Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-28
NAVY ROWS. WELL
Second Crew Beats Harvard
and Varsity the Graduates.
SECONDS WIN BY5LENGTHS
Grads" Pull Strongly, But Are
Beaten by One
Length.
SECONDS WIN BY5LENGTHS

opecaai DISPATCH % The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. April Ply most
positively coming back eight young
naval officers. who have had several years
Of the typical life aboard battleship or
cruiser. which Uncle Sans Navy lads
get after breaking away from the re-
straints Of the academy at Annapolis. to-
day proved that rowing does not reduce
the period Of efficiency Of naval Officers.
who. while middies at the academy, were
In varsity crews.
They did this by giving the present
varsity eight Of the Navy q far harder
battle than could the Harvard college
crew give academy second strong men.
II took all that eight men Of the acad-
envy varsity crew could do to beat the
graduate eight by short length. while
the second bunch OF young admirals had
comparatively easy work after the first
half mile In running away from the GRIM
son clad Johnny HarvaEds to the tune
Of about five lengths over . two-mile
course. SOL.
Although base ball fans and sports who
wanted TO see . good lacrosse game and
the enthusiastic baltimore rooters whose
one desire was to tell Of q Johnny" Hop
kins track team victory kicked streuu-
ously over the easy going fall Of rain
which came down during the late morning
and early afternoon, those who like to
see two boat leads Of eight game laos
each get away without having a choppy
sea bucking the bow OF q frail cedar
craft were satisfied.
They would not have kicked II the
brackish waters OF the Severn had been
q wee bit less turbulent. but the condi-
tons. except for q slight head wind. were
not bad for the river course OF the
Severn.
Followed by q fussy fiotilla Of little
steam launches. which made more noise
than one would think possible from such
launched il. fran craft over the side S OF
the float at 2:15. as Puck" Pickering.
the 116-pound coxswain Of the Jack Tars
gave the word that saw the MILDLY shell
take the water for the three-mile-and-a-
half pull to the starting point OF the
course, the banked shores OF the Severn
trembled with the reverberatng echoes
OF the famous "Four-N' yell. as hun
dred or SO young middies gave their
favorites the proper kind OF an Uncle
The sailors had hardly rounded Gene
terry point when a long rakish looking
toothpick affair stuck its point out OF
the boathouse on the opposite side Of the
float. Under 1t wiggled eight pairs Of very
sturdy looking legs, which proved that
it was not a spider or a "grand-daddy'
long legs, but just Johnny Harvard's
second eight trotting out an English
made cedar bottom shell, which the Navy
had loaned them as one Of those indica-
lions of intercollegiate courtesy which
always mark contests of prowess be-
tween two American institutions.
Over the side OF the float went the Mid
nine sturdy looking Harvard lads. AS
these took their seats a sun-tanned Jack
tar from the u. 6. 8. Hartford heaved
a knot that gave her tow to a navy
launch.
When the word was passed the launch
pulled away towing the she'll while the
oarsmen saved their strength for what
was coming In the way Of battle against
Coach Dick Glendons well coached
lads Of the Navy second eight.
Around the point, through the draw
bridge and up the long reach Of the Sew
ern went the two boats. Navy pulling and
Harvard sitting easily. while q launch
saved them waste OF strength.
TALLY chssred BY the crowd which lined
It was Just 2:ao o'clock when Referee
Robert r. Herrick OF the Harvard gradu-
ate athletic committee called the two
crews to the line.
The two crews left the line at the word
eco" with an even start, Harvard strik-
ing the water at a clip OF forty-five to
the minute. with Navy doing the Same
gait.
After one-eighth Of q mile there was
very little to choose between the crews.
At this stage, however, Navy was seen
70 lengthen and lower her stroke. while
tho Harvard lads, In order to maintain
their position. held their stroke at thirty
eight beats to the minute.
Nays strong body swing and tremen-
dous leg drive gradually forged their boat
to the front. and as the crews neared the
first half-miIe mark the Sailors had
gained Q lead Of three-fourths OF . boat
length.
From this stage on Navy gradually in
creased her lead. rowing thirty-four per
minute, and finished fifteen seconds or ave
lengths In the lead. The crews were To-
c&ted ~ follows:
tinioss; No. 3, Strong; No. 4. Leighton: No. 8.
Vaughan: No. g. Ford; No. z. Palmer; stroke
Gteenmaa; coxswlin, Pickering.
HarvarA-Bow, Carver; No. z, Cutler; No. =
s6stioa; No. :. Hnis; stroke. Rsr: cc1swan.
Nsy5 varsaty-Bow, villas: No. 4 Rs..agse;
Ne s. Ingram; No. 4 Dd9ar; No. 3 ReaAs: No.
q RedmSh; No. Z. Powell; STROKE. Nslson; coz
., yosssoS; No. Z, white: No. s. Msrrins: No.
9, !oftins No. Z. Aeiu; stroke. Elliott; cox
The White Scx have e butcher bat :
terry Ia Pitcher Benz and Catcher KreitE.
The former butchers In southern Indiana
In the wtntertime and Kreits does the
same In Dayton Ore. aftsr the esai So
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