New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-03
ROSS DEFEATED BY TEEMER.
FAST ROWING AT OAK PoINr-FoUR MILES IN
TwENTY-sIx MINUTES AND A HALF.

TwENTY-slx MINUTES AND HALF.
About 5000 people gathered at Oak Point
yesterday afternoon witness the boat for $1,000
q side be ween Wallace Ross OF 81. Johns, n. b. aud
John Teemer of Pitt5burg The crowd wOuli probably
have been larger had IT not been or to RossCourtney
1asco four weeks ago There many iit'sburg men
present The NEWCOMERS up with pethorc pocket
bO ks, though they did not expect chance for much
b ting They were mis- aiken, however; tie Pttsburg
people hat come prepared, aud put up money even as
long they could find takers AMI whom the Ross men
began they had enough give odds at first at
the rate OF $40 to 80 then 800 10 500 when the men
got into their SOULS the betting was two to one
on Teemcr, and takers were scarce Jimmy "eeden
Of Pitsburg. the pugst who in pr zeiglt punt he'd
John Walk severely that he ed, pit mp his money
with the remark have got return tet and lam 60
Ing put what mOloy I've got In my clothes on the
~ eler' Ross backcr thought they were betting
ccrantybu were wociuly di abuse Sixteen th0u-
sand dolara chang hands on tn result
The contest clio and the best record Tor -FOUR
miles beaten joan Tccmor Ia only In his twenty-hrst
year but has been rowing since hc sixteen ie was
boz vi En-tpOr Penn. Ills ra - have bcch ch iacter
hod ny cons dcrable In and out rowing winning un'
exp ct dy AMI losing when 70 seemed almost certain ne
would win. At fan rive last year he def ~ li9nln,
Ross AID Ilo4mrr lie ~ I've Cr eigh inChch ill ana
weighs 100 pounds wallace Rosa Ia naive 81 "ot
feet and hnlf a. ln,a tai an weighs l7G pounds Ro',
mas won some RoI1 races oOmlng la ~ lhs H"d
IN many rcwtls ron men were In prime 'ondl Ion
nud we've ccnrI,ut Of wi ming. rnhd ~ zen Was
r fcrrc npl wns row YER o. course In the Msiru poi
uu eight, nr,d Rlg Do holding e tller fop". IN"
toUr WIS from % eHkcb at near ih' hhoIr PWi,
Kkcrs lHl nd 90 Wu siahr toa y hhchoitd twenty ''t
ID 81 In Is IWcrY Eay und t"tu,H. ,.--..,-.
Ir hr7t on" ID appear, wearing l.u IHIh7
ami bluo ,lir IA "A b at inr,yuuc los, long Kos wa
ouiy shor tlmo behind him, |o'rlnY p",9 s,ll, ",i
trunks, .lt thirty feet on Altc tHinn nc 81
p, lUdgr turning boat le mrr aud frl ~ atrd
Tor itos.. ho start was gwen az o"o' Ie''s n'' t
right hand course 50 ctug1 the ."dlci III
at the start AID WAS "A quarter OF "a 30 Is
l.ngtn the lead 40 he end of ia INST my yards,
rowing thlrycg. strokes 10 he minute, T'rmcr row
tIis. A. the uart Ross mad Increased h' etl 10 ht
.ii.h. and plcI oil mis- stroke u thirty 10 re
min tc IcehIrTs being turty-one. Al the cul mic,
made iu about SIX u {. and i've seconds Ross Wa
closed the sIp and then gr dualy forged ahead un al
TIC cut a. mile AMI e. urtcr he c-iaU - oI
20 the minute, Ross TIVE ty-eiEht At the hiie
and haf Iccmer was clear OF Ross, ana
was gradually draWlnE away uIuL AT ult
/ and tho,quI1crs, n hal IcnS'n an
put rth greater EXERT us AID cl sed mp tune b1t
IN ring for lis -taA,-boat went ute VIA W"lle
T,cucr made he boat beautifully. Iecm"TS in. was
Is u.HIl.s - seconds; .at o. Ross !" minutes =
hc los, some. but he stl ntd IN adv hdee oI tlr
lru-tu>. Ross soon aft ri cred poorly, -oi = INTO
the last nile he md desperate tl'i pt t9o'tI'Ae
ll- adversary running ils stroke mp 70 - 10 I y
min Hc succeeded partly, bat at the miles th'ie
was 70 three gth- or clc1r wat between thr o@>
oiac. al h, end Of thr half. no, continue bl, hd.d
work, avd Taruer was ha puzzled 10 tod us own. As
tGot nearr the md OF course hey were eelei ~
IN. shout. of Their resp ctlFe az Mirrors on rEorc'
Trel,or finished fra. Ross bDw iu5i to1ching-
iu of thc front boat The time was 20 minutes
and - seconds for lecmrE H.,
Ross SAID tlat IecLcr finished ~ MS Wd'T 'l I't.y
foJoi him bit that he had been beaten on h merits ana
WOUli claim