The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-05
Capture the Lemp Trophy, Which
Was Competed For by Six
Rival Rowing Clubs.
THOUSANDS SEE THE CONTEST.
Mound Citys Start Off in Lead, but
Finish in Second Place-Dis-
tance a Mile and a Half
Upstream.

BY at least five lengths the Western
Rowing Club crew won the six-oar barge
race for the Lemp plate yesterday after
noon on the Mississippi River from Ar
senal Island UP the stream to the club
house of the Western Rowing Club on
Dorcas street. distance of mile and a
half. In reality It was three-miie race.
as tho course lay in a four-mile current
and IL Is not surprising that no records
were broken.
The winners time was twelve minutes
and twenty-e:ght seconds. which is very
good considering. The Mound City Boat
Club crew came in second Although IL
was very hot. even on the river, there were
many ladies In small craft along the course
and they were assembled In great numbers
In the clubhouses- They made the scene
gay by wearing the coiors of their favorites
and cheered Justify during the race The
crews participating were from the Central
Boat Club. Century Boat Club. Mound City
Boat Club. senior and junior c,ews. and
the North End Boat Club. The Western
Boat Clubs winning crew were as follows:
Fred c. Muller bow. Eugene Habenicht No.
2. Fred Loelkes No. }. Louis Helm No. 4.
Charles lie Clerg No. :. Frank Dummerth
stroke and Otto Becker coxswain.
The victors will be compelled Z, defend
fheir title to the trophy for the next two
years.
At the drawing for positions before the
race the Western Boat Club crew won
the first position east of the Missouri
shore. The Mound City senior crew drew
second position and the North Ends third
The Century crew was fourth and the
Mound City junior crew fifth. The Gen.
tral crew had almost the middle of the
~ a la hsl lnC How,
MI Lemp had chartered the tugboat IS.
{: Ciubb for the judges and the press:
about o'clock IL started downstream. The
Gus +. Rapp Of the North End club. START
er. the judges for the North End club were
Arch Stiles at the start and r. NJ. Mirthing
Mentz acted for the Mound City Club; Al
bert Lambrecht and Ernie Beal were judges
Tor the Century club. William II. Lemp
Ing Club judges. ard Alexander Malcolm ard
g. William Sem were judges for the Gen.
tral Boat Club. Robert A. Melscheimer was
In charge of the guests.
There was some difficulty In getting
start; When the starters flag dropped for
the FIRST time the Westerns crew was pull
low at all. The bsrEes were again ranged in
position. and when they finally started the
Westerns crew was half a length behind
lead But tho Western crew pulled an even
stroke that Indicated the finest OF discipline.
They did not overexert themselves. but
slowly. but surely. diminishing the distance
between themselves and the leader Their
time was at least thirty-six strokes to the
the entire race.
When they first broke water between
themselves and the Mound City crew the
latter made q desperate attempt to recover
the lost length. but their action was too
spasmodic. They rowed well, but with none
Of the discipline apparent in the work Of
For awhile II seemed as II the North
End crew was pressing the Mound City men
rather closely for second place. but they
rowed I'm spurts. while the latter were more
even. All along the course the Western
crew forged ahead and slowly but surely
put the lengths between themselves and the
As the racers neered the Century Boat
Clubhouse a laughable incident occurred
that might have resulted very dissstrousiy
to three men In a skin who were trainers
OF the Century club They had been show
ing off In their boat by doing odd twists and
turns In the swift current that seemed very
men turned quickly out of their course and
were making for the clubhouse pier when
they were caught In the tossing current be
complete somersault and they were
plunged into the river. just by
the wake OF the boat They right
ed their craft. and after getting their boat
ont OF the water they sunk into the club
house away from the elnharras ssine gaze OF
the amused women near by.
As they were soon altogether out Of the
race the Central crew did not finish at all
They stopped at the Century Boat Club
house The different crews finished in the
same position as AT the start. The victors
were received with an ovation at the West
ern Boat Clubhouse. and We're escorted by
the crowd 10 their dressing rooms. After
an interval they entertained their visitors
In the clubhouse oarlors.
The crews Of the clubs were:
Central Boat Ciub-w. T. Roth. bow: c.
C. Agne No. .; William Buchanan, No. 8;
H. Petschonek. No. 4: William Murray. No.
s: A. B. Tebeau. No. s: Nick Roemer, cox
swain.
Century Boat Club crew-Arthur NJ. Stock
hoff bow; Ernst J. Hess. No. 2. Barney
Bick No. 3: William Bick. No. 4: Hannibal
IIarrer No. 8: Otto Theme. stroke: Frank
Koehler OF T.. J. Eveson. coxswain.
Mound city Rowing Club fsenior crew)-J
Meyers bow: n. Frumanack No. 2: o. Jack
ey No. 3: G. Amann, No. 4: ]. Fromanack
No. 8: NJ. Begley, stroke: c. Hickey. cox
swain.
Mound City Rowing Club Ounior crew.
W. Jerome. bow: r. Agent, No. 2: C. Hall
No. 3; +. Heitman. No. 4: r. sewrig. No. 5:
A. Greenaway. stroke: A. Thompson. cox
swain.
North End Rowing Club crew.. Kir,-
mann. bowl X: Stanley. No. 2: William
Mas. No. 8: Captain Lee Fielder. No g.
william Middendorf. No. 8: H. Kirtmann.
stroke: F. z. Gasser. coxswafn.