, 1888-11-25
TEEMER DEFEATED.
The Single Scull Race for the
Championship.
O'Connor an Easy Winner by
i Ten Lengths
. Shert History of the New
Champion.

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a William j.
iO'Connor. the Canadian oarsman, de-
feated John Teemer Of McKeesport, Pa,
the holder of the title of champion oars
man of America, this afternoon in a three
mile race on the Potomac river, opposite
Washington, for the championship eff
america and a stake of $500 a side.
O'Connor rowed in splendid form and led
from the start to the finish, Teemer being
at no time able to overtake him. O'Con-
will now go. Australia to battle with
Searle for the championship of the world.
THE COURSE SELECTED
was three miles with a turn. When the
time for the race $3.50 o'clock arrived,
the coal pumps, gas works, wharves and
boat houses were lined with people, fully
10, 900 persons being spectators from the
shore, while many more occupied seats on
small river crafts, and the spectators
shivered in the chill, raw air while the
preliminaries we're being arranged.
The water was smooth but muddy, and
other conditions were unfavorable to good
time being made. Betting became quite
lively lust before the race and considera-
bic money changed bands, O'Connor men
first betting even and hen giving odds of
s to 4, and when no takers could be
found offered 5 to 3
ON THEIR MAN.
1t was twenty minutes after 4 o'clock
when Mr.. j. r. Elder of the Columbia
Athletic club, who had been selected as
the referee, got the men ~ line, and when
a minute later he gave L. signal go"
O'Connor was OIL IKE d flash, and was
half a length in the lead before Teemer
could dip his oars in the water. O'Con-
nor, with a stroke of thirty four to the
minute, gradually gained on the McKees-
port %sculler, who pulled about two strokes
faster. At the half mile the Canadian
had a length Of clear water between him
and his competitor, and slowed down
his stroke to thirty-two a minute. AT
4 the mile he held his lead, but he was out
of his course and lost some distance, SO
that at the turn he vas only a length
ahead.
ROUNDING II BUOY,
O'Connor put on a squirt, and with a
long and powerful pull of thlrty-two to
the minute, he gained rapidly on Teemer,
aud. dropping his stroke to twenty-eight,
was a good three lengths in the lead when
two miles of the three had been gone
over. The Canadian sculler was fresh,
and every stroke seemed full of power,
while Teemer, though pulling t~hirty-two
to O'Conuor twenty-eight, moved ahead
slowly and seemed in labor. From this
point on O'Connor increased his lead, and
slowing up toward the finishing line, he
crossed 1t q winner about
TEN LENGTHS AHEAD OF EEMER
The winners time was twenty minutes
Fl and th1rfu thraa coaOnHa Ipnmnr'S tInn
was not taken. but was estimated to be
twenty-five seconds slower. O'Connor
pulled over to the referees boat and in
3 quired if everything was all right. Elder
4 told him it was and that be had won. He
then padded quietly off to his boat house
I without a word. His hackers, however,
we're iubilant and loudly gave vent to their
feelings.
Joseph Rogers of Toronto, the hacker
of O'Connor, said as soon as the race was
over that be now proposed to go to Aus
tralia and wrest the worlds champion
ship from Searle. O'Connor was trained
by Geo. Lee aud Teemer by Albert
Hamm.
THE CHAMPION.
VIM. j. O'Counor, WHO by to days
race becomes the champion oarsman OF
America, was born in Toronto. Canada,
about twenty five years ago and first came
into prominence in 1882 as a member OF
the Don Amateur Rowing club of Toronto.
In 1888 he won the senior single cham
pionship of Canada at Hamilton, Ont,
having a short time before with his part
ner, Enright, won the championship for
the double from TIC Lang brothers. he
= pecan e a professional oarsman IN 1885 by
J challenging Ritz of Pittsburg to race for
$1,000 a side, but the latter declined to
= row. In 1887 he defeated Albert Hamm,
but in his next race at Buffalo mis- boat
was swamped and he only took third
place, Hanlon winning. In March of this
year h defeated Peterson, the Pacific
Slope champion. at San Francisco and
subsequently, met and defeated George
Lee, Gaudaur and other good men. He
is FIVE feet ten inches in height and
q weighed l63 pounds to day.