The Washington herald., 1910-08-10

Coach "Jlu1" wray. of St Louis. and
his Mound City four-oared crew, entered
In the national regatta here Friday and
Saturday. arrived In Washington yester-
day and straight way the crew took
spin over the course in a shell loaned by
the Anaiostan Boat Club When asked
as TO his chances IN the coming event for
his charges. Wray said that It would be
hard 20 tell just now. as one Of his best
men Is out Of the boat attending the
bedside OF his father, who Is danger
ously H. "With this man In the boat
our chances will be increased 20 per cent.
Last Sunday" said Wray. I'VE had just
finished our morning practice on the St
Louis when he was called 10 the phone
by a message which stated the state Of
his parents illness
The doctor has said that twill be i'm
possible for him to row, but just the
same to-day I am going to wire him to
see II he cannot come and help us out.
The St Louis River is TO swift TO al
low any kind OF time to be taken. but
the boys have been going smoothly of
late. and I don't see why we should not
have somthing 20 say which way the
senior International event goes
The rouble with our crew is they do
not stick 10 one shell for any length Of
time, our senior and junior crews to-
gether forming the senior eight II I
could only get the boys and have them
hard at work for a steay month. why
they would be much faster"
The makeup of the Mound City four is
Ben Spradling. bow; George Jordan. No.
2; Edward Schlueeter. No g. and Theo-
dOre Grimm. stroke. c. Amman and F.
Spradling are the substitutes. The crew
viii row I'm the senior and the interna-
ti0nal events
Crack ScuIIer Here.
H. G. Shears. the New Orleans crack
sculler. is also in the city. accompanied
by three OF his friends. p. WALTON. c. II.
Black, and j. T. De Buys. Shears is en-
tered in the association single SOULS, and
II rumor counts he will make the others
hustle before the race is over
I'VE do all Of our racing on Lake Pom
Chartraln. where one has 20 be pretty
good at managing a scull in rough water
10 be in the running" said Shears last
night. land the waves there are so high
that they just turn your boat around,
which results In your having an unex-
pected bath If you are not careful
The water there is so shallow that Il
is difficult TO take a good clean dip with
your oar without striking mud. When
asked as to what his best time was. he
replied; Il really have not been timed
officially IN any of my races down there
on the lake" But here his friend came
TO his rescue and said that in every re-
gatta he had entered he had made every
event a procession, that the officials had
not thought IL necessary TO take the time.
Shears has defeated the best single soul
artists In the South, two Of them being
Wells and Young. who are mighty good
scullers
II really did not intend to enter the
regatta at all" said Shear. Il came up
here principally on a business trip. but
seeing the national regatta would be GO
ing on during my stay IN Washington. I
thought I might as well take a chance in
the big event myself. I never have had
any one 10 teach me the game, picking
up all I know by watching others. hope
I will not be left at the stake but you
never can tell nowadays Still. I don't
think can complain IL I do lose out. for
I Will have had a good deal Of fun. and
If I make good showing in the junior
event I wiz enter the senior event and
take my chances with the cracks OF
Canada"
Prizes on Exhibition.
The accompanying photograph shows