Evening star., 1909-09-12

Ten Eyck is instilling the good old
American stroke. fast and strong. Just
| such as has made him famous with the
| Syracuse University crews.
Who's Afraidp
In regard TO the canoe races Capt. Ed
monds says the Analostan Club is In
peculiar situation this year The club
war canoe was the first one of Its KIND
on the river, and has always been a
source of pleasure to its members When
the Washington Canoe Club secured
similar boat a great rivalry sprung up
and the question of superiority has oeen
| thrashed out repeatedly, the Analostans
consistently maintaining their tue as
champions. cinching the right 10 tne
claim July 81 of this year. However,
Capt. Edmonds is essentially an oarsman
and considers padding canoe sport
| for girls or fat men, and REGARDS tne
material of the Analostan Club equal 10
| that of any club in the country and Is
endeavoring to lead his club into the
ranks of oarsmen in hopes that they may
occupy a place among boat-race winners
hence he Is devoting all OF his energies
to developing she'll crews and forgettins
all about the war canoes. Rowing is
mans work and If a chap is good oars
man he has the stuff in him that Will
make him winner in almost anything ne
undertakes. Canoeing is real nice sport,
but anybody can paddle, while you nave
to pick over a hundred or more men to
/ find eight who can stand up to real
| boat race.
Over at the Potomac Club Coach Demp-
sey is managing the whole shooting
match, and mapping out for his crew and
scullers intensely hard work. toach
Dempsey is hard worker himself
and is always happy when things are
constantly on the jump The SMASH a,sal,
| was a serious blow, but Dempsey got
dowr to hard work and rigged up the
other craft and hence the club VIII go
| into the races fairly well equipped Tor
week WEI win find the Potomacs on the
jump, as the crews will be put through
racing stunts every day, while the coach
on the motor boat is directing them
| through the megaphone. The question
as to who's who in the north pole con-
| troversy is not worrying the scientists
of the Potomacs-they are more anxious
| to solve the science OF the Dempsey
stroke just now. and hence the IroIen
| sea is forgotten and all are WORKING
hard to win laurels
Potomac Crews.
The crews as selected by Dempsey are
as follows: Senior eight-Bell, stroke;
Ellis 4 Hart, s.; Mueller, 5; Smith, =
3ulough, 3; Wallace Miller. 2; Frank
Miller. L; Slocum, coxswain. Bower
Spransy is out because he considered
putting the shot more important than
| rowing and Dempsey says they are row
ing too even now to make change. Bel;
| the stroke, is an ex-Cornell oarsman anu
stroked the winning crews In 1919.
The Junior crew will be Butler, stroke'
Coultry, I: Evans, =; Small. o; Birney'
| 4: Spransy, 3: Lucas, 2; Clagett, /; Ran
| dolph, coxswain. Small and Lucas are
| comparatively new men. though old mem
bers, and supplant Keyhoe. and Alien.
who did not return for training ;n a,.ef ard ard
every day and generally finish up the
afternoon work by a handicap race over
| the course with the seniors, generally
holding their own.
senior sculls, and Herman, Davis and
| Mueller in the junior sculls. but 1t Will
| look odd not to see faithful old Joe Daiy
at work this year. He Is away on ms
vacation trip and Will not return IN tiHe
| to take part. :,
The Metropolitans of New York will
enter a senior eight in the races here
next Saturday and reports are to the ef-
feet that it will be crackerjack.
Good Showing Of Canoeists.
The canoe elements will make a big
showing next Saturday. each working to
make their part of the program more at
tractive than the rowing events. The
Washingtons will have representatives In
each race in order to make a complete
haul of the best prizes. making especially
a fight to win the war canoe race. The
| boys up on Sycamore Island are also
doing great work on Broadwater and ex-
pect to spring some surprises on the ca
noeists down In the city.
The success of the Ariel Club at the
Middle States regatta has enthused the old
| champions Of the state, and nothing but
| praise is heard on all sides for the good
after a season Of continued upsets. IT
will re-establish Vail in the hearts of the
Ariels.
At the recent Middle States regatta the
| two most important class races. senior
| fours and senior eights. failed to fill. and
| the races had to be cut out of the pro-
gram. This was a bad showing for the
nineteen clubs in the neighborhood Of the
what does this mean? Billy Britt the
one-time champion sculler of the river, is
| training hard and Is out twice every day.
using the Georgetown University house
| for his headquarters. Every one is
wondering what Billy has up his sleeve.
Every one admits that the entries this
year at both the National and Middle
States regattas did not come up to the
standard when compared with the last
| three years.
At the meeting Thursday night of the
Regatta Association. held at Willards s
Hotel. final arrangements, as far az
officals of the races next Saturday, were
completed. The clubs represented were
the Potomac and Analostan Boat Clubs.
Capital and Corinthian Yacht and Motor
Boat Clubs. and the Washington, Column
| bia. Sycamore Island, ,sfIigh Island, Inter
Club Canoe clubs, together with many
unattached canoeists
The selections made for the several po-
sitions were as follows. care being taken
| that none Of those selected was connect
ed with any of the clubs competing.
Referee-Mr. John NJ. Francis of Troy,
l. N. Y; ex-Cornell oarsman and journal
| list Of repute.
| Starter-Mr. Henry Penn Burke, ex-
commodore of the Schuylkill navy.
| Starter for Canoes-Dr. K. A. Clarke.
Judges at Finish-Mr. William B. Hibbs
| Bernard r. Green, D. C. Mcqueen and
DR.. Tindall.
| Timers-Messrs. Arthur c. Moses,
| Ralph Lee and William Jose.
| Reception Committee-Mr John r.
Brown, chairman: and he will appoint q
corps of assistants to help meet visitors
at Union station.
| The Official measurer of the motor
boats as well as the Judges Of same will
be named on Monday, it being rather diff
fcult to get a suitable person to do the
mea suring and handicapping of the motor
crafts.
| Lieut.. Fred Ballard of the United
and said the gig crew from the Apache"
would gladly engage In a race with the
naval reserve, or any crew from any Of
the government boats present on the day
| of the regatta President Bennett said
they would be accommodated, SO a cutter
race has been added to the days sport.
/ The prizes for the regatta we're placed
on exhibition yesterday In the show win
dows Of Parker, Bridget & Co. and at