New-York tribune., 1900-05-21
ROWING.
MANY CREWS OUT TRAINING.
HARLEM RIVER ALIVE WITH ROwERS PRE-
PAIRING FOR THE REGATTA.

PAIRING FOR THE REGATTA.
Another fine day brought the lovers Of aquatic
sports out In large numbers, and the Harlem River
was thronged with rowing craft all day yesterday.
The Sunday visitors to the Speedway have another
source of amusement When they tire Of
watching the fast horses speed by the popular
driveway they turn their attention to the oars
men on the river beneath, so II the Speedway has
benefited rowing by bringing more people along the
Harlem the oarsmen return the compliment
by affording amusement to the Speedway patrons.
Hundreds of people from the Speedway's walk on
the banks of the river watched the brushes be-
tween the numerous crews In training yesterday
with great interest. While the early morning
dull and cheerless, the weather later in the day
was ideal for rowing, and there were few, IL any,
boats left in the quarters of the various clubs.
The senior and junior eghts OF the First Bohe-
mian Boat Club were among the first to take the
water Van Vlet, who is ably coaching the crews
acted coxswain of the junior outfit After the
crews had got well mbered up they engaged In a
mile from the Central to the Fourth-ave
bridge. The struggle was hot one and the senior
crew only won by about half length. The Nassau
Boat Club had two four Dared gigs out and they.
too had race, an which the seniors defeated the
juniors by three-quarters of length. The Mas
saus will send junior double. the Powers broth
ers. and Mehrhof their intermediate sculler TO
the Passaic regatta, Memorial Day
The Dauntess Boat Club will send Junior eight
to the Passaic regatta. made up OF A. l. Nilsson.
Do"' L. u comm, Z. u "A. HopIenSacn,
w. H. Pumphrey, 4: H. siebencker. 5; H.
Briner 6; L. A. Goldstone. 7; w. Adee.
stroke, and E. H. Anderson coxswain. w. VAIL
jr, is rowing substitute. Captain Trainer and
David Roach the coach, directed the work of the
from barge yesterday morning, and
pressed themselves being well pleased with the
progress 1t is making. The Dauntless club has
taken in nearly forty new members this spring.
Four clubs the Harlem now have full mem
bership list. This hourishng condition of things
Ohohy haSn xiStaI tha IAat
clubs of this city. and is added evidence If such
were needed. of the boom that lowing has received
OF course, the bringing of the National regatta
to this city this year has had much to do with this
unprecedented interest In rowing. The various
committees hard at work. and meeting will
be held tonight. when business OF Importance will
be transacted The committee on subscriptions
which has undertaken to raise the necessary funds
for sending several of the winning crews of the Ma
tional regatta to Paris to compete in the races
there. is composed of Henry Whiting Garfield
chairman of Albany; Charles Catlin. of Chicago
James P. Fox of Boston; William c. Jupp. of De-
troit; Claude r. Zappone. of Washington and
Charles w. Presendanz Of Philadelphia. The
winners of the senior single and double sculls and
the winning senior four and eight cared shell crews
will be sent to Paris.
The Knickerbocker Athletic Clubs senior eight
which it was feared had gone out of training for
good, was back in its shell yesterday. and the
little difference of opinion which had arisen be-
tween the members of the and the clubs
managers has apparently been Strengthened out.
The crew wanted more consideration than 1t had
received to continue to do battle for the clubs
honor and glory on the water. The club. 1t is
said has now acceded to their wishes. and will
spend 81 900 for cedar shell and other things
for the crew The has been doing well, and
certainly should be heard from in the Harlem re-
gatta. Bentley is strokng the crew in place
of Blake, and the crew is now made up as fol-
lows: Mercadante bow; Blake 2; Handley, 8;
Hughes A. Herman. 5: O'Connell. s; Savage, Z;
Bentley stroke; Pate, coxswain. Bentley pulls one
of the ceanest the river. Both he and
Savage are Cornell men, while Blake and Herman
come from Harvard.-The crew did not take kindly
to the Lehman style of rowing practsed by
Blake. and are. doing better with the Courtney
stroke. which Bentley teaches. Ed Smith is coach
ing the 49,
The Lone Stars will send e Keller and NJ. Metz
Ter, their junior double, to the Passaic regatta
The club has also chartered a tug to take its
members and their women friends to the regatta
the clubhouse yesterday for the first time. 1t is
middle of which is the letter IL" in blue.
The of the Atalanta Boat Club in training
progressing finely under the watchful eye of
Captain Brown. The junior four cared gig crew Is
Hunt bow Underhill. 2: Westerfeld. 3; Cahill,
stroke and Beeck coxswain. The junior eight
cared shell is: Loughman, bow; Hunt. 2;
Hoenack. 3; Kirkby, A. Underhill .; Westerheld. 8;
Cahill, I; Knox, stroke and Rippee, coxswain
night what crews If any, it will send to the Pas
sale Regatta. The clubhouse has been overhauled
and repainted, and presented handsome appear
ance yesterday.