The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-21
WASHINGTON U BOWERS PUT IT
 OVER IN SOUTH
Conibear'S Men Finish First in the Regatta of the Southern
 Colleges.


 Saturday on Stanford and Cali fornia at San Francisco.
 The Seattle varsity boat drove over the finishing mile a good six in turn led California by four lengths, while later in the day the Washington freshmen repeated with a win over the Southern entries.
 In both races the Conibear boats were handled in finished fashion and proved themselves the superiors of their rivals.
 The weather, which turned squal- ly, was not propitious for racing, but the Northwesterners proved themselves equal to the occasion and finished both races in good shape and without any trace of distress.
 The start of the varsity race was delayed, but once under way proved a real battle for the first two miles California got off to a flying start and both her oarsmen and those of Stanford hit up their stroke count forty to the minute, while the Washington oarsmen were con tent with two less than that num- her
 The Bruin tuggers kept in front Of the procession about whole length for the first mile and one quarter, Washington rowing second and Stanford bringing up the rear But this did not last. Stanford dropped into a thirty-siX stroke count just after the turn into the straightaway, Washington dropping to thirty-two and both boats pass ed California, whose force seemed to fade away
 Right here the Conibear tech nique made it's appearance. The long, free stroke of his pupils be- gan to tell in the choppy swells, while the shorter stroke of both Stanford and California did not adapt itself to the going, with the result that Washington went out into safe lead, crossing, the fin ishing line with lot of room to spare.
 The work of the California crew was in measure disappointing to the Blue and Gold undergraduates, but it is to be remembered that the Californians were obliged to row in a strange boat, their crack racing shell having suffered injury several days before the race. At that the Californians looked to be the superior of any of the eights which have represented the Bruins in the past few seasons, and by next year the men should be mould ed into a machine that iwll give them crew willing to meet all corners.
 Stanford did not like the condi- tion of the course, and to this may be attributed her failure to keep closer up to the leaders.
 The short stroke, which the Car Ginals have been using all through their training, would not adapt itself to the weather conditions, "HN thSiC 10 tHe otOIy Ol ticlI failure.
 Times, which mean very little in crew racing, showed that Wash ington crossed the finish line 16 minutes and 32 seconds after leav- ing the. Webster Street bridge, a distance of three miles. Stanford's time was 16:57. while the Cali fcrnia boat was clocked in 17:14
 Right after the conclusion of the varsity race the rival freshmen crews went to the starting line but by this time rain set in hur- ried along by a sharp north wind and so it was decided to change the course Accordingly the crews rowed up stream, from point near the Webster Street bridge to the Park Street crossing
 As was the case in the varsity the California babies stepped into a lead from the start but were un- able to maintain this long, The Washington crew experienced some difficulty with it's oars in the first part of the contest but when it righted itself swept into a lead and finished two and one-half lengths ahead of the Bruins. Stanford in turn, was led five laps by the Californians. The winning Wash ington time was 10:24. Califor- mia finished in 10:33, while Stan ford brought up with 1O:53.
 As prelude to the day the third varsity crew of California defeat cd the second freshmen and the Olympic Club eight over the three mile course by four laps. The sec ond freshmen led the Post Street tuggers by a pair of laps at the finish.
 Kalispell Is Winner Again in Big
 Shoot.
 kaliSDell won it's ninth straight