The Washington herald., 1916-03-26
Prospects Are Bright
for Local Aquatic Sport

looking forward to a prosperous sea-
son. Never has the outlook been
brighter for a big year in water
sports.
! The young men OF the District who
have had dreams Of at some time win
never offered better opportunities to
have their dreams realized than the
| two Washington clubs are extending
to them this season.
! Coach Clarence Hecox, of the An
alostan Club, as 1t is expected the
club not only intended to have crews
; that will measure up to the past
standard. but they are going to have
more Of them.
4 There are prospects of-three- eighths
rowing under the colors of the An
! alostan club. as it is expected the
senior eight that lost by four feet at
| Philadelphia last Labor Day will be
! back in harness when the season opens
next month. So will the intermediate
! eight that trained for the same re-
gatta, but was forced to disband when
the entries did not fill: and from pres
emit reports there will be a large num-
Der Of candidates from which to pick
a new Junior crew.
The Analostans also boast of sew
eral scullers, so II is expected there
Will be much rowing in evidence on
the lower Potomac course during the
coming season.
Not alone is the Analostan club in
its prospects. for the Potomac Boat
! Club is also looking forward to a very
active season.
/ Claude r. Zappone, who coached the
\ Potomac Boat Club crews last season.
/ to be one of the largest and most
successful the Potomac club has en-
joyed for some years.
| Not only will my winning junior
eight of last season be practically in
tact, and the double and the quad that
made such a splendid showing in their
races at Philadelphia last Labor Day,
be out again this season." said Coach
/ Zappone, but l think l will be able
to whip together another junior eight
/ that will give a good account of it
self in any race it is entered. The
club has been fortunate this spring
in picking up a number of fine young
athletes who will make good material
| for new crews as soon as they have
had the rough edges worked of.
In order to take care of these men
! the club has secured some new equip
ment. Two new quads have recently
been gotten. and 1t is hoped a new
eight-oared shell can be obtained. With
these added to the present boats the
( Potomacs will be one of the best equip
, ped boat clubs in this section Of the
country.
The club now has three quads for
use of the membership, and with the
! numerous singles and doubles owned
| by the various members, it is hoped
/ to develop a number more of good
scullers and to bring this branch of
the sport more to the front in local
aquatics."
with such bright prospects for good
crews Washington should be we'll rep
resented in the many regattas which
will be held in this section during the
summer.
The awarding of the National Rs
| gatta to the Duluth Boat Club, of
Duluth. MINI. and the offer of that
club and the business men OF that city
in guaranteeing the travelling expenses
as far as Chicago of all Eastern
crews. is one of the biggest boosts the
rowing game has been given for some
time.
The regatta, which will be held Au-
gust II and IL. should be one of the
! largest and most successful ever
staged in this country. The fact tina t
! the regatta is to be held in the Mid
die West and the item of expense re-
duced to minimum for the Eastern
crews, clubs from all sections of the
country will undoubtedly enter crews.
President VI. ]. Barnes. of the Du-
luth Boat Club. has offered a hand
some silver cup to be presented to the
winner of the senior eight-oared race.
Another cup has also been offered as
perpetual point trophy for the re-
Sattas of the National association
In speaking of the prospects of a
Washington crew going to the Nation
al Coach Zappone stated that if his
intermediate crew showed the expected
improvement between the opening of
the season and the time for that re-
gatta. he felt sure means would be
found to send them to Duluth for the
big event.
Coach HecOx would not state defn-
itely whether the Analostan club
would send a crew to the National
but he thought IL any of his crews
showed sufficient class to warrant a
try for the championships, the club
would see that they got their chance.
HecoN would state, however, that
! he expected to enter crews in the
! Peoples Regatta in PHILADELPHIA on
July and in the first regatta of the
| southern Rowing Association which
will be held at Richmond, Va, in
June
As in Just what regattas the Po-
tomac club will enter crews will de-
pend entirely upon the crews them
| selves, for II they show sufficient class
10 warrant their going to the National
Regatta at Duluth, they will hardly be
entered in any other regatta before
that time
1t is understood that the Washing
ton oarsmen will bid to have the Mid
! die States Regatta held on the Po-
tomac River on Labor Day.
II such is the case Washington will
! be well represented. for both of the
local clubs would enter crews in most
of the events.
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