The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-21
TORONTO men WIN
ARGONAUT EIGHT WREST ROWING
CHAMPIONSHIP FROM THE
VESPER BOAT CLUB
WINNIPEG FINISHED SECOND
Toronto Takes Two Events, New
York Two, Newark, Detroit, Phil
adeIphia and Worcester
One Each.


ndeIphia and Worcester
One Each.
PHILADELPHIA, July 20-The worlds
champion Vesper eigft-oared sGen crew
of this city, which has carried the col
ors of its club to many victory, went
down to defeat today before the strong
Argonaut crew, of Toronto, Can, in the
last day of the annual regatta Of the
National Association Of Amateur Oars
men. Not only was this crew whipped
by the Canadians, but the eight men of
the Winnipeg Rowing club also flashed
past the champions. and beat them OUT
at the fnis--. 1t was the first defeat
for the Vesper eight SINCE the crew was
gotten together. Their Waterloo did not
come as a surprise to the experts that
have followed their work during this
season, and many were the predictions
that in the Canucks from Toronto and
Winnipeg they would meet their match
With the exception of two men the Yes
per crew was tie same as that which
wrested the victory from the worlds
oarsmen at Paris last year. The Argo-
nauts time for the mile and half was
7:49, just ten seconds slower than the
time made by the Vespers over the same
course in race last year. Winnipeg's
Between 10000 and $1,000 people saw
the races. The weather was beautiful
and the course was as smooth as the
proVerbial mill pond. The high banks of
the Schuylkill river were lined with en-
thusiastio crowds, and thousands braved
the danger of the railroad bridge at the
finish line and swarmed all over the
structure. The regatta was q success
IN every way.
no
of the United States in the singles was
not as inspiring as was hoped for and
the honor will remain with the wonderful
Ten Eych for another year at least Ten
Eychs sculling was just as finished as
ever it was, and his grand handling Of
the SOULS was cheered to the echo Greer,
his opponent, rowed a plucky race, and
no matter how he tried to push to the
'front.' the winner of the diamond SOULS
held him safely throughout the race
Most of the other races were of first
class order. In the International four
cared event, the Vespers, composed of
four members Of their eight, got revenge
on the ST. Louis four, which defeated
them yesterday. The local men almost
ran away from them
The association singles was captured
by Titus, formerly Of New Orleans, but
now of New York. Titus was disqualified
yesterday for turning his stake too short,
but was allowed to row In the final
through the courtesy Of the other con-
testants and defeated them. The work
Of the Detroit intermediate doubles was
again of a high order, this crew win
ming It's event rather easily.
Toronto won two of the races, New
York two, and Newark, Detroit, Philadel-
phia and Worcester one each. The heats
in the intermediate singles were won
rather easily. The man that failed to
qualify was e. J. Hess, of St. Louis
In the finals scholes, of Toronto, took
the lead, with Miller, of Allegheny, Sec
ond; McClosky, of Philadelphia, third,
and Moran, of Allegheny, last. The men
never changed positions, and finished as
named, with Seholes rowing easily.
The intermediate four-oared shell race
was a beauty to the turn, which was
reached by 'Passaic, of Newark; Winnipeg
and Harlem, of New York, together and
Clifton, of Staten Island, only two strokes
behind. On the run home, however, Pas
sale got the lead through a pretty turn
Harlem tried to catch them and in doing
so got into Cliftons water and fouled the
latter PasSaic increased her lead and
won handily, with Harlem second and
Clifton third. Clifton claimed the foul
and was given second place. Soon after
the turn, Winnipeg, which had a fine
show for winning, ran into shore through
bad steering and was out Of the race
In the association singles thare were
FIVE starters, Marsh, of Toronto, Bond
and Juyenal, of Philadelphia, tombstone,
of Winnipeg, and Titus, of New York
Up to the half mile mark the contest was
an even one, but after this Titus Marsh
and tombstone let out link and went to
the front. Marsh was the first at the
turn, but on the home stretch he was
caught by both tombstone and Titus. The
latter by great squirt got the lead half
way home, and after q bruising finish
won out by the narrow margin Of two
seconds over Marsh. tombstone was third
with the two Philadelphia men trailing
along in the rear.
Detroit got the jump first In the inter
mediate doubles They rowed a beautiful,
even stroke, and took the lead and held
1t from start to finish The New York
Athletic club crew was six lengths to the
rear, with Harlem in last place.
The international four-oared event,
with only the St. Louis crew and the
Vespers, of this city, was a procession.
Vesper took the lead at the crack Of tha
pistol and gave the Western men their
wash all the way down the course They
won by about three lengths, but would
have had bigger margin If the local
men had not steered badly in nearing the
finish line.
Five crews, Union, Atalanta and Har-
lem of New York, and West Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania, of this city, lined up
in the intermediate pa1r-oared race. The
race UP the river was a fine one and at
the turning buoy West Philadelphia
Union and Atalanta were together. Union
made bad turn and lost several lengths.
On the home stretch, ATLANTA forged
ahead and never was caught. The fight
for second place was between the local
crews and the West Philadelphias won
after hard pull; Harlem finished fourth
and Union last
The championship race between Greer
and Ten Eyck was somewhat easy for
the Worcester man. Ten Eyck did not
Immediately take the lead, but held on to
Greer, who was rowing three strokes to
the minute faster than his rival, until the
half mile was reached, when he gave a
squirt and took the lead. He turned the
stake in 4:45 and roNed home to victory
In easy style. Ten Eyck's time was SH
seconds slower than the time in the as
ISOLATION singles, showing that he was not
pushed.
What was looked upon as the event Of
the day was last on the programme-the
Fights The New York Athletic club crew
did not start, having been badly beaten
in the intermediate eight race yesterday
Winnipeg, which was not entered for this
event was allowed to row by courtesy of
the Vespers and Argonauts. The Vespers
used the boat which carried them to VIC
tory at Paris. Starter Pilkington, of New
York, was extremely careful to get good
start and sent the three crews away at
6:26 .. m. Vesper. which had the east
shore, caught the water first. Winnipeg,
on the outside course, was the last to