Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-07

the last of their power into the final few
strokes.
Gordon Wins Senior Singles.
The first race of the seventeen scheduled
on the program to he pulled off was the
association senior single. and the open
ing gun was fired by Commodore Harry
Penn Burke president Of the Middle
States Regatta Association.
Wallace B. K!are of the Arundel Boat
Club Baltimore set the pace In this open
ing event. the association senior single
but at the bridge he misjudged his arch'
lost stroke by setting too close TO liIe
ahutment and after that 1t was Two
man race between 9. +. Gordon or tne
West Philadelphia Boat Club and Kay
rnond c. Peck of the Palisade Boat CUP
Yonkers. y. Y. Gordon won with a iehsoi
and a half Of open water to spare
Frank Shea of the Sheepshead bay
Rowing CLUB BROOKLYN, the only other
contestant was little, if any. better thah
klare at the finish.
Barge Grew Runs Away.
The PENNSYLVANIA Barge Club of Phila-
delphia made a runaway of the second
race, the junior four-oared gig They had
y half length to the good at the bridge,
and, with plenty of pull left in them at the
finish and opening more water at every
stroke they crossed the line three lengths
to the good. The Manayunk Boat Gun
crew was all in, but il held second ny
Il narrow margin, with the New Rochelle
Rowing Club and the Ariels of Baltimore
about tie for third.
Local Men Not In 1t.
Two Potomac Boat Club men-Davis
and Gorman-in the junior single, were
the first Washington rowers TO take part
in the regatta. Much interest was also
manifested in the work of Sand, the Ger
man contestant In the Olympic games,
who came 10 Washington especially to
compete in the regatta Sand got away
we'll but he lost stroke by striking the
bridge abutment with his Starhoard oar,
and near the three-quarter mark he fouled
Hooper of the New York Athletic Club. and
then. being hopelessly out of the running,
he quit. Both local men rowed a good
race but both were distanced by the
speedy Allison. who had easily two
lengths to spare as he crossed the line.
Fourth to the Vespers.
The Malta Boat Club Oft Philadelphia
did not participate in the fourth race,
senior four-oar shell, and the Vespers of
Philadelphia drew away steadily from
the Arundels of Baltimore, winning with
two lengths TO spare.
Olympian Won GAIA Loses.
Bernard Won GAIA. champion of Ger
many and another Olympian athlete, took
part in the fifth event, the senior single
Quarter-mile dash. The struggle between
Won GAIA and Fred Fuessell. the Harlem
Rowing Club crack. was q beauty and
the latter won by q Scant quarter length.
Miller of the y. Y. A. c. was third
Quads Raced Well.
The sixth race produced one of the
prettest contests of the first half of the
program between the New Rochelle Row
ing Club of New Rochelle, n. Y, and the
Pennsylvania Barge Club of Philadelphia,
in the intermediate quadruple SOULS. The
latter led by about a quarter length to-
the three-auarter mark off Little river.
but from that point the New Rochelle lads
showed increasing power with every
stroke. and they won, going away, with
full length of open water to spare.
West Philles Win Doubles.
Naturally all eyes centered upon Harry
Bennett. the Springfield (Mass) Boat
Club crack, and his partner, Alexander
Warnock. in the seventh race-the senior
doubles. Brownell and Gordon of the
West Philadelphia Boat Club and Rvas
and Quinn of the New York Athletic Club
were the other contenders. The Spring
field lads took the lead with rush at
the start. and had a length to the good
at the bridge, but the West Philadelphia
Boat Club pair rcamc from behind at the
tnree-Quarter mark, and their stamina
told at the end. as they won by a length
and half, with the n. Y. A. c. crew
second and Bennett and Warnock. hold
ers of the champions won at the ma
uonal regatta, poor third.
Potomac Colors Waved.
The Potomac Boat Clubs colors waved
brightly when it's junior eight won the
closing and most important event of the
morning program The youngsters time
was 5.13 and the Arundels', who were sec
ond. SIG 2-5. The Ariels crossed the line
in 5.21 This was the last race before
lunch.
Summary of Results.
Association senior singes-S F. Gordon,
West Philadelphia Boat Club, Pa. won
Raymond c. Peck. Palisade Boat Club.
Yonkers. n. Y. second; Wallace B. Klare,
Arundel Boat Club, Baltimore. third.
Time 6:12 20.
Junior four-oared gigs-Pennsylvania
Barge Club, Philadelphia, won: Mana
yunk Boat Club. Philadelphia, second
New Rochelle Rowing Club. New Ro-
chele. N Y. third. Time. 5.AS 40
Junior SInSleS-GeOFSe W. Allison, west
Philadelphia Boat Club, Philadelph. a,
won; Sergeant p. Martin. University
Barge Club. second: w. L. CARRIER. Ariel
Rowing Club. Baltimore. third Time,
6.2o&4.
Senior four-oared shells-Vesper Boat
Club. Philadelphia, won: Arundel Boat
Club, Baltimore, second. Only two start
ers Time. 30 $40
Senior single cuarter-mile daSh-Fred-
erick Fuessel. Harlem Rowing Club. New
York city. won; Bernard Won GAIA, Ru-
dergesellschaft Viking. Prussia, second
James y. Miller, New York Athletic Club,
New York city. third. Time. Los.
intermediate quadruple SOULS. New Ro-
chelle Rowing Club. New Rochelle, won:
Pennsylvania Barge Club, Philadelphia.
second; Union Boat Club, New York city,
third Time, 90
Senior doubles-West Philadelphia Boat
Club, Philadelphia. won: New York Ath-
letic Club, New York city. second: SPRING
field Boat Club, Springfield, Mass. third
Time, 5.32.
Junior eight-oared shells-Potomac Boat
tluo, Washington, d. c., Won; Arundel
Boat Club. Baltimore, second: Ariel Row
lng Club, Baltimore, third. Time, 5.l3
MENACED BY FOREST FIRES.