The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-11
BY Nat T. Worley. go

Bill" conboye was host at syca
more Wednesday afternoon and even
Ing when Alpha Beta Phi fraternit
OF George Washington Universit
held its annual field and stream day
! The several sororities at the univer
sty were also well represented.
After some exciting sets of tenni
| were completed an informal regatt;
was gotten under way. It was agree,
that Jim" Burch. George SchaIdt an,
Bill" Conboye should be barred from
all competition on a charge of ex
pertism and as the two first name,
did not arrive on the scene Conboy,
! had to act as starter, referee and Judge
at the finish. The result of the races
were as follows:
Singles-Graham McGruder, first
George Smithson. second.
Doubles-McGruder and GetchelI
first; Smithson and Mccoy. second.
| Tail end-McGruder, first: Smithson
second
Tilting-McGruder and Mccoy. first
Sterling and Smithson. second.
After supper on the lawn the
party embarked in the war and sew
eral smaller canoes for a short cruise
returning to the club house to dance.
The entire afternoon and evening
were voted big success.
The showing of the Analostan
crews in the peoples regatta at Phil
adelphia on July was one of which
the local boys have every reason to
be proud. After rowing a dead heat
with the Vespers in the intermediate
race the Analostan oarsmen were
tired out from having competed in
three previous races and it is sur
prising that they finished as well as
they did in view of this fact.
The power launch Hattie B., the
property of DR.. ]. T. Sharp. has been
overhauled and provided with a new
sixteen horsepower gasoline motor.
A defect in the casting of the new
twenty-five horsepower engine recent
ly installed in the launch BENJAMIN
N, caused a break in some of it's
parts on its trial trip last week As
soon as the new engine parts arrive,
Capt. Will Neitzy will leave for
cruise with his family.
The stimulation of greater interest
In the yatcht-racing game has been
a subject OF most important con-
sideration by the heads of the various
organizations. The South
Jersey Yacht Racing Association this
season adopted new scheme, and it's
erect in prompting the racing owner
to go to neighboring clubs on re-
gatta days as a participant is being
with interest.
Three prizes are being offered to the
clubs finishing the season with the
greater number of points in the way
Of entries in the several races. This
has ten clubs and ten race
meets, giving one official meet for
each of the clubs in the association !
These ten races just take up the sea-
'on-one race to each Saturday of the |
shore resort summer season, begin !
ming July and finishing September |
|. The prizes are a donation from ex-
Commodore NJ. E. Brigham. of the |
Ventnor Yacht Club, which is now out |
If existence.
To perfect a good racing organiza-l
ion considerable missionary work is
necessary. Heretofore the average
,lub relied entirely on the racing en-
husiasm to bring entries from neigh
boring clubs, expecting that the
'rizes offered for the individual races
would be sufficient inducement How
yer. there was not enough club in
crest to work for the success of the
ace meets.
Analostan made a new record to be
ngraved on the Wanamaker Cup in
he Junior eight-oared race at the
topples regatta last Monday, going
he distance in 6:55. All the other rec
rds on the cup are for seven min
ties or over
Capt. Harry Bailey whose boat
ouse has been located on the East
TN Branch at the Anacostia Bridge
a Ia ,s-
as experienced during all the time I
e has been located here. Capt Bailey
nows and enjoys the friendship of
lmost every launch owner on the
otomac and has constantly in his
are between fifty and sixty launches
.e is contemplating considerable i'm
rovements around his boat house and
hen completed will have one of the
rettiest as well as the most Access
BILE anchorages in this vicinity.
The monster dredges now at work i
the Eastern Branch are rapidly {
ringing to completion the filling in g
nd building up of the stone break b
alter in that stream. This improve h
ent will greatly enhance the beauty d
the Eastern Branch and afford n
'lendid and safe anchorage for the
any launches which ply the Potomac I
The Washington Boat Club has Sc O
lred from the United States govern
ent privilege to erect a boat and
ub house on the southern side of {
% Anacostia Bridge. Permission has Il
so been granted to the club to h
lid stairway from the bridge b
'wn to the sea wall for the con- c
nience of it's members and friends. C
The new Gray Bat" owned by n
lpt. Battenfield is out almost daily
the Branch always ready for lie
ush with any of the speeders that n
sh it. The Gray Bat is without p
doubt the speediest boat on the Po- r.
mac. In
The Avalon" a thirty-six foot pI
Used decker cruiser, owned by the r
ackelford boys. is out on the ways c
Haley's Boathouse for the purpose b,
installing new motor, as well as II
general overhauling. The owners of Sc
Is boat after giving consideration to
the best makes of motors decided -
on an Automatic said to be a mar
of its kind, and far superior to