St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-09
RUINED BY The rain.
Excessive Dampness Disgusts
Spectators and Oarsmen at
the Pullman Regatta.
Only Two Events Of Eight
Scheduled Are Matters Of
History.
Donohue Wins the Junior Sim
giles and Metropolitans the
Senior Doubles.
Belle Hamlin, Queen Of the
Almonts, Defeats Harry
Wilkes.

CHICAGO, Aug. S.-The elements
played havoc with the opening day of
the annual regatta of the National As
ISOLATION of Amateur oarsmen. Soon
after noon steady downpour of heavy
wind that speedily made the waters of
Lake Calimet altogether too choppy
to allow of the programme pro-
ceeding in regular order. the result
was that only two events out of eight
scheduled were rowed. Misfortunes
never come singly, and Lyman B.
Glover, the referee and chairman of the
regatta committee, with his associates
of the executive committee, realized the
truth OF the old adage when the captain
of the steam launch Lottie managed to
get his vessel tangled up i'll weed
bank, to extricate her from which
occupied an hour of valu-
able time, and he continued
efforts of a half dozen tugs. Despite
the unfayorable weather fully 1900
spectators occupied the grand stands.
while the borders of the lake were
lined with yachts, tugs, launches and
boats gaily decorated with bunting, and
giving life and pictureSqueneSs to the
scene. 1t was 3:15 when the flag fell
for the opening event-the first heat of
the junior single. The first start was
good one, but Shea was not satisfied and
the oarsmen were called back. When
the flag fell second time DOnOhue. of
the Nautilus club of Hamilton, Ont,
took the lead, with Mcdowell, Of the
Iroquois, and Strickland, of the Don
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With a squirt, however, COrbett, of the
1roquos,
FORCED HIMSELF TO THE FRONT.
At the three-quarter point he led by
length and half, pulling thirty-four
strokes to the minute, DOnohue being
third in the rear. Nearing the finish,
however, Corbett let down easily, allow
ing DonOhue to Overtake and pass him
one and half lengths to the flag. Cor
bett was second, thus giving him place
in the final heat; Mcdowell third, and
Strickland, Cumming, Shea and Much
more crossing the line in the order
named. The drop OF the flag could not
be seen by the timekeepers on the
judges boat, but it was recorded as
9:05:07. twas an easy race. Pools sold
even on Donohue with COrbett and Shea
place. The second event was the sen
lOI uOuUleS. Liz OG. dul tcdlI IdllCu
to go into the race, leaving four con-
testantS-Johnson and Bro an of the
Farraguts; Nagle and Pilkington, Met
ropolitans; the Monahan brothers, of
Albany, and Turner and Case of the
Dolphins. AS the flag fell the Mona
hans took the water with the Metro
politans a close second. In moment
they punched and were flying even
ly toward the finish, when at the three
quarter buoy the paper deck of
Monahan's boat gave way, the bow
filled with water, and, as the boys dived
out into the water, the frail
CRAFT WENT OUT OF SIGHT.
A passing steamer picked up the
brotherf. The Metropolitans kept on
their way in even form, pulling about %
strokes. A vigorous effort was made by
the Farraguts to catch up even,but with
out avail and the New Workers passed
under the flag in s:13, the Farraguts
following in 1928, Dolphins third. The
other events on to-day's programme,
which in consequence of the delay in
starting were postponed, are scheduled
for tomorrow and Saturday.