Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1926, Page 27

SPORTS. Washzngton U. Again Rules Collegiate Rowing After Stirring Race With Navy HUSKIES DEFEAT MIDDIES BY MARGIN OF A SECOND 80,000 Spectators Witness the Thrilling Conte Which Near-Record Time Is Made—Seattle Oarsmen Also Take Junior Event. By the Associated Press. P OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 29—The University of Washington's eight mighty huskies once again rule the intercollegiate seas. Through four miles of a tranquil Hudson, with the shadows of twilight deepening, the Pacific Coast stalwarts, pupils of the famous Rusty Callow, pulled their way to victory by a dozen feet over the Naval Acade- my eight in yesterday’s classic climax to the annual regatta of the Inter- collegiate Racing Association. Washington won by the margin of a second, barel one of the fastest four-mile races on record, as well as soul stirring. A Callow coached eight also romped off with the Junior varsit sive fashion, leaving Columbia's smashing victory in the freshman in dec; a full stroke, in one of the "m“l e race as the only consolation for the East. No such overthrow of Eastern tal- ent has occurred before in the 29 years of the regatta’s history. In five straight years of varsity competition Washington has finished 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, while her junior varsity has captured junior varsity honors Zor two years in a row. Only the Naval Academy’'s crews can rival the record of Washington in this period. and yesterda: victor evens the score between these rivals of East and West. They have met | four times in the last five years and| each has registered two triumphs, with the other as the runner-up each time. A Washington man, Bob Butler, out of college only three vears, coached the Navy eight that pushed the hus kies to the limit before yRlding the championship. This was Butler’'s first year at the helm of a NaVy rowing team. Is a Thrilling Finish. Few among the 80,000 spectators who saw their battle from shores, ships and the observation train failed to feel the thrill of a struggle in which Washington, setting the pace from the start, was forced to apply BNy o of energy at its command | to_stave off the Navy’'s closing rush. ‘Washington had an open-water ad. vantage when the race was half over, but the Sallors took up the chase in earnest. At three miles they had mnarrowed the margin to half a length and were gaining slowly. Washington met this challenge with a spurt of its own and in a nip-and-tuck closing | bridge drive held off the most determined efforts of the Sailors. The ‘“other race” among the six crews that followed the leaders be came a march for Syracuse, which landed third place by two lengths. Then came Pennsylvania, Columbia, California, Wisconsin and Cornell. ‘Washington's victory in the junior varsity at 3 miles left length and a half behine !race were convinced that was third, Svracuse fourth. Cornell fifth and Columbia last. i3 In the freshman, a two-mile race, | Columbia won by two lengths. with ifornia _second; then cuse, enn and Corneil . The Washington varsity, timed in 19 minutes, 28 3.5 seconds, was 34 45 seconds behind the record set by Cor nell in 1901. BY LAWRE PERRY. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.. June 20 |-——When the Navy eight rowed at the |low beat of 31 strokes to the minute | in the first half mile of th rsit event on the Hudson River v 1 evening those who know sor.ling about the strategy of a long-distunce before the | contest was over the Midshipmen were going to contribute their share to the thrills that traditionally_occur when the competing crews at Poughkeepsie have reached the soaring suspension bridge and the time has come to lay cards on the table. Washington wanted the lead at the start, being cocky and full of confi- dence in herseif, and the Middies ve e quite willing to let her have it They Were even content to let Penn sylvania® and Syracuse slip ahead, | while they went along in fourth place. taking care, however, that at no time should the distance that separated them from the leader be too great. There was Jockeying of the most in teresting sort all down the course, and when the bombs began to explode | from the arches of the suspension | over the 3mile mark the merits of the Navy's strategy were clearly outlined Quakers Eack Stamina. The Midshipmen had dropped Penn —a crew whose style was beautiful, whose spirit was mettlesome, but | the THE EVENING