The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-07

Ss'Ihe Columbus, by winning the Staten Island
$1,000 championship trophy and defeating the
Potomacs, have once more advanced to the
front as the leading rowing organization of this
city. Everything favored the Staten Island
boys for successful affair, as Monday last was
perfect day for rowing. The water of the Kill
Won kull was as smooth as mill pond. There
was large contingent of local enthusiasts pres
ent, and the victory of the Columbias caused
unbounded jubilation. In fact, the boys bought
up Staten Island from Mr.. Erastus Wiman, and
ran 1t to suit themselves for while. The host
of Potomac members well as the crew who
were present joined in the jollifcaton. and ad-
mitted that their opponents beat them out be-
cause they were better-trained and faster
crew. Every one interested already knows all
the details of the race and that the Columbas
assumed the lead at the outset, were never
headed, and came home winners in the remark
able fast time of 4:4o!, the Staten Islands sec
ond, and Potomacs third, in 4:573. The other
crews were the New York Athletics, Arthur
Kulls, and Tritons The New Yorks broke a
rudder and retired the Tritons also unshipped
their rudder but continued in the race until the
finish, the coxswain steering the boat by means
of his hands. 1t was creditable piece of work.
The rowing of the Columbias was the finest seen
on the course, and their style and work brought
on Courtney, their trainer, many words of praise.
Their blade work was perfect, while their re-
covery and finish was near perfect as could
be. They never sent their stroke up over forty
four, but the power was there, and it made the
that the crew was fifteen seconds faster than the
one at the national regatta, statement that is
borne out by the splendid work of Monday. AS
most of the men are now enthused the crew will
be kept together, and early next spring will
enter the aquatic contests with renewed vigor
The Potomac crew was possibly the slowest ever
sent out by the club, as defeat of seventeen
seconds In mile race is something dreadful
individually the men are good oarsmen-strong,
hearty, and stayers in pushing races. This
event ends the rowing campaign hereabouts,
and the Columbias are King.
''The meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union
October 13, on Analostan Island, will be the
greatest gathering of cracks that has ever taken
place in America" said Howard Perry, treas
urer of the Union and secretary of the Colum-
bia Athletic Club, to representative of THE
HERALD on the Staten Island athletic grounds
last week. In corroboration of this statement
Manhattan Athletics, Jimmy Oliver and James
Robinson, said that they had more men under
their care than ever before The New York
Athletics will send this fleet array of talent:
Coster, J. P. Lee, F. w. Robinson, P. Vreden-
burgh, r. c. Fisher, G. j. Wiegand and W. H.
Wright. The Manhattan Athletics will send
Luther Fl, Carey, M. Remington, Fred Westing,
brener, J. G. Devereaux, E. w. GofT F. L.
Lambrecht, r. X. Pritchard, George S. Estes,
and j. S. Roddy. The Berkely Athletics will
Victor. The New Jersey Athletics will
come headed by that noted cross-country
runner, Willie Day, while associated with him
will be M. O'Sullivan, S. E. Corbett, and the
champion all-around athlete, Daniel Long, to-
gether with j. e. Morse and G. L. Batchelder.
Then Detroit will send Champion Owens, while
st. Louis will send Murphy, and together with
the array of talent from the Schuylkill Navy,
Chicago, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and other
places it will be seen that Washington will be
overrun with strong-limbed and teet-footed
athletes from every section of the country on
and about October13 The meeting will attract
great crowd to the city. The Columbia Ath-
letics, under whose auspices the meeting is to
be held, are devoting good deal of attention
to the coming meet and will spare neither ex-
pense nor labor to make it successful. The
track and grounds on Analostan Island are
already in good condition. but Trackmaster
O'Neil is working to make it better every day.
A commodious frame house has been erected on
the island, to be used as dressing-rooms for
competitors. The grand stand will be large
enough to accommodate three thousand people,
while perfect steam ferry will be arranged be-
tween the clubhouse and wharf on the athletic
grounds
The recent meeting of the Amateur Athletic
Committee in New York was unusually pro-
tracted. 1t commenced one afternoon, recess
was taken, and on reassemblng the committee
remained In session from o'clock until 4:30 the
next morning. The principal subject was the
Malcolm H. Ford case, which has taken up the
attention of the Union for months. 1t was re-
ferred to committee with full instruction to
investigate and report. The Columbias, of this
city, and the New Jersey Athletics were given
power to arrange money matters satisfactory to
themselves in the games of ball for the Eastern
championship series.
Chicago has an option on the National regatta
for 1893, and Washington can have it in either
1891 1892 AS the last is election year it
wouldn't do to have it here then, but our clubs
should make move for 1t next year. Wash
ington is the place for 1891 and a strong effort
should be made to get 1t. Let our clubs start
the boom about December and keep it up all
winter With such a crew as the Columbias
there is no reason why championship honors
should not come this way.
The Bradford Boat Club is in trouble, and it
all comes out of the recent race at Worcester,
when the Atalantas defeated them. Charges
and countercharges of selling out have been
publicly made. The question again arises, How
long is the amateur world to recognize such
professionals They are professionals; so are
the Atalantas, and they ought to be blacklisted.
The Columbias will now devote all their time
to the A. A. U. meeting next month"; which is to
be held on Analostan Island. The racing last
Monday at Staten Island gave Washington Wis
itors taste of what they might expect here at
the championship meeting, for the best athletes
in the country are now in training for the run
ming events.
The Columbia athletes and sprinters ran afoul
OF speedy sprlnter at the Rockville fair last
week. His name was Chichester, and he de-
feated Sam King, Dickinson, and Others while
Miller Kenyon was the only one to knock him
out, in the SS0-yard run