The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-26
YESTERDAYS RACE.
KnOke Again Comes In Ahead.

hAnoke AkaIn comes In Anoaus-
Yesterday was perhaps rs uniayorAble q
day apparently Is one could wish for any
purpose. Rain fell in torrents at intervals
all day, and q cold, raw wind increased the
general discomfort; but despite all these
drawbacks the race between August
Knoke, Of the H. J. Leisure, and John
Murphy, Of the j. W, Schultze Clubs, took
place, a was announced In our yesterday
mornings issue. The result Of Saturdays
race and the dissatisfaction consequent
thereon, was the reason Of this last race.
Wemet Mr.. Townsend Adams, the referee,
about 2 o'clock yesterday, who said that
in case the weather wouldpermit at all the
race would take place as near Eve o'clock
as possible; 80 about halt.past four we 70.
paired to the boat houses Of the respective
clubs, moored near the Belmont Mil. At
the Schultze Boat House we found Jimmy
Manton, who trained Murphy, Eddie Cha.
tor and one or two other oarsmen OF noto-
riety. Very little was said about the pros
poets Of their representative at this place,
but MantOn seemed confident that his
man would make q better showing than
before. Murphy had not yet come To the
boat house, 50 we dropped into the Leas.
ure House, q few yards below, and there
found Louis Felsing, "Gus" Hanke and
others, and also Knoke himself, who was
lying down awaiting the summons to his
shell. Adams, the referee, was Just leaY-
ing 10 set the stake boats. Hanke was talk
Ing about last Saturdays race In the most
explicit terms possible, and this was his
solution OF the dissatisfaction at that race:
"Manton has been training Murphy, who
has rubbed him (Manton) a little once or
twice in his rowing, and he thoughtit was
MT In Knoke TO beat Murphy. have been
rowing for several years In the same way
as last Saturday, and that was the first
time II was ever excepted to-"
At 6:l6 the referee came out oil the
SChultze Boat House, and getting into his
shell notified the men to get ready at once,
and rowed TO q point above the stake
boats.
VIM, Hegedorn and John Ray were
the Leasure judges, and JEFF. Miller and
Ed. Blattner the judges for the Schultze
Club. Knoke roWed to the stake boats
first and Murphy q moment afterwards,
At 1924 the word "Go" was given, and
Murphy took the lead, as 1t appeared ID
those on shore, although the referee told
US that Knoke did, and started so quickly
that had It not been for the imminent dark
ness he would have caused o second start
At the endo the frst 200 yards Knoke
was two boats lengths ahead, and increas
ing the distance. At the buoy boats hi
was from two to five lengths ahead
but allowed the other to CONT
two boat lengths interviewed. This wa
the uniform distance between them nearly
all the way on the return and was abou
the distance that Knoke was the winner
coming in in 23:9Ol, as taken by a stol
watch on the Leasure house. At the con
clusion Of the race Manton rowed to thu
SChultze house, amid the derisive cheers o
the opposition club, who asked him II hi
was satisfied now, to which he responded
II am, but was not before" Murphy il
said to have told Knoke that he was beater
fairly on Saturday but that the other
made him row again. There was quite
crowd on the banks Of the river watching
the race, but the inclemency OF the wealth
er induced the belief that the race woulC
be postponed again. Hence the slim
crowd.
Knoke was well received by the crowd
both when he appeared to row and on hi
victory. Barney McEntee and others pre-
sented him with q number Of handsoml
bouquets, and his friends celebrated thei
victory at Mrs. Niedemeyer's last night, a
1925 Chapline street. Knoke, the winner
is a very slender, youthful boy, 10 year
Of age, but looking much younger. He i
a wonderful oarsman for his age, and tn
referee said after the race, "He is the bes
light weight l ever saw. There is $1,000
In that boy, il any one would back him.
The time and rowing was good, and all il
all 1t was a good race.