James Juvenal: Rowing for a Medal and Bicycling for a Wife on a Bet

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #029: Meredith Colket, Bascom Johnson, Edward Bushnell, John Cregan & James Juvenal – Olympiad II in Paris - The 1900 “Zany Games”, part 6

James Juvenal was a member of Vesper Boat Club of the Schuylkill Navy when they took they gold.  Four years later in St. Louis at Olympiad III, he took Silver in the single scull.  And yes, he and his girlfriend rode from Philadelphia to New York City Hall on a bet they could be married by sundown.