The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-06
AQUATIC SPORTS
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Virginia Boat Club Regatta At
tracts Large Crowd and
Exokes Enthusiasm.
GOOD SHOWING MADE
Contestants in Various Events
Give Excellent Exhibitions. Big
Race Won BY Virginia.
GOOD SHOWING NJ

Judging from the enthusiasm dis
played at the Virginia Boat Club re-
gatta Saturday afternoon IL may be
safely said that aquatic sports axe
much in favor in Richmond, and IL
was clearly indicated that this class
OF sports will receive a decided i,n-
petus If properly encouraged.
The members OF the Boat Club
proved themselves proficient In many
contesets usual to the regatta, and in
all the events they made an excellent
showing. From the canoe singles u
the eight-oared shell the athletes gave
pleasing exhibitions of their prowcss
on the water.
Inc college crew, though rowing
against superior organization, made
an excellent showing Tor the first race,
ana II the matter of having a crev
lot the college Is continued IL may he
expected that In q year or more thuy
will have a crew that will be able n
successfully compete with older orgaa-
izations
While the race between the Cole
glans and the Boat Club crew seemed
close Saturday. 1t appeared that ,he
virginia crew was holding back. and
for the last half mile of the race their
stroke was much slower than that of
their opponents. This gave them the
appearance OF not desiring to distance
the Collegfans
With a similar regatta by the Vir-
ginia Boat Club every year and the
arrangement OF several special events
throughout the summer, aquatic sports
should make good progress here. The
college crew will now disband for the
summer, as college will close for the
Inn rtr st~s.
will be called together early in the
fail and get considerable practice be-
fore the winter months set In. 1t may
be expected that the Collegians will
make good progress, and that their
crew in the spring of 1914 will be one
able to satisfactorily represent the
/ Spiders In large regattas.
I Saturdays regatta was we'll attend
/ ed by lovers OF aquatic sports. and
! friends of the club members were
! treated TO an enjoyable afternoon. Fol-
| lowing the events the visitors were the
| guests of the club at a reception In the
/ club enclosure. Delightful refresh
ments were served and the events of
/ the afternoon were discussed.
| Events Interesting.
The entire program or events prov
, ed Interesting. and there was never
/ dull moment from the time the
racing started until the last event was
! finished.
The four-oared gig race, the first
event on the program. Was won by the
Whites. the crew consisting of II. A.
/ Claiborne, II. a, Calls, e. M. Thomas,
I Joseph Crenshaw and G. II. Beers.
coxwain>
The single mems pleasure boat race
/ was won by Lawrence Parsons and II.
! l.. Staples was the second to finish.
The single sculls was won by b. Frank
/ Dew. who distanced his opponents. II,
A. Calls finished first In the married
mems singles, and f. J, Sampson was
second.
The fancy diving attracted consid-
( cradle attention. the men performing
! in good style, First prize went TO Fl.
n. Smith and Peyton Fleming WAS
second The double sculls event went
to NJ. r. Gillian and j. p. Mccarthy.
/ The single canoe race was won by
! Lawrence Parsons. who left all oppo-
nents far in the wake. and the double
/ canoe race was won by II. ii. Smith
! and Peyton Fleming. Smith and Flem-
ing won in the canoe fitting. and the
swimming race resulted in tie be-
/ tween II. A. Calls and A. Gray, II.
| II. Smith won the tub race. with a
small margin over J. T. Wingo.
! Many beautiful prizes were award
ed the winners of the events; the ar
/ ticles we're presented by Judge Bev-
erly r. Crump The Virginia eight has
now won two races for the possession
of the Berry cup, and ii is necessary
| for them to win II only osie more time
| before Il viii become pc. man~ntly into
their possession. Club medals were
presented 10 the members of the Wiz
ginia eight