Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24
B0ATH0UsE GOSSIP.

Inc IOtOmacS, under the control OF
Capt. Richardson, are expecting to make
their first appearance of the year at the
American rowing regatta. commonly
called the Henley" at Philadelphia, the
latter part Of next month. 1t will be-
that is, II the crew is sent-the first time
the PotOmacs have ever entered q crew
at the Henley though several of the
scullers have made try at the CUPS that
are put up as trophies at this regatta.
Capt. Richardson expects to put his crew
to work regularly on Monday and with
such material at hand as Bell, Morse,
Ellis. Hart, Mueller, Smith, Miller,
Thrall. Evans. Butler, Birney, Corcoran.
himself and others yet to come out he
will have the best field to pick from the
club has had In years. It will therefore
be hard and consistent work until the
Labor day regatta. and things are ex-
pected to hum rom now on around the
clubhouse.
The canoeists of the city would like an
added feature to the national regatta in
the way Of a war canoe race between
members of the Analostan and Wash
ington clubs, and it is not unlikely that
If the proper move Is made such
will be done. OF course, the trophies
could not be national championship. as
be easily arranged if the clubs desired
the race added.
AS published some time ago. the an
nual regatta of the Interclub Canoe As
ISOLATION will not be held this year at
Broadwater. nor will 1t come OF Decora-
ton day, as hitherto. The date will prob
ably be around the latter part Of July,
and 1t is not unlikely that the tidal
basin will be used for the races. 1t is a
most suitable place for canoe regatta
and would give spectators grand place
Sizer and his coworkers are going to
make the fntercanoe regatta this year
one of the most spectacular affairs Of
it's kind ever seen in this section, there
by warming the people up to the canoe
interest, which is yet in its infancy In
Washington.
The announcement that President Odell
Whipple Of the Washington Canoe Club
is about to lead to the altar one of the
recent debutantes Of the city is pleasing
news to his host of friends, who will
has followed his career as head of the
Washington club.
Carl Mueller will start his regular work
in single SOULS during the coming week
and hopes to add new laurels to his cred
1t during the season.
The Georgetown University oarsmen
had hard time during the past week.
Coach Dempsey. desiring to give them
experience in the rough water they will
probably have to put up With at An
napolis, has kept them down between
Easily Point and the Highway bridge,
parallel with Potomac Park, and the re-
suit was disastrous. The crews We're
No., <l,a ,~J, md tl,o
boats were badly checked in many places,
requiring considerable work to get them
back In racing form. 1t is a bad stretch
of water when the wind blows, as the
seawalls keep it on q swell half the time.
The committee of citizens arranging
for the safe and sound Fourth of July
is going ahead making ARRANGEMENTS
for q day of all kinds of sports. includ-
ing rowing and canoeing on the tidal
basin Commissioner Rudolph is the
prime mover in the affair. and he is
banking on the support of the various
clubs to help make it success 1t would
clrbs would take up the scheme and
thereby insure success to the wholly
local affair. The Potomacs expect to
have all OF their active men up at Phila-
gatta, and they would be barred by this
absence.
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The fight for the Middle States regatta
for this year is going along merrily be-
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore, and
the result is still in the balance. The
club of this city, as well as elsewhere.
are being besieged with prospectuses of
each city as the one ideal spot for the
regatta. and therefore solicit the vote
Of the clubs by proxies or attendance Of
delegate.
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The Potomacs are, as usual, devoting a
lot Of time and energy to piling up an
other winning junior crew. as they have
won an important race In this class of
events ever since they started the rowing
boom, back in 1902. 1t has become pro-
verbal on the Schuylkill river course
every year now-"Look out for the Poto-
mac Juniorsr' And this year Capt. Rich
ardson will hand over to Coach Demp-
|sey a lively and hard-hghting crowd. He
win have Allen and Keyhoe Of last year.
Lucas. Hooten and Parker of George
Washington foot ball squad, Wagner, MIL
lovttch, Little Mccullough, Tom Smith.
Walthers. Kemper, Randolph. Borgas and
others who will report the early part Of
this week. They want to get in the Peo-
pies regatta July 4. as the club is al
ways represented by Junior crew at this
aquatic gathering.
The float of the Potomacs that was so
badly damaged by the ice last winter has
been put in good repair by Supt. BrOm-
ley, and is back In service. much to the