Evening star., 1949-09-06
Potomac Fails 10 Row
In Extra Race, Loses
President Soup Meet
By Malcolm lomborne, Jr.

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Potomac Boat Club lost heart
breaker in yesterdays rowing
events of the Presidents Cup Re-
gatta and it was all due to quar-
tet of youngsters from Richmond S
Virginia Boat Club who didn t
know it had turned the trick until
the regatta was over.
1t went like this:
Potomacs Junior eight, national
schoolboy rowing champs, moved
up to the intermediate class and
won that event. That put Po-
tomac on top after it had trailed
Virginia most of the afternoon.
The point standing at that
juncture was Potomac, 70, and
Virginia, ST.
Then. in the senior eight race
Virginia'S team earned a second
spot, which narrowed Potomac s
lead to 10 points.
Virginia Wins BY Length.
Rowing Chairman George Her.
nan, meanwhile, had announced
an extra event-intermediate quad
scull. and the bad news was that
Virginia had entered a crew. Malta
Boat Club of Philadelphia was the
only other starter. A win for
Virginia would give it 20 points
and a second spot would earn it
four.
Needless to mention, Potomac
B. c. fans in the crowd were root
ing for Malta. At the finish, it
was Virginia by length, and the
honors were Virginia's.
But, when the winning quad
members-Joe and John Connell,
Russell Good and Dean Cheat
ham-came along side the sea-
wall to get their medals from
John Moon, they were surprised
to learn their win had put them
over the top.
Then they stepped ashore to
receive the high-point trophy
from Regatta Queen Jane Lingo.
For two Of the v. B. c. oarsmen,
Joe Conpell and Cheatham, it was
their fourth event of the day.
Obviously it was a day for
youth.
Club Standings.
Potomac had won the Middle
States rowing regatta the day be-
fore at Alexandria, and was the
favorite. Virginia was third at
Alexandria.
This was the club standings
yesterday:
Virginia, Sc; Potomac, rs;
Fairmount Rowing Club, Phila-
delphia. so; New York A. c., 48;;
Vesper Boat Club. Philadelphia,
A; Malta Boat Club. Philadel-
phia, 81; Penn A. c. Rowing As
sociation, Philadelphia, 21; St.
Andrews School, Middletown, Del,
8: Detroit (Mich.) Boat Club, g.;
Neried Boat Club, Belleville. N. j.,
4; Bachelors Barge Club, Phila-
delphia, 8; Penn Barge. Philadel-
phia, 2, and Actoive Boat Club,
Edgewater, N. j., 2.
Senior single A-mile dash-Won by Joe
gan. Malta p G.. Philadslphis; ;. JACK
susai 5aae1 sss sinsls xas1 6 Ss bs John
St. Andrews School. Middletown. Del; g.
s arstaSf j. fcm ri pastos Nsssd a 3
Junior double scullsawon by Dean
kusss. SsR 9sSE + BOZ Ts:: I'd ST. shs4is'
Junior quad sculls-wen BY Virginia
Junior E iH@as eishsesred q shellMWon !; BY Fan
Ei1is B; G.. G. Time; s;;sa ..u,,swon Nv
zoe Psani; New YeTt a,.., a &; ions:r1,pn 2 Tom
'di Girls match race in quad sculls@Won
Psze sns ufz P6snss Ry .ns assn
Pagsa SGsh Z. 4ims ems Rowing club Of
Chris johnson and John Boyer. Potomac;
2. Cheatham and Connell. Virginia; 3,
william Myers and Millard Brown, Bache-
lors' Barge Club, Philadelphia. Time,
6:19.
Intermediate four-oared gis--Won by
Penn A c.; 2, Potomac B. c.; 3, Virginia
B. C. Time, $50.
Association single sculls-Won by. Albert
Silvi, New York A. C.; 2. Frank Schroeder
New York A, c.; B.. Francis Cosgrove'
Penn Barge Club. Philadelphia. Time,
intermediate eisht-oared shell-Won by
Potemac Ss B. C.; 2 Malta B. C. lime
Senior single scul,scWoH by .a4nsyaI AngyaI'
Vesper B. c.; 3, Everett Phillips, Active
B. C.. Edgewater. N. J. Time. 6:29.
Senior quad sculls-Won by Fairmount
B. C.; 2, Potomac B. c.. Time. 5:35.
Senior eight -oared shell-Won by vesper
B. C.; 2. Virginia B. c.; 3, Detroit (MichD
o. 1ntermediate quad scull-won by vir-
Rinia B. c.; 2, Malta B. C. Time, Sal.