The evening world., 1913-09-02
Thomas J. Rooney Wins Senior
SOULS, Feature Of Middle
States Regatta on Harlem
River.

The feature OF the twsnty.fourth re-
newal Of the Middle States Regatta on
the Harlem River proved to be the
senior SOULS. which was won by Thomas
J. Rooney OF the Ravenswood Club. He
puS up os,e Of the most brilliant ruces
ever seen IN this section. He was pitted
against some OF the finest watermen In
the country. His opponents were q.
Waldo Smth OF the New York A. c.:
Paul wilmington OF the Union Boat Club.
formerly car ain Of the Harvard varsity
eight. Fred Shepherd and Frank Shea.
Rooney only beat Smith by two feet.
with wilmington third and epherd.
| once the daddy o. them all. poor
fourth.
Five new middle Atlantic track rec
| ords were made In the annual CHAM
pionship games OF the Middle Atlantic
Association OF the \. A. Z. at the
Interstate Fair Grounds ut Trenton.
n. ]. The Germantown Boys Clue won
the championship team trophy with 30
points. After an absence OF two years
from the track. Harry Pierson returned
and won the hundred yard dash In 10 10
seconds. a new record Billy Hayes set
new figures In the quarter-miis run
when he ran II In 90 i-5 seconds. Alfred
! Carson clipped sis seconds or his
half-mile mark when he ran 1t In
minute ~ seconds. Paul Lafuna showed
his mettie in the mile run when he ran
rinys about Earl HUMPHREYS. finishing In
minutes &c seconds and taking nine
seconds OF his former record. Fryck
berg Jumped n feet 1919 inches, and also
won the low hurdles In % So seconds
another new record.
: Tho power boat clara, owned by tho
l. Mayor Of Poughkecpsie, was one OF the
: three boats from that city that carried
= OF the interclub cruiser prize In tn
n mint, annual regatta OF tho Hudson
: River Yacht Racing Association. OF
Croton- Point -on- Hudson. 7. Donald
= son's Seabright and the Albert T wer
'' the other two boats mat won tn
=. trophy for the city OF Poughkeepsie
e. Boats from that city also won In 1912.
A, Jackie Ciark's speed brought him I
n the top In rare style at the Newar
I, Velodrome. This VIZ shown when h
= won the Criterion stakes. the chie
W event OF the day. a one mile race ia
professionals. Five rlfers came throug
n. out OF the same number OF qualifyin
e. heats. Three heats were ridden. 1T
Y Clark participated In only two. Thes
~ were the frst and last. but they wei
!, .ufv,clent, as he won them both ridin
- around his feld both times. In u
u, second he punctured his tire Just as
IT, started and was put out OF that heat
liza mike" McDermott OF the Illino
he Athletic club won the national ten-mi
swimlng championship in the seven
annual race on the Mississippi River
''e 81 Louis The even was held und
OF the auspices OF the Missouri A,h.et
~ club. McDermott's time was In. 80,
six 6s, as against his time Of H. II.
mo 1911. and Bud Goodwin's record OF
,,,. Om a?s,, made In 1910 The fast TN
W" for so long distance Is due to q
no strong currents which make the swi
to equal to AN effort OF about two q
ms one-halr miles In still water
Four swimming races among the re
J., dents OF Sea- Gate were decided vest,
W day. Two of the events were for wo
'ef' en- and two for men. Miss Nj ude Nj
ID. gan had little trouble in winning I
rd- 40 yard event Miss Mary jerks "
len the 6O-yard race for girls under TOT
,y teen years OF age, Randolph Seam
~ was the winner IN the tto-yard race
men. Bert NcCooey won the UO-ya
+. championship for boys under fourts
years OF age by close margin.
a, Playing In a four-bail exhibition
the eDal Golf and Country Club, Lo
Teller. the French professional, who
in America to compete for the or
championship Of the United Stat
"A handed In scores Of 70 and 70. He h
SSs J. 7. Smith 40 . partner against v