The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-13
The Time s-Dispatch.1

IIldtlOHil cham plOnSHlpS3E III tillltleul
rowing were decided at the opening
to-day OF the thirty-eighth regatta OF
the National Association Of Amateur
oarsmen on the Potomac The Argo-
naut Rowing Club, OF Toronto. Can
ada. won two Of the championships,
while oarsmen from New York, De-
3troit, Baltimore and Springfield, Mass.
j were awarded the remaining five. : To- g
morrow afternoon comes the final
clash, with six more championship
ahonors sought. d Is
AT least one record for the United
States was broken, officials claim That
%as m tas m zsGr mesrhnf aa the
Nassau Boat Club, of New York, drove
his craft in 1:243-5. In 1891. Joseph
Bergin. OF Cambridge, Mass, at the
national regatta held that year, too.
in 1899. b! A 81
yirginians Make Gnme Fight.
Despite the fact that the Virginia
Boat Club, of Richmond. was nandi-
they made q game finish in the special
Junior eight cared race, rowed this af-
ternoon in the third event Of the
thirty-eighth annual regatta OF, the
National Association Of Amateur Oars
men. held at Washingto ton to-day.
Notwithstanding their lack Of con-
.dition, they rowed the race from start
to finish in manner that reflected
credit on bath crew and coach. From
their small practice. the crew which VI =
in at The tail-end, gave a GLAD. surprise
to their friends by beating tho we'll
rated Arundel crew, OF Baltimore, In
the last quarter mile. n
The race In which the Virginia crew
participated was the prettiest race Of
the days regatta. Along the beautiful
stretch OF tie Potomac, for q mile and
n quarter above the Merchants Bridge,
as magnificent a course as oarsmen
were lined up on the Virginia side in
solid phalanx. In these boats and
assembled on the banks. there were.
fnlly Il, 900 people. including the cream
Of Washington society. The course.
$50 yards wide. was patrolled by the!
United States revenue cutters Apache
and Onondaga, from which auxiliary
launches Were sent to keep the course
clear.
crews in the third race took the water
with q dash that forecasted fight to
the finish. The prows OF the Virginia
and Detroit crews forged to the front,
with the Argonauts. OF Toronto. hug
cling a close third. while the Arundels.
of Baltimore. and the Potomacs Of
followed fast in their fly
ing rear.
This position was maintained until
ne rst quarter was IeafnGo' WnSn
condition Of the Virginia crew, and
slowly they began to fall back. while
the Potomac and Arundel crews crept
Up on them At the half mile NJ e., the Il !.
boys. with Detroit few feet in the
lead. while the Potomacs and Argu-
nauts trailed on behind.
at the mile the Potomacs had pulled
their she'll into SECOND place. while
the Virginia. team. though rowing in
magnificent form, had dropped back to
fifth place; but the distance between
tho prov of the leading Detrotts and
two boat lengths. The Arundels at
this point weer about three-quarters
OF length ahead Of the yirginians.
General Squirt Made.
"A general squirt was now made by
all the crews. those in tho lead In
creaslng their distance on the three
trailing crews, while the Virginia crew,
responding to a call from their cox
Arundels and finishing in fourth posi-
ton, half u length in front of that
boat.
The boats at the finish We're well
bunched, there not being more than
three lengths between the stern Of the
Arundel, which was last, and the prov
OF the winning Detroits.
: From the form in which5the Virginia
team rowed." said Mr.. Hecox. the coach
after the race, there is not doubt
IN my mind that with sufficient train
ing the crew would have won. It was
we'll known to the members of the
club that they We're not prepared to
enter such fast company, and, all con-
the showing they made to-day
reflected great credit on them.
There We're seven races to day IN
shells, the Argonaut Rowing Club. Of
Toronto, finished first over the mile
and quarter course, with the Ariel
Club, of Baltimore. second; the Penn
sylvana Barge Club, Of Philade lphia,
third and the st. Charles Association,
of Wa1tnam, Mass. fourth. ..s
In the second event, quarter-mile
DASH William Mehrhof. OF the Nassau
Boat Club, OF New York City, finished
first. ri,
a In the third race, for junior ght-
sared shells. the Detroit Boa Club
won, with the Potomac Boat. Club,$o OF
second; the Argonautl
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