New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
NASSAU SWEEPS RIVER
TRIUMPH IN THREE RACES
MeMhof Beats Shepheard in Fine
Contest in Senior Single Souls.

The Nassau Boat Club carried off the honors of
| the day yesterday by winning three races In the
| sixth annual regatta Of the New York Bay
Regatta Association the Speedway course or
| the Harlem River. The principal event "h1ch
| thev won and which easily the best OF, the
| day. was the race for senior single scullers 1t
was won by William Mehrhof, with Fred Shep-
heard of the Seawanhaka Boat Club. a close
second
Although 1t was expected that Mehrhoff would
| win many experts who had Shepheard row
| in the last weeks thought he had a good
| chance to redeem himself. of to good start the
two-rnen kept together well up TO the threequar-
| ters mark, when Shepheard caught crab BY
the time he recovered his oars he two lengths
TO the bad but, despite this handicap he put up
a fine race and only beaten out by scant half
length. David McDatee, of the Metropolitan Row
! ing Club third
1t anything but rowing weather. but at
| that the oarsmen did Is good work as has been
seen in local regattas in years. With the
exception of the first two races of the day, the
Junior single gigs and the junior four-oared gigs
close finishes marked every event the winning
crews fghting il out to the last ounce 70 win by
less than three feet. What appeared to many as
fine race as had been was that of the junior
eight-oared shells. This event was won by the
.te+ronolitan Rowing Club with the Harlem Row
ing Club the only other starter, less than two
feet in the
After a good start the two crews kept together
TO have the better of it; and from all appearances
looked like the winners But the Metropolitan crew
was waiting for its opportunity, for after rowing
| natientIy UP to the three-quarter mark the crew
| took the lead by half boats length and main
] tanned it 10 the finish. The early efforts of the
EarIenls had told on them, and when It came to the
squirt they tried hard. but had to be content with
second honors Several of the men in both boats
colapsedEa at the finish
As wax expected J. A Miller. Sd, of the New
York Athletic Club the association single scull
| event His victory, however. was not so easily
j won as some of the experts expected George
! Corum Of the Ravenswood Boat Club. who finished
second put up a fine race and many were inclined
n believe that If the race had been little longer
| he would have won. R. c. Peck, of the Palisade
Boat Club, Yonkers finished a close third
| The Nassau Boat Club had practically a walk
over in the intermediate four-oared gig. Jumping
i+o tho lead at the flash of the gun the kept
nrettv we'll in front up the half mile Here the
/ Metropolitan hit it up a little and seemed TO
have look-in, but the coxswan either did not care
for the race or else had lost his head and steered
the crew into the shore narrowly escaping banging
rho she'll 70 bits and giving the oarsmen a little
| swim for their money. Fortunately Callahan the
| captain of the club, who was standing on barge
which incidentally acted the press boat got hold
| of the bow and held II until the coxswain recov-
| ered and gave orders TO the to reverse. The
I Nassaus won they pleased, with the crescent
| Athletic Club who their race last week IN the
! Hudson River regatta, second.
|
winning the senior fouroared barge race and in SO
| doing defeated the Hudson Boat Club crew. whlch
! had things its way last Saturday II was not
| an easy victory, however, for both crews fought
ont every inch of the ground, and 1t was only IN
the last hundred yards that the latter crew fall
tered When it recovered the Harlenls had slight
! lead and took the honors by less than two feet
! The Valencia Boat Club was bad third.
| It was estimated that more than five thousand
persons saw the races. The spectators were lined
| along the Speedway course. while many were out
in all sorts craft from the ordinary rowooat 70
! q good sized yacht The racers were considerably
hampered BY the traffic on the river AT one time
| they had to wait for a tow nearly half an hour
! before the oarsmen started The races were
at mile straightaway. starting from the new
| Fordham Bridge 10 the Washington Bridge
The summaries follow:
| SUMMARIES
Roine cas: BAD Raaslsy Valencia Boat Club second
curtis a bow .iHoke A. Wia@s noa coaaSsin aSs
Rayensvood Boat Club Thomas McGee bow Is1a Henry
sS. wahnsaR Sa,suaD Boat Ilns Stein
Mona m9nasha0 ssroke DoT ! cear2 1sf 3Ds ozsran
!gnr saSs g ey AS5ye Sae Boa csR SF
wos9s eo1swan1 Sow sFsesfaa BoPt
f1qn fH6eseh ssiesee E Jo6n Meean stroke caya
Kahn bow. ] Lewis. 2; R Klatt, B. N Berckmann gn
stT9G s M6e aS3n R New Roohet Rowing Club
AtwoIth bow eofss aTn 6arT i6okel b6
harrington stroke second First bohemian Boat Club
CXiiIam Koudelka. Charles Psvec. stroke) third
! Time 40 ~. ~.
club: John A Sullivan Atalanta Boat Club. second
| William Russell PalIsade Boat Club third Time
Senior single shell-won by William Meh-hon; Nassau
ond: David McEntee Metropolitan Rowing Club. third
ssnor ouroared earsew2n by Harlem Eo Eo~Rs Club
| RYAN No 3: J. G. Hoben, stroke. Thomas Scnnnell
coxswain); Hudson Boat Club o. 6 Emery, bow II b
Short. No 2 J. ". Maney. No. 3 W J. Spencer.
! sroke), second: Valencia Poat Club Oh RAM bow G
Locke .. O. Bender No. 3; NJ Bercknann STROKE;
| =. Keller. coxswainl. third Time. : a. ~ .. -
Association single shelI-Won by A Miller. Sd' Dew Dew
York Athletic Club; George corum. Rayenswood Beat
Intermediate four-oared gig-V-on by Nassau Boat
| Club P J. Hngan bow: Robert tahelka. 2: w A
| Koher. 8: G. Hayward. stroke; f. Desvernmi cox
swain; Crescent Rowing Club a. Lyttle. bow; William
Koop. ?. F Fitchen g. c. Crab am stroke; r Wurner.
coxswanI. second: Metropolitan Rowing Club IL J Enl-
erscn. bow: o. Won Barthed. 2: H Van Bartheid 8:
David McEntee stroke: Warren Metz. coxs~ain). third
Time.
Junior eight-oared shell-won by the Metropolitan
| Boat Club (Thomas Burns bow; Harry Knappe, 2;
Charles GsIner. g. Walter Conway. 4: Frank Deerfng.
3: Janss 6; Frederick Harrington stroke; W j.
Daily. coxwainl, Harlem Rowing Cub Harvey Evans.
bow; J HnIlian. 2: s Schwartz g. Joe Kent a William
| 1um s. Harry Nelson. g. r. w Wood q; Frank
Bannon stroke; Edward Scannell coxwain second Only
| Two starters. Time 443 25