Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
i. s. SCULL TITLE
IS WON BY MILLER
0vercomes Official Ruling
and Three Competitors
in Boston Regatta.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ OSTON, August 2.-Young Bill
* Miller of the Philadelphia Ba-
chelor's Barge Club had to over
come tremendous obstacles here
today to become the national single
sculling champion.
Miller had to reverse an official ruiz
ing TO get into the championship race,
the featured individual competition Of
the fifty-eighth national rowing regatta
and, once In, had to out-scull three
strong -armed competitors.
To qualify for the championship race,
an oarsmarl must first win the asso-
citation single SOULS event and this is
what Miller accomplished yesterday
without half trying. He finished, how
ever, many feet of the course and was
disqualified, along with jeremiah Shea
of Boston, who was declared guilty OF
the same offense. With both ruled out,
the association victory was awarded to
Leo b. Menne of the Nassau Boat Club,
New York, who actually finished third.
Miller protested vigorously to the
regatta's executive committee and that
body gave him permission to start in
the championship event, along with
Menne, w. Il. Garrett Gilmore, Mil
ler's Clubmate, and Russell s. Goldman,
r., Of the Union Boat Club. Boston,
the latter two being winners Of pre-
vious association skulls.
Takes Early Lead.
The reinstated skuller took an early
lead, sculling 33-beat, while his rivals
stroked much slower, and was never
headed TO the finish line. He crossed
with i quarter length lead on Gilmore
and Goldman, who staged thrilling
struggle for the runner-up position,
won by the Philadelphia with q few
feet to spare. Menne was outclassed
throughout the race and trailed Cod
man by five lengths.
Nine other national championships
we're won by oarsmen from Philadelphia,
the home Of amateur rowing in this
country. Two New Workers were strong
enough to annex national titles and the
other championship, the senior eight
Dared shells event, was won by the
Springfield Rowing Association crew,
with the New York Athletic Club eight
second and the South Side Boat Club
crew from Quincy. ILL.,. third.
The last shell home was the Cen
fury Club eight from st. Louis, which
was making an impressive bid for VIC
tory until It's stroke, Wade B. Aud, col
lapsed early in the last quarter.
Springfield's winning time was min
rtes san seconds.
Four Retain Titles.
Four Of the 1929 champions partici-
pating in the other five title events on
today's program were strong enough to
retain their honors. The Bachelors
Barge Clubs senior four-oared shell,
without coxswain, was unopposed and
had merely to row over the course to
defend its championship. The Undine
Barge Clubs senior 145-pnund eight
cared crew, however. had to defeat
three other crews by two lengths to
save the title won last year at Spring
field.
Philadelphias famous Clark twins,
Eugene and Thomas, of the Bachelors
Barge, defended their senior 145-pound
double sculls championship by defeating
Arthur Geogheean and Robert Whiting
OF the New Rochelle, N. Y, Rowing
Club by 1--WE lengths and the Bachelors
Barge senior quadruple souls became
champions for another year by leading
the Union Boat Club four to the line
with length and half to spare.