The sun., 1918-09-09
NONPAREIL OARS
SCORE.ON HARLEM
Take Three of Five Races in
Reunion Regatta-Vet-
Grams Do Their Bit.

Oarsmen of the Nonpareil Rowing
Club won three of the FIVE races at the
reunion regatta on the Harlem River
yesterday. The regatta. which brought
out practically every rowing association
in the metropolitan district. was held in
der the auspices OF nine rowing clubs
situated on the upper part of the Har-
lem The course. which mea-ured a
mile. ran from the Washington Heights
Bridge to the Nonpareil float.
The Mons victories came in the sin
gle gigs. In which Frank Crowley out
sculled ten rivals: the four Dared rirs
and the Quadruple SOULS.
Crowley. who is only a youth showed
great promise in winning the giSs for
rovicee. Because of the large number
OF starters II was necessary for the Of
Thlals to run It two heats. Grow iey
connected In the second heat and won
easily. In the final he was pitted
against two other rivals much stronger
and bigger than himself Crowley did
rot let this bother him. but roweI 20
the font at the start and never vas
h-n3fd. He led ]. Brodigan OF the ~.
rcpolitan Rowing Club to the float by
seconds.
In the quadrupie sculls Crowley
again distinguished himself In stroking
the Nonpareils to an easy victory over
the Metropolitans.
In the four cared gigs. the Mons"
victors had three old time oarsmen
among the crew. Ed Nickola, a veteran
oarsman, was the bow oar. while
Charles Hoffman was No. and Chris
Steinkamp stroke. The old timers gave
the spectators a thrill when they sent
their shell gliding smoothly over the
water, winning the race by three-quar-
ters of a length from the Ravenswood
Boat Club.
A naval cutter race was scheduled.
but was not put on because OF the non
appearance OF the U. s. S. Granite State
and Pelham Bay y. T. s. crews The
Brooklyn Federal Rendezvous crew
went over the half mile course. The
summaries:
single Gig Race, for those who neve
won single gig race-won by Frank
Crowley. Nonpareil Rowing Club; j. Brodi'
gan; Mei5opolitan Rowing club b.. second ah
Four Dared Gig Race-wUn by Nonparei
man: r. H.'P o Sf stroke, C. s;.inka@p
coxswain. Conlinl; Metropolitan Rowins
club tbow. Black; 2. Mueller; 8. Zllli
stroke, Schultz: coxswain. Cioonanl, sec
ond: Ravenswood Boat Club tbow. Lee; 2
Raphune; 3. Fortune; stroke. Rooney: cox.
swain, Allen). third; Lone Star Boat Clut
(bow. Meyers; .. Froelich: 8. Rosenthal
stroke. stern: coxswain. 'Lillianthal)
fourth Time. S:il.
Naval Cutter Race. exhibition at one-hali
mile by Federal Rendezvous. Brookirr
(Bersksmp. Murzak. Englehardt. Maissel
Oxiey. Mccormick. Savidge. Steele, Downey
Wright and Grimm. corswain). Time. 4:os
Double Gig Race-Won by Union Boa
Club Cbow, e. ]. Finnegan; stroke. J. G
Harth); New Rochelle Boat Club (bow. 81
IL Count; stroke, e; Benjsminl. second
stroke, BalaJka). third. Time. 1855.
Four Dared Barge Race. Handicap-woi
by Metropolitan Rowing Club (bow. Gala
han; 2. Brodisan: 8. Mueller: stroke. ziiii
coxswain, AspeiD: bohemian Boat Clul
(bow. Kreisi: 2. sticha 3. Kalbsc: stroke
Baiajka: cexswain. KaIlina). three lengths
second. Time 4:o2.
ouadrupie scuii Race-won by Non
pareil Rowing Club (bow. Bisseiind: ?
steinksmp: ). o,Day; stroke. Crowley
Metropolitan Rowing Club chow. Hart: :
Black: g. Callahan; stroke. Schultz. sec
ond: Rayenswod Boat Club tbow. Ice: 2
Raphune; .. Fortune; stroke. Rooney
third: Lone star Boat Club. fourth. Time