New-York tribune., 1900-07-09
ROWING.
ECHOES OF THE LONG ISLAND REGATr.
SAVED BY JAMES MULHEARN.

= Echoes Of the Long Island Reratts were 49,.
on All sides among the oarsmen on the Har,s--
yesterday, and many incidents were related p.
garding the smashed boats and narrow escss.,
II was conceded that Saturdays regatta held -
the Sound was about "the toughest and rarzL...
proposition that the oarsmen OF this cf-v -
engaged in. and they congratulated thenaseFvs,
that they got of as Cheapiy as they did. AIthaue5
a number Of valuable boats We're ruined no lfvss
were lost in the terrible storm.
The hero OF the Harlem yesterday was lar.
MuIhearn. superintendent Of the house Of the To-.
Star men. at Oue-huudred-a -and-d fty-dfth--t 49,
the Harlem River While the storm vas Al t-
height and the regatta was being roved on ,ss
Sound on Saturday. a gig, containing a mar
and woman swamped. The woman fIrnra5 49,.
the water. She could not swim. md would hav,
drowned had It not been for MuIhearn. He u,.
in a rOwbOat and tugging hard TO reach shore n.
turned his boat around when ne saw the won.,
struggling IN the water and after much dIhcaitv
succeeded in saving her. The incident was not
seen from the shore. In fact nothing could h
seen a few yards distant while the storm razsa
The storm caused the three judges OF the regatta
10 become seasick- They were Captains Brown ~
the Atalantas; GOOdkind. OF the Lone stars ana
Kemp OF the Union Club They were In zoos
sized cat0oat but the water was 50 rough and <
boat pitched and tossed so much that Old wa,sr.
men they are they K eled over.
The new four Dared gig OF the Noupareu msa
was smashed 10 pieces by the storm. They had
lent it TO the Pasade CYonkers) crew for the tour
cared gig race. in which they finished second
Just after the race the gig was broken upon a
sUnken log or something Of the kind.
Jacoby, Of the Nautilus intermediate iou5s
tainted while the race between the doubles va,
being rowed- This was the race which was starred
Just as the storm broke, simply because the crews
were at the starting line out in the Sound, and +
was the quickest way 70 get them ashore Few
bo9f afoat o n1+fI ot me tb i'm % IN - - p-s lts
JdcObE nIrcnlF gurfrL
the utmost difficulty that his partner succeeded h
that she would go over Nike Nsugh1on. n Iss
Nonparen Club who was near the three-luartsr
In hauling JacOby aboard. II close shave
dor the latter, as II Is said ne cannot swim. and
chance in the storm tossed waters OF the Sound
gatta which viii be rowed on the new Harlem
River course on July 10, 20 and p. held a meeting
entries received There viii be a mass meeting Of
oaEsmen oars 1 tonight IN Arcade Han One-hundrei-
money 10 send the winning crews OF The regatta %
vii 'T be held S'i here in in 5 August % ''- races "n'a
Chairman Theodore Van Raden OF the Course
yesterday selected Site for aoat 70 be used y
the oarsmen in the National RegatJa The place
IS IN little channel on the New-York shore, t1sr
above Inwood WOO Bridge opposite Fordham Hslgh.s
OF the oarsmen near the starting and finishing
hacker, stroke; H BOrChert. No 8; @. NOnenback-
er, No. ?; H vought. bow-wtu begin training over
Star house, at Central Bridge. The crew viii -
coached by Ed Durnan. nephew Of Edward
Hanlan- Durnan is clever scuuer, having de-
feated among others Jake" Gaudaur. He viii also
put the finishing touches on John Rumohrs train
ing, so that ne can httingly represent the Harlem
men in the senior singles against such good ones
as Ten EyCk. Lewis and the Philadelphia cFacka-
jacks,
Jack Nagle. captain OF the Harlem men has
gone out of training and will no more this
year He thinks that he has his hands full looking
after the other boys whom he Is irving push
forward. The NOnpareil men will have Naught0l
and Bates in the National Regatta as their inter-
mediate doubles
The baseball team Of the Nassau Club defeated
the Harlem team College Point Yesterday IN a
hard played and close game
The annual regatta OF the NOnpareil Boat Club
will be held on the Harlem opposite the Ciubs
house, at Central Bridge, on August H. The Ions
Star membership has reached It's full Emit-SHs
hUndred-fOr the first time in its history and thers
are eighteen on the waiting list