Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21
BOATH0USE GOSSIP.

| Midshipman Bergen of the u. S. Naval
Academy, who is manager of the crews for
this year, is working very hard to get
| up g. schedule of events to make up for
| the loss of such star crews as Yale
| Harvard and Georgetown and the future
admiral is having all the trouble one can
| imagine to settle on dates. 1t is already
| settled that the Columbia College OF
| New York will row on April 8. a very
early date for the New Workers., and hard
| ly time for Coach Rice to get his stall
warts in shape. and that the University
of Pennsylvania will come later on in the
same month, and these are all that are
definitely settled as sure things. Mdship
man Bergen is anxious to have the
Georgetown freshmen and props to
row the second u and ple hes tine the
| of May, and also the same day
to have the first crow take on a match
race with one of the crack clubs-presuma-
| BIZ the Potomacs-thus making 1t a gaia
day on the Severn for the three races.
Such a day at Annapolis would be the
means of drawing a large crowd of our
| naval and collegiate people down to the
historic town, and Midshipman Bergen
would achieve glory enough by such an
| arrangement.
Mr. Claude r. Zappone, the Washing
ton representative on the National ASso-
| cia ton committee of amateur Oarsmen,
| has been forced to keep indoors lately on
account of a severe cold, and hence has
not kept in touch with events. Mr.. Zap
pone states that it is an open question
yet TO the place for holding the ma
| tional regatta.
! Mr.. Tom German, winner of the inter-
mediate SOULS of 1905 will not retire from
active work, as he stated last year, but
will try for greater honOrs the coming
season. He is very anxious to meet all
local sculers for the title of champion
sculer of the Potomac river some time
during the summer of 1900.
| The New York Athletics are not finding
it very easy work to get the necessary
men TO place in their senior eight and
| thereby retain the American champion
ship. 1t goes without saying that this
crew must be better one than last year.
as the others are coming strong and
will make it trail in their wash unless
they do improve it materially.
Mr. Joe Wright the famous coach of
the ArgOnauts of Toronto, in writing to
a friend in this city, states that the club
will not send a crew across to the Henley
| this year but will endeavor to win the
American championship, as they did in
| 1907. Mr.. Wright was very anxious to
know what the Potomacs were doing and
what their prospects were. for, as he
said, Il remember very distinctly how
that bunch of high school boys pushed
us, and beat out the New York Athletics
at Philadelphia" The Canadians will be
| in all the big American regattas. and
will be especially strong at the national
| in every class.
| Another big crew will make its appear
ance this season and will represent the
Boston Athletic Association. Ever since
his election to the National Association
Mr. II. 2. Wardwell, q leading spirit in
| the Il. A. A, has sfriven to organize
| crew strong enough to compete against
| the cracks of the country. and this year
it looks as If his desires would be ac-
complished. Several of the best oars of
Harvard and Yale have affiliated with
| the Boston A. A.. have been elected to
positions OF honor in the association, and
they are getting the crew going at rapid
| rate In fact many are claiming they
will win the American championship.
The candidates for the senior eight of
the Potomacs are Messrs. Ellis. Spransy,
Capt. Mueller. Thrall, Wallace. Miller.
Bliss. Smith. Bullough, Murray. Ed Muel-
| Ter, Foster. Richardson, Morse, Davis,
| Pearce, Daily and German. This Is about
| the best field of experienced oarsmen the
| club has ever possessed, and with good
handling ought to produce the best crew
| in the history of the club.
! The Ariels of Baltimore are going to
make heroic attempt to get back into
championship class this year as they
| have induced Harry Vail to give up going
| with Georgetown in order to devote all
| attention to them. Some years ago the
Ariels possessed some fine crews espe-
| cially their senior four. and TO win back
| their former prestige will be their aim
this year. Davis OF Cambridge, Mass,
is building them two new boats. eight
| cared shell and a four-oared gig.
| The oyster roast next Saturday night
of the POtomacs will be an interesting
| affair. All that Will be required by
| those who attend will be an old pair of
gloves and oyster knife. as the whole
| affair is to be real rough house roast
! There will be music and other attractive
/ features.
The success which came to the New
| Rochelle Boat Club at the Middle States
regatta has induced the enthusiasts of
| the club to go out for eight-oared shell
| honors. The club has a splendid member
ship. many of whom are Wall street
| bankers, and It's clubhouse, facing
Travers Island. is a very attractive spot
| during the rowing season. 1t is dead
| set on clipping the wings of the New
| York Athletics this year. as. being neigh
/ bors. they are intense rivals.
| 1t is extremely doubtful if any German
scullers will visit the states this year.
/ as the disasters of Won GAIA and Sands
! have not inspired any of the others with
any degree of enthusiasm.
| Capt Carl Mueller is still heart set
on going to Berlin in order to compete
| in the sculling races of the royal German
navy, which take place there every year.