The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-07-29
AMATEUR oARsMEN CONTEST.
The First Days Sports in the Natinna
 Regatta Drew Large Crowds.

Boston, July 2S.-With few exceptions every one of the first days races in the big regatta of the National Association of American Oarsmen, held on the Charles river tDls aIteinoon proved in- teresting and exciting, the senior four cared race, which was won by Penn- sylvania, easily leading in respect to close finishes. The first heats in both the intermediate souls and the associa- tion senior singles were not far behind in the way of furnishing excitement, O'Keefe of Springfield winning the for mer and John Rumohr of Rat Portage, Ont, the latter. If the two-mile pull of the intermediate eights had been al- lowed as a race, that too would have to be recorded as a contest full of ex- citement, but unfortunately, one of the crews, the Vesper of Philadelphia met with an accident and the other three, refusing to heed the referees whistles kept on to grand finish, with the New York Athletic club in the lead. The referee however, decided no race, and the event will be pulled off tomorrow.
 Better water, weather and racing could scarcely have been desired and a crowd of 5000 on the river bank en- joyed all three immensely. The Charles river was as placid as a typical mill pond, with only lght breeze blowing up the river, which scarcely rippled the water and died out altogether before the races were fairly over.
 Senior pair pared shells won by Penn- sylvania Barge club, Philadelphia, (Hugh Monaghan bow, John O. Exley stroke); Vesper Boat club, Philadelphia, e. Loeff1er bow, w. Carr stroke), sec ond. Time, 10:50 IA.
 Intermediate single sculls--First heat won by James O'Keeefe, Atlanta Boat club, Springfield; Frank B. Greer, Jef- fries Point Rowing association, Boston, second; J. R. Crawford. N. Y. A. C., New York, third: M. A. O'Leary, River side Boat club, Cambridge, Mass, fourth Time, 10:31. Greers time, 10:- g.
 Second heat won by James c. Mason Argonaut Rowing club, Toronto, Can.; Frank Kerns. Wachusetts Boat club, Worcester, Mass, second. Time, 1O:2S.
 Association senior single sculls-First heat won by John Rumohr, Rat Portage Rowing club, Rat Portage, Ont. Charles H. Lewis, Wachusetts Boat club Worcester, second; Amos Kubick, Springfield Baot club, Springfield, Mass, third; Robert F. Blake, Union Boat club, Boston. fourth; Charles Bull ger, Albany Rowing club, Albany. N. Y, fifth Time, 10:06 1-2. Lewis time, 10:0S 1-2.
 Second heat won by c. s. Titus, Young Mems Gymnastic Rowing club, New Orleans, La.; James B. Juvenal, Pennsylvania Barge club. Philadelphia, second; Everett s. Pope Boston Athletic association. Boston, third Fred R. Tu- dor, Jr., Boston Athletic association, Boston, fourth. Time, 10:12. Juvenal's time, 10:1S.
 Senior four-oared shells lnnaD won by Pennsylvania Barge club Philadel- phia, (Hugh Monaghan bow, John o. Exley Edward Marsh, J. Dempsey stroke); Brockville Rowing club, Brockville, Ont. (Harold Frazer bow, c. T Wilkinson F. Carr, F. I. Ritchie stroke), second; Western Rowing club, St. Louis, Mo. third. Winner time, S:4S IA Brockville clubs time, S:49 1-2.
 Senior double sculls (finaD won by Boat club (Charles A. Lewis bow, Edward H. Ten Eyck stroke), 1 Delaware Boat club. Chicago, (James ! Henderson bow William Weinard second Time, 9:19 3-4. i
 Intermediate eight-oared shells post {, poned on account of accident to Vesper i of Philadelphia. {