was a member of the crew that
| Dempsey coached when 1t rowed such a
game race at Poughkeepsie.
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The Mound City Club of st. Louis. Mo-,
| offered Pat Dempsey very fattering
| stipend if he would come out there and
look after its crews for the rest of the
| season The Mound City Club believes
| it could win the senior four-oared
| championship of American with Demp-
| sey as coach, hence the fiattering offer.
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It is now a settled fact that the Ana
| lostans will not go down to Richmond.
| Va, to meet the Virginia Boat Club in
| a match race for eight oars. The Vir-
| ainians We're very anxious to have the
| AnalostanS come down, but the lack of
| available oarsmen, necessary from a
| training point of view, will preclude
such a trip this year. The Virginians
will probably induce one of the Balti-
more crews to come down as their guests.
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Much speculation is on up at the Uni
versity Club over the outcome of the
Yale-Harvard race at New London July
| /. Some time ago all the drift was
| toward Harvard. but the sound drubbing
that both varsity and freshman crews
| received at the hands of Cornell re-
Gently has changed the drift consider
| ably, and Yale now looms up strongly
| Should Harvard beat Yale and should
Cornell win at Poughkeepsie. the old
fhreadbare argument as to which pro-
| duces the best crews, New London or
| Poughkeepsie, will again assail the peo-
pie through the medium of the press.
! But should the races result as men
toned, all fair-minded people without
Poughkeepsie is the premier place and
Cornell the fastest American college as
far as rowing affairs are concerned.
|
| After the Peoples regatta next month
| at Philadelphia there is no date set
that appeals to the local oarsmen of this
| city, as they realize 1t is out of all finan-
cial question to send crews away out to
| Detroit for the National, nor do the Off
GERS of the clubs desire to go to the
| mill race" in September, when the Mid
die States is pulled off at New York. In
| order to offset this fall-off in interest
the Potomacs are seriously thinking of
| inviting one of the clubs of Baltimore,
presumably the Ariels. for dual meet.
| either here on the Potomac or on the
| PatapSco at Baltimore.
| The Ariels who are at present work.
| ing under the coaching of Harry Vail.
have just such crews as the Potomacs.
except four-oared shells, and it would
| make an extremely fine meet to get the
two aligned up against each other. Both
clubs could turn out junior. intermediate
| and senior eights, junior. senior and in
| termediate scullers, and to meet the
! emergency the POtomacS could easily Sc
cure a four-oared shell to meet Junior
and senior crews from the Baltimore
! boys. 1t is a live wire, and the Po-
| tomacs may keep it hot until the meet
| Is secure.
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! There is much disappointment around
| the Potomac house because the senior
eight has cut training, and has not
| been out since the race with the Navy
| 1t is woefully out of the running,
and it would require two months hard
work to get the men on edge for real
| contest The lively juniors still keep on
the firing line, however, and are showing
| the dash and spirit that the seniors
might well copy. sit up and take notice
| if they want to shine as great oarsmen.
July l John Kennedy, the great head
coach of Yale, will take charge Of Harry
| Bennett, the ex-champion single sculler
of America. the purpose being to get him
| in shape for the National, where he
| hopes to WreSt the honorS once again
| away from Frank Greer.
| A number Of local oarsmen were in
| Philadelphia yesterday watching the an
nual regatta of the Schuylkill navy. This
is a closed affair and the blue ribbon"
event of the clubs, and more local in
| terest is shown than in the big open
| affairs.
|
| Every Potomac member is out on the
| hustle to make the date of July IL a.
| record breaker. 1T is still hunt after
prizes and the question Is, WHO wins?'
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