The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Officers Reserve Corps
Crew Wins by Inches on
Choppy Water from
Mixed Eight.
By JOHN A. DUGAN.

on the proceedings anu rdseu nOlS
CAIN with the already muddy
Potomac for thirty minutes, he did not
do enough damage to cause a post
ponement, as the wearers of the
white stars were out for competition
and plenty of keen rivalry was furnish
ed by the athletes during the after
noon.
Shortly after the interclub cham
plonship eights had left the starting
line for the long grind up stream,
Jimmy. of>he Greek gods, go in his
dirty work. causing the water to be
rather rough and choppy when the
races were resumed.
Coach Hecox's athletes went into
the various events like a pack OF
hungry wolves from the Northern
woods. as it is seldom now that any
of the athletes can show their skill
and ability in pulling a sweep in COM
petition. Closed finishes marked nearly
every event
Rough and choppy water could not
faze Uncle Sammy's new trench dig
gers, as the officers from the reserve
camp at Fort Myer, Va, put up
plucky race and won by inches from
the mixed crew of the Potomac Boat
Club in the feature eight-oar race
over the half mile course.
Many of the khaki-klad-klan had
not sat in a shell this season, but they
demonstrated that they had not for
gotten any Of the old tricks of the
game as they held themselves bach
during the early going and came with
a great rush in the final drive OF l0o
Yards In win hy a nose
Coxswain Rally called for
faster and heavy stroke when the
halfway mark was reached. These
new officers who will shortly be
issuing commands, Somewhere
over there" answered with a re-
sponse that soon cut down the short
lead of the Potomac eight. 1t was
nip and tuck to the finishing line,
with every athlete in each boat
giving every ounce of pulling pow
ers that was in him. Winning by
inches means winning by a stroke
as it was the final strong pull that
landed the race for the Reserve
Corps as they plunged across the
finishing line. The shells were on even
terms, and many of the spectators
were shouting a dead heat, but the
officers boat answered the call of
Coxswain Rally for the final pull
which landed the hhaKIKlad-K Klan
oarsmen the honOrg OF the day.
The scullers made a big day of
1t, as two events were carded for
the boys with the sweeps. The
club championship singles furnish
ed one of the best races Of the day.
Bob Duncan showed the way to a
field Of four starters in this event,
while G. Hutterly pulled up in sec
ond position, with Frank Smith
third. Duncan got away to good
start. but was soon overhauled by
HutterIy. with Smith coming along
at a rapid pace. Hutterly forged
to the front and was carrying his
opponents along at good clip
when he caught a crab" and lost
considerable ground. He had
enough reserve power left to over
take Smith and make things inter
esting for Duncan over the balance
of the route. T. B. HOkler,-the
other entry in this event, turned
over on his way to the startling
line and was never in the running.
Albert Cornell, who pulled the
number five oar in Coach HeCox' s
JUNIOR elRnL-OdTtu crew at the
die Atlantic Regatta last Labor Day,
demonstrated that he also knew
something of pulling the double
oars. as he showed the way to five
opponents in the novice scull race,
while George Shaefer finished in
second position.
The intcrclub eight-oared race be-
tween the Red. White and Blue
crews was interesting. The Red and
Blue crew we're on the starting line
awaiting for the Whites to fall in
line but Starter Harris saw the mad
storm, wildly rushing down the Po-
tomac and set the Reds and Blues
away before the Whites had lined up.
The crews were compelled to pull
against a strong northwestern wind
and the choppiest water of the day.
Before half the course had been
completed jim Pluve open up with
his rain and hail. making it difficult
for the judges at tire finish to deter
mine which crew Wa leading. but from
official sources. If tke word of the cox
swain in the boats can be taken as
official, the Red crew was given the
verdict.
The big surprise Of the day was
the defeat of :he veteran doubles OF
the Potomac Club. Bill Thrall and
Ed Mueller have been demons in the
doubles for quite a long while. but
they were compelled to bow to Frank
Smith and Bob Duncan in the champ
ionship event yesterday. Mueller and
Thrall gathered in a lead in the first
half of the race, open. water being
seen between the boats, but Smith
and Duncan kept at the long grind
and won by a half length.
Three canoe races were mixed in
among the sculling events In the
canoe doubles ]. .Donohue and L X.
. Ashford landed the honors, while the
titling contests was captured by H.
! Rivero- at the paddle and A Hutterly
as the rammer.
The Washington Canoe Club scored
a victory over the Potomac in the
! club four. The Canoe Club boat was
made up of the quartet that last Sat
urday cleaned-up in the fours in Bal
timore, Knight, Wagner, Rutherford
and Ellison. Potomac paddIers tried
hard but their efforts were all for
nought against the W. C. c. S. crack
: quartet. The results of the various
events are as follows:
: Canoe dnubles-WOn by J. H P. Donohus and
q. l. \. Ashford: second. A. NJ RiTero and G.
e Wise. Time 4s seconds
Single scull club ch1mpiCnship-Won by Rob
ert Duncan: second. G. Hutterly; third Frank
Smith fourth. T. B. Hokler. Time 2:3S.
d. Interclub sisht-oarsd championsnip-w Won by
: Reds tAlburne. No. L: Donohue. No 2; R. Wise.
No 3; Wilson. No 4: Beard. No 5: Buckley,
e No s; Baker, No. Z; stroke. R. Duncan: cox
swain. Bryan): second, Blues; third, Whites.
Time 2555
y Champion doubles-won By F. Smith tstrokel
and Robsrt Duncan bowl: second Edward
Mueller lsuoke) and W. Thran Cbowl. Tine,
'3Is
. EiSnt-oared match race-Wou by Officers Re
'serTe Cor2c. Of Fort Myer CB. Ashford. No. /;
Baker. No. 2; Hinwood. No. }: Mckay, No 4;
.Melick No. 5; Foster. No g.; L. Ashford, No.
!; G. Hutterly. stroke; Rally. coxswainl; second.
Potomac Boat Club mixed eight Time. III