New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Gray-Haued Oarsmen Show
Oldtime Form With Sweeps
Collisions Add to Excitement
at Annual Metropolitan
Rowing Club Regatta
BY \. c. Cavagnaro

Displaying remarkably efficiency
with the oars, the Metropolitan Rowing
Club crow. which captured the national
cight-oarcd championship in 1883. gave
an exhibition at the annual regatta Of
tho club, held on the Harlem River
yesterday. The gray-haircd oarsmen
sent their light craft through the water
as If thcy had lost none Of their old
speed. and their performance made the
younger sweep handlers on hand envi-
Gus.
Only two members Of the original
crew were absent. Percy NaGle being in
camp at Spartanburg. s. C., while Tom
McTyre has been called to the great
beyond. Their places were taken by
John o. Rcgan and Jack Smith. both
Of whom have spent over thirty years
at the rowing sport.
Quarter-NIiIe Exhibition
The former champions gave a one
quarter-mile exhibition, and at the end
were going stronger than ever. Not
splash was noticeable in the lifting OF
their cars from the water as they
rowcd along with the precision OF
clock tick. James PilkinEJon, president
of the National Association Of Amateur
Oarsmen. who acted as stroke, sent ms
veteran mates along at S2-Strohe from
the moment they went of their marx
Resides Pilkington, Smith and Regan'
the other men in the boat were W. r.
Cody bow; Romeo Ii. Schlle, NO. z; W
+. Bannam, No. 3; Ben Jackson, No. !;
II. Wilson, 30. i, and Rockwell hehI
No. Z. 81, -,
The regatta was replete with several
surprises and exciting incidents. In
the eight-oar open she'll race the Ne"
York Athletic Club crew met with un-
svnected defeat at the hands of the
iunier Ravenswood Boat Club, of Long
Island in stirring finish. 1t was a
stroke for-stroke battle until the last
100 wards. when both teams spurtod,
with the RavensWOOd youngsters pull
INC away in the last half dozen
strokes TO win by one-quarter Of
length. Tom Rooney. the national sim
giles scull champion, who IS IN the
Naval Reserve, stroked his juniors to
victory. II was the first time the
boys had rowed together in an eight.
Two Boat Collisions
The race had 70 be re-run owing to
a collision near the finish line. The
trouble was caused by the rudder rope
of the Nonpareil Boat Club becoming
cntaugled in the steering gear. Inc
Mons" coxswain was unable 20 get
his shell out of the way Of the New
York and Ravonswood boats. and all
three boats came together. The Non
pareil shell had a hole ripped in its
bow and the men quit the race.
Another collision occurred in the
cight-oarCd shell race, closed 10 Met
ropolitan oarsmen, but the race was
allowed 10 stand as finished. The
Judges declared that the fault was
with the crews IN their tactics 10
crowd each other. The crew strokcd
by Nick Green. which was in third
place when the accident occurred, went
on 10 win by several lengths.
The open ccntipede race went TO the
New York Athletic Club representa-
tives after stiff fight with the Nom
pareil Boat Club, which combination
faltered at the end. The Athletic
Club men won by one length.
TIE summary follows:
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with " o. Harlrssl. bow. +. o. smith No. -
Voapa-eil Eosing club with Crowley. bow rurso.4
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s., p. yofscek No g. and TslaNa stroke. third
Cs,lrelo race lc.o-sd Won by crew s''alo, ~
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composed Q VEL boz T T. ,. Cs.Sha .s,, NJ,
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