Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-10

Naval Academy Has Chance Te
unruestioned Title Among
Eastern Rowing Colleges
no HAVE FOUR ENTRIES

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Excepting only the period shortly
/ before football game between the
1.-TWO service academy teams. there has
been no time in which the Naval
Academy contingent has been 20 en-
1 crossed in an athletic event as IT now
lis in the American Henley at Philas
ldelphia On May 3ist Rowing ii Al
sport iii which every Navy man Il anx.
ioss for the Naval Academy TO ercelL
and for the first time ia its aquatic.
i history. there lis d strong chance for
Its crews I'd demonstrate their clear
supremacy Tor the season This pre-
vents any suggestion Of letting down
Fin spite Of the fact that the Midshtp-
men have been such easy winners IN
the races they have rowed On the
Severn.
There Is general appreciation Of the
/ fact that defeat at Philadelphia
would practically destroy all Of the
i prestige gained iii the victories on
1.-THE severn over Pennsylvanla, Har-
ward, Princeton and Syracuse, while
d victory would make the Naval Acad-
envy the leading college crew Of the
1 year beyond any question. Never has
la Naval Academy crew had such an
opportunity, and All Of them propose
II ia make the best use Of the time re-
manning for preparation. Consequent.
lily, there are busy sessions around the
Academy boat houses every afternoon.
Tn spite of their easy victories over
1.-THE strong crews they have met, the
Saidshipmen and those handling them
know that their former opponents who
Twill have another chance at them. will
make desperate efforts to come back,
and they are especially wary of Joe
WrighIs boys. who will be rowing
I'm their home waters. A defeat by
Pennsylvania or any other crew would
be more singing than II the Navy did
L not have such fine record for the
early season
Coach Richard Glendon, now hand
ling the Academy crew for the seven
tenth consecutive season does not
hesitate to say that ne considers the
crew OF this year one OF his three best
crews, the others being the crews OF
i 1905 and 1908. The latter rev was
l.captained and stroked by Jonas In,
gram. brother Of Bill Ingram, now
lstroking the crew. III holds the two
mile record for the Severn, nine min.
utes and thirty seconds. The crew
Ethis year has never performed SO we'll,
but Coach Glendon says that condi-
tions have never been just right for d
speed test. This, In fact. Is unneces-
sary. when the work Of the crew
lagainsf opposing crews Is considered.
Two OF the Academy crews are put
ting a special amount of dash In their
work these days The second crew
and the 150-ponnd crew realizes that
everything for them depends upon
their showing In the Henley events.
\ THE second crew lost ITS only race
Ito the Pennsylvania second crew, and
III lis the only race lost by Navy crew
this year The feather.weights have
vet to prove their standing The sim
liar crew or the University on Penn
sylvania will probably be their only
opponents on May 3lst.
Some changes have been made in
the second crew. and II Is now betty
lot It's members with their weights.
are Bow, Litchneld, 1863; ,. Renard,
f7h. 8, Jacomini 1888; 4. McKenney.
rs: s. Newly. $50; 8. F'rawley. $50;
Il. Gregg. ITS; stroke, Beard, l63; cox
swain, Clark 10.
The feather. weight aggregation
would probably exceed their limit By
pound or two Il weighed just now.
but the kind Of work they are doing
ought to bring them within stated
limits nv the day OF the race. The
members of this crew with weights.
are: Bow, Maioney, 1872: 2. Thomp-
san. 145: 3, Conant, 15s: 4 Heineman,
i52: S, Pew. 154; s. Talbot, 159: Z,
Mcmahon, i5a: stroke, Sloane. 152;
coxswain. d'Oyley LIS.
The rowing squad containing about
forty members viii leave Annapolis
for Philadelphia the morning of the
Thursday just before the race Mr..
Glendon has Just returned from Phil.
adelphfa where he has been consid-
aring accommodations While the
matter Il not settled he likes a loca.
tion dit Torresdale. which Is about a
half mile from the boat house Of the
Bachelors Barge Club, the use of
which has been offered the Academy
party while IN Philadelphia.
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