The Washington herald., 1915-08-08

| the weight of it will take you down
without exhausting you in the least and
you will then have strength when you
| reach the bottom
A quarter OF the population of the
camps along the Potomac having quail
! fed as life-savers, won't some one please
| jump in the water today and give
the volunteers q chance to demonstrate?
Wo do not care to try the experience our
selves. desiring to trust to the ability of
old Mother Earth TO support our abund-
ance of avoirdupois. We saw the boys
practising getting the water out of
supposed unfortunate and don't care to
lie thumped, banged. and purnmeled I'M
II we can claim relationship to . string
bean. When we fall overheard, il we
ever do. our prayer is that Reds Ruth
erford. Bert Ansley, and Wax" Ala
son be near What they don't know about
the Potomac and water has never been
written.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Gass and AIR. and
Mrs. D. y. Houston. aboard the schooner
yacht Stranger, are cruising on the lower
river and will visit Colonial Beach and
st. Georges Island.
The power yacht. Sea Wolf. of Bridge
port. n. j.. which was in port for about
"a week. left Friday for Bridgeport.
The Reola II. handsome power yacht.
the property OF r. E. Olds, of the Odds
Automobile Company, of Detroit, is an
chored in the harbor off the foot OF
Tenth street. She will remain here for
about three weeks, after which she will
go to Florida and vicinity with Mrs.
Odds and a party of friends.
Commodore Adrian Sizer, Of the Capital
Yacht Club, is on a two weeks cruise
on the river and bay aboard his yacht,
the Chedakin, with a party of friends
The storm last Wednesday was one
Of the worst which has visited Wash
ington for number of years. The wind
and rain played havoc with the tents
in the camps along the Potomac and
several launches farther down the river
were sunk. The damage done in Chesa-
peake Bay will amount to thousands Of
dollars.
The steam yacht. Uno. owned by Alfred
Stewart, was given n general overhaul
ing last week at Webber & Thomas
boiler works, foot of o street, south
west
Weber and Thomas have received a
contract from ". NJ. Penn to bring the
Eleanor C, which was recently badly
damaged and beached when she collided
with the United States steamer Barney,
to Washington where she will be re-
paired.
D. H. Fowler, secretary of the Capital
Yacht Club, who has just returned from
visit to Baltimore. reports that out of
seventy-five boats belonging to the feet
OF the Maryland Motor Boat Club, only
five escaped injury in last weeks big
storm.
Bob Ellwood came out for the interme-
date Analostan crew last week and is
rowing No. I. At one time he stroked
the Junior eight of the New York Ath-
letic Club.
Coach Zappone has had his junior crew
out several times during the past week |
in spite of the bad weather. and the boys |
seem TO he getting better every DAY. |
Members of the club are busy planning |
for the big regatta which the club will
hold on August %. at which time a num-
Der of out-of-town crews will be enter
tanned.
Potomac expects to stage one Of the \
most attractive affairs held on the river
in years. 1t is planned to stretch a can
Japanese lanterns above it, and have
some real music on hand for dancing.
Booths with refreshments will be inside |
the boathouse and the fun will start
Immediately after the conclusion of the
regatta.
In more WAYS than one. things seem to
be picking UP around the Potomac Club.
Frank Chamberlin. the captain of the
crew, and Claude "a ppone, coach. both
l., ,Ias,-
exceedingly popular with all the men,
bers
The events carded for this month arc
regattas on the 2ith and 2sth and the an
nual excursion Il the club on the oath.
The Department of Commerce referred
a complaint regarding the torpedo boat
Barney to the Navy Department. follow
ing its receipt from John Thomas a |
member of the firm of Webber & Thomas
Mr.. Thomas charges that while he was
coming up the river on the night OF
July . in the launch J. II. Bradley, of
which he was in charge, the Barney,
also coming UP river, blew to signal that
it WAS going to pass the J. II. Bradley.
It Their blew a distress signal. Mr.
asserts, but no sooner had this
been done than the torpedo boat passed
the launch within ten feet. Mr.. Thomas
also declared in his letter to the Depart
mcnt of Commerce that the Barneys
was directed upon his vessel
and held there in defiance of the laws of
the river.
The action Of the officials in charge OF
the long swim OF the Washington Swim
ming Club, which was scheduled for yes
terday, in postponing the event a week
because of the high water and dangerous
is to DC commended. There is
no use of endangering the lives of the
by pulling such an affair off
under such poor conditions An acct
dent in the race would give swimming
races here a black eye and would be re-
GREETED by all concerned, as we'll as re-
iecting upon the organization holding
tho race.
Gilbert Z. Tomlinson. Philadelphia
aquatic wonder, Is picked to win the
coming race from Chain Bridge to the
Aqueduct Tomlinson has been a con-
sistent winner in the past and holds sew
eral records in the Middle Atlantic As
ISOLATION OF the A. A. L. While Wash
ngton boasts many excellent swimmers.
il has none who is In the same class with
the Ouakertown star in a race Of three
Or more miles. However. this fact should
not deter the local athletes from doing
their best to win, as the unexpected often
happens. and II takes grit and staying1
powers to so :he route and beat field
Of thirty-seven.
The Washington Swimming Club
stands the best chance to capture the
meet by sending five OF its men across
The finish line first, as the only other or
sanization to have a team OF nve or more /,