East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-06
ROWING CONTESTS
HELD IN DETROIT.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
OARSMEN MEET ROR REGATTA
Entries for the Twelve Races TO BE
Decided Larger Than Common
Program Includes Many Special
Evcnts-Representatives Come from
All Parts of North America.

Detroit.-Crack weilders of the
oars from all over the United States
and Canada are in Detroit prepared
to engage in the contests for the
highest rowing honors of the year,
the championship races Of the Ma
tional regatta was the most auspi-
cious in years and gives promise of
some record-smashing contests when
the real tug of war comes tomorrow.
The entries received this year are
larger than usual and the officers Of
the association, from President James
Pilkington down, are confident the
regatta will be one of the most sue
cessful ever held.
Twelve races will be decided. Half
Of this number will be contested to-
day and the other half tomorrow. The
association singles will come today
and the championship SOULS on Sat-
urday This will give the winner of
the former event a chance to meet
the veterans in the big races.
The regatta is held under the aus
plces of the Detroit Boat club, one
of the Oldest and best known rowing
clubs in the country. The contests
will be rowed over a mile and quar-
ter stralghtaway course on the De-
troit river.
The program includes quarter-mile
dash for seniors, intermediate singles,
senior singles, intermediate and senior
mediate and senior four-oared shells
intermediate and senior eight-oared
shells
Canada Wants Prizes.
Canada will make a strenuous ef-
fort this year to carry off the honors
at the nationals. Crews from the To-
ronto, Winnepeg and Nova Scotia
clubs will compete in the champion
ships The Canadian oarsmen have
been working hard in preparation for
the races and they are confident that
this year will witness them succeed
in capturing a good share Of the first
prizes
O'Neil of the st. Marys Boat club
Of Nova Scotia Is touted as the likely
winner of the sculls title this year.
O'Neil won the association singles at
Springfield last year and finished Sec
ond to Frank Greer in the titular
race. Many thought that but for the
strain incidental to winning the asso-
citation event O'Neil would have beat
en- Greer Since then O'Neil's friends
say he has made big improvement
In his rowing
Eastern. western and southern
clubs will be represented in the races.
so the regatta this year may be
said to have n continental aspect.
Representatives from practically all
parts of North America will meet in
the dfferCht races scheduled for
competition.
New York will have more than its
share of entries at the regatta. Three |
crews from the Harlems will compete !
and the Nassaus and Nonpariels also |
are represented The Wahnetahs, of |
Flushing, have senior four and the |
New York A. c. have n senior eight |
and four. The Nassaus will be rep |
resented in the centipede race and the |
intermediate single. The Nonpariels |
will have an entrant in the interme- |
dlate class. Fuessel and Shepheard |
will row i'm the single events and in |
the doubles for the Harlems. Duran |
do Miller will represent the n. Y, A.
c. in the senior SOULS championship.