The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-25
SUCCESSFUL SILVANS.
VICTORY FOR NoI1NTs CREW.

Last Day Of the An4 uaI Regatta of the
N. VAR A--The Closing
Rkees.
LAuRELsF oR SYLVAN.
Though the raj fell at intervals yester-
day afternoon. lnd the clouds bore a
Threatening ASPECT at times, the weather
did nottend II mar, to any serious ex-
tent, thespo1 of the second and last day
OF the regatra of the NJ. V. A. r. A. 1t
was day of genuine surprises all around
The defeat of the famous Farragut crew
Of Chicago by the Moline Sylvans was an
event wholly unlocked for. as was the
setting back of Detroit's hereto
fore unconquered senior pair,
Standish and Clegg. by the Farra>
gut pair. Jennison and Adams. Stand
ish and Clegg, have held the national
penant in senior rowing for years. They
have vanquished every crew that was
entered in the same water with them and
broken the hearts of many an aspiring
pair. But Chicago trained a pair to beat
these Detroit champions and snatched
from them the word excelsior" if no t
the name. and the result was Chicago
did just as it had intended, so there NAV
be little consolation for the Farraguts
even if their pride, the four Dared crew
was beaten for the first time.
The first race on yesterdays programme
was the
JUNIOR PAIR,
continued from Wednesday, in which the
Davenports, consisting of W. IL. Martin
and l.. NJ. Allen, and the S;lvans, com
posed of G Cooper aud E. W. Osborne,
were entered. The crews got fine
start, though the water was a little
lumpy at the time, but the Davenports
had pulled but ten strokes when the bolt
to an outrigger gave way and the crew
was obliged to stop. Sylvan pulled over
the course IN 1402 and was given the
race. Then came the
| SENIOR FOUR DARED SHELLS,
with the Farraguts, of Chicago-W. F.
Fowler, II. c. Avery, c. G, Plummer and
N. +. Billings-and the Sylvans, of Mo.
line-O. Livingston, ]. W Cooper A. H
Arp and J. P. Fleming-entered. The
race to the turning buoy was close and
lexciting, Moline holding the lead Boil
erews were pulling good stroke. Sylvan
at the rate of about forty-six and the
Farragats forty-two. Sylvan turned the
buoy iii 4:03; Farragut 4;14 The Syl-
vans, in reaching the turn were crowded
way out of their course by the Farraguts,
who pulled in the Sylvans water and
turned inside Of them. There WAS bad
foul, the Farraguts nearly upsetting and
breaking their oar on the Sylvan's shell,
in which they broke large hole. Cons
ing back the waves went right over the
Farragut's shell, which swamped. The
Sylvans reached the finish mid great
cheering and manifestations of ioy, in
9:34. Fouls were claimed by both sides,
but Umpire Barnard decided in favor of
Sylvan. Fer the
SENIOR DOUBLE.
! Gre VS. were entered as follows: Gal
weston Rowing club, Galveston, Texas
John Crotty, Z. ]. Baker. Omaha Row
| ing Association, Omaha, Neb - Jas. B.
Brown, F. N. Connor. st. John Boat
Club, New Orleans. M C. Soniatt, s. NJ.
Oviatt. Delaware Boat Club, Chicago, =
Ill, J. F. Korf, W. Weinand. Dolphin
Boat Club, McGregor La. L. Larson, F.
Gesker. Galveston shot away .to the
lead, but Delaware overhauled her and
made the turn in 4 50 and gained steadily
to the finish winning. by about twenty.
five boat lengths is $40; Galveston 9.54
St. John. 1909. Dolphin 1919, Omaha
10:41
THE SENIOR PAIR
| contest followed, between Farragut. of
Chicago, and Excelsior of Detroit The
| race was the most interesting of the re.
gatta, Farragut leading to the turn in
4:53; Detroit five minutes. The win
ming time of the Farraguts was lob;
Detroit, 1923.
The last, and one of the best races was
the
SENIOR SINGLE.
Farragut, of Chicago, entered J. F
Corbct Modocs, of St. Louis, +. Ii Gas
trick, Dolphins of McGregor, G. r. Tur.
ner. Corbet turned the buoy in 440, anC
won in 1919. Turner spurted and mad,
a brave struggle for the second place aud
crossed the line one half second behint
Gastrick in 10:404
sPLASHES.
The Sylvans scooped everything
The Sylvans and Farraguts meet again
at the Northwestern regatta at Grand
Rapids in July.
1t will not be the last regatta on Sylvan
water The success of this meeting war,
rants this asser ton.
1t was a grand regatta for the Sylvans
for glory, and not much of a loss fnanci-
ally.
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| rs, 1886.
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