New-York tribune., 1909-09-30
sAILORS RACE ON RIVER
-,uERIC.fN O4RSMEN"WIN
c,rmans .flso SuccessfsI'in Interna-
fiOnal Contests.


as rnan-o'-warsmen's day on the Hudson
= yesterday. ard right jolly one they made
b. sor the picked boat crows of tine battleships
q ,,;sers and Of the naval militia and revenue
pa service met in tie sport that is nearest
'ulH bsarts-rowing races in the big navy cut
ut ,hat require muscle and brawn to propel.
m week mOre-in fact, ever since the
- n the foreign warshps-officers and crews
a. eagerly discussed the coming boat races, for
hs" hs. 15beral prizes were offered by the Hudson
- celebration Commission. Crews were
- from the hundreds or each ship, and there
-. rractice spins every day and even after dark.
~ noon yesterday. when the races were TO
p rbe tackles about every ship in the great
. mai swings al anchor for miles up and down
Il -5rer had more or less money put up on their
-ae crews. and they lined up the star
"a side Of their ships their hearty cheers We're
- e,- both contestants and spectators to hear
1 s-ssnds lined the shore and Riverside Drive,
.uel 10 the course, watching the races and
ling. 100. especially when American boat
Eon
qIo,ors were evenly divided between Germany
a America in the races where foreign boats met
: competition the battleship Minnesota's crew
4rrfng one race, the international, while a cutter
-, me German cruiser Eiktoria I,uise won the
= in Class J. which was between crews of visit
g foreign vessels Germany was second in the
.-.ernational race. with crew from the same
~, italy being third in this race and second in
che
-,srnstonsl race the peculiar style Of rowing
/ : he Italian crew. each man rising from his
%rart 10 q standing position when he gave the
sroke 10 his oar
WEATHER CONDITIONS GOOD
Right sunshine and fairly smooth water. with a
air tide were the favorable conditions at 2I5 p m
- tbe FIRST race was called. The races which
IA been planned by the aquatic sports committee
/ = vbich Commander Alfred Brooks Fry is chair
sr were started from buoys noOred in the river
4 4 the Colonial Yacht Club, at West lS7th street.
,rs the course was TWO miles strsAigfEaway down.
-rsam Lieutenant O. W. Fowler. L. s. n. the
sss's athletic officer. belonging the Oattleship
rornecticut was the starter and referee, board
hs steam launch Mohican. with Commander Fry.
Ne Judge at the finish was Lieutenant u. p. Man
= It X Of the Mississippi Charles p. Tower.
s.orgs Gardiner Fry ard others OF the Hudson
Fulton commission kept lhe course eear WIKI the
-ag C. p Raymond.
Al a pistol shot from the Mohican the coXswains
= seven American cutters manned by foreign
,,sVs slipped the stern lines that held them the
sso,s and eighty-fOur blades took the water
: tbs first strdike. IN a few minutes each boat
vss fairly leaping through the water, her crew
Assred on by shouts from their shipmates on the
7ssas alongside the course. Before mile was
.vsred the Victoria Luisess boat had command
~ lead and the spoensiAaped blades. nashing in
ne sunlight, told that her sturdy German oarsrnen
vsre pulling thirty-fiVe strokes 70 the minute
Passing steamers made rough water FOR the
oats al times, but they AL had the same chance
Al H. Crews from the italia cruisers Etruraa and
Ena had q close race for second place. but they
vsre not able 70 cut down the lead OF the Ger
ssDs whose boat won by 16 seconds from the
Erura's The time for the TWO miles was ~
MINUTES The other entries were from the French
ElgIsh and Dutch navies The crews OF the Ger
uan ships which lay near the hnish, cheened long
End loudly when the winning cutter crossed the
Rye-oared gigs from the revenue cutters
Gresham Seminole, Androscoggin, 1tasca and No
lAEk 10 the line for the second race at S:lS
saock There was foul between two Of the boats
81 after the start so the committee recalled
aem al and restarted the race al 3.s0. The cox
sEsin OF the Gresham's cutter. having the wester-
position Of the six boats, steeTsd good course,
1d his men, rowing strong. steady stroke OF
lb0ui forty the minute, showed out in front be-
ire the first half-miIe was covered. and she won
saEly BY four lengths from the Seninoie's crew
Tie Androscoggin's boat was third The winning
zsR was Carl Stranberg. John ReteTsen. A Hope.
Charles Hansen and / LucasherNdtz-
AMERICAN CUTTER RACE THE BEST
The most exciting contest Of the day was the
Ssslre-oared cutter race between the crews Of the
american batilsships Georgia, Louisiana, Connecu-
s1t Vermont and New Hampshire That Is ths
rider in which they finished but after the hrst ten
ziauiss the last three named crews were out OF
barring accidents
Al interest ahoat and ashore centred in this
are from the crack OF the pistol until the
Gsorga's crew sent their boat dashing across the
snsh line and tossed their oars They were the
Eiuners by half length from the louisiana men,
snd BY 100 yards from the Connecticut, which was
niEd The Vermont was fourth and the New
hampshire fifth. The Louisiaalas men, pulling /
.Ety-six strokes 10 the minute held the lead TOT
ne first mile but Of Grants TOMB the long steaoy
eIoke Of the Georgia's crew sent the bow OF ther
izab-colored cutter gradually out past her rlVsis
En6 while thousands on the American, hhgilsh ana
German ships yelled themselves hoaTse' the
Georgia's twelve held their lead TO the nnlsh-
stsered as straight as arrow by her coAswain' |
snd with Ensign L. z Raff, Of the l- Naval Bat
ilion encouraging his crew at every stroke. ihe
geE York Naval Militia ten-oaEed cutter won the |
ace for tha; class with the New Jersey battalion
tai second and the Brooklyn boat third 1fe New
York men rowed a steady -the-ninute |
Iaey won by about ten lengths
L was almost dark when the final race-the inter
astonsl-Was started There was no doubt about /
no would win FIVE minutes afzer the start, Tor the
isrshia Mlnresota's cutter, with tiny American
sag al her stem head. opened gap right away \
stRten herself and the German cutter from the
glforia Isiise and she was never headed, win