The Washington times., 1912-09-01
WEATHER TROUBLES
HINDER OARSMEN IN
FINISHING STUNTS
Has Great Influence on
Entry List of Big
Regatta.

Rowing men from all over the coun-
try, here for the Middle States regatta,
are agreed that this has been a bad
year for the sport. They do not refer
to the regattas themselves, for these
nave been as successful as ever. What
they refer TO Is the actual work of the
oarsmen.
All over the country the summer has
been cold and wet. Oarsmen as a rule
work best in hot weather and a dry
atmosphere. This season they have
been compelled to do much Of their
practicing under conditions decidedly
opposite to those preferred and as a
result none of the crews have attained
that fine Workmanship which they
would now possess had they been able
to develop under ideal conditions.
1t is probable that this state of af-
fairs had great influence on the entry
list for tomorrow's races. Not that the
races are not all we'll filed, for they
are, but with the National regatta taxi
ing place In the Middle West, the Middle
States should have drawn a great many
more crews from the Eastern cities, and
especially from Canada. That they did
not do so, is blamed almost entirely
on weather conditions, the argument
being that very few clubs will undergo
the expense of sending a representative
eight unless it has boat that looks
really good.
The Press Club has issued a number
. of visitors cards to out-of-town guests,
These were secured on the request of
to know that oarsmen and newspaper
men ought to mix well, without saying
just what they will mix.
Kaufmann's window on the Avenue
was the Mecca for the visiting rowers
last night. They went down to take a
peep at the prizes that were on exhi-
bition there All seemed pleased at the
appearances of the plaques and medals
and many a one swore that he would
have at least one of them to carry home
with him Monday night.
One of the busiest men on the river is
John Hadley Doyle, who seems to have
| charge of most everything in the way
of handling the visitors. Doyle is a
hustler when he gets a bunch of oars
men around him and is well liked by
those with whom he has to deal. This
is saying good eal for oarsmen as a
class are not the most sweet-tempered
individuls in the world.
| The arrangements for caring for the
| craft of the visiting oarsmen were coIf.-
| pleted last night by the reception CON-
mittee of the regatta. All of the visit
Ing oarsmen will he quartered in the
| Potomac house, with the exception OF
the Quaker City Barge Club and the
Undine Barge Club. These will unload
| their shells at the Potomac and ria
them on the Potomac float, whence they
will be towed to the Analostan house
| where these two clubs will have theiI
headquarters.
The Arundel four which is ranked as
| the greatest in the country and looked
upon as the probable winner of the
| enior four Dared shells, has been
! together since 1906. That year they
| roWed as four-oaFed gig and wor
the event in the Middle states Regatta
on the Potomac, making a new record
which still stands. The following yeal
they came out as an intermediate four,
cared shell and before fali had wor
seniors. The crew is composed of Hoss
StOll, Oehrl and Parker