New-York tribune., 1900-09-03
ROWING.
HARLEM RIVER ALIVE WITH CREWS EN-
TERED FOR To-DAY's REGATTA.

Rarely in the history OF rowing have the Harlem
River lighthouses been as full of the friends OF the
sport as they yesterday The balconies and
floats were f'n of men. with fair sprinkling of
Young women all the afternoon. and they found
plentv to interest them. The river fairly alive
with the crews entered in the Middle States Regatta
which takes place to-day. all intent in sizing up
the course over which the races will be rowed
Many of the crews and single scullers also went
over the course at full speed. urged on by the
coxswains and coaches this was the last chance
they would have for practice before the actual
struggles for honors and prizes to-day The specta-
tors enjoyed the sport greatly, and the criticisms
and comment the work OF the majority Of the
crews were most favorable. II is an accepted fact
among the critics that there more really good
crews entered in to-day's regatta than In any
previous meet ever held by the Middle States As
ISOLATION and IT prophesied that the finishes in
nnanv of the races would be OF the heartbreaking
order But all this is only evidence OF the
boom that rowing has received this year. and
promises even greater things for the years TO
come when il will be recognized one Of the
heathiest cleanest and purest of all amateur
sports and worthy Of all possible encoura cement
With one or two exceptions all the out Of town
crews that to take part In to-day's regatta
have arrived In and were on the river yester-
day. The New-Roehelle Boat Clubs intermediate
four Dared gig crew Is at the Nonpareils house,
are also the Valencia's intermediate double, the
New-York Athletic Clubs centipede crew and inter
mediate single and Junior double, The Pennsyl-
vana Barge Clubs oarsmen making their head
quarters at the house of the Dauntless Boat Club
and the Crescents and vespers OF Philadelphia and
the Staten Island Boat Clubs Junior eight at
the Unions The West Philadelphia Boat Clubs
crews are at the Lone Stars house. and the Poto-
mac Boat Clubs junior eight, which will arrive
from Washington this morning. will from the
Nsssau's house. on the opposite side of the river
All the crews In fine form and confident that
they will do all that their most enthusiastic ad-
mirers expect OF them.
Much interest is being taken in the Of the
junior eights In which five crews entered as
follows: Clifton Boat Club. West Philadelphia Boat
Club, Potomac Boat Club Metropolitan Boat Club
and Staten Island Boat Club. They all good
crews and the experts much in doubt as to
which OF them will win. Philadelphia always sends
good crews and the Washington is also
reported to be above the average. The Metropoli-
tan crew is doubt good one, and the two
Staten Island crews rowing well together. OF
these however, the Clftons are undoubtedly the
best. They have beaten the Staten Island Boat
Clubs twice this year, and their friends
hdently expect them only to repeat the per-
formance to-day. but to vanqush all the other
crews In the well. And they may do IT, as
the members OF the crew are all tried oarsmen
and winners in junior fours and singles. but never
in eights. G. s. Scohed. the stroke is one OF the
most promising young oarsmen In the country and
he has selected his men with great care. The Clif-
ton Boat Club is young in the rowing world, but II
promises to come to the front by rapid strides Its
@smssrs are 81 and they have all the
The Clifton crew is made up as follows: d. II.
McDougal. bow; C. w. Stewart, No 2: c. w
Sparks, No 3; 3; Scott No. 8: o. Won Dannenberg.
NO. o; Il. I. King, No. s. NJ. F. Qugey, No. Z:
The junior four Dared gig also promises to be
one OF the best ever seen the Harlem. There are
four crews entered-the Clifton Boat Club Ataianta
Boat Club, Metropolitan Rowing Club and the
Crescent Boat Club. While there are only two
crews entered in the race for senior eights the
struggle between them Will In all likelihood be one
or the most desperate ever witnessed. The WI
crews are those OF the First bohemian and Daunt-
less clubs The "Bohos'' gave the famous Vesper
eight the winners OF the worlds championship at
Paris recently all they could do defeat them at
the National Regatta, and the Dauntless men won
the race for intermediate eights in the same re-
gatta with eonsummate ease. There is considera-
BILE betting going on as 10 the result OF this race
the odds yesterday being slightly in favor OF the
''Bohos" the older crew.
Both crews were on the river yesterday afternoon,