Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-17
NATIONAL REGATTA
A RECORD BREAKER
Canvass by The Star Shows Many
Crews Are Coming From All
Points of the Compass.
CANADA'S DELEGATION
A VERY LARGE ONE
Winnipeg's Crack Four to Compete.
Every Club in Philadelphia and
New York Will Enter Crews.

WIN d niue more tDan t1fee weeks -Of
work remaining for the national regatta
of the Amateur Association Of America
washington is now assured Of a regatta
such as it never enjoyed, surprising the
great gatherings here of 1891, which was
the banner year Of the national associa-
ton.
This is no mere surmise but is based on
information received from the various
rowing sections from parties high I'D in
the world of aquatics, and who follow the
sport because it is clean and manly. and
free from all faint of professionalism or
crookedness.
Ihis information means also that COM
ing with crews there will be a large con-
tingent of the clubs also. so that during
regatta week our city will be crowded
with people who are good spenders. and
Will leave quite large roll here among
our merchants
knowing full we'll that the local COM
mittee could not give out any definite in
formation, because it is under obu-
cations not to divulge anything until
after the entries are all in, they not clos
ing until Saturday. July 80, with Secre-
tary Fortmeyer at New York. a canvass
mas been made with the following results:
Starting with the Dominion Of Canada
and the famous Argonauts Of Toronto,
1t was ascertained that Cant. Joe
Wright of that club has in training
l16 men for the races here at WASH
I'M on, probably 'Da the largest number
scullers in the four singles, senior
champions, intermediate and quarter
mile dash, senior and intermediate
double SOULS. intermediate four cared
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Dared shells. quadruple shells and
senior and intermediate eight-oar-
ed shells. Don Rowing Club of
toronto: intermediate four-oared
smell, double SOULS senior and probably
a junior eight. Halifax, Nova Scotia,
James O'Neal. the American champion
In all the senior races, and also a
four Dared senior crew from ST. Mary's
Aquatic Club. From Ottawa, Ontario,
where James Ten Eyck is coaching,
will come the strong Ottawa four. who
won the Middle States here in 1908. and
they may also bring a junior eight
cared crew.
From Winnipeg, Manitoba, will come
winning the Steward cup at the Eng
lish Henley at London last week, the
first time. an outside crew ever cap
tured the trophy.
From st. Paul. Mimi, will come the
crew of the Minnesota Club, being their
second, visit east. their first being here
In 1891. when they rowed such a good
race against the wonderful Hillsdale
crew. The Detroit Club will send an
intermediate and senior eight and a
senior four. Il
send two Fights. senior and intermediate,
Leeping in senior singles and senior
four; the Westerns an intermediate
double. senior double and maybe junior
four and probably an International four
From Springfield, Mass, Kelly, War
necke and Bennett in sculling matches,
singles and doubles: Lynn, Mass, Buck
ley in senior singles.
Boston will send big representation.
as the Riverside. Jeffries Point, Boston
Athletic Association. East Boston Inter
scholastic Association, West End and st.
Alphonsus Association have every style of
oarsmen and scullers hard at work pre-
pairing for the races.
Around the Harlem river. as told by
President Hlkington in last Sundays
Star. every one of the thirty-odd clubs
is modelling out crews. the majority
using every effort to get out speedy eight
cared crews for the national roundup
The Atlantas and Dauntless are out for
the junior eight, the First Bohemians will
send down a senior double scull, the
Harlems will enter men in nearly every
race and close on their heels will be the
Metropolitans The New York Athletics
senior fours, senior double, Miller and
Mann, and three senior singles. the Mill
err brothers and Mann. The Nassaus
will surely enter their winning eight,
junior eight, two singles and two four
cared crews. The Unions will present
senior double.
From New Rochelle will be their
"Chippy' eight-oared crew. senior four
and a senior and intermediate double.
Flushing, l.. l., will have an able rep
resentative in the Wahnetahs, they hay-
ing defeated all corners this summer in
senior Fights, with the exception of Mas
SauS.
Brooklyn will send down a large con-
tingent, and Judge Tighe and his Raven
woods and Seawanhaka will have almost
as many entries as Canada.
learned that almost every club on the
Schuylkill has crews in training, and that
the output from Quakerdom will be i'm
mense. The West Philadelphia will send
down two double sculling crews and a
Junior eight, while the Crescents will re-
lax from their oft-repeated story of not
coming here, and will send junior and
intermediate eight. as we'll as an inter
mediate four. The Maltas started We'd
nesday to get crew in working order.
and expect Junior eight as the result
The Vespers. having taken on a new
lease of activity, will send the largest !
list of entries the club has made in years
Their senior eight. which won at the
Peoples" is after championship hon
ors: Gordon will row in the senior sin
giles and association singles: they will
have an intermediate eight, senior four.
senior double, and may also go to thu
limit of a Junior eight.
The Fairmounts and Montrose will
probably get out junior Fights: the
former, ALSO are working out an interme-
date four-oared crew.
Penn Barge has some splendid men at
work and it looks sure for junior eight.
with strong chances also for an entry in
the intermediate class. An Intermediates
four will also row from this club, com
posed of Uhlman. Chapman, Goodwin
and Arms.
The Bachelors are training hard for the
national a senior four and an intermedi-
ate double. The Quaker City will enter
two tours and an intermediate double
scull, the University Barge, senior, dou-
BILE SOULS, senior single and an intermedi-
ate eight.
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