Show 1 0 I I I I YANKEE LIFESAVERS TRIM GERMAN CHAMPS New York rul July 2 23 Thero There Thero Is a boat crew aboard the tile steamship that until yesterday esterday believed It I could row out-row any other boat crow crew that ever pulled oars oara When the tho Cerman German squadron squad ron was wu In III this port the crew wanted to row the but for some reason the tho kaisers kaiser's sailors declined to row against the liners liner's mon men This week weel the Yankee savors life ICo on the tho vT Hudson river l piers lers got together a scratch crew and anti manned one of the lifeboats to give the lInt Brit isher a run The distance staked staled off Was a trifle more than a mile mie oc Tho The race bt began an at o'clock In the afternoon Each crow crew pulled at the I rate rato of thirty five ve strokes a min to Mo but at the middle of ot the course the boat rowed towed by the Americans was vas In tho the lead lend lead and when the finish stake was reached there were two boat lengths o of green water between tho the Yankees and the tho crestfallen challengers Them as goes to tea ea aint always the tho best rowers was the longshoremen's comment |