Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

with the sea wall of Potomac Park as the
port, and no moving craft. outside of the
competitors, will be allowed inside the
space The program is an elaborate
affair and will be carried out according
to the card. and our people will witness
one of the greatest aquatic carniyals ever
seen on any body of water In the world
SURPRISING the beauty and elegance of
Englands fine show each year at the
famous Henley.
The general advisory committee is com
posed OF Senator John II. Gallinger Rep
resentatire Samuel w. Smith chairman
of the House District committee: Beck
man Winthrop. assistant Secretary of the
Navy: Assistant Secretary of Commerce
and Labor Ormsby McHarg. Brig. Gen
Clarence r. Edwards L. S. A.: Henry r.
f. Mcfarland, Henry l.. West, Maj W
V. Judson. L. s. A.: Senior Capt Worth
G. Ross, captain commandment United
States cutter service: Brig. Gen. George
II. Harries. William Il. GUIDE. j. H. Small.
Cuno III. Rudolph. Corcoran Thorn. D. ].
Callahan, j. {. KEEPER and Percy S. Fos-
ter.
The advisory committee of the regatta j.
composed of Messrs. John Hadley DOYLE
and Claude r. Zappone Of the Potomac
Boat Club, Lewis A. Fischer and Don s
EdmondS of the Analostan Boat Club
AdranSizer of the Intercanoe Association.
Odell Whipple and Edward 3. Finch of the
Washington Canoe Club. Joseph B. Carr
and George Steiger of the Sycamore Island
Canoe Club. Luther Schriner and J.
Burrus of the Columbia Canoe Club A. II.
Gregory and Clarence +. Ingling Of the
Corinthian Yacht Club. with J. X. Brown
as secretary of the entire organization.
, These committees meet once a week
with Ira A. Bennett as chairman OF the
whole. and they are mapping out the
work 10 be done in very systematic way.
All preliminaries have been attended to
at this time. and the remainder of the
work will be attended to in like manner.
thus assuring the whole great success
Tor the city.
IT is not settled yet whether this city
will be represented at the Middle States
regatta that will be pulled off Labor day
on the Harlem river course at New York
but among a number of the promoters OF
aquatfcs there is a movement to get at
least one crew and several scullers there
through spirit of civic pride The presi-
dent of the Middle States Association is
Mr.. Claude r. Zappone of the Potomac
Boat Club of this city. who is one
of the few that has kept rowing affairs
prominent here in years, and as the Mid
die States has compimented the city BY
making him its head officer, pride ought
TO move the locals TO see that crews from
this city are entered in the regatta max
ing particular point on the senior eight
OF the Potomacs- Whether the crew ex.
poets to go to New York on Labor day is
not certain, but one thing Is certain.
they commenced rowing last Monday and
have kept it up steadily. and they have
been informed ~ Coach Dempsey that
he will take them in hand tomorrow rs
he has been more than busy whipping the
juniors into shape for the race yesterday
at Richmond. 1t would also be an adj
ftea, far
TENDER - to have the Potomacs entered
at New York.
The defeat of Durando Miller at the
National knocked out his prospects Of
going TO the Henley next summer al Lon
don, as his father promised him the Hen
ley TRIP if he won the National. Miller
is the best exponent of amateur sculling
that has ever reached the front ranks
he will not accept the services of a pro-
fessional coach. and all he picks up in
the art is by his own handicaps. and
hence his defeat is a regrettable affair 10
higher amateur athletes.
The Detroit river, where the recent Ma
tional regatta was pulled off, is a very
fast course. being helped considerably By
the current that sweeps down, so that
the winning time of the New York ath
letes in the senior eight of COS was no
better than that made by the NesperS of
619 at Philadelphia July >. This is worth
rejecting on for those who dope out time
in boat races.
Mr. Clarence Dunbar Davis has con
Guided to make one more try at sculling
and has commenced to get ready for the
September regatta here on the Potomac.
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Keep your eye on the nalostans. They
will surprise every one at the September
regatta.
II looks natural to see that one time
He is out single scullinr and assisting in
coaching the Analostans.
The Old Dominions of Alexandria have
not taken on the hump that was eN-
pected of them. They should be up and
after some of the valuable prizes of the
coming regatta.
Capt Richardson of the Potomacs is a
busy man these days, for besides manag-
ing the crews, he is now the chief pro-
moter of the excursion for August %. in
behalf of the crews expense for the big
regatta.
Secretary Brown of the regatta thinks
il a mistake that the rowing regatta was
changed from the accessible up-river
course to the inaccessible facing
Potomac Park. and he Is not the only
one VINO thinks SO.
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