Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-21
spoRT ING EVENTS.
Another Version Of the BeIIaire
Race on Saturday.
Mantoa First Across the line---local
Racing PRESENTATIONS Sporting
News Notes.

peared aa article ON the Mauton-Heil boz
race which took place at Bellaire Saturda
afternoon. The account referred to wa
written by representative of the REGIsrE
who resides at Belhire. One of ow locs
staff reporters was on the ground and give
the following particulars Of the race as'Wi
messed and timed by Mr.. James Taylor, eA
champion seullsr of England, and himself
He'll, the Bellaire wonder, entered m
boat weighing lao povuds. Manton, h
opponent weighed a faction over IL
pounds when stripped for the contest. Tn
following. gentlemen actsd as Judges TO
He'll: Ed Davis at the start, and Samue
Sherwood at the turning baoy; for Manton
Tom Burke at the starting boat and Dal
Cochran at the busy, Thomas Shelly, o
Bellairs, was referee, and J. j. MeDermot
of the same place, final stake holder Th'
Wheeling boy had the call on bets at two tc
one.
The men were called out about o'clock
Manton taking the West Virginia shore and
He'll the Ohio side OF the river. The word
go" wss given exactly at CLIO. Manton
caught the water first: and took the lead
The men pulled close together until about
one mile from the start, when each man
pulled toward his baoy boat. In turning
neither man had much the best of the race.
The time, as shown by, Mr. Taylors watch
showed 9:lO with both men, around their
buoy boats Manton gained big advant
age by pulling straight up the rivesfronn his
buoy boat. By so. doing he kept close to
the Vest Virginia shore and: out Of the eur,
rent He'll, instead of coming straight up
the river pulled OF toward the Ohio shore,
and thereby lost several boat leagths As
the contestants aeared the starting point
Manton continued to gaia on his opponent.
In passing under the Bellaire bridge he ran
afoul off, snag, causing him to lose several
strokes. His opponent seeing him stop
made a magnificent SPurt and closed the
gap several boat leagths. From this
point to the finish the men
pulled molly, the crowd on the
shore loudly cheering their favorite. Here
again He'll made a grand mistake. The
ferry boat was lying on the Ohio side of the
river and and as he was pushing up close
to the shore he lost good ground by having
to pull out and around the ferry boat. The
men 6ni. he'd amid the widest excitement
both sides claiming the race. The time be
ing 23;O3! by Mr.. TaylorS watch, he and
the reporter standing opposite the finish.
There is no doubt in the world that Man
ton won BY. a full boat length; at least that
was the decision of every man who $1,000
on line with the starting boats. The ref
erre was in the middle of the river and CON
sequently was not in position to tell much
about the finish The judges and referee
repaired to McDermotts saloon, when at
ter an hours talk over the matter, the lat
ter decided that the race was a tie and
must be rowed oveI this afternoon between
1 and 6 o'clock. The referee was very
severely criticised for his decision. Ia
giving a decision Of that kind, under the
circumstances he should also have declared
all bets off Nearly every man who bet on
the race was anxious to draw their money
and especially So among the Wheeling
men, they claiming that for Manton to win
the race be would have to come in, at least,
boat lengths ahead of his opponent to-day.
The referee did what he thought was right
as no man station in the middle of the river
could watch both men at once, they being
Oh the opposite sides of the river. Hell
showed remarkable staying qualities and
any man who beats him will have TO row
hard from the start to the finish.
MessrS John Wilson, well known sport,
ing man and baG ker Of Monningcr, the Pitts,
burgh oarsman, accompanied by Briddy,
John Braunon and the ex-champion sculler
OF England, james Taylor, witnessed the
lace at Bellaire Saturday.
A meeting will be held at Conneaut Lake
to-day to settle preliminary arrangements
for another regatta, to come off at that place
in six weeks. This regatta will be under
the supervision of James Taylor, ex-cham
pion of England, and is gotten up for oars
men of West Virginia and Pennsylvania
barring all champion oarSmen. The lnten,
ton is to bring out the young oarsmen. All
such men as Teemer will be barred from
the races.
John Ritz, Of this city, has accepted Jas
Ten Eyck's of Conneaut Lake, challenge
and will meet him or representative at Pitts
burg on the 23d inst. If the match is made
it will come off here 1t is to he sincerely
hoped that Ten Eyck will stand by his
challenge The race will probably come
of on the 9th Of August
John Wilson, of Pittsburg, is anxious tC
match an unknown against the winner o.
the Manton He'll race. During a CONVEX
Sation with the gentleman he said "ThC
man want to match against the WINNIE
has never figured in boating circles and
'hipk he would be fair match for either o
| he contestants.
Up TO Saturday the respective standing
Of the League and Association base bal
clubs was as follows:
Mr.. William Humes, Of this city, is will
ing to make match with any pool playe
in Bellaire for a serious of games for
purse Of 1000.
The Meyers base ball club beat the Sout
Side club by score of II to 9, In Satul
days issue of the REGISTER it was state
hat the South Side won, which is mistak
| us the party giving the information wa
not reliably informed.
Information from Bellaire last evenii
shows that He'll is very confident of viii
ming that race today He says: 81 wi
come in so far ahead there will be no chauc
for Wheeling to wrangle about who is tn
yicter."
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