New-York tribune., 1910-08-13
Lawn Tennis - Automobiing ~ Other Sports
ROWS 4 FAST QUARTER
Mehrhof. of Nassau Boat Club,
Makes New Record.
FUESSEL FINISHES STRONG
Seven National Championships
Decided at Big Washing
ton Regatta.

+ Washington Aug 12-Seven national
CHAMPIONSHIPS in amateur rowing were de-
cided to-day at the opening of the thirty
eighth annual regatta of the National AS
sociation of Amateur Oarsmen- The Ar
gonaut Rowing Club of Toronto. Canada.
won two Of the championships, while oars
men from New York, Detroit. Baltimore
and Springfield, Mass. we're awarded the
remaining five. Tomorrow will come the
final clash. with six more championships
the honors sought With the Potomac
fairly smooth, fast time was made by sew
eral of the entries At least one record
for the United States was broken, officials
assert.
That was the senior quarter-fnle dash,
over which William Melrhof. of the Mas
sau Boat Club. of New York. drove his
craft in mute a 3-5 seconds In 1891
Joseph Bergin, of Cambridge, Mass, at
the national regatta held that year. too,
on the Potomac made the quarter mile in
/ minute % seconds.
Mehrhof took the lead and kept it all the
way. Butler. fresh from his victory at the
Canadian Henley % last Saturday was
never more than q length behind him.
Fred FueSsel, Of the Harlem Rowing Club.
OF New York. got a poor start, and allowed
Nehrhof and Butler to obtain q lead on
him. but he finished strong. even with
Butler. Other contestants were Cary J.
Faulkner. of the Riverside Boat club, of
Cambridge. Mass; !. J. Leppine. of the
St Louis Centra1s: r Krapt, Of New
York. and Frank Shea. of sheepshead Bay,
\. Y. who came in fourth
Knapp, of the New York Athletic Club.
was upset by running against finihing
post in the senior quarter-mile dash. Rev
In the race of the Junior eight-oar red
shells The Potomacs and the Detrots took
the lead. Side by side they went down the
course. but with the finishing squirt the De-
troits went over the line five and three
ffths seconds ahead of their real rivals. In
the Argonaut boat, that had finished third,
Generalization seemed to exist, No. ) be
ing entirely out. The plucky Virginians
from Richmond. who arrived in the city
only to-day after illness had disarranged
their crew. had put every ounce OF their
strength into the struggle in order to beat
out the arundels, who finished last.
The Argonauts were scratched in the
senior international four-oared race and so
was the other Canadian club the Ottawa
who had failed to get a borrowed shell to
suit them. This left six starters Trouble
followed the attempted getaway, and the
umpire called the boats back The Arnn-
dels and the Now York Athletics had
established a lead over the others. and
were loath to return The Potomacs and
Nespers had been disqualified for the sec
ond start, and almost at the second pistol
shot the Mound City men went into the
river with a broken backed boat The
Arundels won by two lengths
Frederick Fuessei and Frederick Shep-
perd, with a show of superior form to G. w.
Engle and S. +. Gordon, OF the Nespers
carried the Harlem colors to victory in the
senior double SOULS. The Vespers did not
finish
The Intermediate eigIt-oared shells went
down the course in an exciting race. the
Argonauts, the favorites, having hard go
with the Detroits. Two full lengths sepa-
rated them at the finish, however. The
pOtOnacs We're third. with the Harlems
and Crescents of Philadelphia trailing along
behind.
The summaries follow:
Intermediate double sculls-Won by Rockrim-
mon. Springfield; Ariels Baltimore. second
Nassaus. Of New York. third Time 20
York; Vespers, of Philadelphia. second. Time.
7:2s
Senior singles tquarter-r1ile dash)-von by
William Mehrhof. Nassau q. G.. New York;
Fred FgesseI Harlem r e. New York. second;
Frank Shea. Sheepshead Bay r. G., Brooklyn.
third. Time. T.2f@5.
Senior international four-oared shells-Won
by Arundeis. of Baltimore: New York A. G.
second: central Rowing Club. ST. Louis, third.
intermediate eight-oared-won by Argonaut
Club Detroit. second; Potomac Boat Club
Washington, third. Time 6:35-