New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
Syracuse Eight
Length Behind
Service Shell
Middies Annex Steward Cam
at Am erican Henley:
Princeton Grew Is Third

81 between the Junior varsity eights
10 he New England challenge cup the
Middies won by barely five fee3.
Princeton carried off the freshman
race. beating Penn by bare quarter
OF length, with the Navy a bad third,
two lengths behind the Red and Blue
bladesmen
events and two records were broken.
the first b. Jack Kelly. the Vesper
star and his partner, Paul Costello,
Who clipped nearly five seconds off the
old mark Tor the senior double sculls,
the second BY the Nesper centipede in
the senior four-oared sculls. four sec
onds being chopped off the former rec
ord
Four crews lined up for the stew
ARDS cup, and it was an even PROPOSE
ton for the Navy and Syracuse, as the
preliminary heat scheduled for yester-
day morning was called of because of
the late arrival Of the Harvard and
Union Boat Club crews The steamer
that brought them TO New York could
not make its dock this morning. and
they missed the train that would have
permitted them to reach Philadelphia
IN time for the trial test.
AS the Harvard crew made a miset
able showing in the Junior race, it was
dropped, and the Union Boat Club al
lowed to compete against the Navy,
Syracuse and Princeton.
Syracuse Takes Lead
The Navy had the west course in
the srapple for the Stewards Cup. with
Princeton, Syracuse and Union Boat
Club IN the order named. The start
was perfect. All four caught the
water at the same instant, and for the
1rst hundred yards they were close
" punched.
stroke around thirty-six, crept out in
front, with Princeton and the Navy
rowing neck and neck and Union
Boat Club falling slowly but surely
behlnd. The Navy had been hitting
last, chopDy stroke. but dropped to
thlrty-eIght and settled down for the
long grind.
At the trolley bridge, however, the
Navy coXswa;n called for a squirt and
ms men responded gallantly. Foot
by foot they crawled up on Syracuse
and two hundred yards beyond the
bridge the middies showed the bow Of
their shell in front. After that they
were never headed, as they met sprint
with sprint every time Syracuse tried
TO bridge the gap.
Princeton clung close to the Navy
until the trolley bridge was passed,
but then the pace proved too much for
the Tigers and bit by bit the Orange
and Black dropped astern.
In that great race at Annapolis two
weeks ago, when Syracuse beat the
mlddies by the narrowest Of margins,
1t was said that the New Workers stole
a march on the embryo admirals and
caught them asleep with a we'll timed
sprint, thus breaking a winning streak
Of many years standing
Navy on the Alert
Syracuse tried the same stunt again
to-day, but the Navy coxswain was not
to be caught mapping d second time.
When they reached the head OF the
island, about two hundred yards from
the finish line, the Navy was a quarter
Of length ahead and rowing easily.
Syracuse was holding on grimly with
long, easy swing, around thirty-three
TO the minute.
Suddenly the New Workers spurted
and raised their stroke to thirty-seven.
For second or two they gained, and
gained fast. But the Navy coxswain
was on the alert, called on his men to
meet the Syracuse challenge, ard their
response was instantaneous. Inch by
inch, then foot by foot, they gained on
their rivals, until as they slid across the
finish line they were q length in front.
Princeton was poor third and the
Union Boat Club, hopelessly outclassed,
was some four or five lengths behind
the Tigers.
The junior varsity clash was the
really big headliner of the day. The
Navy and Syracuse fought on even
terms from the starting line right to
the trolley bridge. There the young
middies rallied, just as their elders did
in the Stewards Cup clash. As they
enlightened out for the long journey
q quarter Of q length. But at the
three quarter mark the Syracuse crew
spurted caught the Navy and edged
into lead of few feet.
Navy Juniors Win Out
The middies spurted in turn, and,
raising their stroke above forty, caught
the New Workers at the island. Neck
and neck they raced until barely TWEEN
ty yards from the finish line, when the
Navy by g desperate rally forced the
stroke up TO forty-four and beat out
Syracuse by FIVE feet in distance and a
fractio.. of second in time.
Pennsylvania put a powerful crew on
the water for the special race for 150-
pound crews and won handily by three
quarters of a length over Princeton,
bt4c ASc1S DtdlliiE are 1OT lilt pace
by a quarter of length. The Navy
was hopeless fourth, five lengths or
more behind.
Princeton turned the tables in the
freshman race, nosing out Pennsylvania
by quarter of a length by fine squirt
in the last 200 yards, in minutes
so 45 seconds. Again the Navy was a
very bad last.
The summarizes:
First double sculls-Won by Tesper z
G., PhiladeIphia tPaul Costello. how; John
g. Kelly. stroke) second Un1ine Barge
,!ub, Philadelphia George Allison bow;
second, : %. New record. Former :ecord
BY New York a. c. in 1893. PISS
Second single sCulls-Won bV Union
Boat Club OF Boston second. Undine Doa,
Club OF Phi!adelphia; third. University
Barge Club OF Philadelphia. Time Sln
Won by Annapolis second, Syracuse Uni
versity; third. Princeton University: fourth
HARVARD; NTH, Union Boat Club Of Boston
added starter). Time. G:3lfs; second,
.G 81.
First four sculls (centpedes)-yon by
TaF York Athietic Club third Undine
second. -0e new reCord).
freshman eight-oareJ shell race-Won
hY Princeton; second, Pennsylvania: third
Annapoiis Time. $50 80 Second. G.5s
Second single sculls race-Won bg I-nic-,
Boat Club (William Chanler) Undine Boat
Barge Club (B. Morris Jr).
Special eight-oered shells race Cl5n-
pound crews Won hy I'niversit,- = pens
sytFana; second Princeton, thru Vale.