The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-31
GREAT SPORT At
HARLEM REGATTA
Junior Eight Had a Spectac-
uIar Finish
NAVAL RESERVES HOT FIGHT
In Senior Four-oared Shells, the YES
pers of Philadelphia Had a Pleas
ure Row, Winning as
They Pleased.
NAVAL RESERVES HOT FIGHT

New York, May S0.-Thousands OF spec
ta.ors witnessed the races of the Harlem
Regatta Association, held on the one
mile speedway course, Harlem river, to-
dav The water was in fair condition
all dav. although the wind was little
TOO strong for the shells during few
of the races. The honors were evenly
divided among the local and philadelphia
clubs. and the oarsmen. as whole were
satisfied with The results of the first open
regatta OF the season.
It took some time to get the senior
Fights in Inc because OF the flying start
and strong tide. There were three crews
In The racc-CoIumbia, New York Attn
letic and Harlem Club of New York
The New York Athletic Club got the
better or tho start. but had not gone an
eighth before they were overhauled by
Columbia ard Harlem, Then came one
of the pretticst eight races ever
seen on the Harlem between Columbia
and Harvard crews. 1t was neck and
neck struggle tic tae finish, the Harlems
winning by fo:lr feet and breaking all
previous records.
In the final heat Of the Junior single
SOULS. Hunt of the Metropolitan Rowing
Club. kept lead for the half. but wore
himself completely out and finished sec
ond. Frazer of Columbia University, a
mere boy, got lead over Hunt and won
easily. The association single event
prnved comparatively easy race for
SchoIes of Toronto. who had no trouble
TO get a lead a few feet after the start
and was never headed.
Hunt Went to the Bad.
In the senior single race the star event
of the day. Titus got away before the
others at the start. juvenile, the Phila-
delphan, fell back after the quarter and
was outclassed. Bond, another Philadel-
phian, was soon back with Juvenile, and
kept him company, both doing some
snlashing 1t the three-quarters they
cane back on even terms and Scholes
gradually drew away and won by a
length and a half. Budre, the Bohemian
gculler, was a close third. 1t was grand
race from start to finish and, although
Titus claimed that Scholes rowed out Oh
his course the former was beaten fairly
on his merit. Titus was rowed out at the
finish while Scholes did not seem to
be unusually tired.
Naval Reserve a Hot Fight.
The naval reserve race proved one of
the best contests of the day. The two
crews, which were from the new fork
Naval Reserve, fought desperately but
could not get away from each other
Within an eighth of the finish division
No. 2 crew had enough left in them Il
squirt and won by a small margin.
The final in the Junior eight was tn
spectacular contest of the days spor
-Four crews faced the starter-Atalantf
New York Athletic Club and two crew
from Columbia University. The crew
kept well punched for nearly half tn
distance when the New York Athletl
Club got a slight lead. the Atalantas sec
ond and the Columbia crews third ant
fourth respectively. The positions re
NAMED unchanged until the seven-eghth:
was reached The New Yorks then in
creased their lead slightly and won by
half length The Atalantas were beater
out a trsfe by the Columbia freshmen
The race was such a fierce contest that
all previous Harlem records were broken
In the senior four-oared shells the Yes
pers of Philadelphia had pleasure row
winning as they pleased from the Alta
lantas of New York. Summaries:
Association Single Sculls-Won by Louis
scholes. Toronto. Canada; F. Vesselly
Bohemia of New York. second. Time
B42H
Junior Single Sculls-Final heat won by
A. Frazer. Columbia University; D. A.
Clery, Nassau B. C. of New York. Sec
ond. Time: G:32.
Senior Single SOULS = Won by Louie
Scholes. Don r. c., Toronto. Canada; S.
c. Titus Union of New York second
Budre, Bohemian B. c. of New York
third Time: Gil
Naval Reserve Twelve-Oared Cutters