St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-04

| tiers of a mile are rowed out into the
| lake contributes III an important degree
| to the favorable conditions. The first
race on the card was
| The Junior Pair.
This Is perhaps a novel race TO most
! readers, and should therefore be
! briefly explained. 1t is a race rOwed in
an open boat by two oarsmen, and each
handles but one oar. There were two
entries, the Lurlines and the Westerns.
| OF st. Louis. The Lurlines had no one
that the club could bank upon to win,
and SO rOwed a pair TO save entrance
money. The Lprline boat was manned
by Mead and Jones, while Karsch and
| Sheehan raced for the Westerns. 1t
| proved an easy victory for the visitors
from st. Louis. They turned long
way in the lead and held the opening to
the finish. Hence the event was en-
tirely without feature of note. The
time was 1913.
Now everybody was on the qui vive
OF expectancy. The junior fours were
called to the start, and the betting he
| gan. Tho Minnesota crew was hot
fav0rite, and the st. Paul boys took
everything tnat was offered, from to 1
to to against the field. There were
three entries, the Minnesotas, the Lur-
lines and the Westerns, but at the last
moment the LurlineS scratched so as to
save the boys for the junior doubles.
This left the fight between two crews,
ana the betting stopped right there.
As in all the previous races the pres
ent season, the Minnesota crew was
composed of T. L. Wann, bow; Percy
HOuglton. third: Lesser MaboD, second,
and Edwin Halbert, stroke. The ST.
| Louis crew was w. Ii. Lamp, bow; Ed
Westhus, third; George Thomas, sec
Ond, and Henry May, stroke. An eX-
cellent start was secured. but only few
boat lengths had been rowed when the
superiority of the st. Paul lads began
to show. They
Brew Steadily Away
from their rivals, and had things as
they pleased throughout the entire
course. The MinnesotaS lost at least
five seconds i'll making the turn, how
ever. but it is explained that this was
not entirely unintentional. Their boat
was weak. and the slow turn, moreover,
gave some rest. When the buoy was
| reached for the turn the Minnesotas
were 20 seconds in the lead, and they
turned 10 seconds first. Then the race
| home was rather uninteTestlng. The
| Minnesota crew was not pushed, and
| the visitors seemed to despair Of a pos
siDle victory. Time. S:35.
The senior single quarter-mile dash
| bn nf1 III oI fOlI
were but two entries. The MinnesOtas
were not prepared to participate, and
the same can be said of the Lurines.
The race was rOwed by Koening, the
| st. Louis crack, and Henderson, of Chi
cagO. 1t was pretty race, but it was
so short that il was soon over. The two
| giided over the water in their graceful
sculls side by side for nearly the entire
distance, bat near the finish the st.
Louis athlete spurted and won by half
| boat length.
s HEoJ Contest
Now came the junior single. Again
Minnesotas did not enter. Yet it was
particularly interesting race, and proved
adeSperate struggle for hOnors between
the Lurlines' exponent and the Della
wares, of Chicago. There were four
starters, namely: J. NJ. Shaack, of
the DelaWares: p. y. Mcdonald,
of the WinEipegs; e. +. Brown,
of the Luriines. and ID. B. Blales-
lee, of the Pullmans. They drew for
position i'll the order named, and
were sent off evenly by the starter
Shaack spurted at the very start, and
he was pIuckIly followed by Mcdonald
and Brown. Blakeslee soon abandoned
the pursuit and fell out of the race.
Shaack led to the turn and made it first.
1t was here that Brown came up close
behind, and passed Mcdonald. Then it
was the hottest fight that has been wit
messed this year between Brown and
Shaack OH the return course. Shaack had
a slight advance in the position, and
he seemed to maintain it, but he
lost strength by squirting when it did
not seem necessary to the expert spec
iatOrS. This phase Of the race was gen
orally commented upon in the boat
house. 1t was said that Shack should
have been content to have maintained
his lead, and then he wouId have been
in condition for the mighty struggle at
the finish. As it was he tired, and
Brown i'll a beautiful sprint shot to the
front at the finish, and won by boat
length. Time, $50.
Climax of the Day.
The junior double was the last event
Of the day, and it-was the race on which
the great interest of the regatta seemed
to center. The Minnesotas and the
Lurlines were TO pit against each other
the same men that had raced on Friday
and Saturday of last week, Percy
HOughtOn, stroke and Lester Mabon
bow, were the Minnesota candidates for
the trophy, and T. d. DeBrisay, bow
and A. l.. Burlington, stroke, comprised
the Lurline double. The ST. Paul lads
won both events last week. but the Lur-
line partsans set up the plea, and with
+ 10 little vigor, that it was not owing to
! the superior speed of the Minnesota
boys. but TO the bad steering OF the Mill
City lads.
, There was good deal of feeling, but
, | despite the fact that Houghton and
, ! MabOn went out to do battle against
fresh men after winning the senior four,
the betting favored the st. Paul boys.
, There were four crews in the race. and
the Minnesotas sold at even money
against the field The Westerns boat
= was manned by William Karshbow and
= Christ Hesseman stroke, and the Catlin
two were \. J. Dixon bow. and Frank
, Donahue stroke. The race was pro-
cesson from the very start. The Min
nesotaS started off life the wind and set
the pace the entire course. They were
: followed in order by the Lurlines, the
e Westerns and the Catlins. The Mime
6 sofas made a good turn, and then there
was no further danger. They finished
. a half dozen boat lengths ahead of the
Lurlines in the remarkable time of $50.
Il This will be seniors day,and the Min
e nesota Juniors promise 10 participate.
n They will undoubtedly make the older
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