The Washington herald., 1915-08-31
JUNIOR Grew IS
Showing WELL
Coach Claude R. Zappone Is
Satisfied with Work of
Potomac Eight.
REGATTA IS CONTINUED
Capt. Frank Chamberlain, of Red and
White. Features Shell and
Canoe Events.

| The Potomac Boat Club continued
Its regatta yesterday, which was post
poned from Saturday. Three canoe
races and two she'll event were held.
| The junior eight-oared crew. which
will row in the Middle States Regatta
on Labor Day took a practice spin
and after travelling the mile the vet
] Grams. who watched their work with a
keen eye. vouched satisfaction. Coach
IZappone followed the eisit over the
course in the official boat. He was
satisfied with the showing of the
eight and when interviewed had the
following to say: Il am perfectly sat
isfied with the work of the eight. but
l expect a great deal of Improvement
between now and Saturday. The
boys have the form down now and all
that remains is following the pace set
by Stroke Clarke.
The feature event of the program
which was an interclub mixed eight
Dared race at three-quarters of a
mile. was won by the Red crew.
which was stroked by Capt. Frank
Chamberlain and cox by Brown. This
crew was assigned the Virginia shore
and proved to be wide-awake at the
post. as they were the first to hit the
water and were never headed.
The race proved to be a procession
after the halfway mark. as the Reds
pulled out in front and a half boat
length of water showed between Capt
Chamberlain's crew and the White,
who crossed the finishing line in sec
ond pace. The Whites were a boat
length ahead of the Blues, while the
Pirates proved to be outclassed after
the first furlong.
In the opening event, which was
canoe race, padding backwards from
the center of the craft, Capt Frank
Chamberlain again proved to be the
expert, as he finished well ahead of
the field of eight other starters, while
c. Nash pulled up in second position.
Reverioro finished third. a good dis
tance ahead of the other boats
The canoe fours furnished the most
excitement of the evening. as the Reds,
with Capt Chamberlain again strok-
ing, finished first, with the Whites in
second position. Six crews started.
The canoe stroked by Jack Fransworth
turned over shortly after the start,
but all the boys were rescued and
showed no soSns of ther unexpected
ducking.
The quadruple interclub fours were
rowed in the dark. but Commodore
Rogers, of the Washington Canoe
Club. who was judge at the finish, ce-
clared the Reds, stroked by F. Smith,
as winners. The fitting contest was
postponed until this evening because
of darkness. The summaries:
Event No. l-Canoe race; Padding backwards in
center Of boat. Won by Chamberlain; second C.
Nash; third. Reveioro.
Event No. 2-CanOe race; standing back set.
Won by Z. Nash; second, Chamberlain: third.
Reyeioro.
Event No. Canoe fours. Won BY Reds (smith.
Huttley. Mcdonald and Chamberlain; second.
Whites (Reveioro. {. Nash, H. Nash. and Dulin)
third. Blues T. Fransworth J. Fransworth Bebout
and MeullerJ. Six crews started.
Event No. :-Eightosred interclub race. Won by
Reds (Revero, /; II. Nash 2; Ashford 3; T. |
Fransworth, i; Huttley, ); Meuller, 6; H. Nash Z:
Chamberlain. stroke, and Brown, co1swanl; second
Blues third. Whites; fourth Pirates
Event No. 5-Intercub Quadrupe. Won by Reds !
poole. Bebout. Clark, and F. Smith; second, |
Whites: third, Blues
Tlting event postponed because of darkness