New-York tribune., 1909-09-07
HARLEM FULL OF CREWS
RACING I'LL DAY LONG
Baltimore Oarsmen Share Honor, ~
Regatta 1Cith Local Clubs.

largest number Of competitors that has evs- e'
listed under It's auspices. the Middle States -
gatta Association held one of the most succs,s
meetings In its career on the Harlem River -
terday. Spirited finishes marked every one a.
fourteen contests. which were held at ntery-s
from 8 O'Clock in the morning until sundov1 -
the visiting clubs the Ariel Boat Club, OF R,Se
more won the junior single and junior dors--
sculls and the junior eight cared shells. sba-,-.
the honors OF the day with the Harlem Rove,s
Club and the Wahnetah Boat Club. each OF ub,-aa
had three victories to its credit.
The most exciting OF the dav came Ian. q.
the afternoon, when the thousands who sss
thronged the Speedway and Washington Brfsz.
during most Of the morning and afternoon -
gone away With not more than half length -
tween the first and third crews. the junior -.
tupIe scuIls OF the Malta. Ataanta and lIe,ropor
tan clubs fought neck and neck from the st,-,
to within a quarter OF mile Of the finish Tb..
the Nets dropped back slightly. outrowed h.
sEy means for there lots OF sprint IN the b,ss
at the finish. and little further on Daugherv
who had been rowing No In the Malta eighf
collapsed. unable TO pull his SOULS through TIA
water. although he made desperate efforts to kee.
up with the rest
This gave the Atalantas an opportunity of wbich
they were not slow in taking advantage With tbs
same short snappy stroke Nhich had cLaracterizsi
their rowing from the start. the New York efgs,
forged ahead of the Phiadelphiaas and in a Bab.I
of noise finished a bare three feet In front OF ~
crippled crew. When the line had been crossed ar
of the men in the ATLANTA boat collapsed. and i
was several minutes before they came 10 after
vigorous showerrng Of water by Scanned, the cox
swain. The MetropOIitaus we're beaten less than
half a length by the Malta eight.
James F. CosgrOve. the sole representative a
the Argonaut Rowing Club. Ct Toronto. rowed q,
the senior quarter mile dash and IN the ssaio-
single scuIIs but in both races he was beaten IN
close finishes. first by Fred F'uessel. and then I'm
Fred Shephesrd. FuesseI's sculIing PARTNER, Fua.
sci got OF 10 bad start in the quarter-miIs dss
He spashed badly and got in some very rou-s
water. Cosgrove on the other hand got OF wsu
and in the first few strokes had lead OF a qss,
ter OF length. FuesseI. however when hs =.
straightened out lost little time in catching IN a.
the Canadian and at the furIong was on svs,
terms with him He fought off desrerats sur,.,
by Cosgrove and finished with lead OF four ts.s
II was almost ths same story in the one mls
event Cosgrove did not gain quite so much a. N.
start and Shepheard caught him sooner AZ tbs
quarter-mie mark Cosgrove was rowing in ban.
tful form half length behind the Harlem mar
He continued to lose ground 10 the thres-ousr,s,
mark. however. when ne sprinted and cut don,
Shepherds advantage 20 about length. He was
gaining on the Ipca1 oarsnau at the finish
Jim Rices four from the Arundel Boat CIu5 +,
the intermediate four-oared gigs ran in hard IycE
and finished a bad third when At times il sssr,st
to have more than a fair chance OF crossing ths
line in the van. The starter made mess Of things
and the Wahnetahs got on the line length ahead
y
water at the outset. but despite this handicap he'd
their own with the Union four. The Manayuuk
four, the other in the race, out OF IL after
the first half-dozen strokes
After losing the junior eght-oared shell race 70
the Ariel eight OF Baltimore, coached bv Ha--v
Mail. of Georgetown. the New Rochelle Rowing
Clubs eight roved splendid race in the ints.
mediate eights and defeated the Metropolitan Row
ing Club in nip and tuck contest By half Length
Of open water.
