The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-08
The Oar at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, July line elghtn annual
regatta Of the national association Of amateur
oarsmen began here to-day on the Schuylkill
river and will continue three or four days.
About 5000 persons We're in attendance.
The races were all over the national course,
mic and half straight away. The day
although warm, was pleasant, with good
breeze At ten minutes past ten
O'Clock the first trial heat of junior single
sculls was started. The entries were X.
Fitzgerald, Keystone club, Philadelphia;
Fred Stone, Hillsdale club, Michigan j. w.
Whitaker, Pawtucket club, RhJ de Island,
and Wayne Choate, Wappap club, Saginaw,
Michigan. The race was fair one
and was won by Whitaker. Time,
$780, Cannon second. Time, 1901. In tie
second heat, for junior single SOULS, there
were four entries Edmund Field, Carterel
club, Perth Amboy; Wing Stille, Undine
club, Philadelphia; P. &. Reise, Hartford
club, and Joe Elliott, Sewanhaka club,
Brooklyn. Rei:el withdrew and the race was
therefore left to Field, Elliott and Stille.
The former got away from Elliott at
the start, and continued TO gain until the
finish, coming in several lengths ahead.
Time--Field, l006l; Elliott, l0:394. Stilie
was so far behind that his time was not
taken. The third junior single scull heat YVES
contested by H. G. Rommell, of the TEitons,
Newark, and Frank Campbell,
of the Crescents, Newark, and James
O'Brien, OF the Boston Independence club
d. j. Murphy, of the Boston Shawmuts
withdrew. Rommiell and Campbell took
water together, but Campbell soon gained
the lead and steadily increased it, winning it
by one hundred yards in 10l0l.
The fourth race was for a
pair of oars. 1t was expected there
would be two heats. There was, however,
only one, as nobody put in an appearance for
the second heat except the Metropolitans, of
New York, and they refused under the cir
cumstances. The entries for the first and
only heat we're G.. and r. Fitzgerald, Keystone
club, Philadelphia; r. j. and R. T. Gowar,
behind and Harris behind Ginness some
distance. In the sixth heat, for junior single
SOULS, II. r. Leonard, of Watkins Glen, New
York, rounded over the course without a
competitor. McManns, of the Metroplitans,
of New York, failed to come to the start.
The first heat for double souls came
next, and was quite an interesting
contest. The entries we're: Vesper, Phila-
delphia; George James Kenner, of the Mu-
tuais, of Albany; Peter j. Coleman, Paw
tucket, r. L.; F. E. Holmes and Whitaker
Monroe, Mich. The Durcell and White
contest was close from the beginning.
The boais got we'll away together and
for nearly mile stuck closely to
each other. The Pawtucket boat drew
with Jackson from the start, although
Worthy was a little ahead at the beginning.
Dempsy fought we'll for awhile, but Jackson
forged ahead and won the race in 8 Al
Dempsey couple of lengths behind. The
fifth race of Junior single SOULS, followed
There we're four entries: A. Ginnes'
Wyandotte, Michigan; Charles L. Harris
New Orleans; James Fox, of the Snawmuts
Boston, and William V, Riley, Albany. The
last named, however, did not start, This was
very uninteresting race, and Fox had 1t al
his own way from the start, winning II
1054l. Ginness was nearly quarter o.
of mile ahead of the Albany club, and L
Gilbert and A. D. Cramp, of the West
Philadelphia club. The last named pail
withdrew. There was good start, and for {
few hundred yards the heat was a close one
} but the German Bros, by sharp and steady
pulling, came in winners eight or ten length
ahead of their sdversaries. Time, 9:443
Fitzgerald Bros, l1:0s9.
The next contest was the fourth heat o
the junior single scull. There were fou
enteries, but Isaac Kirby, Of the Narragan
sett, of Providence, withdrew. The starter
were r. G.. jackson, of the Palisades o
Yonkers; P. D. Dempsey, of the PHILADELPHIA
Fairmounts, and w. N. Waitley
of the Monmouth, of Red Bank
Jew Jersey. The race We
slowly followed by the Mutuals, who cam
in third, and the Nespers considerably in tn
rear. In this way they crossed the line
Considerable excitement prevailed anon,
the crowds gathered on the grand stand an'