Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-05

hCC6pOlIf Il o. NoAlS "a
afternoon over the lower course, and
was witnessed by several thousand PEG
pie. The preliminaries 10 The race shch
as the weight of the men, their ages
SIZE and weight Of boats, condition, &c,
have all been discussed at length In this
paper at various times prior 10 the race
and of course form no part OF the present
article. On S aturday, as on pr ceeding
DAYS, the preponderance Of public favor
had been in favor the Mckeesport man,
as was evidenced by the odds given the
Wheeling a
THE RACE.
Louis Felsing had been agreed upon
as referee by the oarsmen, and Sam
Brown and Eddie Blattner acted as
Judges far O'Hanlan while John Ray
and John Braddock performed a similar
Office for Knoke. At $50 P. NJ. all the
preliminaries were completed, the stake
boats having been located earlier in the
afternoon by the referee. The word
ego" having been given by Mr.. Eelsing
the men started with a rush, knoke
taking water first and taking a lead OF
half a length and maintained it to Whisky
run where his competitor came up with
him and passed him. From this time
forth 0'Hanlon took the lead and held
it with almost unvarying results to the
end of the course, coming in from four
to six lengths in advance OF knOke, who
however strove manfully and honestly
TO lessen the distance. The time made
is unoffcially announced, although 1t
was made under % minutes.
THE KICK.
Article four OF the Articles OF Agree.
ment specified that leach man shall be
allowed one single sculler as a guide,
said guide to keep on the outside OF the
course going down, and to the left of the
contestants IN coming mp" Contrary
TO this provision, however. Eddie
Clator, the guide for O'Hanlon,
came up on the outside OF the course,
and when Knoke came in home he
said "Rsieree, | claim q foul on that
man" indicating Mr.. Clator by a ges-
ture) "rowing on the wrong side." This
exclamation as a matter OF course IN
duced a pandemonium ofyells, protesta-
tions, &C., &c, from the friends OF either
sculler and the referee naturally dittident
and retiring, was for a moment confused
and bewildered but quickly recovering
himself he rowed to O'Hanlon's boat
house and attempted to arrange matters.
knoke's guide and trainer Gus Hank,
and his judges Ray and Braddock, in
sisted on the terms of the bond
viz: that the guides should OF
serve the article bearing on the
o,Aiaok ~ nNncNtnn aud fhnt u
violation forfeited the race and money
to the party ~aggrieved. On the other
hand the judges aud friends OF the Nc
Keesport man were disposed to place a
more liberal construction on the article
in dispute, and argued that no irjIry
had been done by the technical
violation OF the article, especially as
Knoke had not strictly observed the
terms OF the same article in going down.
The referee after a careful consideration
of the disputed article finally produced
the following as a basis OF settlement:
WHEELING, Sept. 3, 1881.
To Whom it May Concern:
l hereby my decision in the
Knoke-0'Hanion race over the lower
course this afternoon TO be that the con
testants row the race over Monday, Sep
TENDER 5th, 1881, between the hours of
1 and 6 p. NJ governed by the same con-
ditions as the first race.
There have been claims OF a foul en-
tered by both parties, and the judges
are evenly divided in opinion IN regard
to the result. AS | desire to d. injustice
to neither party ] make the above deci-
sion. LOUIS FELsING, Referee.
TIE BoATMAN's PALovER.
A REGISTER reporter went out yester-
day afternoon in search OF August
Hanke and August knOke for the pur-
pose of asking them their ideas of the
matter and also in regard to their in
tentions. Both OF them were found at
the Leasure boat house at the foot OF
Thirty-ninth street, and both were very
pleasant in manner. ~"Swope," as
Knoke is Familiarity known, in response
to our question said:
THAT is my race and my money and
/ won't row again. The club all back
me in this decision"
August Hanke said: "knoke claimed
a foul or the way up when opposite the
boat house and then again when he ar
rived at the home boat. Under rule 1
OF the articles OF agreement he was enti-
tied to his claim and Felsing should
have allowed it. There was no foul
claimed by O'Hanlan until
Sam Brown came up from
the lower buoy and said when l was
urging 'Swope's" claim TO a foul:
Well, Gus, if you claim a foul on the
up trip OF the men, | claim n going
down, as you detected little from your
course That was no place 10 claim a
foul. The right time was before the men
left their boats. | say that Clator should
have been instructed by Altmeyer be.
fore he started out as guide. The race
shall not be rowed over again. The ref
cree should have recognized our claim
for q foul. We made no foul. Another
thing, Felsing has no right to make an
other race, as our race was rowed Sep
TENDER Sd. Felsing eau only maze a race
in case of a tie"
Other members OF the Club who were
present chimed in and fortified hanke
at tines with information, and by the
tine We had completed they were all
more OIL less excited, and all agreed that
no race should be rowed 10 day.
Our reporter next tried to find the
other man, O'Hanlon, but o succeed
ing hunted up Louis Felsing, whom he
found on the floor OF the Martins Ferry
boat in North Wheeling. Felsing, as
We have already said, is very difident
and retiring, and the trouble OF Satur-
day was evidently annoying him very
much. "If those other fellows would
only withdraw their claim to a foul, |
could give the decision to Knoke," said
he d~eprecatingly, "but they both claim
q foul, and what am ! to do?"
Hsnke says he will not allow "Swope"
to row again, and in that event what
will you do! asked our reporter.
"Well / don't know. | wish l had
never had anything to do with the race.
However. I'll see you later this evening
and tell yeu more about it." Accord
ingly later in the evening Felsing came
to the REGIsrER office and said:
both parties claim a foul and ! don't
see any way to get over it than to make
them row il over again. | have said it
and l cont weaken on it I'll 20 down to-
morrow Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock
and wait till the time Of starting, in the
meantime making all preparations Ii