RoVing Clubs champion pair. made a RUNAWAY
affair OF the senior double sculls The Only Other
entry vas the Rsvenswood pair. Eorvan and For
tuna They wers ten lengths behind az the hnish
with Fuessel and Shepheard Ioafng
The summaries follow;
Junior tour-carsd gig-Won by Fatrn-o,l,- + 4 via
No g. R J. McBride. stroEe and : F5s1 eoTs4as
brandt No :: r ; McCabe. No 3. a g smith srsss
z. j. schneider. bow. T y Francis No ? P j Rysa
No. ;. W oBrisn. strose. ana " : Baniis co1sVan
Junior doubl. scuus-vou by Ariel r G with C
8 e. second with " J. MURRAY. ooH. and = A MILL
bow ana 3 Hyand s,3oss S55e' ris ss
rssss Soa and Is SSsG5, GR y ssTsm % ,.T5s Es
- secon4 with gsorSs Korwan bow, and John FoEr17s
Grover MuHson bow g. Ahrens NJ :. 81 9-Etusor 20
B and J. Matthews ir strose: tnor IS g. sscon5 Tiis
\ n L Pullman sn4 S0E , \ J. lsrAi7 y JurssH'aa
New Rochelle r c and Palissde 5 a. disqualified n
Intermediate double sc,Irs-Wor bv Wsbnsra5 3 C.
Win , Edward stspleon bow and R SraP=lon s-5'4s'
kronenberser. stroke; Harlem R a. th.rI win HsrF
Junior eight-oared shelIs-Wou by Arsl R5Nins ca
Teitb ~ ~ ~ s+SsIa ~ q "a - = " I" ~
ltnson No s; l. p Lausbon. No :. q Fooks. S-ess
second Nv. Kobe. bow; O. Anderson. NJ . R. Z rs
de Cot No s. y is aHisrsSn & xo T. i''P3 s35on a. ,Ss r.
niermsiste GgsTaps TGffT5e' cs S Nm Nm m Nassau Bs.
bsTf N COW 49,, r = l2nN. y 80. r.
u n Robergs No = n s,siESSn,1 srrSss Union Sal
club third tlS. 7. Pullman. bow; X D. Is-Su :. 3
utsenSeli ss No s. Z j. butz stroke Time 5,l@s,
Sheepshead Bay r a.. George q, carter New RocnGs
e. t6ird '04 Time. s'SSss H. Allison Vest F'ad' ''''
vdIt IGteTmed.ats single ssulls-won Mann X.s
Guy f,io l. sslchsr Malta r G, third Time SIS -
SST9 Ss EoT HTfhes Harlem r S seeon9 Marshall PsAS'
senior single quarter-rniIe dasl-Von by Fred Fasr
second a. R sneTs N.ss,I TosSTS'e , STs'n1r r. rs
Junior octuple sculls Won by NtaIsura Boat CgS
Garter, No 5; F Bsmnsn 10 4 = Fan,ran- Ne :
van stroks and ,HInT HnTiens NJ ., Mar. Pa,
Club seSoqd with a. r Bolay. bow f J. DouS1sv.
u stewart No. s; E. Porter. Ne = n ". Derry Ns
4ie1roP9iitsn Il Rowing club !siTd win Basss e..
SSram No 3; r H. Hyland. No 3. e. " Van Iasssi
w j j 6av q lST1Tg BSTTsT No = Ee.!in i s''0A "
cub With eSST. SsTsa " ,oi, &c.,
Faueran. No 2. j. Sfaplefon sr-oSe s0d F Johnson
SoHs"sln; Union Boat club. second. with G. j. Scane
Nv l. Francis No =. P j. Ryan. No g. W -
9 p Brien stroke and W = Benies. CoNsNsin 4s A5Ss
SchanaUan No. =. Gilmore Mason. No g. Andrew he.
9eSS;. stroke, and Clarence Bowers cONsWain IuHN
senior single scUls-Won by Fred SHEPPARD. ia
- q; j. T. COsgrove. NrgNDaUt X c., second Sam
A. Gordon Nesper r. c.. third Time, 5-l3'S- IA,
Intermediate eight cared shells hy New RoSl
Rowing club. W kOlbc. bow. T. Anderson.
+ v HsCoe. No. >, &. T. Potts. NJ 8. u GHI
No. >, g dc Got No. 6, V Anderson. No :, 9 u
Barton stroke. and Carey Walrodt coNsva'n, Aetre
taR Rowing club. second. with r. \ HerrSSse 80
w : Conway No :; 4 : COrbett. Ne. g: q tS@.s
No. q; W II. Hart. Nc. s. L. JansS No 8. f. T. w.
No. =. F. ID Harrington, stroke and A. Johnson -
swain. Time. 5OS2S.