The New York herald., 1922-05-31
Beats New Rochelle and Clin-
ton I'm Feature of Big
Regatta.
ny DANIEL.

ny DANIEL.
Pulling up the Pathway with impress
sive drive and form which matched
that of most OF the freshman eights
we have seen this year. the Stuyvesant
High School crew yesterday after
noon scored a splendid triumph in the
interscholastic race. which was the
brightest feature Of the annual re-
gattat Of the New York Rowing AS
sociation on the Harlem River.
The youngsters from Manhattan not
only showed the way to the crew from
New Rochelle High School. many
times winner of the local title, by
three quarters Of length, but set a
r.w p. 8. A. L. record for the mile
course. The time was 4:39, as against
the old mark of 5:35 established by
the High School of Commerce eight
in 1907.
De Witt Clinton's combination finished
third. about q length behind New Ro-
chelle. while Stuyvesant's second crew
brought up the rear, hopelessly out Of
the race, but fighting all the way. 1t
was q corking battle from start to finish
and provided brilliant climax to a fins
regatta When the word "go" was given
De Witt Clinton go. the jump on tho
others and established lead of a quar-
ter of length. Stuyvesant was second
and New Rochelle third. Stuyvesan.'s
seconds already were In trouble.
Stuyvesant Takes Lead.
At the quarter mile Shaw, stroke CT
the Stuyvesant crew, called for SQUIRT
and raised the beat from a 80 to 81.
In dozen strokes the Stuyvesant BOYS
were out in front. with Clinton and New
Rochelle In close attendance. The u!ti-
mate winners were rowing with a
smoothness which excited the enthusiasm
OF Jim Rice. Jack Mulcahy, Charles Hal
sted Mapes and other critics, VINO
watched the contest with an eye to the
future Of rowing in this section.
At the half mile Stuyvesant was leaa-
ing by half a length, while Clinton and
New Rochelle were even. Then New
Rochelle organized a rally. AS they
passed New Rochelles cheering adher.
ents at the Nonpareil house the young
sters from up the Sound made theh
supreme effort and came within ten feet
OF the Stuyvesant boats nose. But
Stuyvesant came back with count'f
challenge and pulled away to victory.
Clinton was not quite UP to fight
with the other two In the final quarter.
In the excitement over the hot race
and the hot finish a policeman on board
the department boat which was policing
the course fell overheard and his COM
-ades had quite time fishing him out.
:, was judged from the demeanor Of the
nfortunate cop that he was not In q
humor to tell anybody his name.
Yale Crew Is Third.
There was second eight Dared shell
race. and it also developed rattlin 5
good contest and torrid finish. II was
the medium of the first appearance in
open competition Of an eight represent
ing the Yale Graduate School--studen.s
who are not eligible for the regular Yale
crews These, Ellis rowed no better thar
any other Ellis thus far this season and
came home poor third.
The struggle was between the New
York A. C. and New Rochelle r. G.
Fights, and they left the verdict IN doub;
\ ntil the last stroke had been pulled
hhe Mercury Footers won by half
length in 4 :23 4-5. The New Yorks went
mile New Rochelle was only half a length
behind. Going into the final quarter
New Rochelle spurted and came up to
even terms. Then 1t was he scrap
stroke for strickland the New Yorks
had Just little too much drive for the
New Rochelle sweep swingers. Floating
debris stove small hole in the New
Rochelle shell.
The New York A. c. i had quite a
n. tatA
In addition to the eights 1t took the
Junior quadruple sculls and the inter-
mediate single sculls. Joseph Cremins
was the winning sculler while Carl
Hasbrouck, Tom Gerrity, William Daley.
Jr, and II. ]. Brookes were the success
full four. Hasbrouck and Daley, former
Cornell oarsmen, later went out in the
Junior double sculls and finished third
behind the Unions and the Nassaus, the
winning pair being Jim Harth and u.
J. Finnegan.
First Triple Dead Heat.
Perhaps the only triple dead heat
ever seen In rowing In this country
Jim Pilkington said that in his fifty
years Of connection with the sport he
never had heard of one-came In heat
in the Junior single sculls In the MORN
ing. r. ]. Muff, Ravenswoods. Tom
Molloy Of the Nassaus and Bill Haynes
OF the Metropolitans, finished their mile
heat on even terms and all went into
the nnal In the afternoon.
They finished one. two. three in the
order named In the final. Muff, who Is
an automobile mechanic with little time
for scuiling, is only is years old. The
Ravenwoods have sent out many star
sculler, and they hold that in Mufi
they have another Rooney.
Tho First Bohemian B. c. took two
races-the Junior four gig, in which II
beat out the varunas and the Vikings
ana the senior quadruple sculls. In the
second named race the "Bohos" sprang
n sensation by beating the star four of
the Undines Of PhiladeIphia-R. III.
Suppiee, the two Graefs and G.. w. AL
lison. Louis Zoha. once champion scul
ler, stroked the "Bohos"
Both the senior single sculls and the
quarter mile dash had TO be called off.
Only Allison showed up. Garrett Gil
more OF the Bachelors OF Philadelphia,
who In TO row a heat for the Gold
Challenge cup against Rooney and Ed
die Durnan tomorrow. did not come up
and his withdrawal put the kibosh on
both sculling features. 1t was the first
time In the history of the regatta that
New York did not have sculler 10
represent 1t.
One Of the unscheduled features or
the day was a fire on the Speedway
bukhead down near the start Off Wash
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