The sun., 1908-05-31
THREE RIRSTS FOR COLUMBIA
COLLEGE MEN ROW WELL IN
HARLEM REGATTA.
Freshman Eight Unable TO Hold New York
A. G. Boat, Which Takes senior Event
-Durando MILLER wins SOULS Race
Commerce Leads in SchoOlboy Dash,

-Durando Miller wins SOULS Race
Commerce Leads in Schooiboy Dash.
The Columbia and New York A. @. crews
| carried OF the honon In the forty-second
annual regatta OF the Harlem Regatta Asso-
cintion on the Harlem River yesterday.
| Tho New York senior eight had little diff.-
| Guilty In winning from the only other entrant.
the Columbia freshman eight. Durnndo
Miller won the senior singles In easy fashion.
The only senior event In which the Travers
Island men were unable to get a clear victory
was in the senior doubles. in which there
was a dead heat between the Ravenswood
| and New York scullers. Columbia won
the junior and intermediate eights and the
intermediate four gigs.
| The day was one OF the worst that the
Harlem oarsmen have experienced in years.
| The first event was scheduled to come OF
| at o'clock, but when the gun was fired for
the start 1t was nearly 10. Meantime
handful OF enthusiasts stood along the Speed
way and on the docks near the finish. There
| was none OF the gay crowd and decorated
notilla Of pleasure craft that have marked
| previous regatta days. and before half OF
the mornings programme had been run
of there were only a few groups OF the more
ardent enthusiasts scattered along the course
| The first two races we're wed from Wash
| ington Bridge to the Fordham Heights Bridge.
| but the course was reversed In all the others
| except those In the late afternoon, when the
tide changed and made It impossible to row
down stream Rowing sharps said this
| was the first time in thirty years that
! the course had to be changed three times
during regatta.
| lhe surprise Of the day came in the school,
| boy race, when the High School Of Commerce
beat out the De Witt Clinton eight, who were
| the favorites. by only six feet. Stuyyesant
| High School brought up the rear. scarcely
hall bah hi,I ipfN rtntNr
| a good start and passed I he half mile quarter
OF a length TO the good. In the last quarter
| the Commerce boys gradually pulled ahead.
| The biggest crowd OF the day was on hand
for this race and the Speedway at the finish
| under Washington Bridge was jammsd with
rooters for the various crews. The men
| In the winning boat were rowing strong at
the finish, but the two ot her eiRhts were nearly
| all in.
Conmbia's junior four-oared gig met with
an accident which almost had a sad ending.
! Rice's combination got Off the mark with a
good lead and was a good length ahead
three hundred Yards from the start. The
heavy wind blowing against the tide had
kicked up an uncomfortable sea and the
Columbia boys drove the bow of their boat
clean into one of the larger sweils. The
| boat swamped Immediately and the oarsmen
| had TO jump clear. W. L. Demorest the
coxswsin. wore a suit of heavy oiskins and
in addition was tangled up In the tler ropes.
so that ne was having some trouble when n
police launch A OF the harbor saua d. under
| command Of Lieut.. Mott. came up and pulled
him out. The four, other men were dragged
ont with no little difficulty and taken to the
Columbia boat house,
Beyond sigh, chilling the bath had no
| crews continued through the rough water
and the race was won by the Wahnetah Boat
club Of r. Flushing: With the First Bohemians
The out of town contingent Jared ba dly
ing Club of Buffalo won The former. and the
latter vent to n /, Smith & Of ~ the vesper Boat
co Css Of poor Ia the k four
, Dared gigs, which was won by. Columbia
Dniyersity by by Aye , lengths, p With b. the he HUDSON
After the frst three -ausr.,ers Of the Esce
| York Athletic Club had things all his own
way ipthe senior single sculs. Fred Fuessell
sO so%idfrses "A; Ss on Msr ihS ys erps other
wanhaka crack. were punched with MCGEE,
lost o his lead to NIehrhoir Of the Nassau Miller
won by several lengths OF open water. The
! race was rowed In driving ranstorm which
kept up throughout he afternoon,
The New foTk Athletic Ciqb % won the senlp.
freshmen e by two Ts sng % hs Of open open water. The
| Athletic Club crew took the lead on the first
| few strokes and were never headed. although
by the Columbians. Earlier in the day the
Blue, and White Youngsters had completely
They They Jumped on WITH the pis, ol and won BY
seven lengths over the. New York University
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first place In the intermediate eghts. which
the sophomore crew captured without half
trying.
University and Union Club eights. These
two crews were going at it stroke for stroke
1 hat fl,ran ~ ma phan hn
of the University boat lifted out and dragged
through the water censidersbly checking
swain got his rudder out OF the water the
crew spurted and were only beaten by half
| a length. although several OF the men were
Rudolph yItacek Of the First Bohemian
Boat Club. who had been considered a neg
Imaginable, The hTst heat was only a
The final was a repetition OF the heat yitacek
pulled ahead with long. even stroke and
he e a RsWns Gab wa OF B o0~PFSSs PSss
fSa'sss tSe SasssSs aus third and John Kusnhe Of the
[ slower slower than Durando Mlller's time in the
senior souls and was AGAINST the d wind. while
| the New York A. G.. man had both the wind
%05nnE Tsss hndersd :.
Of Of Lieuts. leu Mot Mott and Mucare kept the course
| well patrolled and the more important events
| were not interfered with by boats on the
| course. The summary:
| intermediate Double Sculis-won by MetYopoli-
| tan Rowing Club with r. 8. Emerson, bow, and
A. s. Corbett, stroke Hudson Boat Club. second
| with w. j. Spencer, bow and /. ]. Emery, st roke
| Nassau Boat Club third. with W. A. kohler. bow
and F.. q. Tonk. stroke. Time minutes 50 rs
intermediate Single sculs-won by Frank Shea.
| Shcepshead Bay Rowing Club; Garry Bryant, Raw
| enswood Boat Club, second j. Thompson, Nassau
| Boat Club. third. No time taken.
Junior Eight Dared Shells-Won by Columbia
University With W. Kinney, bow: w. Herbert, 2: 3.
| Pitt, g. j. LoyeJoy. 4; r.. Ransom, g. F. Miller, o.
E. Phillips, 7: N. B. Catch. stroke and W. B. Eddi
| SON. co1swain New York University, second with
A. Young bow; s. Bernstein. 2; v. Auat. s: 4. More,
g. A. Helser, 8. ". Smith, 8: A. Kraus, 7: w. Rey-
| noids stroke, and A. Ackerman, co1swaln; Union
| boat Club third. with W. o'Bricn. bow; c. Schnei
| der ?: NJ Molanphy, 8: ]. Ryan. 4; y. Vincent s;
| q. Hayden Soxswain. Time. minutes q seconds,
| Junior Dodblc Sculswon by First Bohemian
| Boat Club, with J. Suchanek, bow; and r. Lag
| novsky, stroke Metropolitan Rowing Club. second
with &. ". Goner, bow. and W. Conway, stroke
bow, and R; T. DugHy. strSEe i,. Ne II time , taken:
| by ". NJ Aman, Mutual Rowing Club, Buffalo,
| 9. L. Buger, Union Boat Club, Albany. second:
z. r. Muller, Nassau Boat Club third. Time.
Senior Double Sculls-Desd heat between Ravens.