Evening star., 1916-09-05
BY n. c. BYRD.

| Competition between the crews in the
| Middle States Rowing Association re-
gatta yesterday was poor, with the ex-
ception of one or two races. In most
of the events some boat would take
: the lead at the start and not only hold
| it straight to the finish, but lengthen
the distance between it and the other
shells with every hundred yards. In
some of the races there were only two
entries.
In just two of the events was the
competition close enough really to be
| interesting. 1t was the contest between
the Pennsylvania Barge Club and
Malta Boat Club. both of Philadelphia,
in the double sculls. which produced
one of the real events. Both boats
rowed down the entire course on prac-
tically even terms, the Pennsylvania
Barge shell barely nosing out in the
last few yards that representing the
Malta Club. The other event was be-
tween senior eights, and in that it was
pra ctically certain after the first half
OF the event that the Undine Barge
Club of Philadelphia would finish first.
! The Philadelphia organization was
touted as the best boat in the east, so
good that the other clubs did not care
10 enter crews in that race. The Po-
tomacs and AnaIostans, though, chal-
| iensed the right of the visitors to
CLAIMS of superiority and made a game
struggle against more experienced
ana better balanced crew.
ABOUT the end of the half-nlile mark
the Undines had about two feet of open
| water between them and the two local
| shells, but the Analostans started spurt
| which pulled their prov up until it Tapped
| the after-part Of the Undine deck. The
| f1 la1 70 |, ,rf and
F, maintained their position for the next
quarter of a mile. However, in the last
quarter the Analostans broke the
| Ondlnes started their final drive, and the
| Potomacs bent over their blades in a last
desperate endeavor. 1t was game effort
but not sufficient to overcome the
| strength. endurance and greater expert
| ence of the visitors. Undine won from
! the Potomacs by about three quarters Of
a length and from the Analostans by
| about length.
The only two opportunities that fol-
lowers of TIE local clubs had in which to
enthuse over the performances of the
| Potomacs and Analostans were in the
junior single, sculs and the race for junior
eights. William E. Boryer, former
Technical High foot ball player and a
member of Analostan eights for the last
two years. finished so far ahead of the
other entrants in this event that not
another oarsman had look-in. Boryer
did little more than paddle the last half
mile. just keeping four or five lengths
| ahead of the other boats 1t might be
told here, too, that Boryer could have
| won the intermediate sculls just as easily
as he did the juniors. had he been
entered. Rather than take part in that
for the futile endeavor against the I'm
| dimes in the final race on the program.
! The Potomac junior eight won by
more than length from the Virginia
Boat Club of Richmond. For the first
i half of the distance the event seemed
| sure to be exceptionally close, but the
| visitors were unable to hold their
| squirt in the last 600 yards. and the
! Potomacs forged ahead with ease. The
result of the race proved severe set
| back to the Virginians, as they had
| high hopes of winning. The setback
! to the visitors from Richmond partook
| somewhat of a financial nature, too, as
they had backed their shell heavily to
| win, and the followers of the Potomacs
were not slow in taking all the bets
| they could get.
/, The most notable performance of the
| day was that of the four-oared gig rep
resenting the Arundel club of Balti-
| more. That boat first went into the
! race for junior gigs. and won by two
| or three lengths. Then it took up the
| burden in the intermediate class, and
! finished first in that by about the same
| n.
/ in the morning, and, encouraged by
| their successes the Arundels became
! an added starter in the race for seniors
| in the afternoon. A tho h"atc rn-''"
! from under the Aqueduct bridge 1t was
! seen that the Arundels We're again
leading though by much smaller
margin than in the two previous races
In the last 500 yards. though, Cox
swain Bristow realized there was moth
ing more for which to save his men
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were worth. They responded nobly with
dash which carried their boat over
the line three lengths in front of the
Undine boat. The Pennsylvania Barge
Club was third and the Potomacs
fourth.
Jack Kelly, the star oarsman of the
Nesper Boat Club of Philadelphia, took
rart in three winning races. In the
senior single scullS he rowed for about
a quarter of a mile, until he was about
ten lengths ahead of the others, then
nonchalantly padded the remainder of
! the distance as if he were anxious to
get through with rather boresome
task In the senior doubles Kelly, with
Walter Smith, again carried the colors
of the Fespers to the front just as
easily as he had won the singles
The Vesper four had only one opponent
in the senior quadruple sculls. the Po-
tomac crew. and that boat was defeated
so easily that it dropped out of the
race in order to keep fresh for the
senior eight event. The Potomacs had
their most experienced crew against
the Vespers, but could make little head
way against a quartet every member
of which was of national prominence
Kelly is a natural oarsman, has an
ideal build for the sport, and is con-
ceded to be the best all around sculler
in the United States. 1t is true that
Kelly was beaten by hairs breath in
the sculls in the national regatta at
Duluth a short time ago. but his defeat
apparently was due to the difficulties of
the course over which he was compell-
ed to row. Rooney of the Ravenswood
Club of New York, the man who beat