New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-03
ROWING.
VESPER CLUB. OF PHILADELPHIA, WINS
EIGHT-OARED SHELL RACE ON
THE HARLEM.

! excited ,ot Of Young men, all intent winning
| laurels for themselves and for the amateur row.
ing organizations that they represented Inc
cause of all the activity the thirty-fourth
annual regatta of the Harlem Regatta Association
and although several different kinds OF weather pre-
vailed during the day, II was one or the nhese
and most enjoyable meetings ever nelo IN
the long and brilliant history of the organization
The entries in nearly all the contests were I'M
usually we'll filled. and the many different crews
that took part in them struggled desperately anu
valianty for victory. Some of the finishes were OF
the soul stirring order and the competing crews
were 81 close together at the finish line that only
the Judges could separate them. The races were
rowed down the river in the morning VITA 'ne eoo
tide The was one mile stralgntaway from
Central Bridge at One hundred and -fifty-hfth-st
to the Park-ave. bridge. Inc course was ieEei'0u
in afternoon.
The programme was long one. but there were
few delays and on the whole 1T was run off close
on schedule time. The trial heats were rowed IN
the morning and the finals in the afternoon. There
were but few accidents TO mar the pleasure OF the
sport and none of these bore serious results. In
rowing the starting line the senior four Dared
crew of the Pennsylvania Barge Club got caught
in the swell of a passing tug, and moment later
they were swimming for the nearest shore Their
frai shell broken completely in two and It's
remains finally hauled up brick scow
AS the unfortunate crew were the only opponents
of the Vesper Boat Club boys also of Philadelphia,
in the race. the contest declared off. The
eight of the Dauntless Boat Club. They lost their
rudder while going to the post, and then fooltshly
insisted rowing in the trial heat. They got In
the water of the youngsters of the Paramount
Rowing Association. of the Quaker City, and hin
dered them somewhat at the start. OF course, the
luckless and rudderless eight didn't finish
where, and then the crew requested permission to
in the final heat. All the other crews gave
their consent, with the exception of the Philadel-
phans. who kicked so vigorously that the officials
ad ood fha l0d M
PEELED to return to their clubhouse crestfaen but
not beaten
Every clubhouse along the filled with
the guests of the various rowing associations. The
clubhouses gayly bedecked with flags and
bunting, and it all made an extremely pretty pict-
ure Fully thousand people the races from
the clubhouses, the bridges and from along the
shores.
Robert ]. Nlilligan. Of the Pennsylvania Barge
Club, acted referee and James Pilkington, OF
the Harlem Rowing Club, the starter. The
judges at the finish John F. Rogers. Flush
ing B. c.; c. W. Preisendanz Paramount A c.;
John Avery. Palsade B. c.; Robert Cochrane.
Staten Island R. c.; ]. c. Tighe. Sheepshead Bay
R c.; A E. Heyne. Valencia B. c.; w. Wilson,
Waverly B. c.. George Young. ATLANTA B. c., and
T. E. Deeey, Nassau B. C. The timers were ]. II.
Aheel Nassau B. c.: NJ. A. Mullen. Institute B. C.;
G. c. Haddow Newark r. c.. A. Burfriend. Rose
dale B. c.. and H De Budd. Vesper B. c.. and we'll
did these officials perform the various duties as
signed them.
OF the many races that went make up the
lengthy programme. the chief interest centred In
those between the eight cared shell crews.
Not only were the Harlem River clubs we'll rep
resented in these but the New-York Ath-
Club Columbia University and the Philadelphia
clubs had strong crews entered. The Philadelphia
oarsmen again carried everything before them in
both the senior eight and the Junior eight Dared
shells. The Vespers the senior contest after
a great race and the crew of the paramount ROW
ing Association captured the banner in the struggle
n cd to he vic
eight. The Vespers were the same crew that won
the senior eight at Newark on Memorial Day
John A. Rumohr the former Canadian, and now
a member OF the Harlem Rowing Club, again dis
tinguished himself. He not only won the senior
single SOULS and the quarter mile dash for senior
sculers but afterward with Captain Jack Ma
gle he vanquished all in the senior doubles.
The Harems also won the race for Junior four cared
gigs and second in the star contest of the re-
gatta-the race for eight cared shells Altogether
It a great day for the sturdy oarsmen of the
Harems.
The New-York Athletic Club captured the hon
ors of the novel race of the day, the junior
centipede quadruple SOULS. This style of rowing
differs from that of the four cared shell. mas
much each member of the crew rows with two
SOULS The oarsmen from the Mercury foot
ganization also rowed splendid race In the junior
eight cared shells and finished second TO the Fair
mounts. Hennen. the clubs sculler. got first place
in the junior single SOULS.
The first of the day resulted In a waIkover
Rowing Club. The only other crew entered was
that of the ATLANTA Boat Club and they with
drew The first heat of the Junior singles won
by S. Hlavac. Of the Friendship Boat Club A. c.
McCloskey, the Pennsylvania Barge Clubs sculler,
upset. Joseph Mial. of the Laureate Boat Club of
Troy, captured the second heat, and would have
won the final but for series Of fouls. He fouled
Hennen the New-York Athletic Club sculler, soon
after the start and when the finish Hennen
fouled him. The Troy man finished first by a
he first he
race was a pretty one. and the foung was much
regretted.
In the junior eight Dared shell race the first heat
by the First Bohemians and the second
by the Fairmounts. The final heat. which
rowed in the rain. by the Fairmounts
by three lengths. The Bohemans were rather slow
in getting off. and the quarter the Fair
mounts had forged into the lead. with the New
Yorks second the Bohemians third and the Atalan-
bringing up the At the half the Fairmounts
had open length between them and the New
Yorks. The Fairmounts had increased their lead
Yorks close together The struggle for
second place between the NETWORKS and the
Bohemians terrific one. and the NETWORKS
got it by less than half length. The Bohemians
half a length in front of the AtaIantas
The intermediate double SOULS was another
wakover Only two crews entered and as
both Of these were from the Nassau Boat Club
the race declared off. The banner and medals
offered to the members of the crews but in
true sportsmanlike fashion they declined to accept
them.
j. A Rumohr defeated f. Hedley. of the Vespers
in signal fashion in the senior singles The race
fine to the quarter. with Rumohr half
a length in the lead. He increased his advantage
quickly and the half he led by fully two lengths
Hedley dead the three-quarters and Rumohr
going easy He won pulled up. by five lengths.
F. Budry, the first Bohemian's sculler made his
field look like selling paters in the intermediate