Evening star., 1921-04-10

Doyle. but he cried out. I'm all right!
Help the others" One man of the
! crew, Robinson. could not swim. and
his companions generously helped him
| to battle with the waves. But they
had over-estimated their strength.
! them would have drowned. Elmore
| and Reynolds. who had been helping
| Robinson. were becoming exhausted
when boat came alongside to rescue
them. Doyle was picked up. and Dyer
caught rope from a tug and was
hauled aboard Robinson was clinging
to the upturned gig. Suddenly big
white rowboat made its way among
the tugs. and a clear steady voice was
heard above the storm. II you'll keep
the tugs away I'll save him" No time
was lost and none was to be lost.
Strong arms lifted Robinson into the
; boat. He was quickly rowed to the
Potomac house and placed under d
doctors care"
The big white rowboat belonged to
| the Columbia Club. and was in the
clubhouse. 1t was showed down the
incline and or the stage, and manned
by Fred Freeman Of the Passaics and
Horace Beall OF the Columbias The
Analostan gig was swamped close to
the shore of Analostan Island. and the
crew were picked up by rowboats
Eugene Johnson of the Columbias and
P. F.. Huneker Of the Iona Boat Club
places for the race of junior singles.
The storm broke and their shells cap
sized. Huneker was picked up by the
tug Cecile and Johnson swan ashore.
children in it. about to land at Cum
| berland's. was swept into the stream
and its people were taken off by the
police boat Joe Blackburn A line
thrown to people in the water fouled
the propeller of the Blackburn, and
Robert Thompson. a deckhand jumped
overheard and cut the rope loose.
Little old Washington talked about
the storm and the regatta for days
and nights. The town was as much
! be now were the Washington monu-
ment to stand on it's apex or the God
cess of Liberty to jump from the
dome of the Capitol.
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OF the three Washington boat
~ clubs. the Potomac. Analostan and
and Columbia. the Potomac was the
oldest. The list Of its trophies. medals
and banners won with its oars on as
many rivers in the United States as
the average reader can name would
fill column. 1t sent into the water
great four and eight cared crews The
club was organized in 1857, with a
N membership of seven, and there lies
before the Rambler little account.
written in 1894. which says that at
that time. five OF the original seven
were still in the club. They were
Frank Jones. Ned Derrick. E. A. Nc
Elod. G. J. Johnson and Mr.. Cropley.
The fame and popularity of the Poto-
macs grew and by 1883 its member
ship was 200 In that year its most
famous four was organized. and it
races with crews from all boat clubs
1883, 'S4 'S5, SO, 81 and 'sS this four
dip their pennants. That famous crew
comprised H. W. Elmore. A. ]. Robin
son, E. R. Reynolds and 1. S. Deyer.
The eights which were sent into many
races by the Potomacs added fame to
the club, and before the Rambler is
this paragraph from The Star ofl
Saturday, the Double Sheet STAR"
May IS, 1894:
A remarkable feature about them tthe eight
cared crewsl is that the present captain of the
club. J. Hadley Doyle has coxswained the
boats in every race they have won. including ,
the famous 81 900 challenge cup at Staten !
Island, and in the remarkable race at Alexan-
dra, where. after starting, broke
his oar and the race was won with seven men.
The Analostan Club was organized
in 1868. 1t started as a social club
as we'll as an oarsman's club, but the
rowing side was developed fast, and
its career on the Potomac and other
rivers of the east has been a notable
one. 1t was reorganized and incor-