Evening star., 1920-07-11

Accident Stops Boat.
When the three crews chopped their
way from the starters gun it did
not take ten strokes to tell that the
winner would be the Potomacs or the
Vlrglnians, as both, bow and bow.
began to pull away from the Old Do
Inlnlons. About the eighth-mi mark.
plnough, wilton, rowing No. in the
fotomac boat, caught a crab and so
completely lost his oar that it became
damned under the side of the boat.
Inc Potomacs stopped dead. and, whiIe'
wilton worked desperately to extri-
, cate ms oar with his mates watching,
the Old Dominions pulled up along
slae and passed and the Virginia crew
drew away good three lengths
Everybody thought the race was
as good as over, but reckoned without
consideration for the seight stanch
hearts and strong bodies which bent
ana swayed in unison to barks which
came from the hunched-up little fig
ure in the stern. 1t seemed almost
FOOLISH to waste good energy in the
| thought it could last, but it did lasf
and not for one second did Thompson
slow the fast-moving oar which was
telling the seven men back of hfm
what was expected. These seven men
saw not the three lengths of open
water. considered not the hugeness of
tneir task, only answered and con-
tlnued to answer the call of that flash
ing oar in front of them quarter
from the finish their bow had begun
| TO lap the stern of the Virginia boat,
and for a second it seemed they fall
tered, but that momentary hesitation 4
was only the beseeching demand from
that blade for even the greater ef-
tort which sometimes perfectly at
| tuned mind and muscle can give un-
der stress of great moments. The an
sWer was perfect, and the frail shell,
like thing alive, seemed almost to
| lift and drive itself in final mad
rush to the goal which six minutes
before had seemed impossible.
One other race the Potomacs wonI
| was not SO sensational, but little the
less deserved. In the )quadruple sculls
| the Old Dominion Boat Club, under
| the auspices of which the regatta was
held, had placed a crack boat. on
which Old Dominion men were wager
| ing three to one to win, against
makeshift Potomac four. 1t was the
| closest race of the day, and after pull
ing almost oar to oar down the entiret
| mile stretch the Potomacs almost
| took away the breath of their own
| supporters as well as of the Old Do
minion men by forcing their boat to
! the last fifty yards. to win by bare
| yard or two
Old Dominions Win Two.
| Now. more of the general regatta.
! Old Dominion oarsmen set their ad-
| herents wild with enthusiasm when
| they pulled well away and won the
| first two races on the program. The
| first two boats to face at the starting
line were the Old Dominion and Po-
tomacs in the junior doubles. The
race was close at the first half mile.
but bad steering by the Potomacs put
| them of the purse while the Old
| Dominion me i'd their way per-
| fectly. The A. drians won py iour
lengths. s
| event, junior the Old DOMINION
men again tool advantage OF tneIr
| superior knowled e of tide conditlohs
| and distances abf FOR the second time
| in as many even the red nag drop
ned on them "a yictors. 1t was Just
/ about as easy victory as the Ate1
had been, with the Potomacs secoLu'
Ariels third. and Virginia Boat Ciuo
| fourth. ~, Do
| Remaining two victories OF tne
+onac club were won in the Junior
singles and intermediate eights races
Ashford in the singles peat ConvSr
sane of the Ariels, the only man VINO
started against him. so far tnat the
event lost interest after the hrst quar-
er-nnile. Conversane coulo not SEE
his boat and sculled such zie-AAk
course that had he been the tastes.
scnller that ever sat in boat ne
could not have won. Despite the TOUT
| ing that the Virginia Boat Cup inter-
mediate eight received prior TO com
ing here and notwitnstanoihs en
| plenty Of hard cash on their aoillty 10
win. the powerful boat the Potomacs
nlaced against them sliced Its way up
| the mile course to win by an easy Two
lengths: No crew ;oc9 eGu,n nontrsst naue as the
Richmond boat did to the Potomacs
and won without something closely
approa ching a miracle favoring them
Reeattn Well Conducted.
Too much could not be said about
the way the Old Dominion Boat Ciup
Conducted the regatta. In the whole
memory of the writer. who has oeeh
putting into type stories OF such
events for more than decade, IL was
the first regatta that was begun on
| time to the minute, in wnicn each
event was started at the specinc min
ute IL was scheduled to start, ana
hitch was ended the same way.
Much of the credit for this belongs
to Ashby Rearden, clerk OF the
course.
other members of the regatta com
mittee were Jim Douglas and Edwih
r Carver Responsible. in company
with Reardon, for the arrangements
now that the regatta is over they
have not one thing over which TO Ieei
otherwise than satisfied. The meoals
were presented at banquet anu
dance which followed the regatta
The Summaries.
Junior doubles-Won by Old Dominion boat
Clnb fOIiyer and r. Beaton); SECOND, Potomac
Boat Club Time, 617 Is.
Junior gigs-Won by Old DOMINION boa.
Club (Howard, L. Pohl. G. POhl. shuman anu
Deayers): second, Potomac Boat Ciuo' tnru'
Ariel Rowing Club. No time taken.
Junior quadruple sculle-Won by fotomnc
Boat Club tSherfy, Bailey burger. Dopeop'
second Old Dominion Boat Club. Time, ooo
Intermediate gigs-Won by Ariel Rowing
c,nh (Healy Strouss. Victor, Goldsmith and
Stockett): second Virginia Boat Club. third,
Potomac Boat Club Time. 10 70
Jupior singles-Won by Potomac Boat SiuD
fAshfordl. second Ariel Rowing CLUB. Time,
Junior eights-won by Potomac Boat Club
foiiber. Ridgely, Libbey, Wilton. Bittner.
buckley Yetton. Thompson. Bryanl; second.
virginia Boat Club; third. Old Dominion Boat
Club No time taken.
single gigs tunofficial)-Won by Ariel Row
ing Club Martini; second. Potomac Boat Club.
Canoe doubles-won by Washington Canoe
Club; second. Potomac Boat Club. No time
taken.
IOO-yard swim-Won by Brooks Virginia
Boat Club; second, Curtin -(Old Dominion Boat
Club.
intermediate eights-Won by Potomac Boat
Club (Schneider. Bailey. Sherry, Abbott, Bur-
ger, Supplee, Dorsett. Hutterly, Kintz);
ond Virginia Boat Club.