The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

ANY one expert at picking winner
cannot help but be impressed with the
snap and finish OF that Junior eight OF
Potomac. 1t is now about as smooth
working a crew as ever represented the
club. and seems to improve appreciably
with each days practice. By Monday
week, unless there is some foolish break
in training or let-up on the part OF these
earnest workers, the juniors should be IN
lust the shape TO win both races at the
Middle States Regatta; and with such
an outlook any one OF these boys that
slips up on the narrow way had better
not run a-foUl OF any OF his earnest CO.
workers. for they probably would not
stop short OF a serious mishanding. so
intent are they on winning these close
approaching events.
The return OF Foster. after several
DAYS lay-off on account OF some exas-
perating but untathomabIe ailment, has
put added zest in the work of the juniors.
who have worked so long and SO well
together that they are quick TO notice
the difference when any one OF their
old guard" is out and some one else
has taken his place. And Foster was
not put back for sentimental reasons
Tor that ,ars no weight with the coach
or the powers that be IN Potomac
Either you are the best man for the
place or the only available man; other
wise YOU don't make IL And with the
abundance OF good material at hand,
hungry for a chance, it is safe to as
sumo that Foster must be the best man
for the place.
Mueller and ThraII. OF the Potomacs,
are daily al Work IN their double, per-
fecting themselves for the nard race
that Will be theirs in the Middle states
Regatta. The pair is going finely, and
seem. to be even more expert and to-
have considerable more speed than prior
TO the Fourth of July. when it was cas-
iIy the best team that had ever repre-
sented Potomac in that particular event.
And this improvement is shown despite
the fact that Mueller. the husky stroke.
has been on the hospital list for
week or more.
Pat Dempsey has resurrected another
of the supposedly 'all in shells in the
Potomac cupboard, and after several
days of strenuous EFFORT has. with the
invaluable aid of "BiII" and Piggy,
succeeded in putting 1t in really remarka-
BILE shape To see the juniors drive the
craft up and down the river one would
think that il must be a practically new
eight No one knows exactly how old II
is but none have Ventured to guess AT
less than ten years And Pat says the
boat is his lucky shell-but If the juniors
win their races in it no Potomacite Will
attribute the victory to any causes but
the good coaching and hard work of the
indefatigabIe Dempsey.
The Potomaes have been pulling wires
for some time in an endeayor TO secure
the loan of a good four-oared gig that
could be used on the home waters before
the rews leave town for New York,
which will be on the Sunday morning be-
fore Labor Day. 1t seemed that their
efforts would be met without the desired
results until lately, when word was re-
ceived from one of the prom inent New
Workers. influential in things aquatic, !
saying that a gig had been secured, and
II needed only the word from the Po-
tomacs to start it Southwark. Needless
TO say, the word was sent post
haste, and the much-needed shell Is now
safely slowed away on the rack in its
temporary home Mr.. Zappone's personal
efforts toward this end during his re-
cent trip to Boston for the national re-
gatta held there on August and . are
properl;- appreciated by the rowing fra
ternity Of the club.
The captain of the Potomac crew, John |
P. Evans. is elated over the arrival of |
the gig in which he hopes himself to i
make a seat. The interme iates of the |
club have dwindled in numbers until !
there is not enough left to I'LL an eight, |
and the acquisition of this four gives |
him a chance to put out a crew in his
class that should graduate fter its first
race.
There are several unusually husky new |
men who. must be considered when il |