Evening star., 1912-09-03
BY H. c. BYRD.

of the local crews have promising fu-
lures if they keep at work on the water.
In at least two events yesterday it was
shown that the Potomac and Analostan
| boat clubs have eights sure to make rec
| ords for themselves in another season or
two
That Potomac Junior crew and Analos-
| tan Junior crew looked good enough to
| finish in front in another year II the
| men comprising each stick together. Also
the Potomac intermediate eight would
have shown to a lot better advantage
had it not been up against another OF
| exceptional strength.
Especially. though. do the Potomac and
Anaostan Juniors deserve lots of credit.
While neither of the two eights has nm
ished first this year, their first on the
water they have both given evidence OF
a great deal of undeveloped prowess,
which will come with a little more ex-
perience.
In the junior race yesterday, which the
Potomacs had thought as good as won,
there was SO little difference between the
crews as to leave little room for supe-
riority between any of them. The Poto-
mac Juniors finished but a foot and a
half behind the Ariels, and the Analostan
eight was but fourth of q length behind
1.-THE Potomacs, and gaining rapidly with
every stroke. Had the Analostan crew
begun the squirt sooner than it cid as
soon as 1t went under the bridge it would
have finished even a lot closer than was
the case. The Analostan bunch would
have stood a much better chance to win
had the event been mile and a quarter
instead of a mile and half.
The Potomac intermediates, while de-
feated by the New Rochelle club, really
| made a good showing. The New Ro-
chelle bunch displayed about the best
form of any eight-oared crew on the
river and the boat appeared to be of a
higher class than any intermediate. That
it really was an exceptional eight for
an intermediate race was shown by the
fact that 1t gave the Ariels close call
in the senior event and also won from
the New York Athletic Club senior eight
in practice event
1t must also be remembered that the
Potomacs and Analostans have had prac-
tcally no experience on the water before
this season. The Analostan juniors and
the Potomac intermediates have each
| rowed race. but the New Workers and
J Baltimore men have done great deal
more work than that The Analostan
eight was even compelled to train by it
self without any kind of A crew against
which to make starts and row practice
spins.
There is lots of power in the Potomac
intermediate eight and there is little
question that in another year it will be
the favorite in the event. Had the inter-
| mediate bunch had the skill and finish of
the juniors yesterday it would have come
near winning its race. even though it
was ptted against an aggregation of
exceptional class,
Considering the conditions under which
they labored the local oarsmen deserve
a great deal of credit for the work they
did.
Pat Dempsey, who has been coach
ing the Potomac crews, said yesterday
that he was a great deal surprised at
having lost that junior race. He had
banked on winning it for long time. as
his bunch had shown exceptional class.
The juniors have rowed over the same
course covered yesterday in almost
twenty seconds faster time than was
done in the race against the Ariels, and
Dempsey said it was impossible for him
to account for the apparent discrepancy.
AS matter of fact. all the times made
in the different races were slow. There
was hardly an event up to the standard
that would have been expected. There
was certainly some class entered in some
of the events and the men were COM
PEELED to exert themselves to the utmost
to win on several occasions, yet the time
made was not what has been set in other
waters. Whether or not 1t was the con-
diton of the water, the humid atmos-
phere, or what. it is impossible to say.
At the last mement yesterday it was
found necessary to make a change in the
upon to act in that capacity. Mr.. Burke
is president of the Malta Boat Club and
is a member of the National Association
of Amateur OarSmen.
The majority of the winners in yester-
days events went to Philadelphia and
New York. Washington did not come
first in any race, while Baltimore clubs
finished in the lead but twice, on both
of which occasions the Ariel Club fur
nished the winner.
Crews from in and around New York
took seven first places, rather credit
able performance. Although the Phia-
delphia crews took eight events. their
standard of that of New York. generally
speaking. because of the fact that several
of the races in which they won had no
contestants other than Philadelphia
boats.
Van VNet, who has been coaching the
New Rochelle club, deserves a great deal
Of favorable commendation for the kind
of crews he has turned out. There was
no crew on the river yesterday that
looked to have the class that did those
representing that organization. The men
in the boats were not as powerful looking
as some Of those in the others, and yet
they seemed to have more power Where
them through the water SO much more
smoothly than their competitors was won
dered at It probably was due to the
more finished work of the crew as
whole. The. action Of the men was abso-
lutely in unison and there was never
moment when they were not working in
perfect accordance with each other.
Van Vliet had more finished bunch of
men on the river than did any of the
other coaches.
Had the 'Analostan boat begun it's squirt
at the three-quarters mark instead of at
the seven-eighths it might have won that
junior race. The crew had been rowing
up until it reached the seven-eighths as
though it were off on .two-mile race 1t
was a length behind when 1t was 300
yards from the finish. but it made up
withstanding the Ariels and Potomacs
were rowing at breakneck speed on al
most even terms.
The medals for the morning events were
given outright after they were concluded,
an original proceeding.
There was quite a crowd of Baltimore
enthusiasts over for the regatta and
when it was found that the Ariel club
had won the final and most important
event on the program. the eight-oared
for battalion almost. Cheers were cut
loose for the whole Ariel club and the in
dividual members of the crew.
The Ariel club won the two most inn
portant events on the program the junior
and senior eight-oared races.
There was rather an amusing feature to
the showing of the Ariel crew that is not
generally known. The Ariel juniors was
the only other crew entered in the junior