The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-02-27

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sports and sent athletics to many out
of-town meets. At one time the club
had a large athletic field on Analos-
tan Island where many athletic carni-
walls were held.
In 1899 the Y NJ. c. took over the
building of the club on G. street and the
Columbias were forced to obtain quarters
up on Fourteenth street northwest. but
they had begun to go to pieces and broke
up about a year later.
In 1899 the Georgetown University Boat
Club was organized and for the first
year they used a shell and the boat
house of the Potomac Boat Club. which
club did much to get them started in
the game.
There had been a Georgetown College
Boat Club back in 1850, but it lived such
a short time there Is very little record of
anything-it accomplished.
About 1900 the Georgetown club took
over the old Columbia Athletic Club
boathouse at the foot of Thirty-second
street and used It until they secured the
old Langley airship barge which they
anchored just above the Aqueduct
Bridge.
Georgetown's best showing was
made at the Poughkeesie Regatta in
1903, when her crew rowed a close
second to Cornell. defeating WILSON,
sin. Pennsylvania and Columbia.
Through lack of support the game
was abandoned at Georgetown in
1908.
One hears little of rowing during the
late nineties. but in 1899 the Potomacs
attem pied to revive interest and organ
lied a junior crew for the Middle States
Regatta at Philadelphia on Labor Day.
The crew. composed Of Wilson Young,
bow; Frank, Gordon. 2; w. J. Mansan. 3;
Sully B. Maize. 4; william Britt, 5; Bob
Heth. 6; Joe Daily, I; Claude Lunsford,
stroke. and Jude Grove. coxswain, made
| good showing. winning over a large
| field in the Junior eight race.
In 1898 C. w. Hecox. the father of high
school rowing in this city, organized a
| crew composed of students at Central.
The crew rowed under the colors OF the
Columbia Athletic Club and gave a good
account Of itself in number of local
regattas.
In order to develop his football squad
at Tech High in 1907. Hecox organ
lied one of the fastest crews ever
turned out by Washington boat
club.
The crew was composed Of Brew
ster, stroke: H. Ellis, Z; Wayne Hart.
| D, bower SprdnSy, D, bullOuEn, g.
| Small, 8; DeCarrc, 2; w. Thrall, bow
and Josh Slocum, coxswain.
On the Fourth of July that year, row.
| ing under the colors of the Potomac
Boat Club, they won the Junior race in
the Peoples Regatta at Philadelphia
They were coached for this race by Car
Mueller and Joe Daily.
| After the Fourth of July race, Pat
| Dempsey, one of the best coaches In
| this country, took hold Of the crew and
put them In shape for the National Re-
gatta in Philadelphia in August.
After winning the intermediate race
in this regatta from a classy field, they
entered In the senior eight and were
barely nosed out by the Argonauts Of
| Canada.
Not only did the boys make a great
showing in the rowing game. but tina
year Tech did not lose a game OF foot
BALL Previous to the organization of thii
| famous crew, the Potomacs had anothe
classy eight which deserves mention
The crew was composed of D. s. Bliss
i E. c. Thompson. d. F. MCGOWAN, A. c
! DuGanne, C. J. Meuller, II. w. Barber
1 necke, coxswain.
In the Middle States Regatta at
Staten Island. N. Y. on September S,
1904, this crew walked away from the
Argonauts of Canada and the Maltas
/ of Philadelphia.
1 The Washington Post Regatta of
1903 furnished the Potomacs with an
opportunity to pick up a number of
| prizes, their Junior eight defeating
Analostans and the Virginias from
Richmond, while in the senior event
1 their eight won from the Arundels
and Aeriels of Baltimore.
Not only did the Fights make grea
showing in this regatta, but Joe Dial
won the championship singles hand
4 down.
1 DAILY later gave up the game and CORN
ley and Carl Meuller came into promi
hence as scullers,
Previous to Days time as champion
Dick Reddington had made a bid 70
high honors in the scullers' class
In 1910 the Potonacs had fast JUNO
eight entered in the National Regatt
held in this city. They got of to, a ba
start, but closed up near the finish an