The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-20
AMATEUR OARSMEN,
Conclusion Of the National Assoc
citation Races. <
NEW YORK WINS THE FOUR DARED.

The AtIantas Came in Second and
the Columbias Third, Leaving
Philadelphia in the Rear-wright
Wins the Junior Single and Caff-
rey the Senior Single.
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Long beforel
the time for the final races of the Ma
tional association of amateur oarsmen
to start, spectators began to swarm along
the banks of the Potomac to obtain a
good view of the events. Great interest
was taken in each race and the friends
of the contestants cheered their favorites
throughout the races. 1t was o'clock
when the start was made in the first
race.
The programme began with the final
In the junior singles. The contestants
were Dyer and Fleming, of the Cres-
cents of Boston; Wright of Toronto,
and Berry, of Passaic. Wright took the
lead, with Dyer and Fleming close be-
hind. Towards the finish Fleming gave
up, wright winning in TO- l6, Berry sec
.ond in 1927. Wright wins the junior
singles.
Atlantas Win the Pair Oars.
The next race was the pair oars be
tween S. b. Stewart bow and A. ID.
Crooks stroke, of Toronto; j. A. Demp-
sey bow and Il. Z. Dempsey stroke, Of
the Atlantas No. l., of New York; e.
Valwhine bow and w. H. Pinkey
stroke, of New York; Max Low bow and
William Low stroke, of New York; G.
d. Phillips bow and NJ. 4. Hard stroke,
of New York. The Atlantis No. won
in 10. l2, the other crews not crossing
the finishing point.
In the next contest, the juior four
oars, the contestants were the Arling-
tons Of Massachusetts, the Neptunes and
the Ariels of Baltimore and the Poto-
macs of Washington. In this race the
Arlingtons took the lead easily, which
they held until the finish, winning easily
by about six lengths. 1t was nip and
tuck between the Ariels and Neptunes
for second place, but near the finish the
Ariels pulled ahead of their brother
Baltimoreans, finishing second, closely
followed by the Neptunes, the Poto-
macs being last, they having lost dis
tance by bad steering. Time: Arling-
tons, 0. 10; Ariels, 9.27.
CafTrey Wins the Senior Singles.
The finals in the senior singles was
ApohVu iol uhiu W WIN BlCdU lhtOlSSbs
The starters were Higgins, of the Ma
chusetts of Massachusetts; Caffrey, of
the Lawrence of Massachusetts, and
Hedley, of the Vespers of Philadelphia.
They got off on even terms and re-
manned punched till the quarter was
reached when Caffrey took slight
lead. Catfrey won. Time: 1902 rs;
Higgins second III 1906.
The finals of the doubles was the next
event, the Albanys of Albany, Vespers
of Philadelphia, Varunas Of Brooklyn,
and Catlins of Chicago, contesting.
The Albanys won in $50; Vespers sec
ond in S.46; Varuna third.
New Workers Win the Four Dared.
The last race of the regatta, and the
event of the day, was the eight cared
race between the New York Athletic
club, the Atlantas of New York, the
Fairmounts of Philadelphia and the
Columbias of Washington. At the sig
nal all four boats started even, but
when the quarter was reached the At
lantas had forged ahead of the rivals,
with tho New York Athletic club Sec
ond, Fairinounts third.
These positions We're maintained to
the mile and quarter stake, when the
New York Athletic club spurted and
passed the Atlantas and the Columbias
went ahead of the Fairmounts The
New York Athletic club finished first in
TAB 2-5; Atlantas second, Colnmbias
third, and Fairmounts last.