Evening star., 1939-05-14
Strong Senior Squad
Is Tuning for u. ).
Titles This Year
Will Seek Worlds Fair,
Middle States Honors
In Big Campaign
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

William DUSTY" Rhodes, erSt-
while editor, champion canoeist and
assistant coach of Washington
Canoe Club, settled back in a club
chair, and sounded off on his IA
vorite subject, canoeing.
"A surefire sign of the Importance
OF canoeing is the fact that in the
1910 Olympics you will find nine
\ canoeing events on the card as
against seven for rowing, eight for
boxing. seven for fencing and on
down the list In fact. there are
only three sports which will out
number canoeing events-track.
swimming and wrestling
Its popularity in foreign coun-
tries is reflected by the results of
the 1896 Olympics. Course the
enth place But that's nothing to
be ashamed Of. for there were 26
nations represented.
We're right proud OF the part
Washington Canoe Club has played
in the sport. Guess you know it
was team of ours that padded
in the 1924 Olympics back when
canoeing was a demonstration sport
and YOU didn't get any points toward
championships That quartet was
Pop Knight, his brother Karl, Hank
Iarcombe and Charles HavenS.
Look, there's one of them now, still
threat in any mans regatta"
Knight Is W. c. c. Sparkplug.
Sure enough, it was 5l-year old
Harry Knight who this year is cele-
brating silver anniversary of
canoeing He was out practising in
sleek single-bla job, as alert as
when he held the championship in
that division in 1882 To see him
send that little peanut" through
the water made you wonder about
. some Of the younger generation.
Pop. the sparkplug of w. G. c.,
now is club instructor. With an
operation putting Dusty, who is ed
4lOl VI lilC AIUD llluIIllIlN HtdSd-
zine, on the beach this year-greatly
to his dislike-he has volunteered
to assist Knight in training the
juniors.
!. One glance at a hefty canoeiSt
on the Potomac and your worries
about the younger generation will
come to rest. That towering youth
is Little" Bill Havens, jr., 20-year-
old hope of Washington Canoe Club
Having cleaned up in the junior
ranks. which included winning the
national canoe fitting crown. Lit
tie Bill has entered the senior
class and will be stacked up against
such top-notchers as Ebbv Trilling.
Ken Jomjue, John Yingling, Bill
johnson and Ward Fleharty.
Havens in Fine Trim.
Havens-it was his uncle who was
on the "a Olympic squad-has been
in training all winter. He spent
three months hiking his way through
all sections of Florida as a helper
on special mission of the Geolog-
ical Survey. And every time there
was any water nearby and he had a
moment to spare, Bill was either
in it or on it.
This fellow Trilling is another
outstanding member from whom
great things are expected this year.
There isn't a single event he hasn't
tried with marked success. be it
one-man single or double blade. two
ci,orloc 10
single and double blade.
These men as well as such Jun
Tors as Charles Schultz, George
Robson, Gene Cleary and Jack
Smith are eyeing the 1910 Olvm-
pics. The reward for winning the
Olympic trvouts is a free trip to
Finland and a chance at bringing
the coveted title to the Capitals
35-year-old club.
Tilting Is Trying Sport.
Although not an Olympic sport
fitting, typically American. is the
climax of every regatta. 1t requires
goodly amount of fencing skill
perfect balance. quick eye, strong
arms and an ability to take it.
In match the tilter stands on
bow platform and is propelled in
and out of range of his opponent by
paddler in the stern. For a
weapon the tilter grasps long pole
capped with a canvas-covered ball.
This weapon in the hands of an eX-
pert is capable of inf1icting bruises
and bloody noses as neatly as any
Weil-knoWn boxing glove.
Many rules have been made to
prevent filters from injuring one an
other. But it takes a mighty Wig
liant referee to keep these boys from
cracking each other in the wrong
places now and then or stopping
them from massaging the Uranium
of a rival with the side of a hard
wooden pole.
Washington Canoe Club is men,
Der of the American Canoe Asso-
citation which has been responsible
for the development of canoe racing
In this country since it's formation
in 1880.
The clubs schedule thus far in
= cludes competition in the national
championships at the New York
Worlds Fair in August and the
Middle States regatta on the Po-
tomac in July.