The Washington times., 1906-07-01

a frenzy or excitement. On and on
shot the shells, their stroke sppa~enf
" in perfect unison until the last fevv
yards when the Whites Observing, ~.
fUtility OF further effort rested on tbei-
Otrs 't-rs.. ana iG the Reds sped over the finish
about three quarters Of a length in the
lead The time was minutes and Is
seconds.
Great Single Duel.
Following the eight-oared shell race
came the junior single. in which Daily
and German figured.
As the long singles were lowered into
the blue waters Of the Patomac. the
crowds lined along the shore and the
club house Veranda began 10 shout Sew
er'dl members of the eight rushed for
ward with towels and began TO Fan
DAILY as he stepped into the fragile
craft he took The joke gOOd-naturedly.
When German appeared he was given
a similar ovation.
1t Only took the men a short time 10
ger on. II was 4 beautiful exhibition
Of skill The oars OF the two men Dip
ped almost rhythmicaily. and almost
precisely at the same instant. Far ID
the course they kept side by side. but
as the distance between the starting
point and the finish Iessened the strain
began 20 tell upon German His stroke
became slower and weaker. until at the
tasJ quarter he was rowing only Il
twenty-five stroke.
During the first part Of the race Cor
man exerted himself too much and
Wn6n he had traversed half the distance.
he was tired Daily, on the other hand
took the strain gently and maintained
a strong, steady thirty stroke 10 the
II showed when the referee called out
the time, 10 minutes, 81 seconds. that
he had lowered his own record for
previous races
Juniors Surprised Mixed.
In the junior eight and the mixed
eight. a great surprise was sprung. The
mixed eight was made up OF all sea
sOned members. who were masters Of
the stroke and who had figured in
numerous regattas- And accordingly.
when the junior crew shot across the
finish by five lengths, there was gasp
OF astOnishment on all hands. This
crew viii also be sent by the club 10
participate IN the approaching regatta.
The mixed crew, as II was officially
called. started OF with a strong eas-
stroke, and II was with grave express
sions Of sympathy that the spectators
whispered their SOTries into each
others ears.
The shells had progressed but a short
distance when. much 10 the surprise OF
the spectators the juniors were seen to
pull ahead As they sped forward the
Juniors got I'D a little faster stroke.
while the mixed crew tried TO- bun
was unable At the haif-mile mark the
mixed crew again tried 10 spurt This
was precisely what the juniors were eX-
Decung. and they. too. SpUTted- TIE
last TWO minutes saw the shells fairly
living through the water Within 2
dozen yards or the finish the mixed
crew again made a last struggling effort
TO surge forward. but IL was too late.
the juniors moment before had shot
across the finish line. with about "a
thirty-twO stroke. the time being 5.2is
for the mile
All events were over Z straightaway
course for a mile. with the exception
Of the special single and the eiEht-0srpi
race. which were over a mile and a
half course.
The Summary
Special singIe-Won by Joseph Daily.
Time. 1875
One and one-haIf mile race for eight
cared shells-Won by Reds tBel Ken
gla. BRASIL. Druray Miller. Dugannc.
ConcriO. Freeman. Hanecke. cOxswainl.
Time 2,l5- Whites (COrdua King Ros-
well. LanfOrd. Shaefer. Finney. Bocock.
Kennedy. SwindeI. cOxswainl. second.
Time 5,12
One-mile race. for eight-oared shells
Won by Junior eight CBell. Cordua Ken
nedy, Duganne. COncriO. BoCOck. Drury,
Shaefer. Hanecke. COXsWain)- Time
5-02- Mixed CdcGOwan. BOcock. Her
man. Bliss. Freeman, Daily Miller. Fin
ney. Swinden. cOXsWain), second Time,
5:1S
One-mile race, for single scuIls-Yon
by McGowan- Time. 6-05.