The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
Heroic Endurance of C. A. Spencer
in the Junior Barge
Race.
TIMES MADE WERE VERY GOOD
The South Ends Succeeded in Dis.
tinguishing Themselves in Accord
ance With Their Reputation.

to a later date, but yesterday the Signal
Service took the affair directly under its
care and keeping.
When the athletic young rowers with
their long, delicate boats accompanied bv
q crowd of friends and admirers of oar
work arrived at El Campo the pretty little
cove was flooded with sunshine.
The bay fronting the horseshoe beach
was as smooth as though it had never felt
wind. The course was a three-quarter
mile.stretch and return along the shore
north of the picnic grounds, location
that gave the spectators an excellent view
of the contest.
The referee of the races was G. f. Curry
OF the South End Rowing Club, while the
judges were: John E. Budd, Stockton
South End Rowing Club: James Nolan,
Ariel Rowing Club; J. keenan,, Dolphin
Swimming and Boating Club: D. Cole
man, San Francisco Athletic Club.
The starters were William F. Hum
phrey, president of the Pacific Athletic
Association, and John A. Lenahan, presi-
dent of the San Francisco Rowing Club.
The most noticeable feature was the fine
work of the Stockton crew in the Junior
barge race, which they won. c. A. Spen-
Ger, forward waist, broke his sliding seat
near the turning stake and the rest of the
frame. Every move caused intense pain
to the rover and though his uncomforta-
bic seat was tearing the skin from his
body he held on manfully to his oar and
his boat won.
The rowing regatta opened with an in
teresting contest, the senior single scull for
one prize between Frank Duplissea, South
End Rowing Club; William McCausland,
Ariel Rowing Club; and A. G. Brown,
Stockton Athletic Club.
Both Duplissea and McCausland are
crack rowers and strong rivals, conse-
quently the race between them was per-
sonal as well as an association contest.
The South End man, who is an old
Pacific Coast champion at the sculls, was
picked as the winner, and he entered his
shell to set the oar-pace for his competitors,
as has been his custom. At the start
these two boats drew ahead of the Stock
ton craft, with the Ariel boat in the lead.
Rounding the stake Duplissea passed
McCausland. but lost that advantage on
the home pull. He gave up without cross
ing the lire, and Brown passed him, COM
ing in second. Duplissea stated that his
LETT arm cramped alter turning the stake.
McCausland's time was 10 min. IA sec.
The next race was a senior outrigger
skiff for one prize with the following en-
tries: John D. Coughlan, Dolphin Swim
ming and Boating Club; Cecil G. Dennis,
Alameda Boating Club; K. NJ. Ellis, Ariel
ing Club.
Rounding the stake flag Dennis and
Coughlan fouled each other, which let
Ellis beat them to the finish. The race
was easily won by Wilson in IL min. sec.
This is his first single race, and being
Hghtweight-l35 pounds-his work is con-
sidered quite creditabie. Coughlan would
have done better had he not steered wild
and persisted in throwing his boat in
among the wharves.
The junior four-o -oared barge race was
contested by the following crews:
Stockton Athletic observation-disclosures Car
keek, bow; G. A. Spencer, forwardwaist; H. A
swift, afterwaist; G. Davis, stroke; William
DOlan, cockswain.
Ariel Rowing Club. Monti bow; A. Ra-
couillat, forwardwaist; J. Bockman, after
waist n. J. Prendergast, stroke, E. Wilson,
cockswain.
San Francisco Athletic Club-John Maroney,
bow; Frank Raphael, forwardwRist; John
Dilges, afterwaist; Charles Dunnigan, stroke:
Thomas McDermott, cockswain.
Olympic Club-Bert Collins, bow; Paul Stur-
diyant, forwardwaist; Percy Morse, after
waist; James McElroy, stroke; Tommy Gill
feather. cockswain.
South End Rowing Cuba Haines, bow !;
Matt Breen, forwaroWaist; James Pallas, after
waist; j. E. Scully, stroke; George McGrill,
cockswain.
Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club-T. ]
Kennedy, bow; w. o. Patch, forwardwaist; E.
P. Sullivan, afterwaist; John D. Coughian
stroke; George Roach, cockswain.
After long, weary season OF needless
''jockeying' for head-start, during which
the spectators became completely worn
out, finally the barges got away, all con-
siderably punched together, except the
South Ends, who had the outside. Round
ing the stake there we're several fouls, but
the boats drifted apart, and on the home
stretch the Stocktons were leading, with
the South Enders following. Cockswain
Dolan lost the finishing-line and almost
inf hor rf h,ff hor n,
escaped, and only won the race by half
boats length. The time was min. 10 sec
The next race was a junior outrigger
skift contest by Fred w. Ayers, Alameda
Boating Club; w. q. Patch, Dolphin Boat
Club. Patch was not scheduled to row,
but the other contestants failing to come
in pulled to make race
ayers leo from the start, but was closely
pushed by his much lighter opponent, and
beat him out just three boat lengths.
Time, IL min. 55 Sec
The NTH race was the senior four-oared
barge contest between the following crews:
South End Rowing Club-Henrv Rodie how.
Gus Carson, forwardwaist; Robert MacArtbnr
afterwaist; Frank Duplissea, stroke; George
McGrill, cockSwain.
bow; Harry Smith, forward waist. Dave Can1'
bell, afterwalst; George Bates stroke.
Tom McDermott, cockswain.
This race was most interestins from +be
TACT Lnat Wnen the Two crews have pulled
against esch other before the South End
boat was the winner.
The other crew have been anxions for
another race and had trained hard for YES.
terday's pull.
At the crack of the pistol the San Fran
cisco Athletic Club crew took water iirs,
and gained a slight lead, but the SontS
End crew quickly caught up and it wa.
anybody's race to the stake, with the
South End crew rowing long, swinging
thirty-tive to the minute stroke and theHr
opponents rowing as high as forty-fiye to
the minute.
After turning the stake the South Ends
clever little cockswain, George McGrilI
showed his steering ability by keeping
close inshore out of the tide, while the
other cockswain kept his men out in the
stream.
The South Ends came down the stretch