Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
CREWS MAY GET TOGETHER
MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO FORM
BIG ROWING ASSOCIATION
Virginia Boat Club VIII Bc Member OF
Southern Observation-Disclosures
tiict Gives Views

of this city. as one of it's members
Ovcrtu:es have been made to the local
officials and they look upon the plan
with favor. George Van Vliet. who had
charge OF the Richmond rowers last
season, and turned out such a corkinl-
good crew. yesterday said that the idea
was excellent. but would like to Sc,
the proposed organization formed along
broader lines. His ideas follow:
Rowing In the South will DC given
big boost If the plans started by tho
Ariel Boat Club. OF Baltimore are car
ried TO a logical end. The plan pro
posed is the formation OF an o:ganiza-
ton 10 he known as the Southern Row
ing Association, the object icing To
! hold regatta in Baltimore early in
the season each year Our club has
been asked to join the associations
IL This plan We're carried 20 its logi-
cal end by combining in the ussociu.
ton both the -\ualostan and Potomac
! Boat Clubs. OF Washn gton. rs we'll as
the Virginia Boat club. n high class
regatta could be held every vear In
one or other OF the cities named,
which with proper management. would
equal the annual Decoration Dnv re-
w }
July rcgatti. SchuylIill Navy regatta.
or American Henley regatta. the three
last named being held every year on
the Schuyikiil River in Philadelphia
NEW NSSOCIAyIuN WILL.
HOLD OPEN R:GATrhS
~ we'll known member Of the Ariel
Boat club in speaking OF the PROPOSE
ton said the new associations would
probably he patterned after the Ameri-
can Rowing Associations, which holds
the so-callcd American Henley regat-
! Ia in Philadelphia tho last Saturday
in April every year The proposed
regatta would he known as an open
regatta. and held under the sanction
Of the National Association OF Amateur
harsmcn. lie stated that entries to
the regatta would be by invitation;
that is the board OF stewards or gov
cTninE body OF the association, would
send out invitations To such clubs as
they wished to have compete.
IF the plan outlined as above is
adopted and the new association mod
eled after the American Ro wing Assoc
citation. which in turn Is patterned
! after the English Henley Regatta AS
/ ISOLATION. the narrowcst sporting or
/ gani"ation in the world. its regattas
/ viii be 'DrEN in name only. The re-
I Enttas will not be open to clubs which
| are not invited to compete. Such n
rule would afford every oppovtunity for
! favoritism 10 be shown In issuing in
/ vitations, and would be most un-
/ American. 1t would be better to frank
/ ~ limit the entries to clubs south of
! Philadelphia; or better Still. which
would h" much more Spo~tSn;anlike,
| have the rn"attas open to all clubs
/ which live up to the amateur definition
of the National Association Of Anna
! tour Oarsmcn.
RIVALRY IN BALTIMORE
MAY HURT MOVEMENT
Tho pataDScu Navy. cOlnpriSiu,r
! Ariel Boat club and the Arundel Boat
! Club of Baltimore. will hold II meeting
on Tuesday. The Ariel Boat Club dele
yates have been instructed 10 bring up
| the proposal TO organize the Southern
! Regatta Association at this meeting.
| The Ariel Boat club has already an
nounccd that should the Iatapsco Navy
decide that it is not within its province
To carry out the proposition as to the
new association. that the Ariel Club
will assume the responsibility alone
and give rcgetta early next season,
/ This is very much to the credit Of the.
Ariel Boat club.
This announcement by the Nricl
| Boat Club as 10 assuming the responA,-
bility alone throws an Interesting s.dc
light on existing conditions in Balti-
! more. The rivalry between The CSC
Baltimore clubs is at times so intense
that they do not always pull together
In harmonious manner. which the best
interests Of the sport demand. 1t is
more than probable that ii the pro-
posed Southern Rowing Association
Included the two Washington clubs and
the Virginia Boat club, of Richmond
the two Baltimore clubs might forget
their differences. They certainly would
have the rivalry Of the three other
clubs in the association. and this would
distract their attention from each other
TO such an extent that they would
realize 1T was much better policy to
work together harm niously for the
general good of rowing. IN the same
manner in which the Philadelphia and
New York clubs work together
SOUTHERN OARSMI:N HAVE
ADVANTAGE or Long SEASON
Notwithstanding the fact that
southern oarsmcn have u much longer
rowing season than their brothers in
the North. they have always been han
dicapped by lack OF competition. There
never mas been regular annual re
Satta scheduled at any point south OF
Philadelphia once in three or four
years the Middle states Regatta is
held on Labor Day i'm either sal,i-
more or Washington. In the other
years, when the Middle states Regatta
is held in Philadelphia or New York,
the sport lani;uishes because there il
southern clubs are not always in a
position TO lay out several hundred
dollars in sending a crew TO New York
or Philadelphia
IL Is very evident, thercfore, tina;
tremendous impetus would he given
10 rowing in the south by an organi-
eaton such as the proposed southern
Rowing Association, which would hold
a regatta early in the season every
year a; either Baltimore Washington
or Richmond"
Captain Bob Forrest. of the Viz
@inia koat Cluh. said Yesterday:
am very glad to know there Is
a movement on foot 10 form South
"rn Rowing Association II is some
thing we have been wanting FOR a
long time and we have often talked
IL over with the Baltimore and Wash
inSton clubs think the Ariel CLUB
OF Baltimore deserves lots o! credit
in taking the initiative In this move
ment. and II will certainly ~haye tho
enthusiastic support Of the Virginia
Boat Club in making an annual r.t-
gatta under the auspices of the South
ern Rowing Association" permanently