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Show HOOVER GIVEN WELCOME HOME World's Champion Oarsman Arrives From England on Liner Majestic XKW YORK. July 26 Walter Hoover, of Duluth. Minn . new world's champion oarsman. Tuesday stood grinning and embarrassed on the deck uf the liner Mujoatic while a fleet of .smaller craft, carrying a score of wel-cpmlni wel-cpmlni committees, tooted him hom-j age and bunds played, "Hall, the Con-queroring Con-queroring Horo Comes." Hoover wub coming from England bringing with him the historic dlu, mond srulls and ihe Henley gold cuy, as trophlus of his triumphs on the: Tharnoe. Tho police tug, John V. Hylan, out to meet the Majestic, led the parade ,J Next In line cume the tug Manhattan, Man-hattan, currying Mayor Hylun's crack police band and glee club and a half hundred high police officials In full purade uniform at least eight of whom once roweu In championship i ace.- The Manhattan also carried ita quota of delegates from boat clubs of eastern idutos Trailing behind theae two were numerous smaller crail, decked from stem to masthead, a' wore their loaders, aslth all tho flags they cauid conveniently fly. THOUSANDS MM: DKCK. As the Majestic dropped anchor off quarantine, and the tQOUjpands lining in r deckii wondered what ail the demonstration dem-onstration was about, Ned Toneyck of tho famous Worcester. Mass.. rowing row-ing family spied Hoover. The champ- j Ion stood alone, on the top deck. ga-, Ing ut a banner flung from bow to atern of the Hylan, which proolalmsdi "Welcome, Walter Hoover." Th Hylan slioned a salute. Thoj Majestic answered It. Tho bandn itruek "Home, Sweet Home," then -Hall, tho Conquororlng Hero." Still Hoover stood mjtlonless until somi' One. yelled ' Ya Ya Duluth ' and the bund struck up ' Where Did You Get That Hat." Then the champion grin-! ned, lifted his now English topplece with, a flourinh. and grinned ugatn. SUIT AT P1EK. At tho pier Other delegations mot hltn and waited for two hours whllo .customs officials, one after another axamlned and exclaimed ovnr the be-Jeweled be-Jeweled trophies ho had won through his defeat of J Hurofoid, Jr. his opponent op-ponent on the Thames Later he was taken to the city hall to be officially welcomed and congratulated by Mayer! Hylan. Still later ho was honor guoKt at a reception where the hosts were veterans of former American championship champ-ionship rowing loams. Tenoyck. who shares with B. H Bowel! of New York, the dlotlnctloD of belnp tho only American to win t h diamond sculls It was back In 1897 ' was one of them. His father, Dad' Toneyck, now coach of Syracuse uni-! yursity, was Hoover's first coach; and I his brothor, "Young Jim" Tneyck. i prepared Hoover for his last race. oo- |