STAR. WASHIN VARSITY—FOUR MILES. Lengths behind leader. G—California T—Wisconsin 8&—Cornell JUNIOR hmsn'\—rmu.r Pos. _ Crew. 1—Washington MILES. Time. Lengths 40 1y s—Cornell . G—Columbia FRESHMEN—TW Pos. Crew, 1—Columbia How the Washington and crews were boated WASHINGTON Age. Height 6.0 Navy Pos. ard Name. Weight. W G 170 Height. Weight 600 7 Averages Coxswain—Seabring cond place and was herself well es- tablished in just the position she wanted to be at this juncture. Here, then, was the time set to strike. There came u sharp note in the outery of little Seabring, the Navy coxswain, as he called for the reserve power which he knew was in his crew of sun-bronzed giants. Immediately Tom Eddy, the stroke, sent up a rous- ing 37 that was like an electric cur- rent and while the Huskies raised their stroke to meet the challenge and neither faltered nor lost a fractional degree of thelr beautiful rhythm they could not throw off the on-coming Navy ship. Slowly the overhung prow of the shell from Annapolis closed up the open space of water upon which was traced the bubbling wake of the eattle bout and then marked off the inches and the feet of the gleaming, cedar hull of that shell from the Far Northwest ‘Then, as tens of thousands of spec- tators gave themselves up to hysteria, the two shells came beam to oarsmen matching stroke for stroke as two great pugilists match wallops in a prize ring. Thus they swept up to the finish whose stamina and physique were un equal to the mighty pressure placed Penn a [upon her in a grilling mile and a quar- Californta | ter; she had crowded racuse out of and no one knew when the flags went down within a fraction of a second of each other which crew had won. Some said Washington, some said the | like Navy, and there were cheers for hoth. Bobh Butler, the youthful Navy coach, who sat at the writer's elbow i the observation train, leaned for- ward to Rusty Callow, who sat in the row below. “‘Corigratulation: a great victory,” with all heartiness. “Do you think we won, Bob? T don’t. I think you're the successful man. Cany will shake. And so the two shook hands while Max Luft of Pennsylvania and Don Walling of last year's Washington srew congratulated both. ‘When the result was finally made known the two men shook hands again, each vowing that winning or losing a race like that amounted to about the same thing. There is a wonderful fraternal spirit among the 11 coaches, who have been drafted from Washington to coach Eastern tributing to rowing a sporting up- lift that is replacing the spirit which the old schopl rowing coaches im- planted. And a very agreeable and salutary change it is. acuse was the surprise of the For two and a half miles she fought a valiant battle and in the end was crowded down not by su- perior watermanship, but by sheer physical power. The Orange fin- ished a good third, crossing the line ahead of all her colleagues in the in. tercollegiate rowing association— which is a lot of glery. Pennsylvania lacked physique and stamina but rowed handsomely. Call- 3 made too much of a fuss out- too clumsy with her Columbia and Cornell were mediocre and mediocrity stood put @ sore thumb in the sort of class they were up against. Wiscon- sin showed an absolute lack of com- petitive fire, were loggy and acted as though they needed some preliminary races under thelr belts. Rusty; that was he said " laughed Butler, “we sweeps. WINNERS IN REGATTA SINCE RACES STARTED Year. Winner. 1895—Columbia 1806—Cornell 1897—Cornell 1898 Pennsylvania ... 1500—Pennaylvania . 1801 —Cornell 1902—Cornell 1903—Cornell 1904—Syracuse 1905—Cornell 1006—Cornell 1907—Cornell 1008—Syracuse 1908—Cornell 1810—Cornelt 911—Cornell 2 —Cornell 913 —Syracuee |1 +—Columbis .. Cornell Syracuse 1818, 1910-"No ‘races vy ashington 4—Washington A Three miles. Saratora Lake b Four-mile record. . Cayuea Lake, 1923 and 1024 was threo miles ow far do you intend to drive your CAR ? Don't a motor car by its first Almost any car will go that far in a fairly satisfactory fashion. The miles from then on will showyou the difference between Buick and a lot of other cars that sell for the same money. There is extra strength e Better BUICK MOTOR COMPANY in Buick— Big volume makes BUICK Divisiow of Geweral Fourteenth and L Sts. N.W. WASHINGTON BRANCH Retail Dealers EMERSON & ORME 1620 M. St. 1018 Conn. Ave. it possible to build Buicks without a quality compromise, and still keep the price low. 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