The Washington herald., 1911-09-24
AMONG THE BOAT CLUBS

Pat Dempsey. manager Of the Ma
u"na! Capital Canoe Club. announced re-
Gently that he viii build a new addition
TO the clubhouse this winter. II will be
ready for next season. when Pat ex-
poets to accommodate over 20H canoes
tn" new clubhouse Will he seventy feet
in width. and fOrty-fivc feet in depth.
This Is ten feet larger than the present
house Mr- Dempsey said this season has
been a most sUccC ssful one. and it Is
expected that next summer will be the
most active season that local canOeists
have seen in years.
Coach Bob SIocum. of the Potomac
Boat Club. who went to his home in
New York State about two weeks ago. is
expected to return tonight
Three prominent members of the Po-
tOmac Boat Club have Joined the George
town football team and are making
good. They are Earl Coultry. Wayne
Hart. and Frank Chamberlain. the first
two men being seniors while Chamber
lain rOwed number six in the junior eight
Dared shell that won one of the feature
races i'm the Middle States regatta held
recently in Baltimore.
Lloyd Hoppe. member Of the eight
cared shell of the Potomac Boat Club,
has been elected captain of the first
basketball team Of the Y. NJ c. A.
1t is interesting to note that Hoppe is as
good at the indoor game as he is with
the oars, and the association team will
undoubtedly have a most successful sea-
son.
George Br!ght,>a prominent member of
the Capital Yacht Club. and a party Of
friends started on short trip down the
river yesterday afternoon in his forty
three-foOt X. c. B. yawl Freya. Mr..
Bright will probably return late to-
night.
Capt Rankin Middleton. Of the Analos-
tan Boat Club, returned from Cincin-
natl Ohio, where he spent most of his
vacation, last Monday.
Vernon West, OF the Analostan Boat
Club: returned last week from a six
weeks hunting and fishing trip in Maine.
Another member of the AnaIostans who
returned last week from his vacation was
Larry Greene, who enjoyed two weeks at
Atlantic City. Nearly all of the men,
bers will have returned next week.
Secretary George T. Dalton, of the
Capital Yacht Club, returned from Gun
ston, Va. last Sunday night in his c. B.
Nancy yawl Dauntless.
R. Clyde Cruit, of the Capital Yacht
Club, returned last Sunday night from
Craney Island. Va, in his forty-three-
foot h c. B. yawl Grace X, which has
been recently repainted and overhauled
and is now in better condition than when
1t was put into commission the first part
of the season. ~
A. c. Benzler of the Corinthian Yacht
Club, and a party of friends returned
from Gunston, Va, last Sunday night in
his hunting cabin cruiser Mary F.
Walter Boice, of the Corinthian Yacht
Club, who left the early part of last
week on a hunting trip TO the lower
rivers, will return the middle of this |
week in his forty-foot raised deck |
cruiser Alice.
Secretary W. r. Adams, of the Corin-
THAN Yacht Club. and a party OF friends /
returned from Gunston, Va, last Sun
day evening in his thirty-foot power |
cruiser Virginia.
Last Sunday night c. w. Plaskett. of |
the corinthlan Yacht Club, in his power
cruiser Ruby returned from an enjoy |
aele weekend triI 20 Gunston. va. Com |
nooore Clarence aging. Of the same