The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-21
CANADIAN CREWS
TOOK THE HONORS.
Defeated the Champion vespers in
the National Regatta = st.
Louis's Poor Showing.

| Thiaoeiphia, July 20-The worlds cham
p.on Vesper eight-oared shell crew Of this
eny' which has carried the colors Of its
siup TO many victory, went down to de-
ieat To-day before the strong Argonaut
ere" OF Toronto. Canada, In the last day
OF the annual regatta Of the National As
soeiation OF Amateur Oarsmen. Not only
was this crew whipped by the Canadians.
OUT the eight men Of the Winnipeg Rowing
CluD also flashed past the champions and
beat them out at the finish. It was the
nrst defeat for the Vesper eight. The Ar
gonauts' time for the mile and a half was
1;4s. Just ten seconds slower than the time
made by the Vespers over the same course
in race last year
Winnipeg's time was 1854, and the YES
pers' 7:5s.
The dual contest for the championship
OF the United States in the singles was not
as inspiring as was hoped for, ana the
4 nonor VIII remain with the wonderful Ten
fs;yeck Tor another year, at least. Greer.
ms opponent. rowed q plucky race, and no
matter maj how he tried to push to the front.
inc winner Of the diamond SOULS held MIN
saieiy throughout the race;
Kan Away From st. Louis.
Most Of the other races were of frst-class
order In the International four-oared event
the Vespers. composed of four members OF
Tour Jour which defeated them yesterday. The
local men almost ran away from them.
THE The association singles were captured by
of New York.
The work Of the Detroit intermediate
doubles was again OF a high ORDER. this
Toronto won two OF the races New York
two and Newark. Detroit. Philadelphia and
Worcester one euch.
The heats in the intermediate singles were
won rather easily The man that failed to
qualify was E. ]. Hess of St. Louis. In the
finals finals SSholes Of Toronto took the lead.
of Philadelphia third and Moran of Allie
gheny last. The men never. changed posi-
tons. and finished as named. with Scholes
rowing easily.
The intermediate four-oared shell race
was beauty to, the turn. which was
and st Harlem NO, OF New York tosether. Clifton
hind On the run home, however. Passiac
got the lead through pretty turn. Harlem
tried to catch them. and in doing so got
into CnftonS water and fouled the latter.
Passaic increased her lead and won handily,
with Harlem second and Clifton third.
. Detroit got the jump first in the interme
even stroke. and took the lead and held
It from start to finish. The New York
Athletic Club crew was SIX lengths to the
rear, with Harlem In last place.
Where st. Louis Lost.
The International four-oared event, with
only the st. Louis crew and the vespers OF
the lead at the crack OF the pistol and
gave the Western men their wash all the
way down the course. They won by about
three lengths, but would have had a bigger
margin II the local men had not steered all
over the river in nearing the finish line.
Five crews-Cnion, Atalanta and Harlem
Of New York and West Philadelphia and
Pennsylvania of this city-lfned up in the
intermediate pair cared race. The run up
the river was fine one. and at the turning
ia were together. Union made bad turn
and lost several lengths. On the home
stretch Atalanta forged ahead and was
never caught.
Where the Canuckx Came In.
What was looked upon as the event of
the day was the last on the programme
the sghts .,, Winnings which was not en-
by courtesy of the vespers and Argonauts
Starter Pilkington OF New York was ex-
tremely careful to get good start. Yes
water first. Winnipeg, on the outside
course. was the last to catch. They were
almost immediately left behind by the Yes
terrific clip. pulling forty strokes "s 10 the
minute. The champions at the quarter
mile mark had slight advantage. but at
from e Toronto. with the veteran joe Wright.
the stroke. hitting her up. slowly crawled
up and evened the vespers. Then the
trailing Of the vespers began to tell. and
they slowly fell to the rear. At the mile
the Canucks were nearly length TO the
good. Winnipeg. which was seemingly out
of 1t, was doing good work in the mean
time. and by fine Workmanship crept slow
ly UP on the fast falling Vespers and
caught them. To be second was bad
enough, but to be third was CALLING. so the
vespers hit up their stroke, but Winnipeg
met 1t and drove ahead AS the crews
neared the finish, the. thousands Of people
on the shores cheered wildly for the Yes.
pers Argonauts, strong and confident. held
their own. while Vespers rowed desperately
to get out Of last position, but were not in
time.