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)WinnerLoserLengthComment
11-10-1859Joshua WardT Daw5 milesSee Ward Brothers (rowers)
13-08-1862James HamillJoshua Ward3 miles-
14-08-1862James HamillJoshua Ward5 miles-
23-07-1863Joshua WardJames Hamill5 miles-
28-09-1863James HamillJoshua Ward5 miles-
19-07-1864James HamillJoshua Ward5 miles-
21-05-1867W BrownJames Hamill5 miles-
09-09-1867James HamillW Brown5 milesSunk
19-06-1868James HamillH Coulter5 miles-
09-09-1868W Brown #H Coulter-less than 5 miles
08-07-1874George BrownWilliam Scharff5 miles-
26-09-1874George BrownE Morris5 miles-
11-09-1875E MorrisH Coulter-less than 5 miles
16-10-1875E MorrisH Coulter-less than 5 miles
21-10-1876William ScharffE Morris5 miles-
09-06-1877E MorrisWilliam Scharff5 miles-
13-10-1877E MorrisP Luther5 miles-
20-06-1878Ned HanlanE Morris5 miles-
03-10-1878Ned HanlanCharles E. Courtney5 miles-
- - 1879Ned HanlanCharles E. Courtney5 miles'The Fixed Match'
19-05-1880Ned HanlanCharles E. Courtney--
26-05-1880Ned HanlanJames Riely5 miles-
24-10-1885James TeemerNed Hanlan3 miles-
12-06-1886Jacob GaudaurJames Teemer3 miles-
30-05-1887Jacob GaudeurNed Hanlan-less than 3 miles
23-07-1887Ned HanlanJacob Gaudaur3 miles-
13-08-1887James TeemerNed Hanlan-less than 3 miles
28-10-1887James TeemerJacob Gaudeur3 miles-
24-11-1888William Joseph O'ConnorJames Teemer3 miles-
02-08-1919John 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" (PDF). 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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