Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
NATIONAL REGATTA
OFFICIALLY ENDORSED
Foreign Clubs Asked to Send
Competitors-A Big Boom
for the Sport.

States through the State Department Is
going to lend Its cooperation to make
the National regatta of 1910. scheduled
for the Potomac river in August next, an
International affair. was determined last
week by the officials OF that department.
The executive committee OF the Ma
tionaI Association OF Amateur Oarsmen
have been working quietly to have the
matter made official. and the local rep
resentative of that association, Mr..
Claude r. Zappone, has been indefatfga-
BILE in his efforts to have proper action
taken. AS IS we'll known, President Taft
Is a great adTnirer of rowing. having
pulled in Yale's varsity at New London
against Harvard, and last year on the
occasion OF the local regatta lent his In
6uence to bring success to the meet, and
again this season he is observing with
interest the details OF the coming Ma
tional regatta.
A letter bearing the official seal Of the
State Department, and signed by Secre-
tary Knox, viii be sent to all the rep
resentative foreign legations, urging them
TO call the attention OF their home gov
4 ernnents to the international regatta, and
requesting them to make entries in the
various events 1t is a mastery piece or
diplomacy on the part OF the controlling
Pilkington, Secretary Fortmyer and
Chairman Zappone are coming IN for
considerable praise
Want Belgium Crew.
With such an Endorsement the officials
are hopeful that many of the best crews
Of England. France, Germany, Italy and
Belgium will come over to measure blades
with the best of our side of the water
The National Association has been en-
deavorirg for years to get picked crew
from either the Leander or Thames Clubs
of London, either of which up TO Two
years ago have been regarded as the very
best in the world, but since Belgium
swept the titles from the English our
American association has also made Dig
attempts TO get the wonderful crew that
has represented that country at the Hell
ley with such signal success
The Ruderpost Hellas of Berlin. Ger
many, are also among the possibilities, as
thew gave out last year that 1t was their
intention of making an adteInpt 10 zone ZONE
over. and now with an official call from
the State Department ii will receive an
Impetus, as Emperor William is MEM
Der of the organization, and the kaiser
may make the trip one OF state
The local regatta committee or the 70
tornac Boat Club is thoroughly elated
over the official turn given the regatta,
and Chairman Zappone of the National
Association is sanguine that all previous
records will De smashed by the regatta
TO be held here next August
The entertainment of foreign visitors
will entail an additional expense on the
committee, and ii is hard at work
mapping out ways and means OF raising
the money for that purpose. President
Warden announces that the first attempt
viii take place on Monday, May 2, when
a theater party win be given at the Co
lumbia Theater as starter, and. ne
saws he hopes the people who are
theatergosrs will take the benefit in as
part of their donation to the regatta.
Financial Plans.
The committee program and sub
scrlptions, of which Mr.. John Hadiey
Doyle is chairman and Mr.. Fl. G. Purcell
secretary met last night at the clubhouse
and nearly thirty members were present
and took part in the deliberations. The
purpose was to formulate some regular
plan of action for the official program
and the means of raising the money by
donations, the matter to be referred back
to the general regatta committee on
Wednesday next
One of the plans is to get the various
citizens associations to indorse the com
ing OF the National regatta to Washing
ton and requesting a donation from them
10 help finance the scheme to a success
1T Is the purpose OF the committee TO
make known the donors through the
lpreSs-
The announcement that the plate print
ers had made known their intention to
give the medals and banner to the senior
!our-oared race has induced several other
corporations and organizations to take
the matter under Amusement, and there
Is a strong Likelihood that by next Sun
dav several more will be added to the
list
The committee ali agree that the list OF
entries and the crowd that will flock to
WASHINGTON will surpaSS all records, the
visitors representing the very best MEM
he eli the communities they come from,
being people of wealth. who spend money
freely and hence the commercial end
o. y ash ugtou will get ali the money
they hope for some returns when the
committee calls on them for subscrip-
lions.
TIE New York Athletics are working
like beavers to get the men together to
uphold their title on the American cham
ponship at eight oars. They won it last
year AT Detroit but the Argonauts of To-
IontO are coming down here strong, both
IN regard TO d crew and rooters, to back
up the claims of the ''kanucks'' to wrest
laureIs from the New Workers or any
other crew.
Secretary Fortmyer writes from New
service has he received so many in
five months off 1t looks as if all the
CLUBS were Washington wild, and | would
not se surprised to see the entry list go
up To the century mark, all Of which is
tine reading for the local committee.