Two four-man crews race on the Hudson River for a national rowing championship and two thousand dollars

For a purse of two thousand dollars and the title of national champion, the Ward brothers of Newburgh, New York raced the Biglin brothers of New York City over a five mile course on the Hudson River opposite the village of Sing Sing.  Raced between one and three in the afternoon, the contest, up-river for two and a half miles and then down, was a close one but resulted in the Newburgh boat winning by forty-five seconds.  (By John Osborne)