Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
LOCAL CREW WINS
FROM ANALOSTANS
Virginia Boat Club Takes Thrill
ing Race From Wash
ingtonians.
HAD LEAD WHOLE DISTANCE
Regatta Was Highly Successful.
Many Events of Interest
Enjoyed by Crowd.
HAD LEAD WHOLE DISTANCE

Undaunted by the heavy odds apa,nst
them. the Virginia Boat Clubs eight
oe1eated the crack Analostan BOA.
club crew Of Washington Yesterday
afternoon on the Mayo Island course.
oneer grit and steady rowing from
start to finish gave Coach Van yliet.a
men the race-the premier event of the
regatta, which attracted n large
throng of people to the course. The
weather was ideal. and lovers Of acaua-
tic sports witnessed program ne
unusual interest
There was nothing the Virginia OUT
MT lacked in perfect oarmanship; they
simply outclassed the visitors i'm row
ing. being able to overcome the SUI
perior weight and experience of their
opponents by headwork and skill The
Analostans did not have much of n
chance after the start was made. for
Coxswain Brock got the advantage and
Tyler set stroke that kept the yIr-
ginians In the lead.
With the locals in tho van RI.
Neutrality-suspicious. made noble efforts To
como within striking distance, but thew
appeared to have no chance from the
start From time to time 1t appeared
that they had lost heart. and their
efforts lacked the steadiness that
characterized the performance of the
winners. When oar No. in the Ana
lostan shell fouled the flag near the
finish. the crew made no further eff
fort. It would have been all the same
II they had kept on for the Virginians
were more than half n length ahead,
and rowing with determination to
win that could not have been over
come
BY WINNING RACE LOCALS
UPSET MANY CALCULATIONS
BY winning the race, the Virginians
upset tho calculations Of many ex-
pePts, who thought the weight and eS-
perience of the Analostans would
overcome the grit which the locals are
known to possess. The average weight
OF the Washington eight was 1874 1-2
pounds. and that of the home crew
los 1-2. The visitors had half an inch
the better on the average height, and
had been trained for greater length
of time than Van Vliets mon.
The enthusiasm of the big crowd
knew no bounds when the announcer
megaphoned that our boys" were
ahead long before the spectators could
see the shells more than half way
down the course Coming under the
Seaboard Air Line bridge nearly n
length ahead, the Virginians received
a continuous ovation until the crack
OF a pistol told that they had crossed
the finish. Everybody was pulling
for tho doughty home crew, and they
responded nobly. 1t was great race.
and the result puts tho Virginia Boat
Club in the forefront OF amateur
aquatic organizations of the South
The last time the Virgtnians met the
Annlostans in match race was In 1907,
when the Richmond boys won two
events in which both flgured-one in
Richmond and the other at West Point
The Virginia Boat Clubs eight was
composed of r. S. Brock. coXswain: a.
l.. Hart, y. r. Kershaw. C. H. Mason. P.
P. Plunkett, l.. c. Wexford, r. Atwen.
S. f. Thompson and D. z. Tyler. stroke.
0f
Young; No !. sarnsdes; No. 5. Main;
No. t. Supplee; No u. Porter; stroke.
Hutterly: coxswnin, Corning.
Preceding the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
race there were n number of events
which attracted great attention In an
eight-oar she'll race. the Blues" won
from the Whites by the narrow mar
gin of eight Inches in an exciting finish
RUN IN GOOD STYLE
The two Fights were made up as fol-
lows:
cavanaugh. Calls. Gillian; stroke,
Wheat: coxswain. Spilman.
Whites = Lafoon. Grubbs. Mercer,
Neal, Wiltshire. Walthall. Snellings:
stroke. Haw; coxswain. Beers.
The war canoe race between the
crews OF the Pocahontas and the Pow
hatan was declared draw. after
thrilling race from start to finish.
There was never more than a couple
feet between the two canoes.
In the pleasure boat race with lady
coXswains. c. =. Ford. who has been
the winner In these events for six or
seven years in succession. lost to Wal
thall. younger man. Miss Ford was
Mr.. Ford's coXswain. and Miss Ramos
was with Walthan. Coghill was third.
with Miss Hart as coXswain.
The "Midgets," composed OF Lafoon,
Williams, Fraser and Grubbs. won the
four-oar gig race from the "Ancients,"
made up of Walthall. Spilman. Lacy
and Tyler. Steele and Hunter took the
canoe race (doubles), with Morrison
and Tabb second. The same pair were
also tho winners in the canoe-tllting
event
Tom Gresham WAS first and Terry
Morrison second in the "old-clothes"
swimming race. while A. ]. Cavanaugh
was an easy winner in the egg-and-
spoon swimming contest. c. P. Ford
was second in the latter event.
The officials OF the course we're:
Regatta committec-Irvin II. VIII
ilams, Woodson T. Waddy, NJ r. Gill
liam, A. r. I[ershaw and r. A. Fraser.
Float committee-Willam E. Craw-
ford. chairman: Fl. II. Smith. Edward
NJ. Thomas and r. e. Hotze. Jr.
Judges OF nnsh-Judse Beverly T.
Crump, j. I. Hill and W. Gray Watt
son.
Referees--Ca plain Nevius. OF Ana
lostan Boat Club. and Captain Forrest.
OF Virginia Boat Club.
Clerk OF course-George Beers.
Acca Temple Band, under the direc-
ton OF Lieutenant G. Burton. gave a
delightful concert during the after