Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08
NEW WORKERS BEST
| AT. DETROIT REGATTA
Captures Four Races and
Canada Takes the
Other Three.


DETROIT, Mich, August 1.-The New
York Athletic Club this afternoon won
the senior eight championship Of the
American Association of Amateur Oars
men, the final event of the thirty-sev-
enth annual regatta, after a magnificent
race in which they were challenged every
inch of the way by the Argonauts of
Toronto and the Detroit Boat Club crew.
Wind and water conditions were perfect
when the five Fights went across the
starting line. and the race was won in
the fast time of six minutes and five Sec
onds.
Canada and New York this afternoon
divided first place in all Of the events.
Four firsts were credited to New York
oarsmen of four different clubs. and Ca
nadians took the remaining three.
Had James Cosgrave of Toronto steered
straighter course in the final of the
senior association single SOULS Canada
would have placed another first to her
credit, for the Toronto man finished first
by two lengths, to be disqualified for
fouling William Merhoff of the Nassau
Boat Club, New York, who was given
first place. Cosgrave and Merhoff bump
ed together at about the three-quarters,
and the judges held that the little Cana
dian sculler was in the New York man s
course, and therefore to blame.
Hard Struggle.
The senior eight championship was
conceded by veteran oarsmen to be one
of the hardest fought races in the his
tory Of the association. There was
never a full boats length between the
! three leading shells throughout the mile
and Il quarter Of the race. Minnesota
spurted at the start. and held a short
lead for about an eighth of mile. New
York. the Argonauts and Detroit then
three shells fought for the lead from
that point to the finish line. AS they
passed the mile post the three shells
| were Tapped, with New York leading
slightly. Minnesota by that time had
fallen two lengths to the rear of the
leaders. with the Wyandotte crew sew
eral lengths behind them.
By a desperate squirt, which neither
Detroit nor the Argonauts could equal,
the New Workers held their lead to the
with the nose Of the Argonaut boat a
| dozen feet behind their bow and De-
troit ten feet behind the Canadians.
AS was expected. the senior four
contest. The New York Athletic Club
four. which yesterday won the interna-
tional four-oared event from the same
crews that started in tOday's senior
Id5e, was IIOl Stdl (cu ILLS dl lCIliUOIt, dS
its members were all to row later in
the eight. The Ottawa Rowing Clubs
four. which lost yesterdays event after
leading for mile. won this afternoon
after rowing q splendid race, in which
they led practically all Of the distance:
Tn Arundels OF Baltimore, who nosed
out the Ottawas for second place yes
terday, could not do better than third
this afternoon. The Canadian four show
ed much better .generalship and man
IoO NJ their than thew did
yesterday.
Champion O'Neill.
John W. O'Nef1l OF Halifax, N. S..
made himself champion of the senior
single SOULS by decisivelya beating Fred
Shepherd and Durando Miller of New
| York O'Neill jumped into the lead at
the start, and never relfnquished it. To
propitiate the goddess Of luck; he rowed
In the green-striped jersey which former
Champion Greer. now his trainer. wore
when he won four championships. Mil
Ter of the New York Athletic Club
showed good pluck and speed in taking
second place from Shepherd of the Har-
lem Rowing Club.
Champion ONeill tasted defeat from
Fred Fuessel of the Harlem Rowing
Club, New York, in the Quarter-mile
dash for senior single SOULS. just before
he won his championship. Fuessel show
ed q great burst of speed in the short
jas h. and won 1t decisively. The event
was one of the picturesque features Of
the regatta, as the shells started just