Evening star., 1938-07-24
WASHINGTON ONE
Of FEARED CLUBS
'Yonkers, PendIeton Enter
Other Favorites for
Regatta Here.
BY MALCOLM LAMBoRNE. Jr.

ny MhANOAM AAMDOhNE, Jf.
Unleas the unforeseen happens, the
national championship regatta Of the
American Canoe Association here a
week from today will resolve itself into
. three-cornered match of teams
from washington Canoe Club, spon-
sor OF the event; Pendleton Canoe
Club OF New York City and Yonkers
Canoe Club OF Yonkers, N. Y.
With the Yonkers outfit accorded
. slight edge, II to Is clubs from as
far south As Jacksonville, Fla, and
north A eamoset, Mass, will send
some IS outstanding paddlers to the
Capital scene OF the first national
regatta here since 1892 on the Tidal
BASIN over q half-mile course.
- The show will get under way at
~ am. and will continue until the
sun y just about dipping over the
Virginia hills around $50. In all, l8
events have been programmed.
Reason enough there Is to keep 4
weather eye on the Yonkers team. This
crack group has won all but two Of
II regattas to date this season. How
ever, two weeks ago in the Middle
States Regatta they had to be con-
tent with tie for first position with
the Washington Canoe Club Pendle-
ton peddlers on the Hudson River
count on such talent as William Gaeh-
Aer and Ernie Reidell. the latter u
times national double blade champion
and No. man in the last Olympics
Sehago Club Dangerous.
But Just to confuse the issue, there's
the Sebago Canoe Club on Lake Sc
bagc IN Bear Mountain, N. Y. At
the Psssaic IN. j. regatta this year
the Bear Mountain boys trimmed the
Yonkers club and might do it again
next Sunday.
- Rated close to Washington in the
Middle States division, the Philadel-
phia Canoe Club will be on hand,
under leadership of Al Bauer, with
one Of the largest squads in its his
tory. The Cacawa c. c. of ~Phila-
delphia in Stan Cimekowski and
Frank Crick. is bringing the best
tandem single blade duo in the coun-
try
The Washington canoeists-Harry
\ knight, Edmond Gray, Edible Trilling,
BDick Ackad, John Long, Ken Romjue
Ppusty Rhodes. Bill Havens, jr; John
Yingling. Hermie Vollmer, Bill john
son. George Robson. Charles Schultz
and Gene Cleary-are depending on
consistent finishing in the upper
brackets to bring home the title. A
great hope Of the club is 19-year -old
Havens, current national canoe fitting
champion. Graduating this season to
the intermediate ranks, hefty Bill
should take the one-man single and
double events He is teamed also with
>Vollmer in the tandem singles and
Aith Gray, Romjue and johnson in
the four-man doubles.
Knights Dream Realized.
Dream Of veteran Harry Pop
knight for years, four -man doubles
team for seniors seems to be clicking
for the first time in the life Of w. c. C.
A quartet. including Rhodes, Trilling,
Havens and knight has been trying
out almost daily, experimenting with
varied speed strokes and shifting their
men to different positions. Result, a
c9ew that sprints at the start and
throughout the race never lengthens
out Before going to the Middle States
Regatta, which they won, the four
were clocked in 3:ls
Staging OF the championships in
Washington will afford the Seminole
Canoe Club Of Jacksonville opportunity
to send q team North. It will be the
clubs first participation In a national
regatta.
\ The best bet in the Eastern divi-
on appears in the Samoset Club
Other outfits in Massachusetts that
are planning to send teams are the
Crescent Canoe Club and the Med
ford Boat Club. From New Jersey
there are the Wanda. the Viking and
Red Feather Canoe Clubs. New York,
IN addition to Yonkers and Pendle-
ton. should be represented by the In
wood and Knickerbocker Clubs.
In view from the seawell and Me-
p1orisl Bridge. the course has its start
half mile upstream and finish just
)pove the Water Gate. Plans are
being made for broadcast from a
Coast Guard cutter over amplifiers on
| khore.