St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-12
The JUNIOR FOUR WON
Minnesotas Lead the Teeum.
sehs by Two Lengths.
GREAT DAY FOR 81. PAUL BOYS
Our Seniors Win Easily From
Canadian Crew.
nv THE JUNIOR DOUBLE RAcE
The Minnesotas Are Beaten
by the Torontos.
S0ME VERY FAST TIME WADE
nv THE JUNIOR DOUBLE RAcS
S0AE VERY FAST TIME MADE
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
DETROIT, Mich. Aug. 1.-THE hOncs
universally esteemed greatest by anna
teur rowing clubs of this country is the
winding of the national senior four.
cared race. Today, for the first time iu
Its history. this honor comes to the Min,
neseta Boat club. and forms a fitting
crown to the series ,Of brilliant victories
won by its senior four during the two
weeks last pas. Any one who loves
clean sport could not have watched the
race this morning between the Mime
sofas and the Argonants without feeling
that battle royal was on. The Mime
s9tas jumped at the crack of the pistol,
and gradually pulled away from the
men from Toronto. At the turning
stake they we're
Two Lengths 10 the Good
but the Argonauts rounded their bpoy
more successfully than the Minnesotas
did theirs, and the race home was COM
menced on nearly equal terms; and
how they did come. a little more than
hundred yards from the finish thera
was falter in the ArgOnauts' boat, fox
number three had tainted, and the bare
dozen feet that at that time had sepa-
rated the noses of the two shells grewtp
hundred and more. If the raceq had
been rOWed out the course record would
have been beaten. This afternoon the
Minnesota Junior four. too. proved itself
the fastest crew in its class in this coun-
try, for
1t Won HandilyD
over the Wyandottes, the winners 0E
the national junior four yesterday. and
the Tecumsehs, the winners of the
Canadian national junior fOur-oared
race on Aug. 4. The Torontos aud
Mutuals, of Detroit, also T0wed. Not
withstanding the rough water; MINI
nesota took the lead at the start and
held it to the turn. The Torontos were
first around, with the MillnesOtas a
stroke behind them:s AL the crews
came down well together until about
quarter of mile from home, when tha
MinnesOtaS and Tecumsehs moved out
OF the bunch and the challenge passed
between them. The Minnesotas' boat
was the heaviest, and she won by five
seconds in nine minutes thirty and
ODe-half seconds. There was less than
thirty minutes intermission before the
junior double was called. There WaS
A Gale Blowing,
and 1t was raining at intervals. With
two tired men, one of whom was row.
ing his seventh race in three days, tho
Minnesotas were seriously handicapped.
The Toronto double held Two of the
fastest Scullers this meeting has shown,
and they won tile race as they pleased,
The Minnesotas had to content them4
selves with second place, with the Mu-
tuals we'll behind them. In consequence
of the hard work done by the senior
four the men are all trfle fine, and
will not row tomorrow. The junior
four certainly, and the senior four prob
ably, will row at Lake GenGva
next week in the regatta there
to be held under the auspices of the
Chicago navy. HOughton and Wanu
are said to be on the street now bare
headed, looking for furnishing store
where they can be supplied WITH soft
hats in the Daniel Webster sizes.
Summaries
Junior Singles, Sculls, First Heat.
Alfred Russell, TorontOs, won; }. Ro-
m0Er, IOrontos, second; James Berry.
A9uanocks, Passaic, n. j.. third. Time,
1915.
Second Heat Charles Dagwell, VOL,
verines, Detroit, won; Alf Jury Jr..
TOrontos, secone; A. w. Bensley, Paw
tuckets, third. Time, 13:041z.
Final Heat-Dagwell won, Romohf
second, Russell third. Time, lO:O3l5.
Junior Fours -Mlinnesotas,0 of ST. Paul,
won; recumsehs. of Walkerville, sec.
ond; MutuaIs, of Detroit, third; Toron-
tos fourth, Wyandottes fifth. Time,
9:3O14.
Four-Oared Gig-Delawares of Chi
cago, won: Wolverines, of Detroit, sec.
ond. Time, 1923.
Junior Double Sculls-Torontos won:
Minnesotas. of st. Paul, second: Mu.
tuals, of Detroit, third. Time, 1O:O2I,
Single Canoes-R. G. Muntz, of 10.
ronto, won: E. s. Reynolds, G. S. Isham,
j. A. Rathbone and G. Fl. Gould, all of
Detroit, finished i'll the order named.
Time, 4:1215.
Junior Pair-Oared Shells-TorontOs
won, walk-over; no time taken.