The Washington herald., 1914-04-17
Big Season For
Potomac RoWers
Will Be Represented in Three
Eastern Regattas This
Season.
ADDITION TO BE BUILT
BY CHARLES w. SWAN.

This will be the banner year for row.
ing in the District. aid l expect to see
our club colors carried TO the front in
three big regattas during the sumIE,r."
remarked President +. r. Gasch. OF the
Potomac Boat Club, last night.
The Potomacs will be represented IN
the three big Eastern resattas this sea-
son-the Peoples at Philadelphia July l.
the National at Philadelphia August =.
and the Middle Atlantic at Baltimore on
Labor Day. AS the boys are all enthu-
siastic over the prospects of the crews,
and as the club now has 80 members. l
can see nothing but success for the Pr
tOmac Boat Club this season"
A meeting Of the Potomac Boat Club
was held Wednesday night, when officers
for the present season were elected. F.
Richard Gasch was reelected president,
with Claude r. ZappOne as vice presi-
dent Joseph T. Daily was elected secre-
tary, while +. r. Underwood will act
as treasurer. John Evans, the popular
captain Of last years club. will again
head the active rowers, with W. Thrall
as first lieutenant and F. Chamberlain
as second lieutenant.
Has Large Member.hip.
With the exception of Frank Chamber
lain. all of the officers elected were in
charge last year. The club now has a
membership of 900. the largest in its
history. and so large that an addition to
the club house will be built.
Plans calling for the erection of an
addition a feet by - feet will be drawn
up within a few days. and work started
at once. The PotOmacs this year will
be one of the biggest rowing clubs in
the East. as at least three eights and as
many gigs will be in use throughout the
summer.
Fifteen new members were admitted at
the meeting. and the membership has
doubled in a year. The Potomac club is
very popular in this city, and local row.
ing fans can be assured of several good
crew races on the Potomac this sum-
mcr.
The Potomac Boat Club was organized
in 1866 and is one of the best known row.
ing organizations in the country Its
cOlors have been seen in all the big
Eastern regattas in the past. and from
present indications, will be seen this
year more than ever. Its president. +.
Richard Gasch. held the secretaryship OF
the club for sixteen years before being
elected president last year. and now that
he has been reelected the club is due
to boom again.
News shells for Club.
Two moonlight excursions will be held
this year, the dates not having been Sc
lected as yet. while the annual formal
dance will be held during the first week
in May at the clubhouse.
Claude ZappOne will leave for New
York and Philadelphia shortly to pur-
chase several new shells. the pres
ent large equipment of the club is
not sufficient for the number of can
didates for the different crews.
Three additions to the board Of gov
ernors were elected at the meeting
John Hadley Doyle, E. Richard Gasch
and Joseph T. DAILY being the men.
The house committee elected was
John Hadley Doyle. John Evans. and
F. r. Underwood. Messrs. Zappone,
Bliss. and Mckinney compose the MEM
bership committee. while the finance
committee will number Messrs. Gasch
DAILY. and John Nolan. The racing
committee is composed OF Claude Zap
pone. Mckinney. and John Hadley
Doyle.
Efforts are being made to sign Pat
Dempsey. the veteran coach of the
crew. again. The Potomac crews un-
der Dempsey have been winners, and
with the popular tutor again in COM
mand the Potomacs look for a big season
on tho wafer