The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-29
PENNSY IS IN THE LEAD
First Days Races of the National
Association.
MANY CLOSE FINISHES
Oarsmen Have an Ideal Day on the His
toric Charles-O'Keefe of Spring.
field Won the Senior
Singles.


| cepton the first days races in the big
regatta of the National Association of
| Amateur Oarsmen, held on the Charles
river, proved interesting and exciting.
| the senior four-oared race, which was
| won by Pennsylvania, easily leading in
| respect to close finishes. The first heats
| In both the intermediate sculls and the
| association seniors singles was not far
behind in the way of furnishing excite
| ment, OKeefe of Springfield winning
the former and John Rumohr of Rat
| portage, ont, taking the latter. If the
two mile pull of the intermediate eisGlts
had been allowed as race, that too
| would have been recorded as a contest
full of excitement, but unfortunately
| one of the crews of the Philadelphia
| met with an accident and the other three
refused to hold the REFERS. The referee
however, decided no race, and the event
| VIII be pulled off tomorrow. Better
| water. weather and racing could
scarcely have been had and crowd of
5000 on the river bank enjoyed all three
| immensely. The Charles was as placid
as typical mill pond. with only a light
| breeze blowing up the river, which
| scarcely rippled the water and died out
altogether before the races were fairly
| over.
The course was the usual mile and a
| half with turn, all the races starting
! and finishing in front of the Union Boat
| club. There was not a protest to he
considered at the end of the days sport
| The great senior fOur-oared shell race
was easily the feature of the afternoon
Three crews were entered for the race
| the Pennsylvania Barge club of Phila-
| delphia, Brockville Rowing club #
Brockville, Ont, and the Western Row
| ing club of St Louis. but the latter
| crew was almost left behind from the
| very start of the other two Pennsyl-
Vania and Brockville were very evenly
| matched, but the former had a stroke
in Dempsey that practically won for
| them the race. The Canadians had the
| best of the start and with a perfect
| finished stroke and an easy swing SEEM
! ed to have little difficulty in maintain
| ing lead to the turn. Pennsylvania
however. was not a length behind when
| the mark was reached and would have
| undoubtedly been the same distance off
| II they had not made bad mess al the
turn. Brockville, however swung their
| boat around in quick time and were
! four strokes TO the good when the two
| crews squared away for home. 1t was
here that Dempsey put the fire into mis-
| crew that at the end gave them the
| flag. He dug and tore the water until
| it boiled behind the frail shell and at
| the mile had driven his craft until il
| Tapped the Brockville shell. From that
| point to the finish the contest was ex-
citing and the two crews were cheered
| at every stroke. A hundred yards from
| the line Dempsey called upon his club
mates, and doing two mems work hinl-
self the Pennsylvanians managed to
| shoot their shell over the line ahead
| of the Canadians.
|
| O'Keefe of Springfield had hard time
| to keep Greer of East Boston from
| getting the flag. The latter pulled a
| long. easy stroke up to the turn. round
| ing two lengths behind O'Keefe and
| Crawford. the latter of the New York
Athletic club who had been having a
hot brush to the mark. But after head
ing for the finish Greer let out couple
of links and,s passing Crawford, who
had pulled himself out, started after
| O'Keefe, and the two had grand bat
| tie to the finish. O'Keefe got the flag.
| but both men will be In the final heat
| tomorrow.
! John Rumohr of Rat Portage was the
star in the first heat of the associa-
tion senior singles and his quick dash
! ing stroke caught the crowd. Both
Kubic and Lewis gave him hot race
| 10 the turn, but the Canadian man
aged to swing first and started for
home with a slight lead. Lewis how
| ever, put on more steam and almost
| caught Rumohr at the mile, and from
| that point to the line 1T was the hottest
| kind of work. Rumohr getting the flag
by few feet over his opponent The
| time, 6:0S1a, was the best of the day
in the singles.
The first race was the senior pair
! oars between the Pennsylvania Barge
club and the Vesper club, both of Phil
adelphia. The former had no difficulty
in winning out by four lengths.
| Only two competed in the second trial
heat of the intermediate single SOULS,
and Mason of Toronto almost rowed
| away from Frank Kerns of Worcester.
| The second heat in the association
| senior singles was also in the nature
| of a procession, although Pope of the
| B. A A. gave Juvenal of Philadelphia
| a tussle for the second place, Titus of
| New Orleans being scarcely headed
| from the start and finishing ahead by
two lengths.
Young Ten Eyck and his partner,
Charles H. Lewis, had Il walkOver in
the senior double SOULS, and led the
Delaware Boat club pair at the finish
by nearly a dozen lengths.
With the amateur races out of the
way, the four big eight-oared crews
the New York Athletic club, the Yes
per of Philadelphia, the Atlantas of
Springfield and the school boy crew Ct
tne Boston Athletic aSSOclall0n-Sl1fI
ed up the river for their wo-mile
straightaway contest. There was some
delay at the start. but at last they got
away, with the New Yorks in the
lead. An eighth of a mile from the
start the Vesper crew suddenly
stopped rowing and No. threw up his
hands. The starter called and called
for the other three crews to cease
rowing, but the fight was too fierce
and not one of them dared to give up.
although the starters warning was re-
| inforced by the whistle on board he
referees boat. The three crews, how
ever, still kept on and the race devel-
oped into a grand contest between the
| New York Athletic club and the school
| boys. There was great commotion as
| the crews neared the finish. and the
| two went over the line amid cheers.
| and it was not until the Judge at he
| finish announced the decision Ihat ii
l was known which went over tlrst. The