Evening star., 1916-09-05
COMPETITION IN ROWING RACES
MUCH BELOW USUAL STANDARD
Nearly All the Events in Middle States Re-
gatta Won by Big Margins -Boryer
and Potomac Juniors Win.

Kelly. did not enter the regatta yester-
opinion that Kelly would have taken
his measure if he had.
The Undine eight, made UP mostly of
college men. had an easy task disposing
of the Potomac Intermediates in the
opening race on the program. The I'm
dimes always were in front and rowed
well within themselves, until the Po-
tomac boat challenged near the finish,
and then they let out just enough to
retain their lead. This same Jndine
eight later went into the senior event
and made good all the fine reports of
its prowess that had proceeded 1t. 1t
was the best eight that has rowed in a
Middle States regatta in years.
William Haase rowec away from the
other entries in the intermediate single
sculls in time which was sixteen sec
onds slower than that in which Boryer,
the Analostan man, had won the Junior
event. In the association singles
Charles ]. Sheehan of the Celtic Row
ing Club of Buffalo won without much
, trouble. He was seven lengths ahead
at the end of the three quarters. when
he let up and rowed easily to the fin-
ish. Patchell of the Columbia Boat
Club of Pittsburgh and Alters of the
Arundel Club of Baltimore spurted
hard and made up a lot of the dis
tance. finishing fairly close to Shee-
han. who made little or no attempt to
answer their challenge and rowed
only hard enough to win.
The Potomac Club had the only
entry against the Pennsylvania Barge
Club in the intermediate doubles, but
after finding that it could not win
dropped out of the race to save the
men for the final contest between
senior eights.
The revenue cutter Apache was an
chored near the finish within the
course and directly in line with one
of the courses one boat was compelled
to row. On two occasions Potomac
shells held that course and were COM
PEELED to steer off their direct line to
the finish. Members of the crew of the
Apache and the harbor police, though.
did excellent service in patrolling the
course and keeping it clear.
The Potomac Boat Club tried to do
entirely too much, making too many
entries to allow the club to show at its
best Had the Potomacs been content
TO rest their laurelS on the results of
the junior and senior eight-oared races
and placed the members of the inter
mediate eight in some of the gig races
ana doubles. training them especially
Tor those events, the club, it is believed,
"A
was the organization had crews in
about fourteen events, something that a
limited squad will not allow 1t was a
foregone conclusion before the race
tnat tn the Tesper four would beat any
iour the Potomacs could muster and
that the Undine eight would have a
Malkaway of the intermediate class.
-Ihe Potomac men who took part in
these contests could have been saved
| and sent into other races fresh. Had
every Potomac man gone into the Sc
NOR eight race fresh that club might
nave won the most desired contest of
the day
However. credit must be given to the
Potomac Club for sacrificing it's own
interests for the interests of the re-
gatta as whole. In at least three
OF the races in which Potomac crews
TOOK part there was only one other
all 1t was necessary for them to pro-
duce the crew to make it.
financially, the regatta was a failure.
The program did not net the club as
much as it should. Thousands of per-
for seats in the stands at the finish,
the subscriptions were few, and the
upshot of the whole thing is that the
club will have to foot lot of bills
out of its own treasury.
being held on the Potomac yesterday
the representatives of the Washington
Canoe Club were making complete
cleanup in the annual meet of the At
lantic division of the American Canoe
Association in Baltimore, on the Pa
tapsco river. The other clubs did not
afford the local organization good com
petition, the following disposition of
the point winners showing just how eff
fectiyely the Washington club cleaned
up its opponents:
Washington Canoe Club. 1873; Phila-
delphia Canoe Club, p: Maryland
Swimming Club, "a; Arundel Boat Club,
5; Lackanoo Canoe Club, /; Red Dragon
Canoe Club, l.
The Washingtonians won first place in
every event but one. which was a re-
markable performance. The race in
which they were defeated was the can
vas canoes singles. Karl Wagner was
a winner in every event in which he
participated-seven. Wagner astonished
the spectators by his achievements and
surprised even the members of his own
club. who were well acquainted with his
qualities of endurance and general ca
pabilities.
Wagner. Eliason. Rutherford and
Knight won the club fours; Wagner and
Knight the tandem double blade raca:
Hazard Stenz. Almon and knight the
club fours in canvas canoes; Wagner, the
double-blade singles; Knight ard Haz-
Zard, the tandem canvas canoes; Wagner
and Knight. the tandem single blade;
Wagner. the single-blade singles: knight.
Wagner, Rutherford, Eliason, the double
blade fours; Knight and Wagner, fitting
contest. Elliott of the Arundel Boat
Club of Baltimore, was the winner of the
canvas canoe singles the only event in
which members of the Washington club
were defeated
Following the meeting Of the Atlantic
division, a meeting Of the newly or
ganized Chesapeake and Delaware divis-
ion of the American Canoe Association
was held. The organization was effected
and officers chosen. This is the division
Washington Canoe Club has been work
ing for some time.
The meeting of the Fidelity and Trust
Company team of Baltimore with the