The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-20
Vesper Boat Club ROwed Second to
Western Rowing Club in
the Regatta.
BATTLE WAS A PRETTY ONE.
Worlds Fair Grew Also Figured
as Warm Competitor in a
Number of the Oars
mems Events.

T0llduetpNld, July Ao.-SAaSA ""
ditions that could not be improved upon.
the first days races Of the twenty-ninth
annual regatta of the National Association
of Amateur Oarsmen were held on the
Schuylhill River this afternoon. and the
initial days sport was in every way sue
cess. Fine weather. smooth course and
probably the largest crowd that has ever
witnessed the first days event Of q ma
tional regatta here were the inspiring
causes Of good days racing. All the
crews seemed to be in fine condition.
Winnipeg carried off the honors, winning
two events. while st. Louis. Worcester.
Toronto. Philadelphia, Detroit and New
York each won one race.
st. Louis Furnished Surprise.
The race Of the day was that between De-
troit and yesper of Philadelphia. in the
senior pair~cared event. in which the lat
ter won by a nose, and the surprise of the
afternoon was the defeat of the Vesper
senior four. composed of members of the
worlds. champion crew, by the st. Louis
four. Another fine contest was the final in
the intermediate Fights. which was cap
tured by the husky crew from Winnipeg.
Ten Eyeck and Lewis had no trouble in
the senior doubles.
All of to-day's races were a mile and a
half, with a turn. with the exception Of the
Fights. which were rowed straight away for
the same distance. In the heats the first
two qualified.
The Intermediates.
The first event on the programme was the
first heat in the intermediate Fights. Malta
took the lea9 and i to half
soon began falling behind, which caused
Malta to ease up, and the Canadians caught
them. Near the finish Winnipeg spurted
In the second heat of the intermediate
Fights. Paramount forged ahead at the half
mile mark and the race settled down to q
second position after a bruising race.
The final of the Fights was rowed in the
sSG Of hs Ins Kept
together. for quarter of a mile, with the
New York A. C. trailing along in fourth
position Malta here spuIts;a and was fol-
easily, held on we'll. and after each Of the
Philadelphia crews had had the lead for "a
short distance. Winnipeg let out length myth;
caught, although the Manttobans had to
st. Louis In Battle ROYAL.
The senior paired cared race between
vesper of Philadelphia, Western OF st.
Louis. and Detroit was battle royal. Up
the course the race was between the De
tTOlt ana fnltaueipEld crews anu TIE Ittteh
reached the turning stake half length In
the lead. On the home stretch Detroit
caught the Philadelph!ans. and then began
a struggle that set the spectators on the
shores to cheering. Nip and tuck 1t was
to the finish. Exiey and Medley Of the
champion Paris crew. who were In the
Nesper boat, were pulling with might and
main. and only after .. tremendous effdIt
did they land their boat winner by the
narrow margin Of two seconds
The first heat of the association singles
| YN-n Al, for m n al
phia and Marsh of the Don Club. Toronto.
Ferd de Moruello of the Young Mems Gym
nastic Rowing Club. New Orleans, was en-
tered. but could not take part because Of
Illness. Marsh won the race. The second
heat in the association singles was warm
race between tombstone OF Winnipeg and
Titus of New York. Juvenal OF this city
never caused them sny anxiety: tombstone
reached the turning point first by a stroke.
this was disqualified for the finals after
finishing second to Johnstone. Juvenal was
given second place.
Detroit won the first heat in. the inter-
mediate doubles. partly through the bad
turning OF the stake OF the New York A.
y pair. The latter reached the turning
buoys first. but were so long In getting
around that Detroit stole the lead from
them and was never headed. The second
York.
st. Louis Defeats vespers.
Fesperss bad steering in the: senior four
even had much to do with their defeat by
the St Louis four. The Phtladelphfans had
the Western men well In hand, hut bad
work at the turning point lost them the
lead and, several lengths. When the home