American Sculling Championship

The American Sculling Championship (Professional).

These races were conducted under the challenge system. For details of this see World Sculling Championship, Challenges.

All races were with a turn.

The following table shows winners from 1859 to 1888. Other races must have taken place at a later date and others may be add to this table.

Date (DMY) Winner Loser Length Comment
11-10-1859 Joshua Ward T Daw 5 miles See Ward Brothers (rowers)
13-08-1862 James Hamill Joshua Ward 3 miles -
14-08-1862 James Hamill Joshua Ward 5 miles -
23-07-1863 Joshua Ward James Hamill 5 miles -
28-09-1863 James Hamill Joshua Ward 5 miles -
19-07-1864 James Hamill Joshua Ward 5 miles -
21-05-1867 W Brown James Hamill 5 miles -
09-09-1867 James Hamill W Brown 5 miles Sunk
19-06-1868 James Hamill H Coulter 5 miles -
09-09-1868 W Brown # H Coulter - less than 5 miles
08-07-1874 George Brown William Scharff 5 miles -
26-09-1874 George Brown E Morris 5 miles -
11-09-1875 E Morris H Coulter - less than 5 miles
16-10-1875 E Morris H Coulter - less than 5 miles
21-10-1876 William Scharff E Morris 5 miles -
09-06-1877 E Morris William Scharff 5 miles -
13-10-1877 E Morris P Luther 5 miles -
20-06-1878 Ned Hanlan E Morris 5 miles -
03-10-1878 Ned Hanlan Charles E. Courtney 5 miles -
- - 1879 Ned Hanlan Charles E. Courtney 5 miles 'The Fixed Match'
19-05-1880 Ned Hanlan Charles E. Courtney - -
26-05-1880 Ned Hanlan James Riely 5 miles -
24-10-1885 James Teemer Ned Hanlan 3 miles -
12-06-1886 Jacob Gaudaur James Teemer 3 miles -
30-05-1887 Jacob Gaudeur Ned Hanlan - less than 3 miles
23-07-1887 Ned Hanlan Jacob Gaudaur 3 miles -
13-08-1887 James Teemer Ned Hanlan - less than 3 miles
28-10-1887 James Teemer Jacob Gaudeur 3 miles -
24-11-1888 William Joseph O'Connor James Teemer 3 miles -
02-08-1919 John B. Kelly Sr. Paul Costello [1]
  1. Walter Brown died in March 1871 while still Champion

A much later race occurred when Tom Sullivan (rower) attempted to win the Championship of America in August 1905 when he raced Edward Durnan of Canada in a 3-mile (4.8 km) race in Toronto. Sullivan was soundly beaten and Durnan went on to unsuccessfully challenge for the World Sculling Title. Durnan was Hanlan's nephew.

References

  1. "Rowing Honors Go To Duluth Club". The New York Times. 3 August 1919.

The New York Clipper Annual 1892.

'Edward Hanlan America's Champion Oarsman' by R K Fox. 1880. (note, Hanlan was Canadian.)

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