The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
HARVARD CREWS GET
CHIEF ROWING HONOR
Crimson Eight Hard Pressed by
Union Boat Club i'm Stew
ards Cup Race.
YALE SECOND IN JUNIORS
Two Victories for Penn Crews
in American Henlcy-A
Record for Kelly.
YALE SECOND IN JUNIORS

PHILADELPHIA. May 1e.-Harvard and
Pennsylvania shared honors In the twelfth
annual American Henley regatta held on
the Schuyiklll River this afternoon.
flarvard's oarsmen finished first In the
hrst ei9ht DARED she'll race for the stew
ards cup and also In the Junior collegiate
e.snt cared shell event for the New Eng
isud cup. They defeated Yale, the Navy.
The Union Boat Club and the veteran
syracuse eight in the senior event and
Yale. Pennsylvania and the Navy In the
Junior race.
Coach Vivian Nickails's men won two
out Of the three races In which they were
entered. carrying on the Navy cup offered
for the special four cared race and defeat
INK tue Navy In the fire. shman eight Dared
contest
Jack Kelly. the Vesper oarsman. easily
took first place in the single SOULS. defeat
ing Paul wilmington OF the Union Boat
club OF Boston and shaving two seconds
from the record for the course, which had
stood at s MINUTES seconds. Durando
Miller OF the New York Athletic Club was
a poor third.
Central High School finished in the lead
IN the iutersc holas;ic eight Dared she'll
event, defeating the West Philad lphia
High School crew. Vesper defeated the
University Barge club in the special in
terciuo event.
The first eight Dared race was a close
and hard contest. Harvard's oarsmen
we're hard pressed by the Union Boat
Club which finished only half a length
behind. Another half length 3 parated
Union and the Navy. while the prov OF
YalcS shell was not more than a foot In
the rear Of the boat of the middes. SYRIA
cuse, which according 10 the advance dope
had a strong chance of winning. was half
a l,nsth behind Yale.
The University OF Pennsylvania four
easily won their race, the special four
Dared shells, beating out the University
Barge Club BY two lengths, while the
Navy finished five lengths and the Undine
Barge Clubs four seven lengths behind.
In the Junior collegiate eight Dared shell
race Harvard and Yale battled for half a
mile until Harvard obtained a lead of
half boat length Pennsylvania and
the Navy. which had dropped n length
and half behind, increased their stroke
20 close up the open water. Princeton
vas fifth. Opposite Peters Island all the
crews spurted. Pennsylvania left the
Navy ana Harvard drew length ahead
OF Yale at the finish. The Red and
Blue was a length behind Yale.
An easy victory was won by James
n, Ayers OF the Union Boat Club In the
second single SOULS event. He crossed the
line two lengths ahead of G.. Waldo Smith
OF the New York Athletic Club and about
the same space separated Thomas ].
Rooney Ravenswood. and Walter w.
Campbell, Malta. in the order named.
Tho Riverside Boat Club of Cambridge
Mass, Jumped into the lead in the frs,
four SOULS race and held 1t throughout
the race. beating the Philadelphia Barge
Club by the narrow margin OF five feet
Malta was third about three lengths be-
hind All the races were about one and
u third miles, excepting the interscholastic
ight Dared barge event, which was a
half mile. The summaries:
Special Four CARED shells--won by Unit
yersity OF Pennsyyania' with Male, Law.
.hayer and Hoffman second, University
Acad envy fourth. Cndine Barge Club. Time.
First single ssuIIsSWon by John b. Kelly.
Boat club; third. Durando Miller. New York
A. c, Time. minutes 3 seconds (new
Junior Collegiate Eight Dared Shells
Won by Harvard With Gallagher' Chauler'
rslcot'. Gardiner. coSswaIn;, second. Yale:
LE'rd, University OF Pennsylvania; fourth,
Naval Academy hfth. Princeton. Time.
Second sins las seq Ills BY James
Rooney Ravenswood Boat Club fourth,
Walter. W Campbell Malta Boat Club.
Special Interclub second Eight Dared
snss sEe cTsPSF b hSa cSS Nth
Gra' Lehm, Muller. Koch. coxswain: sec
ond. Jniyersity barge Club. Time, min
F.rS Four Sculls-Won by Riverside Boat
Club Cambridge. with Malone, Drew, Por-
ter. West; second, Philadelphia Barge Club:
third, Malta Boat Club. Time. minutes
50 seconds.
Tnierschoiastic Eight Dared Barge Race,
Haf Mile-Non by West Philadelphia High
school, with Newell. KHunelt, FaiN, stewart.
Merritt, Webster, GOsewich, McFarlane,
ieudiker, coNswain: Central High School,
second Northeast High School third. No
time taken
Frs; Eight Dared shells-.won by Hsr-
y!srd, with saltonstall, Busk, Meyer, IL
A.ddendorf. $. Middendorf, Parsons. Curtis.
BOSTON, second. Naval Academy, third
.a!g' fourth; syracuse, ffth. Time. s min
utes 20 So seconds.
Freshman Eight Dared shells-won by
University OF Pennsylvania, with Shunh eser
rockwell, prayton, Ferris. Kayli Woll
SOrle. Downs, Felt, coxswaln; Naval Acad-
-my' second, Time, 7 minutes seconds.
lnteTseholastic Eight Olred Shells--Won
9y Central High Schol. with Rhoad Romig
.saser, Seal Aloe Thomas, Chambers.
WirEman. Keyser coSswain; West Phila-
iephia High School. second; Baltimore City
college Club, third Time, minutes l6 A.
First Four Dared shells-won by Malta
boat Club; Ariel Boat Club, Baltimore, sec
oni Time, minutes SO As seconds.
first Double Sculls, Schuvlkill Cup---wor
oy riverside Boat Club. Cambridge, Mass
oy protest with Faulkner bow: Livingston
stroke Vesper Boat Club. second: Unior
BOAT Club. Boston, third. No time taken.