Evening star., 1924-08-10
FOUR ARE SMASHED
DURING TITLE MEET
New York A. C. Crew Takes
Senior Eight Contest,
Feature Race.

| by New York A c. crew whose
victory over two Canadian shells
and the Undines of Philadelphia,
champions last year, was gained in
a stiff tussle The unexpected re-
suit found the little eight of Lachine
| Quebec sRowing Club second, the
| Argonauts of Toronto. Canadian
title holders, third, and the Undines,
| fourth
Individual honors of the annual
championship regatta of the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen, held
| on the swift-fowing Connecticut River.
went to w. Garrett Gilmore of the
Bachelors Barge Club, Philadelphia
| who added to the association single
| SOULS championship, made in record
| time, the national single scuils title
| through default of competition, and
second place in two other events. The
| success of Gilmore, with those of fell
| low members, gave his club the Barnes
| trophy for the team championship.
| Like the hrst events of the regatta
| yesterday, those of today's produced
record after record, the results alike
! of good rowing. a strong current and
| following wind. In ALL four rec
| ords were broken, one of them for
| the fourth time in two days. and
| another was established in a weight.
| event in time better than that for
| the national championship without
restriction.
| List of Champions. .~
The new champions and thefr title
winning performances, the distance
in all events being IL miles, were:
Senior singles: W. E. Garrett Gill
| more, Bachelors Barge Club, Phila-
delphia (time not taken)
Association singles: w. E Garrett
Gilmore, Bachelors Barge Club, Phil
adelphia; time, minutes As As sec
onds. new record.
Senior eight-oared shells: New
York Athletic Club; time, minutes
| 55 3-5 seconds.
Senior doubles: George w Allis
ton John Blessing. jr:, Undine Barge
Club, Philadelphia; time, s minutes
80 is seconds, a new record
Senior 145-pound double sculls: F.
tinegan and c. J. McIlvaine, Penn
athletic Club; time, minutes Ellis
seconds, establishing a record for
this event better than that for the
senior doubles
Senior four-oared shell without
coxswain: West Philadelphia Boat
new record; protested by Metro
politan Rowing Club, New York Isec-
ond(, and Century Boat Club, st.
| Louis (thfrd).
intermediate singles: Russell Sher
man. West Side Rowing Club, Buffalo;
time, minutes 3-5 seconds, a new
| record
Senior quarter-mile dash: Algernon
E; Fitzpatrick, Malta Boat Club, Phil
| adelph1a; time, l minute 12 seconds
| The scores of the leading clubs in
the Barnes championship competition
were: Bachelors Barge Club, Phila-.
ing Club, 54; New York A c., ~:
| west Side Rowing Club, Buffalo, 80;
Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto, 26;
| West Philadelphia Boat Club, 90;
| Malta Boat Club, PHILADELPHIA, IS;
| Metropolitan Rowing Club, New York,
| lS; Vesper Boat Club. Philadelphia, le.
High Spot Of Regatta.
| The race for eights was the high
| spot of the regatta. Advance notices
had brought into the public eye the
| Argonauts, Canada's crack crew and
| the Undines, American titlists 1t
was competition of the hardest sort
| that brought to the front the New
! York A. C. eight, a crew that follow
| ed to the full the powerful stroke set
| by c. V. Lang.
| The combination was one without
| college training in workmanship, and
| had advanced from the intermediate
ranks in which they, won the title
| The little eight from .Lachine,
whose pluckiness in the Canadian
| championships a week ago had so
| impressed a New York admirer that
as forlorn chance, also came into
| the racing picture at the finish un-
| heralded. The Argonauts at the fin
| ish were so close to Lachine that
| second
| They had started out in the lead and
| the race was between the Argonauts
and abs Nsw York for naf a and mls
1 back within boat length as the bat
| tie waged.
| Association singles, champfonship-Won BY
". E; Garrett Gilmore: Bachelors s,in Barge oinS'
Malta Boat Club Philsdelphia: third. Alfred
vost. vesper Boat Club. philadelphia; fourth
delpha; afts.. Russell Goldman, jr, Union
Boat Club Boston; Winners time tine s:4s ~
Intsrmediate singles. eh.mpionshiPs-Won
second. Chester Turner. ArEonauts.- Toronto
third, william Bresnahan, Springfield Boat
Club; fourth. Fred N Haas, W.chusett IT, Beat
New record. Former record. 7:21 As. made
doube By un
dine Barge Club Philadelphia &c: W. Allison.
J. W. Blessing. jr)j second. Bachelors BARGE
Garrett Gilmore) Time. s,ss 2.5. New rec
| ord. Former mark. 6:53 made by 2. Fus-
| sell and F. Shepherd. Harlem Rowing Club.
| at Detroit. in 1909 C. Rife and Ralph Rob
erts, also Bachelors Barge Club, Philadelphia.
colided with bridge pier and swamped.
Senior four-oared, without coxsvsin--Won
| by West Philadelphia Boat Club (Hefeynan,
Bergen, johnson, Doyle); second, Metropol-
| itan Rowing Club. New York tHaynes. YER
hoeven. L. Menne. F. Menne); third. Century
| Boat Club, st. Louis (DinkelKamp, Buder, jr.;
| w. e. Buder. Hanleyl; fourth Springfield
| Boat Club: Time: s:25: New record. For
Club at Detroit. in 1909.
Senior l45-pound doubles championshfp-
Won by Penn Athletic Club. Philadeiphia
| (Finnegan and McIvaine); second yesper
| Boat Club, Philadelphia Ioweaer and Ciin-
| toni; third, Bachelors' Barge Club. PhiladcI-
phia (Dinsmore and Rife; fourth, Fairmount
Rowing Association. Philadelphia wv. Cious-
ton and c. Cioustonl; Fifth. Pennsylvanfa
Barge Club. Philadelphia (Dolan and Nc
Gready}; sixth New York A. C. (Fiessa and
Cremins). Time. .627 Is.
Senior eight-oared shells champienship--
Won by New York Athletic Club. No. (R. &.
| $. sutIin. r. J, Kerns. 4. A. Meserve. r D.
Morey, I. G. Clark. w. J. Callahan. H. Kerns.
r. " Lange coxswain, EN-. Carson); sec
| ond. Lachine Rowing Club. Quebec (Johansson
Gilbert. Parkes. Anderson. Mccormack,
schramm. Pounds. J.. Mcpherson, icoxswain, 20
Sp;cer): third. Arronaut Rowing Club. To
| ronto munro, Norris, Carter, Ward. Soperton,
Ogden Finlayson, Wright. coxswain. Ken
nedyl: fourth. Undine Barge Club PhiIadcI-
| Phia tGcseswich, Ashton, Trainer. Chambers
Graef, Federschmidt. Jenkins. Bennett cox
swain, Bsrtieyl,, nth. New York Athletic