The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-04
kOHN DEFEATED
~ Teemer By Ono FLerEsh-The Bea,
Race Ever kOwed. ~


Race Ever kowed. r,
NEw YoRr, August 2.-Wallace Ross, OF
s.: johns, N. B., aud John Teemer, of Nc.
Keesport, Pa, rowed at Oak Point to-day,
what was perhaps the most interesting
sculling match that ever took place on this
continent. Ross was leader for the first
half OF the course, and Teemer wss mot
headed during the esecond two miles. The
victory was won by Teemer in his wonder
fully scientific turning OF the stakebeat.
!" .Teemer was the first ont, appearing IN a
red shirt and navy blue breeches; Roes'
colors being white and dark blue. There
were prob -bly two thousand people psesen.
when the race began. The course wes
from the Oak Point shore, two miles ont.
10 Bowery Bay, where the stakeboats were
anchored. Roes won the tea f.r position.
aud took the northern lane, but really
there wa no choice.
When Barney BiQljn asked "Are you
read, p, and shouted "Gt !" Teemer caught
the water frat, With something Of splesh,
and went BIZ feet ahead Of bis Opponent
HI lost that little lead almost immediatelv.
hnwever, for RES settled down to his
steady, powerful stroke, and forged ahead
inside OF si1 lenRths: 1t Was plain that
both men had starred in to win.' Teemsr
soon got into swinging stiff strokes, essy
and clean. Rocs sat straight up, as ie his
wont, and dug bis oars into The wa,er with
telling ef.ct. Roe, lead for the first mile
and q quarter It d,atance, varying from q
length TO two lerg CHS. -5----A- -
Just abreast OF the north end Of North
Brother's Island, mile and quarter out,
Teemer became little ragged IN mis- stroke.
but in another minute he brsced up and
put In some good oues, which cent the pro "
OF his boat about Eve feet ahead, of bis sd.
versary's. Ros, did not like this, and apnt
his stroke up to thizsy.two, and again went
ahead. Both men moved we'll within
themselves up 10 the Sturn, which r, 8,
reached half q length ahead. Here the lii.
eral turning point YVES reached. Res
seemed 10 have forgotten how to no around
.the stake, boat, He went away beyond II.
and made his circle by long curve, thst
made 1t appear that he had not reached
the stskeboat when the McKaesport man
wss half way round. T emer. made a
beautiful line for the atakeb3st He hardly
had gotten three feet beyond it when be
buried his left oar in the depths as straight
es a corn .s,alk, aud pulled tlis head around
with" the right as though his craft were
hung on a;pivot Such clever maueuyer
has rarely been seen on the water. His boat
appeared TO come, 10 a s.sndstill ut the will
OF the rover and turn about as thouvh she
we're toy in her owners hands. This
piece Of extraordinary skill gaye Teemer
lead Of full three lengths Of clear water.
and virtually the race.
The return was very exciting, however.
for Ross did hia best to RECOVER the great
lcc, be hal suffered, and but in sons Of
the hardest rowing that one could want to
see. He still eeemed to think he had the
r,cs, and could pick up his loss on the last
mile. When the north point Of Ricker'a
Island wss reached, which was about a
mile froE home, Wallace b.gan to see he
bad lnan iustegd Gi q bov to row aisinei.
Teemer had been, on the htst mile Of the
return, rowing rather quickly, and not too
evenly. Ouco be put his right hand out
into the river ior water to batne his head.
ppt at this point Roes increased his stroke
tr0m twenty y.eight to thirty.one, aud Teen.
er stayed Of his thifty. Roes vas encotir.
axed by shouts IRON, bis friends On tbs
judges steamer, and rowea for ali he was
worth. At three miles and three.ousrters
be hit ss high "a thirty.four strokes to the
m1|ggte, !, -.
Teemer hrxeed Up st this stage, also, and
went up to thirty four, bnf did no, stay
there more than a dozen lengths. Ross
kept up bis giant stroke, but he was too
late: Ae noAtipAea te aiminieh the lead
gradually, but he hpl not the dis!sure In
which TO co 10 the front, even II he had
beep able, On the frst Of the laet quarter
oi mila, Teemar was plainly not doinR
his btst, but when. within two hundred
yards OF home he put on q spult. Res
still continued to creep up, however, and
when the line was crossed his bow lsposd
Teemer's stern. sTeemer thus won by q
short length. -J ,9 s.5s'i
Both men were--pretty tired when they
returned 10 the boat.house. Roes wss
cross, and Tesner was jubilant, and he
had right to be, in both beating Wallace
HosS gpd making by far the best lime on
iarord. Barney R,glin made the time
2a;2Q, the best previous time tor the ionurr inr
mile course hayir1 hsea made by Hsnlan
10 bis race with Boss, at Osdensburx, il
July last, whan he accomplished the dis.
lance in 1855. eome doubt Of the accnra
nv OF the measurement being exnrasqed