Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31
GREAT DO|NCS At
NATIONAL REGATTA
No One But Champions to
Compete Here in Big Row.
ing Festival.

for the great National regatta of the Ma
tional Association OF Amateur Oarsmen
Of America is rapidly approaching COM
pletion, and the local committee OF the
Potomac Boat Club, which is working up
the interest at this end Of the string, at
its meeting last night was SO elated over
the prospect Of foreign entries that its
members were patting one another on
the back. They were confdentially as
sorting that the regatta was going to be
the greatest ever, and that August IL
and 13 the Potomac Park course would
witness the best aquatic battles ever
waged on any body Of water in America.
Mr.. Claude r. Zappone, chairman of
the National regatta committee, was en-
thusiastic, and stated to Star repre-
sentative that the list of entries as pub
lished in The Star of July II was cor
rect in almost every instance, except it
did not give the additional entries that
are known to be a surety here in Au-
gust.
Il have attended every National regat-
ia since 1892 and have never seen such
enthusiasm from one end Of the country
to the other. and 1 say positively that
the entry list Of 1910 for the National re-
gatta will be the record breaker. My
information is not gossip, but based on
facts. and l am sure the railroads will
bring into Washington from outside
crews as many as thirty-seven singles,
twenty-three doubles, seventeen four
Dared and seventeen eight-oared shells,
making ninety-four boats that will come
alone: So it dses not take very much
calculation to show that the deduction
of The Star Of the 18th insatnt was not
for from exact facts.
'The regatta, as far as rowing events
go, will be wonderful, but the financing
it along to success is Worrying" said
Mr.. Zappone, which, with the destruc-
ton of the beautiful concrete front of
our property. makes the burden very
heavy. But we still have i.opes of our
citizens coming to our succor. lot OF
new subscriptions were received during
the past week, but the iund in Treasurer
Frank R. Underwood hands is still be-
low the safety mark by many degrees"
Mr.. H. p. Wardwill, the active working
member of the National Association in
New> England, in a letter here to officials
sentatives, speaks glowingly of the great
number of entries that will come. The
Unions will send down a senior eight,
and probably junior crew also, and it is
also more than probable that Eddie
Smith. their promising senior sculler, will
come along.
The Riversides will send Cary Faulkner,
touted to be the one sculler of the Cam
bridge course who has eclipsed all of pre-
vious Frank Greer records for all dis
tances. He will row at the Canadian
Henley next Saturday, where he hopes to
meet Cosgrove and Scholes. Cary Faux
ner is the son of George Faulkner. the
time professional champion sculler of
America. The Riversides have two prom
Using intermediate scullers, Frank Davy
thayy hoA n
regular match to determine who would be
sent to Washington. Davy won in the
fast time of 1.53.
James keenan, of the West Lynn Club,
who is a SON of Representative keenan,,
will enter the intermediate singles. Eddie
Kearns of the Kalumet of Worcester. a
brother of Frank kearns, the one-time
stroke of Georgetown varsity crew, will
also enter the intermediate sculling race.
Warnecke of Springfield will enter the
senior SOULS. and may, with a partner,
go out for the double SOULS. Pope, the
fast scuiler of the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation will go after the association sim
giles The RockrimmOn Club of Spring
field may send its senior eight, the one
that made such a splendid record last
year at Detroit against the New York
Athletics. The ST. Alphonsus Club of
Boston will send an intermediate four
and a senior and intermediate single.
The Ottawa Club of Ottawa, Canada,
will probably be the first crew to arrive
in Washington. as they will come direct
from St Catharine to this city. and will
arrive Monday, the Sth of August They
will be in charge Of James Ten Eyck as
coach, and the crew is: O. B. Haycock,
bow; w. j. Harrison, =; E. M. Phillips,
3, and E. H. Pulford. stroke. This crew
won the national championship last year,
and in 1906 the same crew won here on
the Potomac in the Middle States.
The two four-oared races senior and
the International senior. will be just as
important in their finish as either the
senior singles or the senior eight-oared
event. The field in these two races can
not be eclipsed, as a look at the known
entries will show: Winnipegs Of Winni-
peg winners at the English Henley of
this year; ottawas. winners of senior
race. and New York Athletics, winners
of International Of 1909; Vespers Of Phila-
delphia. Arundels and Ariels of Balti-
more, Wahnetahs of Flushing. N. Y;
Minnesotas of ST. Paul, Hamiltons of
Canada, Detroits of Detroit. Mound Cities
Of st. Louis. Nassaus of New York. Ar
gonauts of Toronto. st. Mary's A. A. and
A. Club of Halifax, and. last but not
least by any means, our own local Po-
tomacs.
The Department of Commerce and La
Dor has officially notified the regatta COM
mittee that the Treasury Department has
ordered the revenue cutter service ship
Apache Here during the regatta. This
craft will have absolute control of the
course, and woe betide any meddling mo-
tor boat. canoe or oarsman not engaged
in the races who trespasses on the course
during the time the races are on. for
they will be yanked up just as our noted
Wall street friend-Pierpont Morgan-was
treated at New London.
While the lower course at Potomac
Park has been selected. as the place Of
the regatta. the local committee have
decided that 1t would be best to have
an absolute safe survey made of both
the upper and lower courses, and this
will be looked after this week by COM
petent officials. of the District govern
ment The lower course will be tagged
every sixteenth Of mile, thus making
q perfect line for the clubs to pull off
the races without fear of any interfer-
ence. A marking post for steering Obser-
vations by single. doubles and four
cared shells will be placed right at the
start. thus affording the bowmen a point
to shape their course by without having
free from boats and other Instructions.
The official program. which the club is
running itself on a venture. Is going to
be very fine affai,' and will be a SPLEEN
did souvenir of the international event.
1t is being made up by the Roberts Com
pany and will be most artistic.
The headquarters Of the national asso-
citation during it's stay in Washington
will be the Arlington Hotel. Mr.. Peter
Parker, the manager of the place, has
been added to the general regatta COM
mittee and is doing yeoman service in
booming the affair. The hotel has issued
ing it to be intended for the N. A. A. o.
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