The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-28
u, EUGENE VI. FOSTER.

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| Looking forward to a busy and success
ful rowing season next year. Capt. Franz
Chamberlin and Lieut.. Bill Powell. ri
the Potomac Boat club. have just re,
Ceived their new double. ordered from
Glass & Company. Of Philadelphia. anC
last Sunday took their initial spin IN
their new she'll
The boat is especially made and is built
along lines planned TO obtain the maxi.
mum speed with the necessary durability
required for the needs Of two such men
as the tvs" Potomac oarsmen.
Last season these men ordered boat
built along Ines not heretofore attempted
and while trying 1t out on the river =
few DAYS after Il arrived the boat col
lapsed in the middle. and both men had
to swim for shore.
The boat had been built with a thought
only Of speed. durability being a second
thought. but after their experience OF
having to swim home instead of padding
they changed their views as to how boats
should be built.
As Lieut.. Powell put it: NO more new
tangled ideas for me. I want a speed
boat alright but first I want one that
is going to bring me home when start
out for row. / am an oarsman. not a
swimmer"
In their new boat they have something
that is surely going to hold them and
from the way II went through it's trial
last Sunday 1t is going TO have plenty
Of speed too
The boat is built along the lines OF the
borrowed one used by them on last Labor
Day at Philadelphia. when they made
such a wonderful showing In running
away from field OF eight entries from
the cities Of New York. Philadelphia.
Baltimore and Washington.
Chamberlin and Powell are a fair sam
pie OF the class Of crews turned out by
the two Washington rowing clubs. the
Analostans and Potomacs. which clubs
In the past have been represented in most
every open regatta held in the East and
the ability of their crews Is respected by
all rowing clubs who have ever had crews
compete against them.
Washington is indeed fortunate in
having two clubs that support the
clean and healthy sport of rowing as
well as the Analostan and Potomac
boat clubs have done In the past
Rowing circles outside of Washing
ton have come to realize that a crew
from either of the clubs from this
city is one 10 be feared. for in the
past crews wearing the blue and
white of the Analostan and the red
and white of Potomac have thrown
their wash back on crews from most
all Of the large rowing clubs in the
East.
But the Washington clubs are not
content to rest on past laurels. They
proposed to continue their habit of
winning for some years to come.
With this end in view the powers that
be in rowing affairs here are making
plans for the coming season.
The prospects for rowing this COM
ing summer were never brighter or in
a healthier state than they are at
present The leading members of
both clubs have been searching
winter sports for likely looking candi-
dates to sit in the rowing shells when
the season opens in late March or
early April.
Washington will surely have plen-
ty of entries in the rsgsttas to be
held in the East this coming season.
\ The Analostan club will have at
least six different crews to represent
1t when the season opens.
They will again have their senior
crew that gave such a good account
of itself last Labor Day when 1t lost
by less than a quarter of a boat
length to the fast Vesper crew OF
Philadelphia.
Their intermediate eight will be out
again next season after having dis
banded last year when they heard
there was to be no intermediate race
in the Labor Day regatta at Philadel-
phia.
Coach Hecox has had his green ma
terial from which he will select his
Junior crew for next season learning
the first rudiments of the game under
his watchful eye on the Potomac
each evening since the regular season
closed and from present reports ex-
poets to have a winner
The club expects to have four of its
best men work out for a four-oared shell
and viii enter them in the senior four
race on the Fourth OF July at Phila-
delphia-