The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-25
THE WHEELING DAILY SEPTEMBER 1871

wEsoERBER-FEGsrNd.-0nly one day
now inteFyenes until the greatest boat race
In our aquatic history will take place. We
do not mean that It will DO mechanically
the. greatest race, but one for more money!
and one In which greater public and local
Interest Is taken. Wheeling has been
most fortunate In her oarsmen, and has q
universal reputation In aquahcs, and now
Rs her two representative men are about
TO come together in q final and decisive
struggle, deep and soliCitous interest 1
felt In the result OF Saturday. The itiendl
Of each clpim TO be confident Of success
and give their reasons for the faith that
Is in them" yet you can detecl
q feeling Of uncertainty and misgivinq
not peculiar to the preceding races, and
not without reason, Each club has Won
q victory when comparatively very little
was involved, but now q race Ia about Ia
be rowed for stakes that the highest pro,
iessionals row for, and the unprecedented
time made In the former contests has d.
rected the eyes Of the sporting world ID
the approaching race. Each club we say
Is aware Of the peculiar importance this
victory will attach to II, and as q conse
quence It's representative lacks no encour
Sgement, nor Is anything neglected thai
will conduce 10 the victory OF its man.
In this city very little enthusiasm Is up
parent, and for the above reasons wager
Of considerable magnitude have beer
offered and taken, but the well known
abilities Of each oarsman make sportsmer
little dubious about representing thei
ideas Of either.
From other quarters we learn that I
large foreign crowd will be In attendance
on that day. Pittsburghers and boatipl
and sporting men from all parts OF thl
Union and Canada will be here. The P
W. 4 Ky. railroad will run a heavy exCur
sion, as will also the other roads, we learn
Thinking we might possibly gathe
something OF importance to the publ
from the men who are 10 row, we stoppeC
George W. Weisgelber and his trainer
Sam Brown, on their way to dinner yes
terday, and asked them what they wer
doing Tor Saturday?
"Well, said Weisgerber, ~ am In aCtiv
training. row twice day over the en-
tire course. am using my new Water
boat, recently purchased, and which ] de
scribed TO you some weeks ago. like
very well and get along well init. feel al
right and think am all right.
"Will not the low stage OF water afec
the race as to timer" we quehed.
"Yes, l think it will. We can hardl
row down so fast as we did before, bu
coming back it will not matter much"
Here Sam Brown interjected the asser
ton that 1t would make minutes differ
ence in going down the course.
Where Is your boat house?" was gu
next question.
"LyinSSRherO 1t did before, near tn
Belmont mill"
Weisgerberis not communicative maj
naturally, and the hydraulic had to be Of
piled vigorously for any information, BID
no remarked as We closed the interview
that he was feeling remarkably well an
that be feltyery sangpipe about Saturday
race.
Felsing was found at the Nall City Boa
House, later in the day. together with III h
burgh. He also told US that he was train
ing twice day, and also walking littl
for exercise. He rowed over the cours
TWICE each day. Hishealth was excellent
and he ielt very cheerful and thought tbs
'rhis time shall get thers.F He ha
been using two boats, one Waters, mad
at Troy, N. Y, and the other cedal
manufactured by his trainer, Mr.. MAJ
well; he has not decided which Of thet
he will use, although it Is likely the lattel
He said that he appreciated the impor
ance of winning this race, and would d
his utmost to dot. He talked Of the rels
tive sizes OF himself and Weisgerber, an
on other matters relating to the race an
gave them their proper placein his makeu
Of his eStlmsts ri this race, and sti
though he could win. "''
The contestants will row at about the
weights on former occasions. WeisgeI
Der at not far from $50 pounds, and Felsin
at something like 1876.