Evening star., 1909-04-18
Will Have Basket Ball Team.
BoATHoUsE GOSSIP.

1t has been definitely settled that the
| race between the Navy and Potomacs of
! this city will take place Saturday, May
! 1. on the Severn river, Annapolis. and
| that the race will be of a triangular ma
ture and two miles in length. AS stated
| in The Star of last Sunday. the Poto-
, macs found it totally impossible to get
a second eight to go against the second
one of the Navy, so Mdshipman Benson,
in charge of the academy rowing affairs.
was notified of the trouble and assured
that the Potomacs would send one eight
to race both first and second crews of
the Midshpmen. Thursday word was
received from Midshipman Benson,
U.SN, accepting the terms offered by
the Potomacs and thanking them for
agreeing to row both crews. as 1t is the
only race the second one will have during
the season.
The Petomacs are going to send down
the best they have. and with Morse of
the champions last Year again In the
stroke seat and behind him Ellis. Hart.
Ed Mueller Foster. Bullough, Bliss Mil
Ter and Capt. Richardson, with ''old re-
shape, the crew will be able to give a
good account of itself, despite the fact
that the race goes the long distance OF
two miles.
The Potomacs will take down quite
large delegation of friends, including
many of their female followers and ex-
pect to have gala day at the academy,
for besides the rowing event there is
also TO be a game of base ball between
Navy and Western Maryland and a la
crosE game with Johns Hopkins.
The boat race takes place at 3 o'clock,
and visitors Will have no trouble in get
ting away from Annapolis, as the Poto-
macs will charter a special on the cleo
frin
crew and officers of the club will be en-
tertained by the athletic association in
the mess hall after the race.
The Potomacs will give theater party
on the evening of May = at the Columbia
Theater. The proceeds are to help along
the paying off the debt Of the new home.
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'Biff' Taylor, the youngster who has
stroked the Argonauts of Canada for the
past two seasons. has been selected to
fill that post again by Capt. Joe Wright
of the club. He is regarded as the most
finished oarsman in America.
The high winds which prevailed all over
America during the past week kept all
oarsmen within doors, and for the time
being training was suspended: 1t was
very strong down at Annapolis and Coach
Glendon was unable to get his crews out
for q whole week.
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Everybody is taking .off his hat and
bowling to Capt. Joseph Richardson of the
Potomacs He Is the first one to be elect
bership but he comes to the place well
equipped with aquatic knowledge to bring
success to himself and club.
Young Jim Ten Eyck will not be mem
Der of the Syracuse University crew for
many bad breaks and figured in too many
question: BILE money tricks to pass muster
as a college oarsman. hence his retire
ment He will assist his daddy in coach
ing the future Syracuse crews.
The new sweep oars of the Potomacs.
received last week from the celebrated
Mark Davis manufactory of New York,
are pronounced by the maker as the finest
ones he has ever turned out for college or
club. They are of the latest model with
hollow borings, are twelve feet long with
an inboard of forty-two inches. They are
painted in the colors of the club. red
and white" and will be used for the first
race at Annapolis MAY ! against the
crews of the Naval Academy.
The defeat of Yale by Pennsylvania re-
rently at Philadelphia was not SO much
of test of the two crews as 1t was be-
tween the two boats and sweeps used.
Yale uSe0 an fnSilSn maze smell and
sweeps from Sims of London while Penn
sylvania used a Ruddick (American) and
Ellis Ward sweeps. Itswas triumph of
American goods and hence many of the
clubs who were thinking of placing orders
for similar craft of English make have
called a halt Stick to the American boat
is the slogan of all the clubs at present.
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There seems to be a universal demand
among the members of the Potomacs that
Bobby Slocum take charge of the tiller
ropes in the race against the navy May
l. He is beyond question the most brainy
coxswain that ever sat in a boat and he
is needed now to help his clubmates along
The Detroit people are already at work
making preparations for the big national
regatta in August, the citizens of the
town having already subscribed more
than enough to insure its financial sue
cess.
The AnalOstans will not hoist their flag
before MAY | as the majority of the avail
able men are busy al the universities delv-
ing into law and medicine Capt. Town
send will boom things after the opening.