The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
WINNING OARSHEN
DESERVE VICTORIES
OutclaSS Rivals III Races
for National Regatta
Titles.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

pronounced superiority N DlLLSEll.- r.
ship OF practically every winner over
It's rivals was the distinctive feature Of
the opening day OF the national reEat-
IA on the Speedway course
From the viewpoint OF bulk OF entries
this years affair ecIipsGs all previous
records for the y A. a o. in q year
when interest in rowing has been some
what below the mark Of previous sea-
sons. and this IS looked upon as a we'll
earned tribute 10 the enthusiastic en-
deavOrs of those who brought to Wash
in-ton the first national regatta IN a
score c. years
And il is no disparaEcueut Of the
local c0mmitte that the competition
in several OF the events on yesterday $
card was rather lax. out the fact Of
the matter is that If the national reEat-
Ia Of 1910 is 70 be discussed in the fl-
ture as one in which there were several
stirring finishes these VIII have TO be
furnished this afternoon when The best
class Of entries VIII row
All Winners Picked.
AEany OF the rowing experts who are
here for the national made forecasts
Of the probable results without the least
reservation and several o. 5ilc aIL-ori-
ties including Pat Deups5ys The George
town rowing mentor, picked every VIC
torio-s crew before the men even
launched their shells This VIII sire a
good idea Of how the crews that finish
ed frst. overshadOwed their less speedy
rivals
But the arra10ements could hardly be
exceEed- no course was ever more
thoroughly pcHceC than was the one
yesterday by the revenue cutter men
who worked lF conjunction WIN re
harbCr station 1orce- ana CURING ti5e
course OF the afternoon not single
one Of the many boats and canoes as
sembled aloDS yhe boundaries OF tHe
stretch succeeded IN crossing the waters
ASSIGNED for the use OF the contestants
True the police boat NIEliElrr fa
CHARGE Of Lieut. Russell Dean had To
come TO rescue the press boat after q
break in The machinery had left the
newspaper men, including visiting
scribes. as helpless as a fat woman on
a fire escape. but aside from TINS ana
the fact that the revenue cutters Pinc-l-
ed the police. there was nothing 60 mar
q most pleasant afternoon
Al Time Slow.
Time in the races yesterday was
uniformly slow. but this may be aC-
counted for by the fact that there was
no favorable wind with the oarsmen,
and whatever breeze was stirring was
blowing up the river and against the
crews
The most stirring exhibition OF the
day ane in the junior eight-oared
race in which there were I'VE starters
The ArEonauUS- or canada were the
choice of uauE. with Detroit second.
and the PotomacS picked TO beat the
Arr.ndeIs. OF Baltimore, and the Viz
ginialIS- Of Richmond
But from the gun the Potomacs
vent out and set a pace that drew the
Detroit men along and forced the
off-er three crews TO furnish a second
division. beaten before 11lL or the
course mad been rOWed- Rowing an
unusually high stroke for q Potomac
cIew-onCe they We're caught at a
and again at A4-COach tzleDG0Tl s
charges drove their fTaiI shell through
the water in magnificent shape and
Up TO The mile marx held sliEhI ad-
vantage over the Michiganders-
coached by Vivian Nichols, the Eng
-lish sCu]ler
But the II bt put up from the start
told on the Ted-jCrSeyed 02rSnen by
the time the nile mark was reached.
unable 60 hold On and finished fully
more than q lenEth astern Of Detroit,
with Argcnauts third.
In the matter II form no crew in this
race showed better than the POtomacs-
. While their stroke was somewhat Of a
& departure q the style in use when
DCmpsey va in charge, they neverthe-
Z IeSs- seemed % ger their fan power into
{ the stroke 8 - = II until the whole eight
! was l0orCG "a tired, in the last quar-
f ter, We t'sEs any tendency 10 clip at
+ either eIi7-
wEIIed Out.
+ Then came freak toward the stern,
/ but the cree mad put M -.
game. hard ace, and had the sausfac-