The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-08-04
AFLOAq AND ASHORE.
Jersey Oarsmen Row to
Victory in the Kills
Annual Regatta.
CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL GAMES.
The Pennant Races---Racing at
Monmouth Park and Saratoga
Baseball in North Hudson.
Special to the Sunday Morning Ne,0s.

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ELIzABETHPoRT, N. j., August 3,
1SS9.-The postponed tenth annual re-
gatta of the Kill-von-K ull Rowing Asso-
citation, an organization embracing the
oarsmen OF the Staten Island Athleti C
Club, the Arthur KulI Rowing Associa-
ton and the Alcyone Boat Club, OF
Elizabeth, and the New Jersey Athletic
Club and the Bayonne Rowing and Ath-
letic Association. of Bayonne, was rowed
yesterday afternoon on Staten Island
Sound, off Elizabethport
When the Regatta Committees boat
left Pier 4, North River, New York city,
early In the afternoon the rain was fall
ing in steady downpour and there were
serious doubts as to whether or not the
regatta would again require postpone
ment. On the trip down the bay and up
the Kills the wind shifted slightly and the
rain ceased, but the heavy clouds con-
tinued to hang ominously over the Sound.
In consequence of the threatening
weather the Sound did not present, as on
former similar occasions, the appearance
of a shifting panorama OF small craft and
gayly decked steamboats,. The crowds at
the several lighthouses and the many
docks along the EliZabethpOrt shore were
also less numerous than on the gala days
of previous years. Still there was plenty
of aquatic enthusiasm exhibited, the
regatta was successfully conducted and
those who saw the races were agreeably
entertained.
The course was one mile straightaway
all save the first being rowed with the
ebb tide. The start was off the mouth of
creek on the Staten Island shore and
coal dock, No. l. on the EliZabethport
shore, and the finish was a few rods this
side of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company's big bridge. A strong south
crly breeze prevailed and made the
water rather lumpy.
John ii. Abeel, Jr., Nassau Boat Club;
timers, Arthur Duane, N. B. c.; Charles
II. Mum, N J. A. c., and Walter A.
Turnball Elizabeth Athletic Club Judge
at the finish, r. r. Pierce, n. ]. A. e.;
Regatta Committee, Henry E. Duncan
sJr., N. j. A. c.; James A. Hand, A. X. X.
A., and G. Addison Swift, A. b. G.
The first event, a race for senior single
!. shells, was rowed against both wind and
Ter HE by Henry w. Jansen, S. /. A. c.,
!snd John w. Shreve, b. r. A. A., who
rowed a dead heat in the same event last
year. The men were given a flying start,
Shreve catching the water first, and both
pulling thirty-six stroke They soon
dropped to thirty, and Jansen went to
the front, At the half he led by three
lengths. Both Rugged the Staten Island
shore closely to escape the force of the
lengths ahead in minutes, 81 seconds.
Shreves time was minutes, SO seconds.
Three crews started in the race for pair
Dared shells, the second event They
were;-N. ]. A. Orchard G. Annett,
bow, and Charles w. Trask, stroke; S. l.
+ a. CT. ]. P. Fish, bow, and A. T. Car.
roll, stroke; A. B. C.-James r. Breeze
bow, and John II. Ball, stroke. At the
pistol shot the New Jerseys got away with
the Islanders close behind. The Alcyones
were apparently not in the race, although
their course was through smooth water
Later they hit up their Stroke, passed the
Islanders and challenged the New Jerseys
for the lead. A nip and tuck struggle
followed, the New Jerseys winning by a
squirt in 8 minutes 3815 seconds. The AL
cyones crossed q length behind in 6 min
utes A seconds The Islanders made the
finish in minutes and seconds, having
followed in the wake of the vicrors, who
battled with rough water all along the
course.
A holly contested and very pretty race
was the next event, rowed by four junior
four-oared shell crews, as follows:-N. J.
A. C.-Rufus S. Paret, bow; Newton H.
Day, 3; John S. Mcdonald, 3; Thomas
Carpenter, stroke; B. r. and A. A.
Thomas +. Garrett, bow; f. A. Schu-
macher, 2; Charles G. Cook, 3; L. Scofeld,
Jr, stroke; A. B. George Chumas,
bow; Edward E. Ganmann, q c. w.
Kinsman, 3; William Gaitley, stroke. A.
K r. A.-W. III. Hildebrant bow; H.
Hand. 2; +. M. Risley, 8; r. Laggen,
stroke For three-quarters Of mile the
four crews roWed in splendid shape with
The bows Of their craft ranging in an
almost straight line. Then the New Jer-
seys broke and steered badly, pulling all
across the course and finally settling in
the Alcyone's water. The Bayonne's, q
crew OF young fellows who were making
their maiden race, gradually swung to
the front with the Alcyones next. Within
Il few yards of the finish the New Jerseys
stopped. The Bayonnes finished first In
minutes, 35 seconds a length ahead OF
the Alcyones, who crossed in minutes
BIS seconds. Ten seconds later the Arthur
kulls finished
Breese, A. b. c.; Henry T. Duncan, Jr.,
N. j. A. O., and S. M White, S, |. A. c..
got away In the order named in the fourth
event, a race for junior single shells. Half
way down sthe course White withdrew.
Cameron gained the lead and he led
Breeze, who followed In his wake, by two
lengths, the remainder of the distance
His time for the mile was minutes, 1915
seconds. Breeze crossed in minutes, 20
seconds, and Duncan finished ten seconds
later.
D, G. Bartlett, bow E. Bartlett, stroke,
and George A. Gibbs, coxswain, of the
A. X. II. A., had a walk over in the fifth
event, race, four pair cared gigs. They
made the distance in minutes, So
haeconds
M The next event, race for senior four
4 ~-ared shells, was also a walk over for the
Nv Eew Jersey Athletic Clubs crack crew,
Richard G. Annett, bow; Charles w.
IA Srask, 2; Michael " r. Stringham. 3.
md Edwards o. Schuyler, stroke. They
0wed as If they were hard pushed, and
finished in minutes, 341S seconds.
N'he entries for the seventh event. a race
forfour- oared barges, were-A. K Il. A. d.
g. Bartlett, bow; w. Walker, .; j. g.
Checker, 5; e. Bartlett, stroke; George A.
Gibbs, coxswain; S. / A. CT A. Nor
gan, bow; William Ii. Rowland, 9; II.
Dougherty, 8; Henry w. Jansen, stroke;
Hamilton Van Vechten, coxwain The
two crews were sent away well together,
the Arthur Kulls going rapidly to the
front The Islanders made stern chase.
but dropped further behind as the dis
tance to the finish lessened. The Arthur
Kulls crossed six lengths ahead in
minutes. 521S seconds. The Islanders
time was minutes, ID seconds
By far the prettiest and highest race of
the day was the last event, rowed by
eight-oared shell crews from the A. b. G.
and s. /. A. c., as follows:--A. b. c.,
James Cameron, bow, John E. Ball, ?;
William Gillies, 3; r, Biekel, 4; John
Kinney, 5; C. Kurtz, 6: A. b. Haughwovt,