The Washington times., 1905-04-16
Naval OQrSn1en Win
In Beautiful Race
Annapolis Eight Led Georgetown by Forty
Feet After Two-Me struggle-Middy
Second Also Led

deafening din This was the signal for
the final squirt. Remembering their ex-
perience of last year when Navy caught
and passed Georgetown in the last 440
yards, the two crews which bore the
Blue and Gray at once began the spurt
followed by the Midshipmen, and the
grand struggle for the positions began.
Reichmuth, who was making pace for
the Naval first. raised his stroke slight
ly, while Barber, Georgetown's No. S
put his a thirty-two
Realizing that if his crew was TO get
out of last place it must be done quick
ly, Canario, in the stroke seat in George
| towns junior shell, shot his pace up two
poiats, but the second Middies were sat
isfied with their gait
Killing Pace.
The pace was killing and the four
crews had not spurted hundred wards
when ii was seen that the visiting var
sity could hardly stand the going. Inch
by inch the MILDLY cracks crept up and
at the end of the first furIUug of the
hnai squirt Nays four was opposite
to the bow man in Georgetown's first.
meanwhile, the second ANNAPOLIS crew
continued to gain, and although tens"
WV NchiitiiS last the Junior 0arSmEn
from Washington could not stop the
gaining and from length in the lead
went to length and a half and then TO
| two lengths
With quarter of mile 10 go the
Navy was leading Georgetown by hall
a length. At this point the shells en-
tered the lane of launches and in re-
sponse to the cheers Of the battalion of
midshfpmen who were grouped in the
rigging of dispatch boats, the men in
1.-the shells eXerted every ounce of re-
serve strength, and as the Navy first
crossed the line the bow of the George
town varsity shell was only forty feet
away.
Navy Second Led.
Less than two lengths back came the
second MILDLY outfit, leading the Blue
and Gray second by two lengths of open
water. or an actual lead OF three boa
lengths. Time-tlavy first crew. first.
time. 1921 2-5; Georgetown Varsity. sec
end 1925 As; Navy, second crew. third,
1924 1-5, and Georgetown Freshmen, last,
10:40
Although thoroughly exhausted the
oarsmen in the four shells quickly re-
covered, and after giving the customary
tance of a mile and a halt.
The torpedo boat Manley was used by
the referee and officials.
Visitors Poorly Treated.
Fifty or more of the delegation Of
nearly two hundred. who came down
from Washington to witness the race
were disappointed at not even seeing
the finish. Instead Of waiting a few
minutes for the special train the naval
authorities made no provision for those
who were not on hand early. and when
the WashingtonianS arrived they found
that there were no boats Of any sort
TO take tkem cut TO the finish line.
Launches were not to be had at any
price, and most of the visitors VINO had
made the tiresome trip to the ant!quated
town were compelled to sit on Jhc float
1T the boat house, and wait fGr over
an hour fo' the returns from the finish
line.
Thanks to the courtesy of Lieut.. Hen
ry Seedorf, l. s, N, a party of news
paper men was provided with launch
TO see the race.
Order of Fights.
The lineup and weights of the four
crews follow:
FIRST crew - Reichmuth, stroke;
weight. 1852; TafHinder fcaptD. :, 1856; Ca
baniss, 6, l60; Brainard, ;. l61; Brad .ey,
I, ia; Dreutzer, 3. 10; Causey. .. 1863
Jensen, bow, 16l; Wilson. cox, ll5.
Varsity-Barber stroke. 155; NeiI I,
1870; Hayden, 6. 162; Graham (capt1. 5,
$50; Shanley. 4. 100; Brennon. 3. 16o:
Backes, 2 loo; Lusk. bow, I6l; Shriver,
cox. 100 Average weight, excluding
coxswain, l66hs pounds
Second crew-Ingram, stroke: weight
ls5: Bartlett. 7, 1853; Rockwell 6. 1G3
Johnson. ). 157; Montgomery. 4. 170: Mo
Ree, 3. l61. Pence. ?, 10; Atkins. bow
157; Hoover. cox. 122
Freshmen-Canairo stroke. 162; Foy.
!. 161; Green. 6, 157: Seitz. 3, 165: Woods
I, i'S; Grogan. 3. $50: Stewart, ?, 157:
Rice. bow. 1853; Crummy. cox, 122 Av-
erage, excluding coxswain 1917 pounds
Average Weight-First crew, 166 sec
ond crew, 1915.