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arst crew Defeats Varsity And.
Plebes Trim Rreshrnsn Before
Record Crowds On Severn
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me Naval academy triumphed on
Ahs water Ii wonderful fashion over
$40 University of Pennsylvania satur-
aay afsern0on, winning with her first.
~ representative. and fourth class
crews over PENIS varsity and fresh
sn The Quakers took the race be-
#ean the two aecond crews
Almost perfect conditions prevailed
aaa TIE crowd ontdid anything that
Aas seen an aqnstIc event here II
Ss-
me Navai academy first crew went
0gar saa Henley distance ID minutes
and 20 seconds, while PennBylvania
Ansehe1 q length 60 the good iu I min
agss and 81 seconds, while the acad-
esay second crew liniahed III l mln-
sSsb and So seconds, This waa the
st - contest, ok the afternoons
programme.
Ihe Naval academy piebaa LED their
opponents BY nearly three lengths.
1hsir time being minutes and 81 sec
ends. while the psnnsylyania fresh
men finished ii I minutes and So sec
omdn.
Commander Arthur s. E<ibbee. q. s.
st, was referee, and tho judges at the
lnigh we're ]. 8. Efimson. Pennsyi-
vanIa. and Mldshlpnan Il A. Melon
aid.
The races were rowed separately.
alss youngsters first, then the second
orswa and anally the main attraction.
s1Ile arst race was scheduled TO begin
30 =, but Il WASN'T start until three
aartsTs os al hour late ID order TO
await the cosnpiekion Of other athletic
venss. and the other races we're de-
sAysst la proportion
with the addition of twenty four
apbmexine chasers. the academy was
iii better condition than II ever had
nsen % care for its audience, and the
cena was most attractive one, Small
craft III every kind lined The courge,
md the policing was excellent.
Gather conditions were all that could
M desired. though slight wind blew
directly against the beats and probab-
81 toOk good many seconds from the
ksae.
ID the race between the main crews
81 Waa plain case OF crew outdoiny
nn0shsF through better form and
atsr strength Taking the water
athsr. the crews stuck alongside OF
ea0h other gor i third og the course.
though Penn had TO hold stroke OF
FORTY ID the minute. two ahead OF their
rivals. b 90 IL Between that point
and half way the midshipmen had
Asnsd i length
From the halfway point to the nm.
ssn aase Navy crew steadily increased
It's lead and so absolutely had II out
E0wNd Pannaylvania that no semb-
laRes 81 squirt wan shown BY the de-
keats6 eight. II had put all Ii had In
sss work from the start.
The NaVy second crew got slight
svanEag8 az SsHe start. hut was over
Aaulsd, while the plebe crew Of the
Navy gained nearly q length through
poor start og the Penn freshmen and
Increased the advantage to the finish.
Everything Oombsned to make inter-
est intense as the big race started
ms Institutions had made an even
break On the preliminaries and then
saers we're the circumstances Of the
meaGing OF the representative crews.
They met twice last year end had di-
sifled honoFe evenly and most OF the
nsn who rowed last year were back
~ the boats again,
Thought to be the besb college crews
iask year both are eager for the su-
pregnacy shss season and there have
not been many races in which were
combined 30 many elements or rivalry.
Then too Coach Joe Wright oe Penn
ayIvania had been quoted as saying
that his crews would sweep the river.
Il snything was needed to put the MIDI
sAipmsn completely O. their meftie IL
vaa tfis and they certainly gave al
shsy had Saturday afternoon.
Big Bill' Ingram, brother o. two