The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

Last week the washInston Canoe Club
wound up 4 very successful compeuufo
season. the last event On the program
being . closed regatta 70 The members Of
the club only.
The old saying that siow start nieans
a brilliant finish was again demonstrated
to Be true. for the Washfngton lnds this
summer at least The canoeing season
opened on the S0th or May with the an
niiai regatta held BY the 1ntercluh Canoe
Association al Sycamore Island This. a.
usual. proved to be q very entertaining
AFFAIR, representatives Of dlnerent clubs
contesting. Although not making the
showing they usually make. the Wasn-
fnrton lads brought home i've out OF q
possible twelve flrst place medals. IN ad-
dltion 20 scoring the most 1nmoer cf
polhfs. In the meet, notwithstanding che
many difhculties they faced IN ADDITION
70 their strong opponents
About the middle OF June. and At the
first Of the two closed reghttas for the
season. every one was surprised at the
larre number Of volunteers who came out
for practice and took part in the various
events, getting themselves 10 condition
fer q more important afkair-the first Of
the series OF dual meets with the Mary
land Swimming Club. Of baltimore. The
first Of these regzttas was held on the
Potomac, in which the Wsshington ex-
trophy. winning all but two OF the eight
events.
Al the biggest affair of the season. the
washington Canoe Clubs big annual re-
eatta. which 4 looked forward to by all
Interested In canoeing. and which was
held few weeks later The home lads
proved on which end of he list their
clubs name was intended to be. II
looked bad when Frank c. Charioerlain.
the husky lad hailinR frem the Potomac
Boat club romped home a winner in the
championship singles the lrst event on
the program. but IN only one event after
thlt did the Washington lads fan TO land
first place. that being the mixed doubles.
which was won by Miss De Shields and
Mr.. Chapberlain, another entry from hte
Potomac Club
Out Of the ten other events won by the
washington experts. the one in which the
most interest was shown was the Club
Fours. especially on account O. the re-
suit of this same race In the regatta
held at Sycamore Island on the Soth OF
May. In this event there were but four
entries, two being from the Potomac
Boat Club. while the other two repre-
sented the Washington organization On
the crack OF the starters pistol all four
boats got away 10 an excellent start but
before long the two washington crews
forged ahead. After the race was half
over, the interest was not In which club
was winning. but which Of the two
washington crews was winning. The
canoe padded by Burch, Knight. Ansley
and ZlrpeI won. with their teammates.
EliaRon. Pardoe, Rouse and Howell, by
q mere quarter of a length.
Not only in the Club Fours did the Po-
tomae Club get a surprise. but in the
doubles, another Of the
most important races. the Washington
crew consisting OF R. o. Eiiason and
Everett B. Ansley, won from the here
tofore unbeatable Potomac crew. Cham
beriafn and vandergrift. while another
crew consisting Of ]. w.
Burch and Irving Zirple finished second
Out of a possible s5 points. the lads
the Washington Canoe Club
scored n. their nearest rival being the
Potomac Boat Club. whose representa-
tives could do no better than IL.
On the 10th OF August the Washing
ton Canoe Club sent q team to Balti-
more to compete in the second dual re-
gatta with the Maryland Swimming Club.
Of that city, and had no trouble in again
bringing home the team trophy put up
for that affair.
To get away from training for more
real racing. the club, two weeks later.
held its fourth annual Comedy Regatta.
which proved to be a very successful
affair. In the events of this regatta the
water dogs and canoe artists showed
their friends and admirers some real
sport in the comedy line, pulling off such
stunts as the tango doubles, water
Cmelon) race, etc.
Commodore Reginald Rutherford and
lin Burch put their clubs name on the
nap when they made the good showing
hey did in the annual regatta Of the
American Canoe Association. held on the
Delaware River Labor Day. Considering
he fact that they were compelled to use
boats far inferior to those Of their oppo-
lents they must be given credit for bring
ng home medals won in two of the hard