The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-28
AMATEUR OARSMEN.
Interesting Events at the National
Associations Meeting.
TIE EIGHT DARED RECORD BROKEN.

The "Chippie" Grew of the New York
Athletic Club Row the Mile and .
Half In Seven Minutes and Fifty.
flye seconds-The Other Events-A
Day Of Accidents.
SARATOGA, N. Y, July est was .
day Of record smashing and boat smash
ing yesterday, and 1t was day that
proved that the National Association Of
Amateur oarsmen system Of having
races with turn must be abolished.
There were no less than four bad fouls
and eleven oarsmen struggling in the
water at different times.
In addition to this misfortune the
water for all Of the first lot OF races was
choppy and the wind strong enough to
blow the oarsmen out Of the course. In
every race this was go except In the
senior eight, when the wind had SUBJ
sided and the lake was like mirror. A
big crowd witnessed the races, and the
delay in starting, nearly two hours,
was bitterly commented on, The last
race OF the day was the event of the
programme, and the record of eight
minutes for senior eights, mile and a
half straight away was smashed and
beaten by five seconds by the famous
"Chippie" crew of the New York Ath.
letic club. The entries were; New
York Athletic club, New York city;
Manhattan Athletic club, New York;
Malta Boat club, Philadelphia.
The Eight Dared Record Broken.
When the word was given fine start
was made. The Manhattans took the
water FIRST with the Maltas close sec
ond. The men in the Athletic boat
pulled the long Yale stroke, thirty-six,
never varying it for the first mile At
the mile the Maltas dropped to the rear
and the Manhattans had half length
lead.
The work of both crews was perfect
There had been no splashing, the water
was like glass and the oars went in and
out quickly and prettily. The Yale
stroke OF the "Chippies" was telling. At
the mile and quarter the nose of the
Athletic boat had passed the No. / man
in the Manhattan boat Inch by inch
the Athletics crawled ahead and crossed
the line by three-fourths OF length and
breakers of the record for eight cared
shells by five seconds Official time;
New York Athletic club, 7.55; Manhat
tan club, 500; Maltas, S.15
The first race of the day was the final
for senior singles. The entries were:
Edwin Hedley, Philadelphia; John G..
Ryan, Toronto. John Bergin, Cambridge,
Mass; F H. Thompson, Toronto; Will
lam Caffrey, Boston; Frederick Haw-
kins, New York, and Charles Bulger,
Albany. They finished in this order.
Ryan, Hedley, Caifrey, Hawkins, Ber.
gin, and the otheIs out of it. Time;
Ryan, 1924; Hedley, 1895; Catfrey, 10:46
The race for junior singles was very
interesting, the contest being close.
The starters were James Coughlin,
Brooklyn; H. w. Cady, New York;
Hartley T. Seaton, Newark; H. q.
Blackington, Providence; James Hur-
ley, Toronto; Peter Lehaney, Albany;
Albert w Bensley, Pawtucket. Cady
caught the water first, and for the first
half mile slightly headed the others,
who were rowing on line and all very
prettily. Lehaney, of Albany, was
pulling hard, quick stroke and at the
turn got around before Cady. The rest
followed in procession. Cady gave Le-
haney hard chase, but never caught
him. Time: Lehaney, ] :25; Cady, IL 40.
The race for pair oars proved disas-
trous affair, fouls and mistakes causing
the referee to decide that it would have
to be rowed over. The entries were:
Iona Boat club, Philadelphia; Nonpariel
Rowing club, New York; Atalanta Boat
club, New York, and Detroit Boat club.
The Nonpareils forged ahead and passed
all the others. just before the turn the
Atalantas spurted and showed the nose of
their boat ahead of the Ionas They
turned first. The Detroits had picked
out the wrong buoy, and just as they
turned the Nonpareils smashed into
them. They cleared, however, and then
chased after the Ionas, passing them.
The Detroits went over the line first.
Time: Detroit, 10:43; Iona, 1885; Alta
lanta, 1l03. The referee disqualified
the Detroits for error at the buoy, and
ordered the race over
The double sculls was pretty race
aud splendidly contested. The starters
were: Vespef Boat club, Philadelphia;
Varuna Boat club, Brooklyn; Catlin
Boat club, Chicago, and Manhattan
Athletic club, New York. The Vespers
crossed the line winners by about five
feet. Time; Vespers, 9.53t; Varuna,
9.54.
Junior Fours-Lack of space for turn
ing at the buoys made this race an I'M
fortunate one. The starters were In
stitute Boat club, Newark, N. j.; Ariel
Rowing club, Baltimore, Astoria Athl-
eblc cluO, Astoria, IL. L., ana Atlanta
Boat club, New York. AT the quarter
the Ariels led. with the Astorias second
and the Atalantas third. Just before
the turn the Astorias forged ahead, and
turned with the Ariels. The Institutes
were getting around their stake when
the Astorias ran into them for lack of
room. The boat of the Institutes filled,
aud they had TO beach her. At the mile
and Squarter, the Astorias' boat sank
and the crew were picked up by the
judges boat. Time: Ariels, 9.41; At
Atlanta, 1906.
The senior four cared race was an ag-
gravated edition of the juniors. Tie
entries: Fairmount Rowing association,
Philadelphia; Wyandotte Boat club,
Wyandotte, Mich; Argonaut Rowing
club, Toronto; Atalanta Boat club, New
York; Modoc Rowing club, st. Louis;
Wolverine Boat club, Detroit Just ut
the finish the Argonauts fouled the Alta
lantas, who were in the formers water.
The Wyandottes and Modocs crossed
the line together in dead heat. Time
| for the three-quarter mile, 4:03. The
race will be rowed over again.
The junior eight cared was unevent-
| full. There were but two entries, the
Everetts, of Boston, and tho Dauntless,
| of New York. The Dauntless had no
rudder and could not keep steady
| current running In the Everett once.
The Everetts crossed the line six lengths
ahead in 9.05f.
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