The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31
Win Three Victories, Sharing
HonOrs Of Big Day With
New York A. G.
UNITY BEATS BRUTE FORCE
Tom Rooney Strokes Powerful
Picked Crew, but II Loses
TO Varsity Eight.

down last night. II was titanic task
for the new organization. but with splen-
did conditions in the afternoon. after a
cool and choppy river In the morning
the officials ran off the monster regatta
perfectly.
The Blue and White oarsmen carried
OF three first places. every entry but
their freshmen eight winning. The New
York A. c. also had three Victories one
of them being over Columbia. Crews
from New Jersey Baltimore and Phila-
delphia found the competition too hard
for them and their combined forces
managed TO capture only two victories
The Columbia varsity ran away with
the feature race OF the day. The picked
crew with Tom Rooney. winner of the
senior single sculls as stroke, had bar
rels of power, but none OF the unity
of the victors
The return OF the schoolboys TO the
Harlem after four years OF Inactivity was
n pleasing feature OF the regatta New
Rochelle won In the fast-slmost In
credible time-of 8 minutes as LIS sec
onds.
The morning races were started from
Fordham Bridge and finished mile and
a quarter away under the Washington
Bridge. and In the afternoon session
the order was reversed.
II. Heller won the Junior single SOULS
in the afternoon with greater ease than
he had won his heat earlier In the day.
He cut 3S seconds from the morning time,
winning I'm minutes 1 second Leo
Sharpe of Baltimore was second by half
a length after a hard battle with John
Engle. Engle had Muo on the hip all the
way after the latter had beaten him IN
his heat by three lengths.
From the best position the Hudsons
jumped into the lead in the junior four
cared barge event and had half
length lead over the Rosedale Boat Club
at the half mile mark, the NonpareIi
boathouse. Stroke Johnson pushed his
crew up TO SO and passed under the
Washington Bridge four lengths in the
lead, the winning time being 6 minutes
As As seconds.
Harry Babcock the former intercollegi.
ate and Olympic pole vault champion.
teamed with S. a. Wilde in a New York
A. c. shell In the junior double sculls
and won by four lengths. with the Nets
second and the Lone Star pair third.
1t was no race after the first quarter
mile The Winged Foot couple were timed
in minutes 81 seconds.
Columbas Junior four leaped away In
the Junior four cared gigs and hit up
a high stroke. The Blue and White
four passed the Nonpareil boathouse row.
ing at 80 and leading by one-quarter OF
length The Nets tried to challenge the
by the New Rochelle four at the mile
post Columbia won with reserve, six
lengths In front OF New Rochelle. which
in turn padded four lengths in front
OF the Metropoitans. The time was 8
minutes 46 seconds, fast considering the
ebb tide.
At the start OF the senior quadruple
sculls the Maltas drove the Nonpareis
into foreign water, but swung back to
the northern shore when warned by Ref
cree Burke. Passing the Union boat
house. no open water showed. The NAL
tas again swung across the course and
Ignoring the shouts, fouled the Non
pareils. Burke. to the surprise OF all
ruled the Nonpareils out and started the
other two crews from the point where
the foul was committed. The Nets wor
by length--as much as they had wher
the fracas occurred No time was taken
Every morning race with the exception
OF the intermediate single shell event
proved walkover for the crew that won
Leo Sharpe OF the Arundels from Balti
more, and l.. Toha of the Bohemians
passed the half mile with bows even
Walter Campell of the Maltas hit up hi
stroke and led by quarter of a length
opposite Fort George. l.. Toha took III
the challenge and broke UP the race will
freak stroke. He won by half a length
in minutes 90 seconds.
Bayonne led by foot in the senio
four cared barge. at the half mile, whei
+. Miller. rowing No. 2 for the Active
OF Hoboken grabbed his oar. The Ariel
OF Baltimore won by length in minute
20 seconds. Rosedale was second a hal
length in front Of the Actives. anothe
Hoboken crew. Bayonne was a ba,
fourth.
Tom Rooney OF the Ravenswood Boa
Club showed he had recovered from tn
effects of his recent narrow escape iron
death by exposure when his shell up
senior single sculls in minutes 4 l.
seconds. He led G. Waldo Smith, tn
Winged Foot star. by lengths afte
poor start. Rooney was rugged to
low. but he had superb power behind hi
strokes and after the first quarter wo
as he pleased. Allison of the West Phils
delphia Boat Club slynalled that he ha
been fouled but the officials Ignored hin
so he rowed into third place. two length
back OF Smith J. Emery of the Met
was fourth. open water showing betwee
him and Allison.
The New York A. c. won the JUNO
Iuadruple SOULS by a quarter OF mil
in minutes. almost record time. TT
Lone Star Boat Club was second tn
Nassaus third; the Metropoltans fiftl
and the Nonpareils sixth.
Walter Campbell of the Malta b.
allowed Fred Miller to hold a comfortab
lead for half the distance In the associa
ton single SOULS. Then the youngsts
heightened his powerful stroke. Instea
of losing by length he won by a simla
distance in minutes 7 seconds. Deerin
Of the Nets was third by lengths and !
Rachmeil OF the Clifton Boat Club fourt
II the crowds that lined the Manhatta
and Bronx shores came to see the schoo
boys in a burlesque they never receive
"A more surprising disappointment NJ
n foul, clash or mishap marred the rae
except perhaps the catching OF crab
the No. 2 oar of the Bryant gig. Ne
Rochelle rowed a pretty race, never wi
headed and won by two lengths In mi
utes As I'D seconds. Flushing finish,
second In the revival of the solsoolbt
game; Hoboken, third: Comn,en5. Il
favorite fourth; Bryant, fifth, and Ba
onne. sixth.
In the senior four shells the Quak
Barge crew was disqualified for cuttii
in, but would have had to race TO W
from the Wahnetas, who covered 4
course In the exceptional time Of mi
utes II 2-5 seconds. The Ariels were SO
end. Q clean length in front OF the Nal
four, The Mons ripped up the smoo
water with more zeal than form and ma
aged to land close fourth. The Ba
onnc quartet never was In the actual ra,
The Columbia freshmen put up one
the best races for the day in the juni
eight cared shells. but their polish
stroke could not hold the Winged Foote
with the result that they lost by a leng
OF open water In G minutes S-S Of \ secur