The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
Al LAMEDAS DEFEAT
 THE SOUTH ENDS Barge Race at Astoria
 Regatta.
WIN DESPITE AN ACCIDENT
THEIR STEERING GEAR LOST BE.
 FORE THE RACE.
Pluckily Row Without It and Lead the Midgets by Ten Full Lengths at the
 Finish.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call
 ASTORIA. Or, Aug 19.-The Ala meda barge crew won the four-oared race from the South End Midget crew by ten lengths in the Astoria regatta to-day. The outcome was surprise Before the contest Alameda money could not be found in the town. Every body had picked the South Ehos loi easy winners.
 The race was rowed in the rain over a measured mile and hat course VIII VIII a t,1rn The water was very s1nooth with a strong flood tide runnlng'
 stakes were set up stream, which gave the crews the benefit of the cui ei4e going up, while coming oach u ""'
 hard pull against the rde'
 When the crews lined up TOT tile e'"l it was found the aluminium ruuuei oi the Alameda barge nag mysteIIousi3 dropped off and sunk. rms lelt the A1an1ada boat without steering gear, as another rudder could not De Iouhu. If was thought the race would go to the South Ends by default, but the Alameda crew, after some delay, hneo 11D again, with the cock5Wa1n steering the boat with the paddle of an Indian canoe. Their ambition to row under any circumstances received great ap- plause from the thousands who Ined the course, and when they came nome easy winners the cheering was terrlnc' They had won a great race Tn the lace of defeat.
 At the start the Alamedas had the inside course. a good advantage, ana they were away half length III ,IiIe rtie
 of Q South Ends quickly forged to the front, however. and were three lengths III front half way to the stake Ihey were rowing a slow 24-stroke and never once changed this for squirt during the entire course. u
 The Alamedas were zigzagglng all over inc river, and T. seemed as II the oy;dee+s were taking things easy go- ing I'D just to have the Alamedas stay In the race. The latter were Delng cheered to the echo by all along lhe rivar for their plucky work and were nuliing steady 3O-to-the-m minute stroke. ,+,, tho soutb
 The turn was reached with the ooutn Ends taking 1t easy, we'll in the leao Tbair stake had drifted about a ha!I length farther up the river than lneli onponents' and it was here they lost tba race The AlamedaS came up with a rush for the turn, the cocksWain he.u the paddle down as a pivot on the sue of inc boat and in one strike they were oro,Ind anI in the row home three Iangths ahead of the "Midgets" before +ba latter gave way Once in the lead the Alameda crew set up 34-stroke and was walking away from the south Ends who seemed indifferent as to the finish, as they never even Qulckeheo their stroke to catch the Alamedas, The time of the winning crew was 10:54 The South Ends crossed thirty. 1 four seconds later. The personnel or l the two crews Is as follows:
 A1ameda-V. Nidcock, bow; A. Hansen | No 2; At Webb, No. 3; r. Ayers, stroke; and Ed Hansen. cockswaln. ,, | South End-GuS Carson. DOW; BOD hac- Arthur. No. 2; George Bates, No. 3; F. Duplissea, stroke; and w. McGrllI, cock | swain.
 and the immense crowds on shore and afloat were entertained by swimming matches, greased pole contests. tut races. canoe races, duck hunt. net throwing contests, fish boat races and other events. A very exciting swim
 ming contest was that between the two Californians, Pape and Webb. over a 75-yard course, the former winning Roth men were hauled into the boa' almost exhausted Pape's time was 1:12. ',
 The wind was light and came 1T l DuffS, making lIle SdIliilS oNSS WI J slow. At the signal however, clever fish boats entered for the first race un der working sails, and made beautiful appearance as they passed the fiagsh1I with their canvas spread lazily to catcf what little breeze there was The star was made at 1:55, and the winning boa
 crossed the line at 6:O3, having gone
 twice around the four-mile course II
 four hours and eight minutes. Tn
 winner was Emile Mattson, an dth
 prize was 72 pounds of 40-12 ply Kno'
 tWine and $50 cash. There were tel , other prizes, from steel range to hat. The time and the winners in tn
 other sailing races cannot be announc
 ed bv the Judges tonight, but it l
 known that in the Whitehall sailin , race the Ceola crossed the line first an
 the Antiope second.
 The land parade tonight was an at | tractive feature of the programme Governor Lord and staff, Brigade } General Charles F. Bebee, Oregon Ma l tional Guard, Governor elect Geer, tn . oregon Naval Reserve, the Manil Guards Cforty young ladies from Me : Minnville) and a Chinese military com pany from Portland, besides numerou , civic organizations, participated. Tomorrow the Alameda crew VII
 row the Vancouver and Portland fours
 The skiff race between Dr. Dennis c
 the South End Club, Alex. Pape of. tn
 Dolphin Club and Coney Ochs of tn z Pioneer Club is scheduled for to-mor
 row.