The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
CLOSE IN FINALS
DANiHING CONTESTS MARK THE
CLOSE OF THE NATIONAL. ROW.
ING REGATTA.
RIVER BANKS CROWDED,
OVER THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
SPECTATORS WITNESSING
THE EVENTS,
ARGONAUTs ARE sHIPwRECKED.
Disaster in the Pair-Oared Race Ne
ceSsitates Its Being Rowcd
Over Monday.

PHILADELPHIA Pa, Aug. 1.-THE
Yeatureless trial events of yesterdays
silver jubilee regatta of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen were
more than compensated for today by
the finals, nearly all of which were
rowed in good style and the finishes
close. The local rowing clubs won four
out of the eight events pulled off, the
ninth event, the pair-oar, being post
poned until Monday, owing to the foul
ing of West Philadelphia by Argonaut
and the subsequent sinking of the
Toronto crews shell.
Never within a good many years
has the attendance at any national
regatta approached the attendance Of
today. 1t is estimated that over So, 900
persons viewed the races from both
sides of the course and in river craft
of every imaginable description. AS
on the previous day the races were
rOwed over the national course, three
quarters of a mile and return in all
events except the international four
and senior Fights, which were pulled
one and one-half miles straight away.
The crowds began to assemble at an
early hour in the morning.
In the intermediate singles, Scholze
was the favorite and would have sure
ly won the race had it not been that
after the turn he caught a crab and
upset. The rest of the race was a
walkover for Lewis.
The pair-oared shell was a chapter
of accidents. Just after the start the
Quaker City club broke an oar by row.
ing too close in shore. Argonaut was
putting up a good race and seemed
likely winner, when, on rounding, the
crew fouled West Philadelphia, and
almost Immediately the Argonaut boat
sank. The crews got together soon
+ after, and it was decided to row the
race all over on Monday with all the
entries in.
The Nassau boat club was disquaG-
fled in the intermediate doubles at the
start. Paramount rowed a splendid
race throughout with Vesper close be-
hind, the former crossing ahead by
half length.
The Vesper boat club pulled in good
style all through the intermediate
four and won easily. Seawanhaka was
lessening the distance for second, but
lost again. The international four was
a close race. Ariel led for nearly half
the way with. Institute near by and
ATgOnaut and Columbia following. At
this point Columbia broke an oar lock
and stopped. Argonaut began pulling
up and dipped clean and strong, cross
ing a winner by half a length.
The Fights were disappointment in
a measure. Out of fourteen original
entries, the list narrowed down to six,
and, when the shot was fired at start
ing. but four crews lined up. The
MOntrose pulled about twenty strokes,
when one of the men shipped his seat
and they dropped out. This left three
in the fight, all favorites, with the
Pennsylvania Barge club leading in
good style and the Pennsylvania Var
slty last The latter crew pulled awk-
wardly, and the Pennsylvania Barge
fast finished them. The Harvard I'M
dergraduates rOwed a good second.
The barge club never lost it's lead, and.
at the head of the island near the fin
ish. Weld was second, with the var
sity crew apparently out of the race,
but the men rallied and pulled strong
~, coming in last, but only half a
length behind Weld. The barge club
led by three lengths
Senior double SOULS. final heat-Pennsyl-
Tania Barge club, Philadelphia (Hugh Monag
han. stroke. and George w. Van Vliet bow,
won by three lengths: Catlins Chicago, sec
ond; TOrontos third. Time 9:27A.
Senior four-oared shell race, for champion
ship of Amortization by the Institute Rowing
club. of Newark N. J. &c. ]. Carney, F. A.
Sullivan J. E. Walker and Owen E. Fox by
ond; Argonauts, Toronto, third. Time. 907
Senior single sculls for championship Of
the United States-Won by Joseph Mcguire,
Cambridge, Mass, by three lengths; Joseph j.
Whitehead. Boston, second; j. B. Juvenal,
Philadelphia, third; c. Louis Vandamme, De-
troit. fourth; E. A. Thompson, Toronto, fifth.
Time, 9:j9.
Intermediate single SOULS, final heat-Won
by c. II. Lewis, of the Wachusetts Rowing
club. Worcester, Mass, by ten lengths; F. J.
Greer. Columbia, Boston, second; R. G. Will
son. y. Y. A. c., third; Bunker, Crescent,
Philadelphia E. E. Scholz. Narragansetts,
Providence: H. voight, Atalanta, New York,
also started, Time, 1917.
? Intermediate four-oared shells, final heat
Won by Vesper Rowing club Philadelphia C.
Roehm, ]. NJ. Paterson, G. E. Krauter and
D. II. Niles). by a length; Seawanhaka. Brook
Ign. second; Pennsylvania Barge CLUB, Phil
adelphla- third. time, 9:1S. Lone Star Rowing
club. New York, also started.
Intermediate double SOULS, final heat-Won
by Fairmount Rowing association. Philadel-
phia (Thomas Scully, stroke, and Charles
Devry, bowl, by half a length; Vespers, Phil
adeiphia. second Nonpareils, New York, third.
No time taken. Nassaus disqualified for foul
ing Paramount. The race was restarted at the
Quarter-mile mark. Detroits also started
Senior eight-oared shell-Won by Pennsyl-
vania Barge club, Philadelphia; Weld, of Cam
bridge, second. Time S:01A. University of
Pennsylvania was third.
AT a meeting of the National Associ-