The Washington times., 1910-08-14

vas coming with a rush that was not TO
I,e de-ied and 1Iehrhof Uas lighting
hard TO maintain his rapidly decreasing
adva ltaEe- Ten yards from the finish
It looked Ike d Shepherd victory or a
dead heat, but 1IehTnOf. who had TO wed
himself almost into insensi1iliry 10 meet
his rivals driving ulish- had jJsr
enough strength lee; 90 shove his cedar
Sets New Record
Neither the Potomac river 2 ~ the Ma
tional Association 'ad ever before
known a more ustailed squirt u-der
such dramatic circUm- --uCes when two
men were battling for -aIi0n's title in
the cleanest OF all sp-rts-
Hardly had the Crr Wd quieted after
this spectacular finish before the crews
were called TO the marx in the much
heral1ed race for the elElt-oared cham
LonSlip OF North America-CuT0 cana
dian and three American eIElIS making
up the classy field for the coveted cup
The starters were the PuroU@cs. or
washington, she NeSpe-s. OF PHiladel-
phIa. the ATr r0uaUts- Of Toronto. can
ada the ortaszaSr OF Canada ana the
New York Athletic club
The NeSpers and the twO crews from
the Dominion were The first choices
with the Potomac and New YORK as
outsiders
Five shells jumped away from the
stake boats IN perfect alignment. but
their regular beat, the tul length OF
the Nesper's deck was ahead with the
others so close that IL vas lm possible
10 call positions
DaEtS had gone 20 the front with YES
perS. OtraWaS- POtOmaCS. and New
Y ork IN the order named
Canadians Leading.
Passing the half mile flag It was iu--
possible 10 pick a winner. although the
crews had already assumed the rela-
tive positions in which they were
20 finish, the two Canadian eisifts d.ylt-
ing for the lead with EeSpers third,
New York fourth, and POLouacS last
From then on to practically the 6liG-
when the POtCmaCS weakened percents-
ably, there was never open WAFER pc
tween the 1Ve shells and from polll-S
on the other side OF the course II APP
peaVed as thcgSl the tOrrE-lye men
were in one elongated shell
Like Shepherd had done in the
singles. the ArgOuauLS showed wonder
ful ability to squirt through the last
eighth mile, and were gradually cut
ting down Ottav-as lead when the finish
line was crossed. When the flag fell
there was difference or liLle
over half length between the Wln-
Nespers were hanging on desperately
about the same distance further back,
and then came the New Workers WlJ5l
their bow tapping the NeSpers s-ern-
The POtOmacs faIIered ID tn. last
fg4rIora a. tired set Of men unable TO
continue to follow the pace set hy the
/ two crews THAI are conceded 10 Je TIE
/ fastest sent out from Canada IN q
generation
Coached by Jim Ten Eyclz. The OF
TaWaS rOwed the famous SyrziJ J>ie
stroke that has caused the only Ce-
feat the great Cornell crews have SUI
fered at POughkeepSie IN years
Their stroke never dropped below
forty and whenever one of the oppOs-
+ ing crews attempted TO spurL the
+ Ottawas put their pace up two TO four
points and drew away most impress
SfveIv. The shell was manned by a
Grand set Of men who were able 90
hold a stroke from two u SIX higher
than the others in the raCt
The POtOmacS were rowing thirty
/ six most Of the way. but this was in
T creased in certain spots on the spurts-
Although their form was good the