Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-23

iv invited crews won chief honors Tn the | annual intercollegiate regatta here tnls evening when the United States Naval academy eight and the University of California crews raced into first and sec oud places, respectively, in the three mile varsity event the feature of the pro- | rram. Cornell retained much of her row. ing prestige by winning third place 1T the big event and both preliminaries. With the majority ot the oarsmen who won Olympic honors at Brussels last summer the Annapolis crew jumped to the front at the very start of the ions race down the Hudson and were never seaded, finishing the three miles in the record time of IA minutes, seconds This supplants the time made at Sara tora lake in 1898, when Pennsylvania did it in Is minutes, 51 1-2 seconds on still water. The spectacular feature of the regatta was furnished by California's crew Of giant oarsmen Khen after battling for nearly two miles with the e'gtts of Penn sylvania. Columbia and Syracuse they staged a terrific spu-t and ih the tnal hundred yards overhaIi4l Cornell and hurled the brow of thelr shell into second place by a scant three feet. The west erners' time was 14 minutes, 22 seconds, which placed them three and half lengths behind the middies.
 Cornell was third over Pennsylvania ald both the. Califo.::Ia a' ( the Ithaca shells bettered the Saratoga record. Cor nell had a lead of almost two 'engths over the light PennsyNdHia eignt ant in the wake of the Quake's came Colum- bia and Syracuse, barely length apart The presence of the Navy eight and California, winner of the Iaciic coast conference rowing title as tie guests of the four eastern colleges composing the Intercollegiate Rowing association lent special interest to the eyel.s and the largest tlrong of spectators that ever witnessed a series 9f faces here turned put. Estimates ranged from S. coo to E000O, although there was no way 10 de- termine the number of tnu-e who fLi.oM- ed the events.
 The west bank of the Hudson was u1assed solid for more than mile near he finish with automobile parties. spe- .ial grandstand crowds and thousands who climbed the Palisades to points of vantage.
 Three thousand spectators followed the races on the observation train.
 In midstream fotiha of excursion boats. revenue cutters and submarine chasers bearing the navy pennants fur nished a marine background for the crews.
 Weather conditions were ideal for the oarsmen, although tryinP or the specta- tors The course water was {, most as smooth as a mirror, overhead a burning sun blazed until late m the afternoon, when thunderclouds and lisl iriig g threat sned to cool the superheated atmosphere, bu. never got beyond the threat.
 Cornell eights, victors in the junior varsity and freshman two mile races, ful- filed hopes which had sent them to the stsrting line heavy favorites. The Cor nell juniors made front race of it. win 1ing by five lengths over Pennsylvania, which was second.
 Junior Varsity Race
 The crews were called back a.ter ,te 9rst start when a Syl narsrnan jumped his slide" Coracll junned into Inc lead at the second start and n the lrst half mile had gain d q three quar- CTS length lead. witt Sy. .acuse, Ftnr- yNania and Columbia following in .fe order named. In tae ,-st 'n. Q the I'hstA outfit pulled steadily away Syracus, Was third, a lengtl tnd a hRf hetind Pennsylvania, with Cc,umbia two anl q asf lengths astern If he Orange Cor. 1cls winning time of 10 minctas, 3S Rrc. ,nds could have been oettered had tho ,rew been pushed,
 Race by Fttsh ned.
 The Ithaca freshI VI ha' more dIfl. ;ut ask Syracuse ranging on Gtrrcdly unt the last half mle, when Corre wth show of power decreased hs lead from half length 70 isugth and a hn'l and hnlshed seven !enG hs ahead ol Pennsylvania, which n turn distaneet Tho Columhans by ten .ngthSs. Tho tlne was 10 minutes, S2 seconds.
 First Varsity Race.
 The Naval ReaSsnv c'aw, smp,cy,n, its powerful and 'NAdtlful,V .pSr,, stroke, dominated the first varsity ran from tho first half milo. F'rawiey, a stroke, kept tho eight we'll within itsel throughout and even tho stirring dash o Inc Callfornlans in tho last half mil trlled Co put the Bears" in a position { disturb tho middies, who raised their bea to a6.
 Tho six crows were off to beautitr start The Navy Jumped into the leat followed closely by Cornell,
 As they swept past the mile mari Navy and Cornell were speeding alon unchanged in relative positions, and Coi nell had hung on to it's lead of nearl two lengths over Columbia A scar quarter length behind was Pennsylvani, with an advantage of orly a few fe, over California.
 Tho husky visitors from the Golde Gate made their first bid as the notill tVfu lHAV ilt lASN naI or the BeCOn mile, forging ahead of Pennsylvania an Columbia
 Cornell made it's bid az the two lea, ing crews passed the railroad bridg Slightly increasing the beat, Preston | out his crew, cutting down the Navy lea Co length and driving the Red era two and half lengths ahead of the Cal fC. ni1nt
 Al the two and a half mile mark Co n1 war in second place one and hs ,NEtns ahead of California.
 Then it was that California fairly If cd the shell out of the water and hurl, it along as they crept up f"ot by fot on Cornell. The Ithacans boosted tho stroke to 5s. California then matched with 5s.
 Cornell could not equal the weste, power. Open water between the she dis appeared about 500 yards from t finish. The Bears" were up of tho slides at every stroke as they drove [ shell along, gaining steadily and final driving their prov across the line aha of Cornell by margin variously es nate dfrom the observation train ,at fro