The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-02

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 Fcur pared scull race between crews from Century Boat Club of St. Louis and Western Rowing Club of St. Louis, straigntaway course of one-half mile because of a fcul in the second heat which knocked hcle in the Century racing machine.
 Time of first heat:
 Century. Western: Start .............-....3I9:V0 S:d9:VV Finish ... ..................3:2. 30 3:22:S2 Time of winners three minutes, thirty seconds
 boat length ahead of Western.
 SECOND EVENT
 Single scull race between F. Demourelle and John J3iglCr, Jr., both representing the Young Mems Gymnastic Rowing Club of New Orleans. One mile course from finish lire up river half mile around ~ Demourelle. Bigler. Start . 3:29:W Turn ..... ....................3:34 .3:34:W S:54 :Vl Finish ....................3:S .3:S6:l4 o:oo'lo Time of Demourelle seven minutes four teen seconds. Bigler crossed the line haII a length behind Demourelle.
 THIRD EVENT
 Double scull race between crews rep resenting Century Boat Club of St Lotus and Young Mems Gymnastic Rowing
 
 from finish line up river half mile around stake and back to finish. ..
 New Orleans. Century. Start ... .....,..............34 46:00 3:4o:V Turn ....................3' '4S 70 lS 1S Finish . 3:52;4O 3:oZ AZ Time of New Orleans crew six minutes forty seconds. The Century crew crossed the line two good boat lengths ahead
 Five thousand persons witnessed the boat races in the Alabama River yester- day afternoon between crews from St. Louis and New Orleans.
 Regatta Day was one of the most sue cessful of the Fall Festival attractions. It was the first time in the history Of the Alabama River that the long slender racing machines had ever sped over it's murky bosom and it was the first time in the lives of many of the thousands that they had seen rowing races with men at the oars who have regulations extending from the Mexican Gulf to the St. Lawrence River.
 The regatta was a far greater success than was contemplated either by the Festival management or by the oarsmen.
 "We came here expecting to give merely an exhibition under the direction of a business mems organization" said John J. Schaab. president of the South eastern Amateur Rowing Association, but it turns out that we have given as good an exhibition of rowing races as is ever given under the auspices of the big amateur regatta clubs.
 There were three events on the card, me of them having been added when the representatives of the Young Men Gymnastic Rowing Club of New Orleans reached Montgomery yesterday morning. To the surprise and qualification of the Regatta Committee of the Street Fair Association the New Orleans oarEmen brought along two single racing machines and the single scull event rowed between F. Demourelle and John Bigler Jr., of New Orleans was added to the program Demourelle and Bigler are both members of the Young Mems Gymnastic Club Of the Crescent City of which the Young Mems Gymnastic Rowing Club is an ad- junct. This organization is composed of the representative young business and professioal men of New Orleans. Demour- elle is within one notch of being the champion amateur single scull oarsman in the United States, being excelled only by Ten Eyck who is practically retired from racing.
 The party of oarsmen from New Orleans reached Montgomery at o'clock yesterday morning. The party consisted of James J., Woulfe, ex-president of the Young Mems Gymnastic Club and mana ger of its rowing adjunct, F. Demou- Telle and John Bigler. single oarsmen; J. Ravanack and J. Wells. double oared
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