New-York tribune., 1904-09-06
TITUS FIRST ON HARLEM.
Eight Dared Centipede Fast IN
Middle States Regatta.

Close finishes and much enthusiasm marked the
fifteenth annual regatta Of the Middle States Re-
gatta Association. Seventy entries were ON tbs
programme The feature OF the day was the Junior
octupie scull centpede race. innovation in this
part OF the country. Four boat clubs entered ~
Metropolitan Rowing Club the Harlem Rovvips
Club. the Union Boat Club and the Hudson Boat
Club. ali OF this city. The Union oarsrnen got the
pest OK the start but the Harlem's men were close
behind The other two were boats length be-
hind This handicap was maintained until half
OF the journey had been travelled: here the Unioa
ana the Harlem crews drew away and fought =
out nip and tuck until the finish The iu5~es
caught the Union first by the small margin
OF quarter Of a second. The time beat that OF
the junior eght-oared scuil said be the iiveest
craft on the river. by twelve seconds 1t was plain
that Swo oars were better than one
constance S. Titus. OF the Atlanta Beat Club Is
back IN his oldtime rowing form. and defeated
some OF the speediest scullers the Harlem Diyis
B. Dufheld. Of the Detroit Boat Club. who was one
or Htus's opponents. and who recently won the
association single scuIs at the National Regatta.
was badly beaten yesterday. The men we're finally
sent on TO good start Titus and F'uesseI i'm
meolately began 10 draw away from the rest
Nesey only half a boats length away, The lat
Ter, with Duheld began to creep up on the lead
ers but this effort told immensely on them and
they fell back hopelessly beaten. Wesley however
came @ on and ma1aged 70 obtain third prize. There
sound of the pistol
IL StlS AntctlleudIe el6ltS. the ArEOnaut Row
over the Union and staten Island crews. Anothe-
The Malta crew. from Phiiadelphia. was a hot
fsyorite the race was thought practically over as
however, was not as had been expected. The
start. and maintained it's lead. a little over ono
ana half boats length. 10 the finish. This closes
the open regatras for the season The summaries:
Intsrmediats single scuIIs-Won by Harry R Grant
fs Ssau .aeos5 sos5 cES Ia Eitzssrad Pasads Boat
Club. third Time. 5:45Z.
e, Senior four-oered sheli-won BY RavsnswOOd Boat
Vesper Boat b 3 I4hn HSsn stroks1
6pd intitis n ' ss ees0P' @ G E cre9SsE strqkel sec
ward Karney, 2; chas: Donnigar. 3; Chris DOaaigar
Junior four-oared gig-won by metropolitan Rowing
CLUB cW s Dunn. bow; Victor Clement. :: John Bur
PennsyiaaIa Barts eiaS raphs RnH1 1frs9 s9EsvAP ,
sToi ArshqT Halry eE e aE.E Z wa Smith %
lSss Host Club, Esw.Y0gk CIV H Hart bow: HaTtsrs-
sa9gSe, eoxsys,inl&. 3asvn,i & third =, Time 5:l2
Rowing Club. New-Y0rk a. GarIeish. bow; chss
PscH Sox aa6 .e. is c sso5S I9nsss q
EsPan BOW ges DTH . -9E 9r l'TbS % tsors'
TsnsooS Boat cab Io5S Sy Ere4 s4s2hsEd
RsIisads @ Be Boat e. Club YonAsEs second n De BaIche.
Senior f9uE-oared barge-won by Rosedals Boa.
Club Hoseken. n J. q; Southard bow; J; Gallagher.
swaInl; Valencia Boat Club Ho6oken. \; j a. D
W Aitksn. stTo4e; ". L HaFTona, eozsEaia7 seccnd
s Mecormaek. :: NJ II. Norris 3; e T. Begsr stroke;
William McGOW6ns cOXSWafnl. third Time
Jnuior single sculls-Final heat-Won by Wallace
= Glare. arundel Boat Club. Baltimore; w I Frseh.
Pennsyivania Barge Club. PHILADELPHIA second No
time taken
IntermedIats eight-oared shell-won by Arzonaut
Boat Club Toronto Canada &C. Ingles. bow: a Kerr
2: z. Balet. 3; x. Aitl1en. 4; A. Eel JVs 5: T. n
Grulbe, s: a Wallace Z. r. Murthry stroke: T. r.
Lslden. eoxswain); staten Island Boat Club &C. T.
Johnson. bow; II ! ScryniseT. ?. \. II Donald s.
Luce Z; p Sketan. stroke; ! A DOnnelly. coxsWafn
second. Time. 4:4sH-
Junior four-oarsd barge-Wou By Metropolitan Row
Ing Club. Nev-York "a s Dunn. bow: Y. Clement. .
]. Burdette, 3: r Hand, stroke; ". II. Dunn cox
swainl: Waxsriy Boat Club. Youkers q A Delaney,
bow; e B Keane. 2; e Reynolds. 3; r y Kirchner
stroke; G. x patterson coxSNain). second; Atlantic
Hsnke. 2; Arthur Haupsor- 2: F. Eosnig. stroke ".
Trenkaup. eoxswainl, third Time sos.
Senior single sculis-WOn By c s.
B. C. NeN-IocSi F. Flesse. Harlem r. c. New-York.
second: Frank Wesley. Fist Bohemian B c, Nsw-Tork
third. Time. 5:45it.
InteredSts auaarupls sculls Ccsntpedep-Won By Non
paretl r C, New-York clifton B. C. Staten Island
second: VeSper B. c. Philadelphia third. Time SIS.
Senior double sculls-Won b Atalanta B. c. IL J.
Mulcahy. bow. and ". NJ. Va-ey. strcke1 Ravenswood
B. c. Long Island o. Dunn bow and J. Haben. stroke).
Senior sight-oared sculis-woa by Potomac B. c.
Warrington, D, c. "a B. Boeoel bow; D. T. MCGOWAN.
2: D. = Bliss. 2: A. c. De Came. 4: r c. Scott. 5:
William Britt, Q; c. J. Mueller :; II. W Barlor stroke.
and Eddy'' Hanecks coxsvainl ArEonaut. Toronto &c.
Ingies. bow; A. Kerr. .; 2. Bafett 8; K Aitken,
A Fellows ); 7. P. Grubbe g. A Walsee. Z; r Mur-
thy. stroke and T. R LOudoR eoxswanO. second Malta
r. c, Philadelphia (W ~. West bow; Charles Kelly.
.: F. r. Datesrnan. 5: II. Burke !. W. n. Custer.
s. p. L Ord g; L II. Mclaughlin. Z: J. A. Eberson.
p c. Ayres, coxsvain, third. Time