Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-02
MIDDLE OARSMEN
SWEEP SEVERN IN
PENNSY REGATTA

PENNSY REGATTA
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Plebes finished length and a quarter
to the good over the Pennsylvania
The time of the respective crews at
the finish was:
Varsity Navy. s.s2: Pennsylvania,
ESQ.
Second Varsity-Navy. Sal: Penn
sylvania, 6.4s11.
Freshmen Navy. 6ss: Pennsyl-
wanna. 6.45z
Rcugk Weather For Sport
Conditions of weather and water
were anything but suspicious for the
regatta, although scores of govern
ment launches and cutters and other
motor craft lined the course. The air
was chill, and a cross-course wind
churned up a mean. choppy sea that
made smoothness OF blade work some
what difficult, especially for the oars
men of the two junior crews, and il
was necessary to send them all away
to- flying start But by the time the
big Fights padded to the starting
point the wind had hauled around to
the northwest. blowing directly down
course at the back of the oarsmen, and
with the tide.
Navy Varsity Showed Class
The Varsity brush furnished the
nightcap of the program, and al
though the Quakers pulled along
piuckily throughout. it early became
apparent that the heavy middle crew
for they averaged nearly II pounds
greater than their rivals--had a more
powerful and sustained stroke, and it
showed to more telling effect after
half of the course had been covered
The big. brawny middies swung to
their oars like the. veterans they are
and they had all the steam that was
necessary and perhaps some to spare.
Keen interest centered in the work of
Captain Mitchell, of Pennsylvania,
ordinarily midget for stroke oar,
but he led his charges Off to pretty
pace and was game to the last,
Penn. Got Better Start
The Red and Blue lads got away to
somewhat better start Both of the
crews were rowing stroke of 3S
clip, and for the first 400 yards the
Pennsylvanians had a slight lead. But
the middies soon overcame this and
steadily forged to the fore; first half
lengths until, in the bones. retch they
ran up their stroke and added over
another leagth, to the already wide
gap.
In the Freshmen race, which was
rowed first, the contending crews
buried their blades on even terms and
for. a. timel they. rewcd neck ard neck.
The Plebes. however, soon shot their
craft several feet to the front. and
steadily increased their lead down the
line and finished with a tremendous
burst of speed.
Juniors In Reel Struggle
Bat from the spectacular stand
point. the brush between the junior
crews was the outstanding feature OF
the regatta. Both crews got away to
fine START. each rowing at SO, and for
the first half of the course neither was
able to gain a perceptible advantage.
At that point, the Red and Blue oars
men, il was estimated from the official
boat, were scant two feet to the
good, bu. from then on it was slowly,
but surely, Nays race. In the final
30O-yard stretch the middies started a
squirt and the Qrakcrs promptly re-
sponded to tho challenge. But there
was greater mower behind the NAVY
sweeps, and by inches the Navy shell
srept ahead Of its opponent and pass
ed between the finish boats half a
length ahead.
Julian Curtis, Yale, and member of
the American Rowing Association,
acted as referee and starter. The
judges at the finish were John M.
Shelley, Pennsylvania; Midshipman
r. w. Barron, and neutral judge John
NJ Green, Severn Boat Club, Anna
polls.
The makeup of the contending
crews and weights follow:
Penn. Varsity Mitchell Capt.
stroke, 143; Waidner, z, ICY; Eel
linek, 6. 1853; Leifeld. 5. 1856; Wheeler,
4, 1864; Swami. 8. 1882; Williams
2. 165; Geiss- bow. $50; Chase, coxs-
vain, 103 Average weight. including
ccxswain. 167 SIS.
Navy Varsity - King, stroke, 1S5;
Gallagher. z, IT'S; Johnson. 6. 186: