Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-15
CENTRAL men
SHOW They ARE
BEST ON WATER
BIT LOUIS oARsMEN CARRY
AWAY FIFTEEN FIRsTs AND
QUINCY TROPHY CUP THROUGH
THEIR PRoWEss IN SHELLS.
THE REGATTA ENDS
WITH SENIOR EVENT

BEST RACES OF THE TWO DAYS
MEETING WERE SEEN YEsTER-
DAY WHEN REMARKABLE TIME
WAS MADE BY CONTESTANTS.
Central Rowing club, st. Louis,
IS medals and Quincy cup.
Mound City Rowing club, ST.
Louis, II medals.
North side Boat club, Quincy,
medals.
Western Rowing club, St. Louis,
medals.
ottumwa oarsmen, ottumwa,
medal.
Hats off to those Central men of st.
Loutown. By crossing the finishing
line half boat length ahead of the
Mound City oarsmen in the final
event Of yesterdays races, they stamp
ed themselves superior to all oars
men who have contested in the third
annual regatta of the Central States
Amateur Rowing association. The
great regatta has ended, having IN
Infinitely better close than a begin
ming. The senior races yesterday far
exce1led those Of the day before, be.
ing bitterly contested, not delayed in
starting and faster in time. Of course
this was expected, due to the knowl
edge of the game by the senior con.
testants, yet the restlessness apnar
ent in the stands Monday afternoon
was not visible yesterday and the
great crowds more thoroughly enjoyed
the day.
The drop In the stage of the river
had its effect upon the current, which
was somewhat less swift and the
events were run in even better time
than those of Monday. The Nor:f
Side Quincy club, which failed to wiz
in the Junior events, had better sue
cess in the senior class, capturing tbs
four Dared shell and the half mile
dash contests. Mound City took the
singles, Joe Lepping again showing
his superiority, while the Western
club of st. Louis walked away with
the doubles and the Central took the
pair cared event and the great barge
race.
Individual Work shone.
The individual work of sculler!
shone to a greater advantage thar
In the Junior events. due to two rea
sons. The current permitted the ex
ercising of greater skill and the ex
perfence of the senior men wa
brought into play. The first even
brought out another excellent exhibl
tion of rowing by Joe Lepping, tn,
star man Of the Mound City Rowin.
club. Lepping, after bad start
forced his frail shell to the front ant
maintained a lead the entire three
quarters mile distance, finishing tw,
boat lengths ahead of Otto thinner
man of the South Side Quincy clut
Fl. G. Floerke, the running mate c
Leppfng, deprived himself Of secon,
honors by laying back on his oar
Just before crossing the line.
John L. Joachem, who with H.
Langehening of the Western club pull
ed the winning shell in the doubles
also exhibited clever piece of row
Ing. Joachem's long experience i
shells was used to a good advantage
Western entry crossing two length
0u0du vi lie NOIGu otuG Grew. j. NlCl
esn and w. Valentine of the Centrs
stub pulled a great race In the pal
pared event and the occupants of tn
Central barge also demonstrated thei
skill
The Singles Race Well.
IL required three trials to get tn
singles off in line, Pedrick of Ottun
wa running little behind on the frs
and Lepping Of Mound City strikin
his buoy on the second. The star
gave Otto Zimmerman of the Sout
Side Quincy club a little the best {
the going, although Lepping steadiI
creeped up on the Quincy man all
finished the three-uuarter mile cours
fully two boat lengths ahead Lee
pings great form was again motto
able in this event Pedrick was pra
tically out of the running from til
start, being forced to pull in the N
5 water which was out of the curren
II. c.. Floerke, the Mound City's Sc
ond entry in the race showed goc
form, as did, T. j. Lenane of I'll
North Side G4incy club. zimmerms
collided with Lenane just below tt
finish and two Mound City men wei
to the Quincy mans rescue. Leppir
pulled about twenty-seven stroke.
Quincy Crews Battle.
Battle royal was the order in tf
four cared shell race between II
South and North Side Quincy eli