St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-12

MINNES0TkS SECOND
Argonauts Carried Off the
National Four-Oared
Championship.
THE RECORD WAS BROKEN
From Fourth Place the Cherry
and White Forged Ahead
THE RECORD WAS BROKEN
CROWDED ON THE LEADERS.
Terrific Squirt at the Finish
Enabled ArgonautS
to Win.

SARATOGA. Aug. 1.-THE interest
in the annual meeting Of the national
association of amateur oarsmen was
increased today, and the Saturday ex-
cursIon trains brought many more
spectators TO the lake. The crews were
out early rowing over the course. and
the SaraIogans arrived earlier and in
greater numbers than OH yesterday.
The betting was much livelier than on
the previous day, the favorites being
backed by much more money. One of
the races on which considerable money
was placed was the senior singles.
Hawkins, of Troy, who won so easily
yesterday from Russell, the Canadian,
was lacked by the Saratoga sporting
contingent, while the Westerns took
Fred Koenig, of the st. Louis club.
The Toronto boys pluckily backed
their champions, Russell and Thomp-
son. A race which contained some
frst-class teams was the senior double
SOULS. The showing Was as good as
in any doubles ever rowed at the re-
gatta. Monahan and his partner,
Bowen. had WON several races; the
Donoghues were known to be in good
form and out to win, while the Varuna's
famous doubles. Freeth and Bulger.
were certain to give their opponents a
very lively hustle. The closing race Of
the regatta, the senior eight-oared shells,
had but two entries. No. l, the Triton
Boat club, and No. 2, the Laureates, of
Troy.
There was little or no betting on this
race, for the inability to row shown by
the Laureates' junior eight-oared crew
yesterday shook the faith of even the
clubs staunchest followers.
The Senior Four cared Race
was looked forward to with great i'm
terest, because in it the Argonauts. of
Toronto. and the MinnesotaS met the
famous four of the New York Athletic
club. The latter crew had carried
everything before them this summer,
but had not yet met the Toronto and
Western tours. The races of today in
Guided the junior four, which was post
poned from yesterday. the junior
singles, the final heat senior single, the
senior doubles, the senior four. cared
shells and the senior eight-oared shells.
The resolts were as follows:
First race, senior singles, final heat
= Fred hoenig. ST. Louis, first: Fred
Hawkins. Troy. second; R. II. Russell,
Toronto. third. Time, 9:474.
Second race, senior doubies-VeSper
Boat club, Philadelphia, first; Beaver
wyck, Albany, second. Time, 9:0615.
Third race, junior singles Joseph
Mcclure. Cambridgeport, Mass, first;
A. Murray, Toronto, second. Time,
1O:O31z.
Fourth race, junior four-oared shells
Excelsior Boat club. Paterson, n. j.,
first; Nautilus Boat club, Brooklyn, N.
Y, broke an oar in turning stake.
Time, 9:32.
Fifth race, senior four-oared>
Boat club, first; Minnesotas, of st. Paul.
second; New York Athletic club, third.
Time, s:4S.
Sixth race, senior eights-Tritons, of
Newark, first; Laureates, Troy, second.
Time, 1861.
Minnesotas Second.
The ent ries for the senior four-oared
shells included the Argonaut Rowing
club, Toronto, Canada; Detroit Boat
club. Detroit; New York Athletic club,
New York city; Minnesota Boat club.
st. Paul, Mimi; Delaware Boatclub,
Chicago. The Argonauts caught the
water first, followed nStantlY by the
New FORKS. At the quarter the Argo-
nauts were first, the New York Ath-
letics second, Detroits third and Mime
sofas fourth. At the mile and quarter
the Argonauts Ield the lead. Minnesotas
second, Athletics third, Delawares
fourth and DetrOits last. AS they got
into the last quarter the Mlnnesotas
made terrific squirt, but the Argonauts
increased their stroke tremendously,
and. as the Minnesotas failed respond.
the former crossed the line two lengths
ahead, Athletics third, Detroits fourth
and DelawareS last. Time, S:4S. The
last event of the day was the eight
cared race for seniors, III which but two
crews appeared, the Tritons, of Newark,
n. j., and the LaureateS. of Troy. The
TrltOuS won easily and crossed the line
in perfect shape, making theTace in the
splendid time of 1868, breaking the
former Pullman record of 7:41 An
other record smashing which occurred
during the day was that by the senior
fours. won by the Argonauts in S:4S
The best previous record for four-oared
shells, with turn, over the same dis
lance, was nine minutes.