Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06
U.S.,FaiIs 10 Win Race
As Canadians Sweep
Canoe Competition

Rowing CHI arm n Dusty
Rhodes had a brand-new United
States flag ready for the North
American Canoe Racing cham
pionships yesterday but never
once did he have use for it.
Superior padding by Canadian
canoeiSts saw to that, and six
times during the hot afternoon
the Canadian flag was sent aloft
on a staff on the banks of the
Potomac above Fourteenth
Street Bridge and the National
Anthem of that country played
as paddlers came forward for
their prizes.
The final score in the second
annual series, which was spon-
sored this year by the PresiA
dents Cup Regatta Association.
was Canada 43, the United
States IL.
The Canadians made it COM
plete by winning an exhibition
war canoe race at the end of the
day. Winners were from the La
chine Canoe Club of Montreal,
last years Dominion champions;
second, the United States ALI
Stars crew, which included some
Washington paddlerS, and third,
Toronto Island Canoe Club.
Four-Man Doubles Closest.
Closest and best race of the
day was the four-man doubles
event, the final on the cham
pionship part of the program. 1t
was eventually won by Grand
Trunk Canoe Club of Montreal
in what looked from the shore
like photo finish between three
teams. The judges gave second
to Sudbury c. c. of Sudbury,
Ontario. and third to Potomac
Boat Club.
This event had to be run
twice. On the first try, the
referee boat inadvertently raised
some wash at the start and at
the finish several crews COM
planned to the judges, who de-
cided to run it again. Grand
Trunk led in the first try, too.
One of the widest margins at
the finish came in the one-man
singles when Don Stringer of
Sudbury outpaced Frank Ravens
of Washington Canoe Club.
Havens, however, is 10,000-meter
Olympic champion, and not
noted for 1,000-meter sprints.
Stringer was one of four title
holders fromtlast year to repeat
yesterday. The others were Bob
Smith of Lachine C. c., one-man
kayak. and Lou Lukanovich and
John McMorran, Sudbury, tan
dem kayak.
Sudbury Wins Team Trophy.
In the latter race, Potomac
Boat Clubs Dick Potter and John
VanDyke were closing fast and
it ended in almost a dead heat.
Sudbury C.. c. won the high
point team trophy, with Is
points, followed by Toronto
Island. IL; Lachine. 6; Grand
Trunk. 5; Potomac B. c.. 4;
Philadelphia c. c., 4; Washing
ton G. c.. 8; Chateauguay C. c..
Winnipeg Canoe Association, 8;
Cartierville c. c., 2.
Assisting in the trophy pres
entation was Capt. A. G. Boul-
ton. assistant naval attache who
represented the Canadian AM
baSsador.
Summaries:
500 METERS 0uf Island ace G.. Toponeo:
W.s IsnnsSa g. f HsS NOT Eoa .s GIss 3
], 900 mstersi.-i. Sudbury G. {. isDon
Drank Havensj s cartierviiie c, 6.
Tandem s0s SINGLE slsds ,exhiSition 500
LssSshias e. G. 'S Montreal ss' sGcsrtieT-
Tandem kayak tchampionship. 1000
yich. John M. Morran); 2. Potomac B.
Les Melisj a Time: {aSs E00er' smith
One man kayak exhibition. 500
niet ssrsrr %1nns dsor.e WaKTd.
MontreaI; ). ' Toronto island c. ' {. *
F our.rnsii single blade ,ehampionship.
Tart Dierden, Paul Lambert; Gus La
G.. c. I'D Brady. Paul Dufiey. Bob Lang,
I'd smith Montreal: 3, Philadelphia
r, Kriek,. Time: 1910.
metersI-al, Lachine c. G. z Potomac
one-man ao kspsl i schampionship, j, 900
smith; winnipeg Canoe association
sIsrI Smith ?, Toronto Island c. G.
Four-man sinsle blade exhibition. 500
attached. 5. Toronto Island c. G.
sndaa snss 9 qoscn.o eh asaBS
| tom Hods SON Bin Stevenson1: 2. Phila-
deirhia G. G; tJohn Haas, Frank Krickl:
B csrtisrvills G, Dave Brown, Jim
one-man single blade iexhibition, 500
Toronto Island c. c.; 8. Hainy Beach
Four-man double blades tchampion-
ship. 600 meters,--I Grand Trunk
G; c. Cob Cordner, Jack Mckee. Al Me-
Cleary, Ed Clark; .. sudbury G. e. tPete
Paysn 81 HUBS poi Jon Moran lS
Rsseham. John yanDyks,. Dick Potter.
william Haas. Time. 4.34.
war eanoes texhi6i.icn. oiie mile: