Evening star., 1916-07-30
BY b. C. BYRD.

According to definite reports from
those in charge of athletics at the
University. of Pennsylvania, several
athletes who have starred in various
branches of sport in local schools will
enter that institution this fall. The
squad of former representatives, of
Washington schools which will try for
Penn teams undoubtedly will be much
larger than has ever entered one uni
versity from this city in many year.
1t is confidently reported from Penn
that Carter, Brewer and Maxam, last
year at st. Adams. are entering and
expected to make good in track work.
Everybody knows that Brewer was
the greatest scholastic sprnter last
spring and the spring before, and
Maxam and Carter fall but little short
of him in their track performances.
Carter is a star middle distance runner
and Maxam can do the quarter close to
fifty seconds. Besides these boys, four
from Western are to go to Penn
Dutch" Peck, who was one of West
ern's best bets in foot ball, base ball
and basket ball: Johnnie Whelchel
basket ball star and catcher on the
base ball team. and George Stewart and
Dick Sergeant are to enter there. Stew
and Sergeant was brilliant basket
ball man and did some splendid work
e around first base in base ball.
Clarence Hecox is doing some mighty
hard work with the oarsnen of the
Potomac Boat Club these days in an
effort TO get them in shape to obtain
few victories in the Middle States re-
gatta on La Dor day. Hecox has a big
squad training under his direction, and
there are enough men out for him to
insist that all keep in good condition,
Hecox is stickler for hard, close ap-
plication, and real training is insisted
upon. If Hecox finds a man who is
not doing his duty in that respect the
oarsman in question usually finds his
seat in the boat taken by somebody else
the next DAY when he reports. Now
that Hecox has plenty of men he can
enforce rules to his hearts content
Every afternoon there several
Crews on the river, from thirty-fve to
fifty men usually being out. They all
Seem filled with the spirit of do. no
matter what the cost to themselves
In physical effort. If they fail to put
over winners in the Middle States it
will not be because they have not
worked diligently TO accomplish some
thing worthy of a club as prominent
as the Potomac
One thing that is bothering the club
is the matter of finances for the af
fair. The excursion of last Monday
was almost complete failure because
OF the rain and nothing like the
amount of money expected was real
lied There is a possibility that an
other will be held some time before
long In the meantime subscriptions
and donations are being solicited and
other ways and means of raising funds
to defray the expenses Of the affair
are being considered.
There is a possibility that Chamber
lain and Powell will repr esent the
N he ba bold Il.r
onne. y. j., August 10. These oars
men have been working out for sew
eral days and probably will he in good
shape by the time the event is sched-
uled to take place.
The fact that the Analostan Club
has lost Clarence Hecox as it's coach
Is not deterring IL from making a
strenuous effort to develop crews for
the Middle States. Sam Edmonston
who sat in the boat with Hecox which
won the national double sculls cham
pionship several years ago, has been
placed in charge and the members Of
the club think he viii be able to turn
out some fairly capable combinations
Several of the men who made up win
ming crews for Hecox in past years
stIH are members of the organization
ana they VIII be pressed into service.
The Potomac intermediate eight
which maGe fine showing at Pnila-
delphia last year on Labor DAY is al
most intact this season. Two men ha ve
been lost, but il seems that two more
are at hand. just capab BILE. to fll the
vacant seats. Roberts, who used to
row at Tech and for the AnaIostan
Club. is likely to MI one Of the places
and Andy Hutterly seems fairly sure
OF the other. Both men are experienced
and should fit Well into this crew As q
matter Of fact, the intermediate eight
seems to be getting irnbued with the
Idea that IL can take the measure of
the senior boat and some very inter
esting TROUT races may be staged
before long
The Washington Canoe Club undoubr-
cdiy can muster swimming team
cIFable of holding its own at least
with he best Of the secondary organ
i%atlons. OF course. its squad could
hardly be compared with such a COM
bination as that which represents the
Illinois Athletic Club and other organ
fZations which number several cham
pions in their ranks. but. on the whole,
there are few clubs anywhere which
possess better aquatic stars than the
local one. 1t would be very interest
Ing to note just what they could ac-
complish in a dual meet with some of
the larger organizations.
Those colleges which had athletes
enrolled in the National Guard viii be
particularly aided by the proposed
action of the War Department to allow
all college men to return to school
after September /. There are man,
institutions which had several mem.