The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-03

whence slight angle was made over to
the stake buoys in the direction of the
Union Iron Works. Its entire length was
three-quarters of mile, SO that, going and
coming, with turn around the buoys,
fully one and half miles could be Gov
cred. This was the distance for all the
races.
All in all, the occasion was successful
enough to make the committee feel hope
full of its prospects for regatta on the
Fourth of July and do its utmost toward
having one included in the programme of
the great National holiday.
As a crew from the Stockton Boat Club
was to try its muscle in the senior cham
pionship event, that city was represented
by large delegation.
Among the craft from which the oars
men were viewed the scow Golden Fleece
carried the biggest crowd, which consisted
mostly of members of the Olympic Club.
Captain @. ]. Lancaster had the yacht
Edna of the California Yacht Club close at
hand and Commodore Charles O. Bruce of
the same club had the canvas of the Rover
spread to the breeze. Robert Coolies Nell
lie Robert Gibson's Magic and e. Lees
Mary were also there. Coachers Charles
Long, Jack Dunphy, William Growney and
Charles Peterson were in their shells glid-
ing hither and thither full of the profess
sional spirit.
Between 10 and Ii A. NJ. President A. J.
Fritz and the other officers boarded the
tug Lena L at the South End Clubs boat
house and steamed to Long Bridge. Presi-
dent Myron A. Whidden of the Pacific
Amateur Athletic Association was starter
and referee. The other officers were: James
McElroy, John T. Sullivan and F. e. Man
chester, timekeepers; John L. Herget,
master of ceremonies, and Edward Scully,
marshal, the clubs being represented by
the following judges: Stocktons, D. +.
Creaner; Acmes, ]. J. Hanniin Jr.; St.
Mary's College, John Jaunet; Olympics,
John Elliott; Ariels, Joseph G. Myland !;
Pioneers, William G. Espy; DoIphins, A.
P. Rothkopp; South Ends, A. H. Mellitz.
For the ball in the evening David j. Cor
man was director of dancing.
There were only three events, but except
the fouling in the first they well deserved
the enthusiasm of the onlookers. The
first was for the junior crew cham
pionship and the cup offered by the South
End Club, seven four-oared barges being
entered, as follows:
Olympics-F. A. German (captain) bow; H.
B. Graham, forwardwaist; ]. W. Morton, after
waist; r. Macarthur, stroke; T. Gilfeather,
cockswain.
Acmes-James Kenna tcaptain). bow; Frank
Simpson, forwardwaist; Clarence Staples,
afterwaist; John w. Bird. stroke; Fritz Denhe,
cockswain.
St. Mary's William Hanlon (captain),
bow; Peter soracco, forwsrdwaist; John
Cooney, afterwaist; Hugh McIsaac, stroke /;
Maurice Kelly, cockswain.
Ariels-Harry Brennan (captain), bow; John
Nolan, forwardwaist; George O'Neill, after
waist; William Howe, stroke; J. Carroll, cock
swain.
Dolphins - william Patch (captain). bow;
Robert Logan, forwardwais ]. P. Hebron,
afterwaist; J. hartman, stroke; ]. Crouin,
| cockswain.
Pioneers-Fred Michels (captain), bow; F. ].
| O'Neill, forwardwaist; c. s. Ochs, afterwaist;
noy oil iTnr CIV nlya.
cockswain.
South Ends-w. A. La Chapelle (captain),
! bow; J. E. Ticket, forwardwaist; D. Connolly,
afterwaist; F. La Chapelle, stroke; George Nc
Grill, cockswain.
| The Olympics were the first to finish the
course, but their victory was hotly pro-
tested by the Ariels. This race seemed to
| be a sort of scratch as-scratch-can affair
from start to finish. The barges lined up
| a little after IL o'clock, and very pretty
start was made.
Then the fouling began. The first to
suffer was the South Ends. The Pioneers
| were in the lead with the South Ends fast
pulling up and trying to take advantage
of the tide, when the Pioneers, by Flynn s
steering, took the water of the South Ends
| just little beyond the first buoy.
From being considerably in the rear the
Ariels spurted forward three places and at
| tempted to get ahead of the Olympics by
dAo SldfluS ClOSCly TIC
Olympics' stern. The Olympics had the in
| side course, however, and maintained it.
The tug bearing the officers did not keep
close enough to the rowers, consequently
it could not be distinctly seen whether the
turn was properly made. From this fact a
dispute afterward arose as to whether
the Olympics went around their stakebuoy
or not. Both Charley Long and Charley
Peterson were at the stakebuoys, and the
former said the Olympics did go around,
while the latter averred they did not
| 4 slight collision also occurred at the
turn. The South Ends steered or the
course of the st. Mary's crew, and their
rudder was split by the prov of the latter,
which completely disabled the South
Ends. This enabled the ST. Mary's boat to
round the turn first, with the South Ends
close after them, but it was soon apparent
that the latter would have to fall out. and
that Coxswain George McGrill would have
| to make the best shift he could with his
demoralized rudder to get home at all. He
has steered in twenty races, and yester-
days, it was said, was the first for him to
| lose.
The Olympics, on the homeward stretch.
pulled away ahead of the St. Mary's and
| finished an easy first in 1859 LIS, with the
| st. Mary's fair second and the Pioneers a
close third. The other boats were some