The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

Keen competition marked the races In
| the first club regatta this season Of the
Washington Canoe Club. held in front
Of the clubhouse yesterday afternoon.
| and judging from the interest shown the
| canoeists will undoubtedly make a spIen-
did showing in the annual regatta Of the
Interclub Canoe Association, which is TO
be held here July T.
Threatening weather conditions kept q
large crowd that was expected away.
but nevertheless the races were all good
and closely contested, and those that
did brave the weather saw some lively
sport. The races started at 6 o'clock.
and the last one was not finished until 8
o'clock, when darkness set in.
The feature race was in the canoe
fours. when the Reds won after an
exciting quarter-mile race from the
whites the time being 1:15 There
was only about a lengths difference be-
tween the boats at the finish. Those who
composed the winning crew follow: W.
A. Rogers, commodore OF the club; H.
B. Schmitt, NJ. W. McCammon, and Ray
Garrett. The losers were Larry Ever
back, z. A. SchmItt, H. r. Watson, and
F. II. Heidenreich.
tention was the canoe singles, the men
being blIndfolded. F. H. Heidenreich won
the race In fine style, and, in fact, was
the only one to finish. The time was
1:50, over a one-eighth mile course. W.
A. Rogers. the starter, had a hard time
getting the men in position after blind
folding them, and II was at least ten
minutes before the race started. About
half way down the course II. r. Schmitt's
canoe ran into that Of w. G. Cannon,
which capsized the latter boat, which was
afterward towed ashore by "Reds'' Good
rick. H. r. Schmitt was second. although
he did not cross the finish line.
The most exciting event was q fitting
contest between R. Rutherford and W.
Crane. who were in one boat, and Ed
A. Schmitt and F. II. Heidenreich, who
were in the second canoe. The contest
was a draw, and II is interesting to
note that neither side has been able to
win in the last two years. A gold medal,
offered by the Washington Canoe Club,
will be awarded to the winners. Com
modore w. A. Rogers said that the con-
test will be held next Thursday evening.
Darkness called a halt to the match yes
terday. but 1t looked to be draw, any
way. The time was $50
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Rogers won q
close and interesting race from Mr.. and
Mrs. H. P. Hunting in mixed doubles,
the time being minutes, over a one
eighth of a mile course. The winners
were only two feet ahead OF their op-
ponents at the finish line.
Commodore W. A. Rogers. who was in
charge of the affair, deserves much
credit for the faultless way in which he
carried of the races. There was not q
dull minute during the entire evening.
The Rambler. a launch owned by h Ps
Hunting, was the press boat.
The regatta was followed by a dance
which was attended by a large number
of members of the club and their
friends.
The summaries follow:
Canoe sinEleS-Won by F. H. HeIdenreich Ssoond.
VI. W. buchanan; third, H. R. Schmitt- Tina. SD;
course mile.
Canoe singles: blindtolded-wou BY F. H. Hsidrn-
reich: second, H. K. Schmitt. Time, 90; c0urss.
i mile.
Canoe doubles-won by W. A. Rogers and Z. A.
Schmitt; second, r. Rutherford and W. Crane;
third. W. Burrel and F. Z. W3tson; fourth, R
mile.
Canoe singles; tail-end racc-Won by L F. Ever
back; second c. B. johnson. Time. l00i c0urse. y
mile.
Canoe fours-wou by W. A. Rogers, II. R
Schmitt NJ. W. McCammon, and Ray Garrett; SEC
oud L. EEerback, E. A. Schmitt, H. R. Watson,
and F. H. Heidenreich- Time. I'D course. mis-.
Mixed doubIes-won BY Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Rog-
srs; second Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Hunting. Tine.
o.5; course, y mile.
Tilting contest-Ended in draw between r. Ruth
erford and W. Crane and Ed Schmitt and +. h
HeIdenTich. Time. go.
starter-w. A. Rogers. commodore Of the einh