Evening star., 1951-09-03
old Dominion Junior!
Bring Rowing Trophy
Home for First Time

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Home for First Time
! By MoIcoIm Lomborne, Jr.
4 Coach Julian Whitestone of Ole
; Dominion Boat Club is smiling
again.
I The reason is that his junior
eight-oared crew yesterday finally
took the measure of Potomac
Boat Clubs eight-a half boat
length, in fact-as a feature of the
I60th annual Middle States Row.
ing Regatta off Potomac Boat
Club.
In winning the race. the Old
Dominion Juniors. most of them
from Alexandria George Wash
ington High, took home the J. Sid
Douglas Memorial Trophy. This
prize, sponsored by ODBC friends
of the late rowing enthusiast, has
been won the past two years by
Coach Charlie Butts aces from
Potomac and Washington and Lee
School. 1t goes back to Alex
andria for the first time.
Potomac Wins intermediate.
In the intermediate eight, Poto-
mac defeated Old Dominion by
one of the closest margins of the
day-a quarter boat length. Sit
ting on the sidelines with his foot
still in bandage was Dave Not
tingham, WI. stroke. Ten days
ago he cut his foot in helping
get a boat afloat and was later
hospitalized with an infection.
John Lytle of Old Dominion
won the 145-pound junior single
sculls, a feat which further ex-
plains the Whitestone good humor
today.
| One of the days outstanding
oarSmen was Robert Platt, %.
who teaches recreation and camp
ing at Western Ontario Univer-
Isity. He won the feature associa-
ton single SOULS against a field
of five starters and took the quar-
ter-mile senior singles and the
1-mile intermediate singles.
Loses in Fourth Event.
Platt came back for his fourth
event. the senior single sculls. He
placed last. MY legs gave way.
I shouldn't have been out there, ="
he explained later. After receiv-
ing his prizes from President John
Eiseman of PIC, Platt set out for
Buffalo, N. Y. where there's an
Iother regatta today.
The Canadian, oarsman drove
more than 500 miles from Toronto
to be here on time.
The summaries:
Senior, singles d45-Ib, dash,: l.
A. C. tom Darcy
Don Rowing Club Robert platt1; S5;A a-New
Club (Harold Finnigan}.
to9ae seG5 + 4o'Tsd E. stan hs ayr pRb Rpp
H5psns,eOm1; 5pa IS, ETairmoat Rowing club
scsWass DaTeg Tom KaH TEN ocQHnor Ernest
Junior quad scull: Potomac B. C.
Ken Brown; New, York a. C. I'D Hert-
Junior single scull: New York A. C.
| ed lynch; 2-Bachelor's Barge Club
TON tom Diamond; 3-Fairmont Tom NC
s''S af?SIs sSS: GF' Bey asT9s
Senior double sculls: 1--Vesper B. C.
Orchard Mahcn, Joe Tolandl;, New
Intermediate single sculls: Dom R.
RuskoWsRD; 3WVesper 3. G. James James
Junior eight: 1.old Dominion B; c.
e wsestone Pfyon Jim l. CsTF0 saSa Jerry F. wbs Bs
langelo]; Potomac B. C. istan Aiigeier
B95seSs sitkin Tom Jones John
ullington, Roger Ramml.,,
intermediate double sculls: LA Sale
. J9hn %hrk Bleaehe Riehsrd Mooney e.
Murphy; penn A. C. Harry McEl-
Kinney, Marty Ludlow
pJsa Junior single gig gachsoTS 1stank of
/ bt); 3-New York A: C. dan Murphy.
Pair:oare1 shell minus coxswain: l.
New, York A. C. GR. Callahan: A. Gala
MCCALL; 3~old Dominion B. c. (sunny
IWefSers, Lewis Bell, jr.).
Girls quadruple sculis girls r G;
e--Girls' R. c. (Joan Player, Mary White
Dolores DsTay syns,. Helen ssn11s zaeskD
Old Dominion B. C. John Lytle); 2-Nev
York A. C Harry SMITH; 3-Potomac
! B. C, tom McNeil.
vesper B. C. tR. Mahon, J. Heaney. Joe
: IToland. AL Laun, Dan Furman): 2-Poto-
mac B e (Kado Beaeham, Dave scofield
Association single sculls; 1-pon R. e
9Istt & e eoEae 9nn RoWsa GEssS
intermediate quadruple scull: l-LaSallt
lEB c. tom Lanaon. George Hines. Ton
Doulis, Tom Waters; 2-Fairmont r. G
, Schwass, Bob Mudrick)
Junior double shell: 1-New York A, c
Dob Callahan: Ambrose Callahan; 81
a@Raehelor B. C. paul Clark. Russel
Downc1
Senior single sculls: 1-Undine B C
! fJames Barker1; 2--Union B. c. (Johr
Hartl; 3-Malta B. C. Harold Finniganl
intermediate eight: Potomac B. c
(Doue Lathrop, Bob Day, Irwin Mond
schien Tom Jones' John Scofield, Brantle!
!, tom Roger Ramml odd Dominion
,fB c. lowell Suthard. Jim Whitestone
John Rinker, George Gross, Harry Miller
C Irwin Dodd, Ronald Bolton. Curtis Ad
kins, Jerry Ayers.
i Senior uuadruple scull: 1-Vesper B. c
a Dick Mahon. Jim Heaney, AL Laun, Jo
= John Graebner. Larry Kelly. John Kieferl
I3-Potomac B. C.. CKado Beacham, Tct
Ascherfeld, Foster Smith. Dave Scofeld)