The Washington herald., 1916-09-03
Visiting Oarsmen Will Take
Trial Spin on Course Today

1 say they will all be seniors after tomor-
row night. Dutch Mueller, at stroke is
the oldest active oarsman in the club, and
the men who sit behind him say he has
! improved with age The other senior
men In the boat with Mueller, are Frank
Smith in No. 5 and Don Macdonald in
No. 6. Each of these men have had a
number OF years experience and know
how TO put their weight on the oar The
| intermediate men in the crew are Rob
erts. I; Hutterly. L. and Garner, bow,
while the two remaining men are Dun
can In and Kurtz. 3.
Coach HecoN is looking to this crew to
win the days classic and from the way
II has been going over the course in
its trial spin during the past week, IL
| looks to be a good bet.
! To sum up in this race it is a mighty
hard job to pick the winner Undine
comes well touted, but the race will be
rowed on the form OF a crew tomorrow.
so past records will be OF little use. The
local crews look fit and should be in the
| fight to the last
The next great race of the day should
be the Junior eight. when the Potomac
crew will row against the Virginia Boat
Club eight from Richmond. q.
The Junior boat is Hecox's one best bet
and the Virginia crew will have to be
a mighty fast eight IL 1t hopes to win
from the local crew
In their nightly workouts the juniors
have been giving both the intermediate
and the senior eight a hard rub.
Stroke Bob Duncan has made good with
a vengeance and is setting a pace that
will surely bring his crew across the line
A winer IL it will but stick them in with
him.
The men who are now rowing in the
boat and will undoubtedly be in the race
are as follows: Lawrence, bow; Donohue,
?: Hinwood, 3: Rivere, 4; Cornell. 5; Alb
bolt. 6; Kurtz Z; Duncan, stroke, and
Rally, coXswain.
The race that should furnish the great
est amount of competition should be the
association single sculls event, in which
ten crews will compete.
The Potomac Boat Club will have its
star sculler, Ed. l.. Mueller, row in this
| vsce. but It is hard to get line on what
HE chances will be- but he is sure to be
right up within striking distance when
the crews break into the stretch.
The senior double SOULS event will un-
doubtedly be an interesting race. Jack
Kelly, former As-AmeNcan champion
sCuller, with his partner, Walter Smith,
will compete against three other doubles.
| among which will be one composed of
Louis Zoha. Champion Rooney's rowing
| partner. and William J. Murray, rowing
under the colors of the Ravenswood Row
ing Club.
William F. Powell and Frank T. Cham
berlin. the local senior double scull crew.
which has been attracting so much at
tcntion during the last couple OF years.
have been training hard for this race
and will. doubt, make an excellent
showing.
Kelly and Smith are the favorites for
this event, but the local double is liable
to upset the dope and come through with
= win over the EeSper stars
One thing is certain in this event and
that is the Potomac double will not lose
II condition has anything to do with 1t.
They made mistake in June when they
| entered in the Southern Regatta at Rich
mond, Va, without proper training and
were defeated by Elers and Johnston, of
Arundel. of Baltimore. The Baltimore
crew will be in this race tomorrow, and
| the local double are going out to beat
them IL no one else and thereby redeem
! themselves for their defeat earlier in the
season.
While the new champion will not be
in the senior event tomorrow Jack Kelly,
who lost the championship last month at
| Duluth, will row against Louis Zohs, of
| the Ravenswood R. c. and r. p. Pearse,
OF Nonpariel r. c.. of New York
One of the favorites among the Poto-
! mac crews Is the senior quadruple
SOULS crew. composed of Powell, bow;
Ma cdonald, 2; Mueller. 8, and Chamber
lin, stroke. These men have only been
| working out together q little over q
week. but in that short space they have
learned to hit together, and as all Of
the men have had considerable expert
ence at sculling, team work was the
thing they needed most and is what they
seem to have acquired.
They are matched against what has
| been termed one OF the best ouads in the
| country, the Nesper crew. in which Jack
Kelly will row stroke, but the Potomacs
| feel that the Philadelphia crew can be
! beaten and thai they are the ones to
do it.
Potomac's intermediate four-oared gig,
/ composed of Ashford, bow; Farnsworth.
2; Cornell, 8; Clark. stroke. and KNIT
coxswain, looks to have the edge on the
| Penn barge gig of Philadelphia They
| have been setting mighty pace in their
| trial spins and are considered very
\ likely winner in tomorrow's race.
| Frank Smith, Potomac's intermediate
single sculler. has been coming fast of
late, but 1t is hardly expected he will be
able to beat the class in his event. Smith
Is bull for strength and can put as
| much on the oar as the next one, but he
| has Just recently taken up single soul
| ling and has not had time to put on the
! necessary polish SO necessary in this
| class Of racing. However he may prove
| the surprise Of the day and upset the
dope.