Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
BOATHOUSE GOSSIP.

| regatta for this year was, to say the
| least, as mean piece of duplicity as
| was ever perpetrated On an honorable
| rowing association, as the PatapSco Navy
! most assuredly is. At the ing OF
! the Middle States Association last May,
| 1889, when, at the eleventh hour, New
| York stepped in and by a dense piece
| of wire pulling defeated Baltimore as
] the place fer the regatta, the delegates
| from the Monumental city made quite a
/ rumpus over the deception practicsd on
/ tifem, and the association then and there
! tentatively agreed that Baltimore should
! have it in 1910. The delegates from the
/ Schuylkil Navy. who had switched
! from Baltimore to New York, after agree
! ing to vote for Baltimore, were loudest
| in declaring to stand pat on the agree
| ment for 1910. but it seems that they
| forgot the promise made in good faith, Tor
! they lined up this year. and using the
| proxies, worked the deal and secured
| the regatta by a vote of sixteen to fi1teen.
! The Baltimore oarsmen have been as
! active any rowing, organization IN
America. and at every regatta entries
I are always made from the Arundel ana
I Ariel clubs. hence they surely expected
something like square deaf from the
! clubs of New York and Philadelphia, and
! not getting it have Just cause to be IN
! disnant and to howl over the low-hand-
! ed methods to defeat their city two years
| in succession. OF course, il is well
| enough to put in the plea about the poor
| course at Baltimore TO try and justify
| the action. some excuse must be framed
| up, but the Spring Garden course of
| mile is a dream when put alongside the
Harlem, in New York. and is not so
much inferior to the hard-to-reach stretch
of water III Paramount Park, Phi!adel-
phia. where the Schuylkill Navy has It's
regattas. The oarsmen of Washington
lived nm their agreement made last
year and voted to have the regatta ileId
at Baltimore. and they regret that their
nearby neighbor did not land the prize
While the clubs of this city. especially
the Potomacs. have VainlE tried for years
to get up a southern rowing ASSOCIATION
among the clubs south of the Mason ana
Dixon line, the general consensus of opln-
ion is that for the present. while things
are working toward a general success IN
regard to the National regatta. it would be
njudiciouS To make any movement look
ing forward to such an association. There
is no doubt that such an association
would revert to the credit of all the sec
tons Baltimore. Washington, Alexandria.
Norfolk, Richmond and other towns. and
reSattas held every year in these places
would boom and foster the sport to the
fine position ii occupied in the early
nineties when the Virginia Rowing AS
ISOLATION was an organization of repute.
But just now the Washington clubs do
not take kindly to the association, though
they are in sympathy with the Balu-
more boys over the throw down given
them by the New York and Philadelphia
end of the Middle States Association.
Mr. Claude r. Zappone was again elected
to the presidency OF the Middle States
Association. the organization thereby
pa wing deserved compliment to d hard
working official. Mr.. Zappone was one of
the best takers at the recent meeting in
favor of Baltimore getting the date for
the regatta. and felt very sore over the
hoy
Secretary FCrtmeyer of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen, has I'm
ished and is mailing the annual report OF
the association to all the clubs and promi-
nent officials of rowing in America. The
book is full of details and gives the rec
ords of all national regattas held since
1873.
The Analostan Club is again in mourn
ing for one Of its foremost younger men,
bers. Mr.. FRANKLIN Moore, who died sud-
denly last Sunday morning at Eagle Pass,
Tex. where he was on business connect
ed with the Department of Commerce and
Labor. Pat Moore. as his host of friends
in the club delighted in calling him. was
one of the most genial of companions,
good oarsman and above all a most de-
voted husband. He was a prominent
oarsman of the club and was a men,
Der of the four-Oared crew that brought
nOnOrS 10 lne cluD III the last prominent
appearance of the club in general re-
gatta previous to 1902. In the social af-
fairs of the club he was always in the
van and much of the success of many of
the affairs of the popular organization
belongs to his untiring efforts. His death
was sudden though it was known he was
an i'll man. hence was quite a shock to
his eliminates. This is the scond prom
inent member Of the Analostans to be
called away in a month
Mr. Roy Cave of the Potomacs has
been ordered away on an INSPECTION tour
by the Agricultural Department where he
is employed in the bureau of animal in
dustry.
Mr. Joseph Wilbur spransy. one OF the
young and progressive members of the
Potomac Boat Club and a member of
the winning eight-oared crew of last
season. was married last week to Miss
Isabel Hoover one of the stanchest lady
associate members of the club His
many friends in the organization are
showering their congratulations on him
bevy of young ladies who are always
working for the best interests oc the
club.
Mr. Carl Mueller the only active
sculer on the river. and winner of the
junior SOULS at the Potomac River AS
sociation regatta last year. has COM
menced training for the intermediate
SOULS at the People regatta july T.
He is in better condition this spring
than ever before. and should capture
some of the trophies His boat is the
fine craft built by Sims. the great boat
builder of London. and maker of Ok
ford and Cambridge University shells.
Those oarsmen who failed last week
to attend the clam chowder party,
rendered by the Plate Printers Associ-
alton. missed the feast of the year The
Bureau Mixers, headed by ''Brer''
Murphy and his associates, certainly
laid out a great spread for the two
hundred guests.
The tentative arrangements for the
aquatic sports on the Fourth OF July
under the citizens committee which is
managing the sane celebration for that
day have all been agreed on excepting
that portion relating to the rowing
events. Up TO date the local clubs have
not been officially notified that a regatta
Is on the tapis outside of the notices that
have appeared in The Star from time to
time. though Commodore SiZer of the
lnter-CluD Canoe Association has looked
after the interests of the capoeists and
| his association in fine way. In a letter
TO Commissioner Rudolph Commodore
| Sizer lays down plan similar to the an
nual regatta of the canoeists at Sycamore
| Island and these events alone would
make up splendid program for the show
| in the tidal basin. and afford splendid
sport for all devoteeS of the paddle. Com
| modore Steers plan is championship sin
giles doubles, tours and war canoe. novice
single and double. mixed tandemS. tail-end
races upset races. fitting contests and
broom padding contest. The mixed tan
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