Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-26

ARIEL Rowing Club OF Baltimore-R. h. Band,
bow; George Dechman. Q; Thomas g. Ford, 8,
and K q. Urbrack, stroke.
WestPhiladelphia BoatClub Of Philadelphia-
! W. ]. Laughlin, stroke; E. H. Dunwoody, 8; w.
j. Griscom, 2, and l. J. McManus, jr., bow.
/. The start was made evenly, but the Neptunes
such wonderful form that they we're looked
upon by their adherents as sure winners.
| good deal of money was up on the race and
the excitement Was intense, especially ~. by
the rules Of the Patapsco Navy, the winner of
this race between the two Baltimore crews is
entitled TO name the commodore Of the navy
for the ensuing year. The Neptunes have won
/ for two or three years past and there is a great
deal of bitter feeling between the clubs. a.
the first buoy the other two crews had crept up
| to within closed water, but ~ soon the buoy
was passed the Neptunes began to squirt, and
midway between the buoys there was a length
| Of clear water between them and the Pennsyl-
vsnians. At the third buoy the latter had
pulled up in their own water and the Neptunes
had gone over the course into the water Of the
others, SO that they lost ground, and soon had
only second place. Tho Ariels were behind,
but gaining. when. at the turn, their boat came
into voluntary collision with small sail boat
anchored on the course. and the crew was in
Philadelphia crew led by over q length and the
Neptune boat was taking such zig gag course
| a. to put il hopelessly in the rear. Midway up
the last stretch it struck small boat of the
course and seemed to be willing to give up the
race, when the friends of the crew on the barges
that lined the shores yelled ont encouragement
and by . strenuous effort the boat was righted
| and the race continued. The Pennsylvanians
won by several lengths in q time that was re-
ported to be sol, but which was seriously
doubted, in view Of the bad work on the course.
The Ariels did not finish.
DOUBLE SOULS.
There were two boats entered in the race for
double sculls, as follows:
Nonpariel Rowing Club Of New York-George
H. Delany. bow. and Harry Zwinger, stroke.
Fesper Boat Club of adeiphia-Edward
Hedley and Charles ]. Saenger.
There was a false start. and then good one,
with both boats well together. At the first
they increased making the race procession
without interest. The Nonparjel boat was
badly steered and on the last quarter the men
gave up the race, pulling over the line on a
loaf to make second place. The Vespers made
the mile and half in 1912.
SENIOR EIaHT-oARED SHELLS.
Then came what was expected to be the great
race of the day between the crews of eight of
the Columbia and Malta clubs, the latter Of
Philadelphia. 1t was a disappointment The
crews were composed as follows:
Malta Boat Club of Philadelphia, Pa.-Walter
Snyder, /; Frank Rose, 2; George Hoskins, 3;
o. J. De Rausse, 4; Arthur Maitland, 5; Joseph
Hill, 6; James Terry, q; Daniel L. Chesterman,
8, and Charles Clarke. coxswain.
Columbia Athletic Club of Washington-S. ].
Janus, stroke; Charles Baker, Z; l. i. Dyer, 6;
A. johnson, 5; Will Ryan, 4; l.. L. Harlan, 8:
r. J. w. Brewster, q; W. +. Crist, 1, and W. A.
Smith. coxswain.
The boats were started falsely by some one
in pleasure boat near the starting boats and
the crews had to be called back. The second
start was a good one. the Columbus catching
the water first and taking a slight lead, rowing
AZ. Then the Maltas pushed ahead and at the
first buoy had a lead Of the length of an oar.
just beyond this buoy the Columbia boat was
seen to approach the other shell and there was
the least clash Of as the two boats came
together. This was not noticed at the time,
except by the referee who said nothing. how
ever, and the race went on in way that PROM
ised great things. The boats were well to-
gether and the Columbus, after going to the
rear by half length, went forward again, and,
pulling in magnificent form, had almost put
the noses Of the boats in line when most I'M
fortunate accident occurred. The steam tug
Mamie, on which were a number of members Of
the executive committee Of the A. A. o.. and
which had good lead over the other tugs that
were following the race steered deliberately
out OF her course into the racing water without
needing the whistles Of the referees tug. At
first it looked as if those on the Mamie we're
merely DESTROYS of getting closer to the race
in order to see better, but in another
second there was suspicion OF foul play, as the
tug bore straight down on the Malta's shell,
and then. just when there seemed to be a col
lision Inevitable. sheer.d OF and missed the
boat by less than yard, leaving a tremendous
swell behind. The Malta's boat went over the
wave easily and rested in the quiet water
beyond, but the cross sea stopped enough water
into the shell Of the Columbia crew to swamp
her, and she WAS soon out Of sight, with the
heads of her crew sticking above the surface.
At the first sign Of danger the bow oarsman,
EuQene Crisy who is known here n of the
finest swimmers on the river. jumped over
board to save the boat and put his shoulder
under her keel tug soon came out to the
rescue and the men were taken aboard without
any damage either to them or to the boat. The
referee waved his hand to the Malta crew to
go on, and the boat was pulled over the course
The decision was that the race should 60 to the
Maltas ON the first foul, and that the accident
had nothing to do with the result. There was
no time taken.
The visiting crews were royalty entertained
in the evening at the hodses OF the Neptune
and Ariel clubs, which are located on the main
river just east of the Long bridge, that formed
the finish line of the course.