Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22
Morton c. Stout 4 Co., ' 81! 81,

he has induced more candidates to come
| out than he has boats to accommodate
! the host, and many have taken to double
outriSger rowing in order to get in some
preliminary work tie has about twenty
| two good candidates. and IT the racing
| committee succeeds i'll landing either Ten
| Eycl5 or Dick Glendon of Naval Academy
| fame to coach them for the big event. 1t
| goes without saying that the Analostans
| will be a reckoning element in the races.
| The club will make decided play
+! for the junior four and junior eight cared
contests, and if all the prospects come
| to pass. as expected. it may not be
strange to see the old club enter senior
crew in the Fights.
I The Potomacs, despite being crippled by
the wrecking of their racing she'll. started
in for hard work Tuesday. Capt. Richard
son having secured the temporary use OF
another boat for the time being. which
Coach Dempsey rugged up to suit the
emergency. OF course, every one expects
to see the Potomacs active. and Capt
Richardson and the racing committee IN
tend to see that everything is done TO
keep their colors at the head Of every
| thing locally, and for that purpose every
thing will be massed on the she'll con-
tests 1t is the hope of the Potomacs
TO put crews on every one of the nine
the racing committee is endeavorinS To
secure a suitable double scull, four-oared
and new eight-oared she'll, to get their
crews we'll boated. They are going 10
make the affair big output OF the
available oarsmen of the organization
and hope to realize enough from their
excursion Monday evening to pay all
debts Of the regatta, as they have promise
| Of a big crowd. If all reports are true.
1t ought to be an overflow affair.
Y 4
The Washington Canoe Club under the
| leadership of Nj. o. d. Whipple and
Lawrence Eberbach, will make great
showing in the canoe end of the regatta
and the night carnival, on the river. They
are determined to win from the Analostans
the championship in war canoes. the
most spectacular event In canoeing ana
will start i'll at once to gel the doughty
sixteen men out for the race, ana, IN
cidentally the beautiful prizes. They will
make a showing worthy of the city and
club, aud hope to see many outside
entries.
The Potomacs met with much more
serious affair on their Richmond trip
| than the defeat the Virginias administer
ed TO them in the regatta on the James.
The Potomacs had their own baggage
car for the transportation OF their racing
shell. and nothing else should have been
allowed III the car. but unfortunately
some OF the baggage men of the road
dumped Il lot of trunks In on the home
ward trip. and what happened can
easily be guessed the racing boat was
smashed and ruined for all future use.
II places the club III a bad way for a
racing boat, as it will be almost impos-
sipie to secure one for the regatta of
the Mddle States and later in the Poto-
mac river affair September Is. 1t was
| culpab,e negligence on the part OF the
railroad, and while it will have to make
good il does not help the Potonacs, as
none OF the boat builders mas any in
stock they all being built by order. and
hence it vi i put the local boys under "a
hardship II they try TO use one of the old
craft OF the club.
1t has been q disastrous year for the
Fotomacs, who usually make good in
some OF the resattas. but SO far they
haven't had run Tor the money. and
now 20 have their priced racing boat
smashed up kind OF rubs it in Oil the To-
cal champions.
The Arundels of Baltimore have had
downright hard luck with their senior
four-oared crew this year. which added
to what they claim as case of 'robbinS
makes L cve. harder for the leaders of
Baltimore anuatics Iley lost at the
Harlem by niShap to NUMBER two While
leading the race, we're foued by the Yes
pars July ut Philadelphia aud they
claim very strennoualy that ut the Ma
! uonal the officials robbed them of the
victory they won in the eyes and verdict
OF the public They will go to the Middle
states and here September IS 10 make
10 for laurels lost by hard luck and rob-
berry. which would never happen in Po
tomac river regatta.
In the opinion CT experts Ut the Ma
tional regatta. the senior four oare9
races were far superior 10 the eight
Dared races. because the four-oared
crews as such were much better crews
than the Fights were of their class. Nov
if that senior crew Of the Potomacs ir;.d
only trained for that event as they should
have trained there would have been one
good crew entered at least and the
American championship would rest here