The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-17
Judge J. S. Upland promptly accepted it
ON behalf of the latter which meant a

Judge ]. S. Upland promptly accepted it
on behalf of the latter, which meant a
separate contest of Craftsmanship.
Concerning the st. Mary's College Club,
it insisted at the meeting that, as it had
fairly secured second place, the decision
should SO award it; but Referee Whidden
concluded otherwise which was rather I'M
fortunate for the ST. Mary's Club, seeing
that the commencement exercises at the
college would stand in the way of its row.
ing the race over again. Her crew, how
ever. was given the privilege of challeng-
ing the winner and may do as the Ariels-
put the Olympics to separate test
A reason of policy kept the South End
crew from lining up for the start. 1t
feared that it would be charged with hav-
ing SO manipulated the controversy as to
bring about second race, 10 get chance
OF winning the silver cup, which its own
rowing club was offering as prize. This
left only four clubs to pull the race for the
junior championship, namely: Olympics,
AGNES of Oakland, Pioneers and Dolphins.
The start was made little after 10 A. NJ,
and was very even one. The Dolphins
had a little the best of it, but soon the
Olympics got the lead, and mainta ined it
for the entire courSe-one and half miles
long with turn. 1t was close struggle
between the AGNES and Pioneers for second
place up to the turn, for the Dolphlns had
soon been passed by the other three barges
but at the stake buoy the Acmes forced
the nose of their boat ahead of the
Pioneers, and before the finish put several
boat lengths between them.
The Acmes might have made much
better turn. They had the first buoy, but
feared they might have the same expert
ence as the Ariels had the last time which
was to strike mud, it being as before an
ebb tide. To the coxswain of the Pioneers
slight mishap occurred. His tiller-rope
eli II ich
accounted probably fer the Pioneers fall
ing behind.
The Olympics won by about two lengths
in 1912, with the AGNES second, the
Pioneers a slow third and the Dolphins
considerably distanced.
Quite a crowd gathered on the long pier
to see which of the four-oared barges would
prove victorious.
The crews OF the contesting clubs were
the same as those of two Sundays ago,
except that Carr oil Of the Ariels acted as
coXswain of the AGNES instead of Fritz
Denke, and the Dolphins had a different
stroke. This was made cause for protest,
but not until the AGNES had gone first on
record as protestants. The AGNES filed a
written protest early in the morning
against the Olympics, urging that the ten
days ban of the Pacific Amateur Athletic
Association would not expire until mid
night, and should bar the Olympics from
the race.
Referee Whidden was of the opinion
that under the rules of the association the
regatta committee had full right to decide
such contest, and Chairman Hergert and
the other members of the committee
promptly concluded to disallow the pro-
test, on the ground that the position of
the Olympics was identically the same as
it was on May 30, when it was decided to
have the regatta and could not be affected
w nv fonfo r<>E& - H. -.
ton. The Olympics having, in retaliation,
entered protest against the AGNES, and
also the Dolphins, magnanimously with
drew its objections.
The names of the Olympic and Acme
crews were:
olympic-F. A. German, bow; H. B. Graham,
torWardwalst; J. w. Norton. afterwaist: Rob-
ert Macarthur, stroke; T. Gilfeather, coxswain
Acme-James kenna, bow; Frank Simpson,
forwardwaist; Clarence Staples, afterwaist; j..
W. Bird, stroke;J. Carroll, coxswain.
The Acme crew is rather new at the
business. Only two months ago Manager
James Shanly got it together, and he feels
proud of its success. It rowed in the
AriePs new berge-the first time in that
boat
After the regatta, President AL J. Fritz
OF the South End Boat Club, under the
auspices of which the regatta was rowed.
presented the silver cup offered by the
SioO W VIC NlCtOTlOuS Wy ana the
second prize gold medals to the members
OF the Acme crew.
The Mitchell trophy was also presented
to the South End Club for its victory in the
senior cham pionship race, and the medals
won by the Pioneers, who were second in
that pull, were also given to this crew.
The Stockton Club has invited the clubs
OF this City and Oakland to participate in
the Fourth of July regatta there, which
will consist of a senior barge race. a Junior
barge race and single-oared sculling race
For the sculling race the South Ends Will
probably enter their champion stroke,
Frank Duplissea, and it is expected Frank
Butler, the Stockton stroke, will represent
his club. The South Ends will lend to the
Olympics junior crew barge and if the
AGNES can secure barge they will also go
into the junior race. The Stockton Club
has remembered the South End Clubs
hospitality by fitting resolutions. There
will be Venetian carnival on McLeod's
Lake on the evening of the Fourth.
The success of the Long Bridge regatta
has been due to the efforts of Messrs.
Fritz, ,Whidden, Hergert, Mitchell, Will