Evening star., 1941-08-10


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mounts, but the Washington boys go'
warmed to their work and crossed the
line winners by four lengths In s'2sA'
Fairmounts second and the Cresceno
far behind. The crowd of Washington
people present greeted this victory with
cheer after cheer.
"COLUMBIAS WIN THE EIGHT
DARED RACE.
"The last race of the day was the one
for eight-oared shells, in which the
Columbias had for their antagonists the
famous crew Of the Metropolitans OF New
York
The race was very hotly contested
and excited the greatest interest among
the spectators. The two crews got an
even start and at the first quarter they
were still pulling side by SIDE. Mute
commenced to pull on the pressure and
the Columbia boat began to forge ahead.
The lead they maintained and crossed
the line the winner in $40, the best
record made by an amateur club since
1879.
among the members of the Columbia
Club here, besides the crew, are Messrs.
Conn, Williams, Coffin, Buckingham,
Harry, Lem and Len Towers. Berthrong,
Johns. Rothrock. McFalls, Ward, Ken
nedy, Ryan, Livingstone, Zeigler, Bal
lsntyne, Reed, Babcock, Dorsey, Brown,
FL. Williams, w. B. T. Keyser and H. 3.
Noble, jr."
The next big outside race in which the
Columbia eight came of victorious was
when they won the Schuylkill Navy race
at Philadelphia on July 10, 1884.
Like the Potomac Club, undoubtedly
the Columbia Boat Club also has living
a number of its old members, and one
of these, whom the writer knows well,
is Johan Kondrup, member Of the
Association of the Oldest Inhabitants,
who never tires of talking of his ex-
periences in boat racing in trying to
uphold the reputation of the District OF
Columbia and the Columbia Boat Club.
OF the many events of this kind, in
which this club engaged perhaps the
one on the Potomac River on october
10, 1888, is the most notable. At least
it was a thrilling race and one can al
most picture, in his mind, the desperate
struggle of the crews and the intense
excitement of the crowd of interested
spectators. And again We fall back on
The Star for its description, which fol-
lows:
THE boat race this afternoon between
the Potomacs and Columbias has called
forth the greatest interest among boat
ing men. 1t will undoubtedly prove a
very close race, and the finish, which
can be seen from the boat houses, the
Aqueduct Bridge and AnaloStan Island
will be a fine sight. The judges are:
Col. Jones for the Potomacs, w. A
Smith for the Colun1bias and Richard
Pairo of the Analostans, the last men
toned to drop the flag Charles Gait
and Robert Leding will be timekeepers.
The referee, President McKenney Of the
Analostans."
The following day The Star says:
60 =" The contest yesterday between
the Columbias and Potomacs was a glo-
rious victory for the former, yet until the
race was nearly over the majority of the
spectators thought the Potomacs would
win. The defeat which the Eurekas
and Crescents met at their hands at the
late regatta, raised the expectations oi
the Potomacs and their friends to q
high pitch. An immense amount Of
money changed hands upon the result
of yesterdays race ." At the word
the Potomacs took the lead. but did moi
hold it an eighth of mile. The Co.
lumbias soon began to creep up on them
and, aided by little wild steering OF, ths
part of the Potomacs at about the quar-.
ter, they were soon even with them.
Then desperate struggle for the
lead. When the Potomac men in the
referees tug saw that the Columbia,
were holding their competitors and ever
passing them, rowing 40 strokes to the
minute, while the Potomacs were rowing
Al, their hopes fell The Columbias
gained the lead, but the Potomacs helc
on doggedly, fighting, for every inch
At the Aqueduct Bridge the Columbia:
were leading by nearly length. Here
the Potomacs made a desperate squirt
but so did the Columbias, and the strug.
gle was magnificent AS the two boat.
swept past the Columbia boathouse
with scarcely open water between them
cheer upon cheer rent the air from the
large crowd assembled at the boathus'
and on the neighboring wharves. The
Columbias spurted again and had in
creased their lead to a length and 9
half when the line was crossed Time
Columbias, 9:22b; Potomacs, 9:27. AL.
though the Potomacs were bitterly dis
appointed at the result, they took theil
defeat as gracefully as possible, ac.
knowledging that their men were fairly
outrowed, but consoling themselves with
, hopes for next season"
Two years after this race, on Septem.
, Der 10, 1885, the Columbias won thu
Potomac River championship for senior
four -oared shells, rowing against the
Washingtons, crew which, the writer
! is told, had but brief existence. II
this race the Columbus won by fvs