Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-11
LOCAL CLUB WILL
SEND CREW NORTH
Virginia Boat Club to Be Repre-
sented Labor Day in Phila-
delphia Regatta.
HAVE ORDERED NEW SHELL
Racing Craft Will Be Delivered
in Six Weeks-Cost Said
to Be 5000.

Two crews will be entered by tho
Virginia Boat Club In the Middle States
regatta on the schuylkin River, Fair
mount Park, Philadelphia, on Labor
Day Entries for the Junior eight oared
ana four-oared events have already
boon filed. and strong crews are being
developed for the OCCASION
In order to give the local oarsmen
every advantage. the club has decided
upon the purchase of new shell.
which will BIO built to order. costing
approximately 5000. Tho purcbass 81
the new eight" was authorized at a
special meeting of the club yesterday
mo board OF directors had the matter
under consideration last week, but as
~ .nsoived an outlay OF $500. 1t re-
CURED the sanction of the club. This
was obtained at the special meetinn
anu Juoee Crump. president OF the club.
appointed a committee COMPRISING
Messrs; Crawford. waddy and Coach
, van wet to handle the matter. The
dence with ]. ]. Wallis. a eI,-ino,u
BOAT builder of New York, to place the
form -" concrete
Wallis built boats to the value ~
ffo,o't Tor the Staten Island Club dur
Ins lne time Van Vlet coached that
organization. Every one of these hoata
was winner, including an "eIebt,,
't chrried a winning crew every vear
LOT seven consecutive years and was
e.Lactically as staunch and speedy at
the end Of that time as at tho he,,
ming. All three of the "e,sht.., oeSin
the local club has had, entire,v inst
their rigidtty in n couple of vear. 80
GunSequently became useless for rn.inr
Maii's also built several boats for tba
thr" .ocnelie rowing Club during the
three years that Van Vliet coacbaS
organization. among which was a, ,ns'
up PIE, sculilns boat which also carried
winning crew every year.
WALLIS HAS BUILT
n, BOATS USED BY VAN vI.,rr
c, .his showing the Virginia Po,t
oIlo decided to give Wallis the orIar
anu the same Is now in his hands
VIII take six weeks to comnIets ~
NV NV eight, though in one OF h;s
anish =. vans va said he might possibly
1r,lsh IL In a few days less time. Tho
virgin crew therefore have two
| weeks or more before the race +o ~
come come accustomed to the new craft Van
me, net would prefer to have twice that
u urme, out this. however, Is impossible
! ohuef the circumstances. Van ylTet
figures that the new boat viii ba g.
| nuch faster than the present one 90
10 more than Offset this handicap,
Iheer may be some changes in the
EoIn pInatlon which defeated Analostan
iast saturday week. There are seward
very promising men whose deve1on'
ment is being pushed along by the
coach. And as four men out OF the
eight Will be trained and entered
for the four-oared gig race IL will be
NECESSARY 'ai to have the strongest pos
siole combination for Labor Day.
AT present the crew candidates arc
rowing Tuesday Thursday and Satur-
day afternoons and Sunday mornings.
Mason and Hart are in California with
the Blues; Atwell and Thompson are
on their vacations. They will all be
back. however. by July %. Strict daily
training VIII then be resumed, which
VIII be continued right up to Labor
Day. and there is every indication that
htchmond viii be represented at Phila-
delphia by an eight" and a -four
that will be fully capable of more than
| holding their own In any company, no
matter how fast the pace.
Arrangements are now being made
by the club to hold water carnival
the latter part OF this month. While
the committee ia working on the az
fair the plans have not matured vet.
1t is promised that the carnival Will be
one Of the most unique and novel on
| tertainments ever given in Richmond.
The date has not yet been decided
upon.