New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-14
RACING ON THE sCHUYLKILL
FIRST DAY OF THE NATIONAL AMATEUR
REGATTA.
FINE SPORT IN PERFECT WEATHER WATCHED
BY GREAT CRowD-wINNERs OF

By GREAT CRowD-wINNERs OF
THE TRIAL HEATS.
phuodo,nbta Aue 13-Ths first days races In
tho silver Jubilee regatta Of the NationaI Asso-
citation OF Amateur Oarsmen were roweo to-oay
over the National course. on the Schuy'H'I n,e,
I'm Paramount Park TO-day's contests cohsisieo VI
trials In intermediate singles. senior four sheS.
intermediate singles senior singles internauoha'
four shells and the hnal and only heat IN the
intermediate Fights. OF these the features were
the two senior four heats and the nhai ih'erheu'"
eight The Ariel Club. Of Baltimore. won the mrs. Oh
the former by half length ana the institute e'uo
OF Newark the second senior four heat In magnih-
cont dash In the eights the Worcester High SchooI
Athletic Association took the lead at Inc crack VI
the pistol and maintained 1t throughout WIN inc
Montrose and Fairmount clubs. both OF fhiiaoei-
phla following closely In the order named. i"
the remaining races the Wa nusett Club ana the
Columbia Rowing Association both OF Massac""-
sctts won the first two heats In the intermediate
singles and the Narragansett Club. OF froViuen.o'
tho third heat The Pennsylvania Barge CIuo, 'ne
West End Boat club. Of Boston and the brauio,'
Club OF Cambridge Mass, won resPec ~ ,Se t ,n
ternatonal four the lnstitu'o Clup' OF heaf'
All the races with the exception Of the in!erna-
ona o.I and intermediate eight were nntse
we're one and a half miles s,raightawsy o,.sa
The day was perfect FOR scnng, anu rjwer drives
OF Farmount Park was almost without eu Every
It's surface There was oocd g ihe Course and keep
car of Ts ' crsf and only was
here any nersrenss T'h she Ahsc
Clun ' had the outside water. and had pascsed the
when a yawi shot across its bow and struck il hard
slightly bruisng Bogerts arm Inc cisw S1 hIp,
nD tb n art Of the man in yawl The police
Immediately placed him under aIi arr rd YerJ'York
w ua mn mani 10 dnlsh Much comment was caused
by Ten Eycks decision not to compete IN 'ne senior
The last race of the day.the Intermediate eigh' J
Gne # the ehoo boys % Won by doing
the best work The Montrose OF th.s city ana tI'J
New-York A. c. were the other 1'ar'etS. IN Nh" ,b
water There was lot Of spashng at the crack
Of b the PisS pH' AND Monro ehis were the first
to show in rront, and close together on tle 49,
shore they fought 1t out stroke i'' SuoKe' io' ''
The Worcester High School boys, averaging II ~
years OF age, soon had good ram on their shell
and this was secured, they kept IL sraIuIt h
oyerhauling the others The easy s dis o. by "s
stroke which was run up to forty-t@o TO the MIN
ute gradually cut down the lead OF .he Mor'' th
trolley bridge the School boys were n front They
keri in the lead and won handy by a6Gn d 'H with
a strong thrty-eght-to-the- minute stroke
THE CONTESTS IN DETAIL.
The first race the Intermediate singles was called
for 2:3O o'clock BY that time the river was crowd
ed on both sides and the Columbia bridge and bluits
on the east river drive lined with spectators.
Wilson. of New-York. WAS first away AT the start
but Lewis, OF the Wachuseu Club. soon caught
him. and pulling about a thirty stroke, made me
turn at the three-Guarter Tag irsi anh ssp 'e
lead to the finish crossing I'VE lenstns ahau the
first heat of the senior fours. and about a quarter
Of mill from the start 1oued the A ar bronrht
back to the start and got away together. State,
Island led for while out Ariel ana r o aro yH0d
first and jumped TWO lengths ahead Inc r,;iiiMg
stcadily while Crescent foundered about in a zig
! zag course in outside water Staten Island began
F 10 G0 HTies Lead down 10 half length, ,oao
In the second heat the Institute TOOK tne 'e Cn
and II 70 rgo T ed hard to recover
lost distance, but the Institute crew pulled fast
"I Greer of the Columbia Rowing Association won
the second heat Of The s Bo Glub
did not start Ed Schulze, of Providence, won the
'nTa h SreatSst nerest was centred in the three
heats Of the senior singles. Juvena who won me
nnisbed nn easy winner Whitehead was winner
from star to finish in the s6 Sec ,brd heat by sew
erai lengths. Summaries:
intermediate singles r., a. W WfnTy i Ss@
W Vac G'G@ b second: John Mctuom Binder. Malta
'1 @S |I PhiaGelphia third. Tme-io:32'..
,s sscT East boston Boston Mas. aFff ''TSs
HnS ,Sya se T%e:-i 10 LOCKWOOD
Sesafs N nnnss4 Grea nsa
Club Philadelphia. second T. n Lee HpIlhsHe'u N'N''
| Springfield Mass. third Ilnle-io'Vo. 49,
| senior -shen nrs heao--Are Rowing club Bait
first: staten lsiaIld seco"u' N'esee" '"''''''
| third. Tme-925
Second hcat-Inst'tute cub. Newark, first: Argonaut
Toronto second Columbia Athletic Club. Washington
| third. Tme-91o.
senior singles heaO-James -, Juyanal Pennsy
| vonn uarge club. first f. Award. Toronto Rowing
| club second Thomas " Joyce. atlanta Boat cub
| SprInsneld Mass. third. Time-lO:l3
| Second heat--Joscph J. Whitehead. West End Boat
| club Boston first. +. \. Thompson Argonaut Ciu3
Toronto. second J. Ryan. Toronto Rowing OIup uiu'
| Time-9'Jyl.
bridge Mass. first: G. Louis Van Damme Mutual iioat
second: Edward Marsh. Nosper 'Iuu thIi
| aiepha third Time-lo0lis.
international four-oared she'll drst heaO Institute
club Newark first: Ariel club Baltimore, second staten
| Island Boat Club. third. Time-,3"
Second heat-Argonaut club Toronto. htst; columbia
| ,thlsic club Washington second. Time-s3 Ctes
| cent. OF Philadelphia, did not start.
intermediate eght-oare shells dna -NoTcese: ftlsh
Sci Dol Athlete Association Worcester Mass nlst; Moh
ross club philadelphia second; Farmont club, Phladel-
! phla third. Time-S0I.
Tho winners and seconds qualify for the finals.
| which will be rowed to morrow -,
4 match race for 500 a side was arranged TO-DAY
between James Wray. the Australian o3rsmah ana
| y ID Rogers. Of Massachusetts,, 10 take place Oh.
| August 23 AT either Worcester. SheepShead bay OF
Sai,toga An effort is also being made 10 arianSt
an exhibition mile tomorrow between len EifV a, n
and sither Mcdowell or the winner OF Inc maj III
the senior singles
r,,r BONA WINS FROM THE METEOR