The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
NAVY SWEEPS
COURSE CLEAN
ON SCHUYLKILL
Middies Beat Penn and
Syracuse Boats in Var
sity Race. y
VICTORIOUS IN JUNIORS
Tars Triumph Again in Strug-
gle for $50 Pound
Crews
VICTORIOUS IN JUNIORS
Special DcspatcA 10 TEE sux.

| Special Despatch TO TEE Sun.
| PHILADELPHIA, May si.-Twenty thou
sand persons saw Coach Dick Glendons
Navy varsity crew clinch all claim to the
American collegiate rowing champion
ship this afternoon when the stalwart
Middies flashed over the line a length
and Quarter ahead OF Joe Wrights
Pennsylvania youths. Syracuse, never
factor. was three and half lengths
back OF the Red and Blue.
Capt. Bill Ingram set a rushing stroke
for the Middies that carried them over
! the mile and fve-sixteenths in 8 minutes
| 35 seconds. only ten seconds slower than
the record made jointly by Pennsylvania
and the New York A. c. over the same
course in 1908. Four seconds astern of
the Navy came Pennsylvania. Capt Carl
rhomas, the stroke oar, virtually col
| lapsing at the finish.
! "A marvellous crew, that Navy eight"
said veteran James Pilkington. president
or the National Association OF Amateur
Oarsmen, soon after the Middies had
! won.
Jim Rice, former Columbia rowing
coach, added: ''One of the most power
full Fights of all time" Or. Spaeth,
| rowing tutor at Princeton, followed up
with: The Navy deserves all the credit
In the world. They have a great eight"
| Coach Joe Wright OF Pennsylvania
naturally was disappointed that Penn
| sylvania was not able to break the
Nays long winning streak, but took
occasion to say: Rowing man for man
the Craftsmanship was equal. but they
had 1t on us In weight, and that was
what eventually counted. They have
marvellous eight"
Penn Twice Challenges.
There can be no doubling the strength
OF the Navy eight. They were chal-
lenged twice during the grind, but each
time Ingram put more beef on the sweep
and shot the Annapolis bow further out
In front. At one stage in the race Penn
sylvania was within eight feet Of the
Nays bow. 1t looked as though the
! Red and Blue might overcome Glendon's
pupils-but II could not be done.
Although scheduled for $40, 1t was
1882 when Hugh Cabot and William In
mis- Forbes lined the three crews Up.
The Middies were fortunate to draw the
middle lane. which is considered a triie
better than the others. Pennsylvania
was on the east side and Syracuse on
| the west
In customary form. the Red and Blue
was away with a rush and jumped fif-
| teen or twenty yards in front at tho end
of the first ten strokes. The Navy started
with a thirty-six, while Pennsylvania
was up TO thirty-eight- Syracuse also
used high stroke. but did not have the
snap of the other two and was soon
pushed back. Before the first 100 yards
were completed II was apparent that the
race was between the Quakers and the
Middies.
|
| to the thousands of rooters on both sides
OF the river. but inch by inch the Mid
dies crept UP and at the trolley bridge
the rival crews were on even terms.
They rowed stroke for stroke for about
| fifty yards, but going under the arches
the Navy bow came out first and stayed
there until the end OF the race.
The last three-Quarters of a mile was
| a gruellipg struggle, with Pennsylvania
putting all II had back of every stroke.
The determination was there but not the
strength The Nays Ave pounds advan-
tage to the man made a big difference.
| especially in that Anal dash.
Quakers Fight Hard.
A quarter OF a mile from the finish,
or just when the Navy reached the head
Of Peters Island. the Red and Blue made
one last desperate effort. The Middies
| lead then was a half length. 1t was asking
| a lot for Pennsy to catch Glendons eight
| at that stage, but the cheering delega-
ton near the referees stand never quit
| for a second and still believed that
Penn might NOW them down in a
heart breaking rally,
The Navy virtually had the race won
after the mile mark was passed, but
| Pennsylvania made them go the limit
| With null hat Iaa
on the west side of the river. but the
pace was altogether too fast for them.
The Middies went over the line in good
| physical condition, while Captain
Thomas and one or two more Pennsyl-
vania men toppled over on their oars.
AS soon as the Mlddies finished they
were surrounded by a small feet OF
| Navy tugs and cheer after cheer greeted
them. Captain Harris, No. 7, who de-
serves as much credit as stroke Bill
| Ingrams for the victory. was hailed by
the Navy delegation and Coxswain
Crawford came in for his share Of COM
| pliments. He steered beautiful
| course.
In the Junior collegiate eight cared
shell race for the New England chal-
lenge cup the Navy also came through
with a victory by showing length and
a half over Princeton, Syracuse was q
| half length DACh OF the IlSeFS ana
Pennsylvania brought up the rear.
The middies did the stretch in 6
minutes 40 2-5 seconds. Penn was In
the race for the first half mile and
Syracuse also appeared to have D chance
to make it interesting for the Navy, but
when It came to the final dash the
middies again applied their beef" The
Navy led from the trolley bridge on,
having three-quarters Of length at that
post,
| DO Not weigh In.
Coach Glendon's third victory of the
regatta was in the special eight cared
shell race for $50 pound crews. Only
Penn went to the starters boat against
the middies After leading for the first
half mile the ouakers dropped back and
lost by three lengths in 7 minutes 2
seconds
Coach Wright made claim after the
race that the middles did not weigh in.
They were asked to get on the scales,
but declined. Instead they offered to
give Penn a slight handicap in the race.
| Penns crew averaged IA pounds, The
Nays strength also told in this race.
A broken oar and later a disqualified
tion nut the middies out OF the freshman