Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-12
BOATHOUSE GOSSIP.

The rowing season Of 1910. as far as
open regattas are concerned. came TO
an end last Monday at the close Of the
annual Middle States" on the Schuyl-
kill river, at Philadelphia. and the sea-
son ended not SO glorious as the
promoters Of the rowing game an
ticipated. The achievements OF the
year 1910 were not productive Of any
thing In the way of record breaking.
nor was there anything phenomenal in
the doings OF any Of the scullers and
crews at any OF the regattas held dur
ing the year. Here at the National dur
ing August. the very best crews Of the
year were present. but not one came
up to the measurement OF the brilliant
crews Of previous seasons. In fact. the
work OF the. best Of them. either
scullers or oarsmen, suffered when
placed in comparison with the champions
OF 1909. 1908 or 1897. There were more
crews and scullers in evidence in 1910, but
for some reason they had more the ap-
pearance OF second raters than first-class
men In what should be first-class or
championship contests. or course. the
sad accident at Toronto put the big crew
Of the Argonauts out OF the going, and
this crew alone had the stamp of first
class in its makeup. as it had signaily
defeated the Ottawas. who won here,
and they were regarded as sure winners
of the American championship. and a
likely winner at the English Henley next
July. The holding of the National re-
gatta here in the middle Of August ope-
rated against the Middle States at Phila-
delphia, for such important events as the
junior and intermediate eight-oared shells
did not I'LL at all. two classes OF oars
men that the Middle States Association
desires to promote more than any other.
II Is hard to reason out the failure for
these classes not filling. especially as at
Philadelphia, with its seventeen clubs.
there is a superabundance OF Junior
oarsmen. who are always DESTROYS Of a
chance to row. The season Of 1910 was
more Of a failure than a success. and II
the National is left out. 1t was dire
failure. and the promoters of the clean
sport have got to best!r themselves IL
they desire to perpetuate the rowing in
terest In future years.
Single sculling has received a great in
centive all over the circuit. and every
where the papers are speaking OF this
and that oarsman having taken up single
sculling. Like infantile paralysis. II has
struck Washington as Thrall, Allen, Ed
Mueller. Billy Birney. Arthur Bell, Lucas
out sculling every day. II Is a good
thing for clubs to possess plenty OF
single scullers.
The annual regatta OF the Washington
Canoe Club. which had been announced
for Saturday. September a. has been
called of by the voicing committee of
the popular organisation. Com Rogers.
who has worked 50 hard during the sea-
son now waning to keep up a lively
interest among the washingtonians. was
hopeful up until Thursday that he
would be able to hold the regatta, but as
many Of the paddlers announced their
inability to get out for the regatta, he
was forced. reluctantly. to call the entire
q strong probability that II will go over
until the spring OF 1911.
The return OF the Georgetown students
to their classes the coming week, VIII
have crews from the classes start in at
once to get ready for the regular fall
regatta. Coach Dempsey and Janitor
Brown have got things in apple-pie order
for the coming OF the future oarsmen of
the Blue and the GRAY. and they will find
things much more agreeable around the
ARK on their return.
| Capt. Joseph Richardson has returned
| to the city and 1t is very likely he will
get up a club regatta some time during
the latter part OF the present month. 1t
| is expected that there will be q large
number Of canoe races. eight-oared sells.
double SOULS. ana race for novice
singles, in which Thrall. Allen. Mueller.
Birney. Bell ana MCKINNEY VIII take
p The disappointment Of the Middle States
regatta was the failure Of the Arundel
senior four-oared championship crew TO
enter against the vespers. who had per-
sonally challenged them fer the race.
No one can say the Arundels were not
I'm the right by staying away. as winning
what they had. the championship. they
would be foolish to jeopardize their pres
i emit high standing by meeting Vespers
whom they had defeated here at the Ma
tionai.
baltimore IL going to make one more
heroic effort to get the Middle States
regatta for the Patapsco river in 1911. and
| ~ they fail again. as they have now for
several years. there Is no telling what
may happen.