Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-04
LABOR DAY SPORTS
Potomacs Finish Second in Race for
Junior Fights.
JEFFRIES BARRED FROM BOXING
Splendid Running and Trotting
Races at Sheepshead and Hartford.
LATE BASE BALL GOSSIP

The Middle States Regatta Association
held its eleventh annual regatta on the
Harlem river, New York. yesterday, and
from every standpoint it was a success.
The entry list was of high class, the fin
ishes close and exciting. the weather fine
and the water in the forenoon all that
might be desired. A large crowd turned
out to see the races. All the r--ces were at
one mile.
A bad mix-up resulted in the junior pair
oar event. Three crews started-the Nom
pareils the Pennsylvania Barge Club and
the Union Boat Club. The latter crew
jumped away at the start, and at the quar-
ter led by two lengths. Soon afterward
the Nonparels were over into the Unions
water, when the latter crew crashed into
them. Immediately the Union stopped row.
ing and SO did the Pennsylvania Barge
Club. The referee disqualified the Nonpa-
reils and he ordered the race restarted.
The Unions finally won by a length.
The senior single SOULS was sore dis
appointment. for 1t was thought that John
A. Rumohr of the Harlem Rowing Club
had an easy win. Titus. the New Orleans
sculler led fer while but dropped behind
Rumohr and Mehrhoff at the three-quar-
tiers. Then Rumohr foued Mehrhoff and
| was disqualified. The race was rowed over
| from that mark and Mehrhoff won, with
Titus second
| The race of the day was the junior eight
| she'll
| This was by far the hottest race Of the
| regatta. 1t was terrific struggle between
| the Metropolitans, Potomacs. West Phfla-
| delphias and Ciftons. All the crews were
| close together from start to finish, and there
| were not more than two lengths between the
| first and fourth crews at the end The
Staten Islands finished fifth, three lengths
| back. The Philadelphia men got a little
| the best of fine start and at the quarter
! they led by a few inches, with the Cliftons
second and the Metropolitans third. The
latter crew steered badly and lost ground
| The Potomacs. who were in fourth place.
| were rowing nicely. At the half the NETS
| and the West Philadelphia were together.
with the Cliftons close up. The POtomacs
| had hit up their stroke. and were creeping
up strong AT the three-quarters it was
| hard to separate the NETS and PotO-
macs. and the West Philadelphia were
| third. about half length In front of the
| Clftons. The race all through the last
| quarter was of the hair-raising order. Just
before the finish line was reached it looked
as If the Potomacs would win. The
NETS stroke hit it up with final des-
| perate effort in the last one hundred yards,
and succeeded in forcing his crew the
| line. winners by less than a quarter of a
| length. The Potomacs were second. half a
| length in front of the West Philadelphia,
| who were the same distance in front of the
Ciiftons. Time of the winning crew, 5.2411a.
| Time of the second crew, 5.26.
| The summarizes:
| Junior pair oar-Won by Union B. c..
| New York Pennsylvania Barge Club, Phila-
| delphia second. No time taken.
Junior centpede-Won by New York A.
| c.. New York: Varuna B. c., Brooklyn.
| second Time 5m. 491as.
| Intermediate double sculls-Won by Bo-
| hemian b. c., Union B. c. second, Harlem
R. C. third. Time. 6m. DDS.
| intermediate four-oared gigs-Won by
New Rochelle Club: Wyanoke Boat Club,
| New York. second; Crescent Boat Club,
| Philadelphia, third. Time, 6m. 4Os.
| Junior eight-oared shell-Won by Metro
| politan Rowing Club. New York: Potomac
! Boat Club Of Washington D. c., second;
| West Philadelphia Boat Club Of Philadel-
phia. third. Time. 5m. 241as.
| Intermediate singles-Won by Henry Hill
Behrensky, Bohemian B. c.. New York,
| second; Jesse w. Powers Nassau Boat
| Club. New York. third. Time. em. 2as.
| Junior single sculls-Won by NJ. Hirsch,
Harlem Rowing Club: S. 8. Cramer, Lone
Star Boat Club. New York. second; A. C.
Philadelphia. third. Time. en-. 3s.
| Junior double sculls-Won by New York
| A. c., J. c. Anderson. bow: B. L. Zimm.
stroke; Harlem Rowing Club. Charles SEQ
field bow: John Shultz. stroke. second
| vesper Roat Club. Philadelphia, third.
/ Time. 5rn. 4Os.
Senior four-oared shell-Won by Institute
Boat Club. Newark. N. j.; Union Boat
! Club. New York. second: Crescent Boat
! Club, Philadelphia, third. Time. 5m. 19s.
| Junior four-oared gig-Final won by Met
ropolitan Rowing Club: Clifton Boat Club,
Staten Island, second; Crescent Boat Club,
, Philadelphia, third. Time. $50. .
Rowing Club, New York; Bohemian Boat
/ Club New York second. Time 4.49 IA.