Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-07-26
THU AMATEUR OARSNEN
Excellent Sport on the Second Day
Of the National Regatta.
TEN BYCK WILL GO TO PARIS.

Defeated Rumohr and Titus in n
Good Racc-The DauntIcss Club, Of
Race.
New York, July 2l.-The second day
of the national regatta over the Speed
way course on the Harlem river w
productive os some excellent Oarsmln-
ship, and the sport generally was og
higher class than on the opening day.
The first event was the Paris sin
giles. The starters were RumOhr, Ten
Eyck and Titus. The latter had the
New York shore, with Rumohr in the
middle and Ten Eyck on the West
chester side. Very little delay was ex-
perienced in getting them ready
Ten Eyck and Rumohr caught the
water together, with the crack of the
pistol. For the first minute both row.
ed 40 strokes and their shells were
bow and bow. After this Ten Eyck
forged ahead, and, as Titus was we'll
in the rear, began to wear over toward
Rumohr's water and gave him the
benefit of his wash. Thus they rowed
for a quarter of a mile, when Ten Eyck
drew away a little more and was di-
rectly in front of Rumohrs bow At
this point Rumohr spuTted. The shells
seemed to touch, and RumOhr raised
his hand claiming a foul. Rumohr
stopped rowing, but, on seeing the
referees boat did not slacken speed
rowed on, and finished two and one
half lengths behind Ten Eyck.
The referee was Walter Simpson. of
Boston, and when asked to explain
why Ten Eyck was not disqualified
said: There may have been a foul,
but l did not see it" Had the
referee decided that Ten Eyck fouled
Rumohr the race would have been
rowed over again, for the regatta
committee long ago agreed that none
of the Paris races could be decided
on fouls
The Crescent Boat club. of Philadel-
phia, won the second trial heat of the
intermediate double scull event by
three lengths from the Nonpareils, of
New York, with the Atalantas third
The Wachusett Boat club, of Wor-
cester, Mass, and the Vespers. Of
Philadelphia, withdrew from the
senior fours, and it was Towed in one
heat, the starters being Detroit Boat
club. Of Detroit, Institute Boat club, of
Newark, n. j., and the Jemries Point
Rowing association, of Boston After
quarter of a mile had been travers-
ed the Detroit crew assumed a com
Portable lead, which they maintained
to the finish.
c. S. Titus, of New Orleans. won the
second heat Of the association singles,
with Amos Kubick, of the Springfield
Boat club, second The other starter,
James Bend, of the Bachelors Barge
club, Of Philadelphia, quit at the mile
post.
The intermediate eight cared shells
was the best race of the day. The
Dauntless Of New York, Maltas and
Fairmounts of Philadelphia and the
Potomac of Washington contested
After false start, in which the Nal
tas were left at the post the quar-
tette was sent away on the second at
tempt. The POtOmacs led at first, but
after passing the quarter mile mark
the Dauntless assumed the lead and at
every stroke gained little. crossing
the line five lengths ahead of the
Fairmounts, the Maltas being third by
half length. The PotomacS gave up
after rowing mile
The second heat of the Paris fours
was perhaps the most peculiar race
ever seen at a championship meeting
The Vespers and Institutes were the
only starters and at the crack of the
pistol the Vespers jumped to"the front
and at the half mile mark were eight
lengths ahead of their rival Then
by some peculiar process or another
the Institutes began to gain. and inch
by inch OverhauIed the leaders The
Vespers, however, stuck to their work
and by what appeared to be sheer
plugging crossed the finish line two
feet ahead of the Institutes.