The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-31
Harlem Club Beat Columbia.


New York, May 30.-Thousands of spec
tators witnessed the races of tho Harlem
Regatta Association. held on the one
mile Speedway course, Harlem River to-
day. The water was in fair condition all
day. 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 a whole, were salts
fled with the results of the first open
regatta of the season, 1t took some time
to get the senior Fights In line because
of the flying start and strong tide: There
were three crews in the race, Columbia,
New York Athletic and Harlem Club OF
New York. The New York Athletic Club
got the better of the start, but had not
gone an eighth before they were over
hauled by Columbia and Harlem. Then
came one of the prettiest eight-oared
| races ever seen on the Harlem River be-
| tween the Columbia and Harlem crews
| 1t was neck and neck struggle to the
| finish, the Harlems winning by four 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 third
| Frazer. of the Columbia University a
mere boy. got q lead over Hunt and won
| easily, The Association single event
proved a comparatively easy race for
Scholes of Toronto. who had no trouble
| to get lead a few feet after the start
| and was never headed. In the senior sin
|
got away before the others at the start
| Juvenal. the Philadelphia. fell back af
| ter the quarter and was outclassed. Bond.
| another Philadelphia. was soon back
with Juvenal At the half Titus had Il
| lead of a length, but after the half. seem
ed to be up to his limit. while Scholes
| had plenty of grit left and gradually
closed up. At the three-quarters thay
were on even terms and Scholes gradual.
| " drew away and won by a length and
| a half Budre, the Bohemian scullcr. was
| close third 1t was a grand raHc from
| start to finish and, although Titus claim
| ed that Scholes rowed out of his course,
the New Yorker was beaten fairly on his
| merit Titus was rowed out at the finish.
while Scholes did not seem TO be unusu-
| ally tired.
The naval reserve race proved one of
| the best contests of the day. The two
| crews which were from the New N"rh
| naval reserve. fought desperately hut
could not get away from each other.
| Within an eighth of the finish Division
| No 2 crew had enough left I'm them to
| squirt and won by a small margin. The
| final in the junior eight WAS the speCtac-
ular contest of the days sport. Four
crews faced the starter-Atalanta. New
York Athletic Club and two crews from
Columbia University. The crews Kept
well punched for nearly half the distance
when the New York Athletic Club got :.
| slight lead The Atalantas second and
| Columbia crews third and fourth respec-
| lively The positions remained unchang-
! ed until the seven-eighth The Atalantas
were beaten out Il trifie by the Columbia
| freshmen. The race was such "A fierce
| contest that all previous Harlem River
| records were broken. In the senior toul
| Dared shells the vespers of philadelphia
had a pleasure row. winning as theN
pleased from the Atalantas of New YORK