Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-09
HARVARD TRAILED IN
BEATEN FIVE LENGTHS

( A Princeton Varsity crew that filled
! the eye and gladdened the heart came
/ along in the final half mile OF Satur-
days triangular race on placid Lake
Carnegie TO row the famed Navy oars
men, champions of the world. into the
bottom of their shell to win by one
third OF a length. after one of the most
sensational efforts OF collegiate
decade.
Promoted to the rank and honor of
first Van sity within the week, this
Tiger eight. rowed as no other Tiger
eight had ever rowed before. meeting
each successive Navy squirt with coun-
ter squirt until. at the end. they claw
ed jagged path across the line and
the Navy was beaten with official
finality.
Harvard OutcIassed
Harvard. the third entrant. wal
lowed home in the wake of both crews
at least five boat lengths to the rear
| The Crimson was never in the hunt af-
ter leading through the first half
mile. The winning time. 9:4Sh for a
mile and three-quarters, was COM
mendabe for dead water.
To term the outcome surprise
would be To state the obvious. TO
trifie with the bromide The Navy
crew, thought TO be invincible. had
lost but two oarsmen from the Olym-
pic championship outfit that disposed
of any and all comers at Antwerp last
summer. Princeton. on the other
hand. could summon but two men
Milne. at No 3. and Bringham. at No
I 74-who roweh in its 1920 she'll The
result seemed obvious. for. ordained.
predes;ined The Navy. so ran popu-
lar opinion, would coast init could
Mt lose So much for prerace fore
casts .,t
AS a matter of fact. the Navy was
not a good crew Saturday. Ii splashed
/ like IN animated public fountain
through the first half mile, finally de-
cided to settle down to business, gave
chase to Princeton. caught the latter
! once and even went ahead at the mile.
/ and yet lived to see Princeton come
| along with superior stamina TO win in
1 the most convincing manner possible
I in the final sprint.
/ Disappointing Exhibition
1T was a disappointing exhibition by
crew that has every right TO con-
/ slider itself the best piece of rowing
machinery this side of the hereafter,
and the Navy took no pains TO hide "A
/ grief that was real and natural. rot
assumed The writer personally saw
group of young naval officers weep.
unashamed. as they gazed out at thu
now idle Navy boat. bent TO a man over
detected oar
But sorrow rather than shame
/ should have been theirs. If any crew
J ever deserved TO win IL was Princeton.
/ 1t was combination SO strong OF
muscle and valiant of heart that even
Il mishap at the crucial mile post.
! whereby Stroke Leh caught crab
and lost at least two strokes, failed TO
give them pause.
This was the point at which the
middle prov crept up and then ahead
for the first time. but its moment OF
! triumph was short lived. Leh and his
4 colleagues would have none of il, in
fact They merely laid on the oars
with a heavier hand. raised the stroke
to a beautifully timed Z. caught the
Navy again half mile from home and
thenceforth made every post a win
ming one.
One hundred yards from the stake
boats /. was still anytodys race ano
the Tiger ensemble. banked on the
gentle. rising hills, rose as one man to
beg and implore its crew to "give
ithem ten more Whether Leh and
his mates heard or understood will
never be known by the world at large
I indeed. il hardly matters at this
moment.
Suffice it to say that they gave them
"ten and ten and when that last
frenziei squirt was through the race
had ended and the Navy was beaten
crew.
As though stunned by the miracle
the Princeton crowd for a moment
was speechless. Then. suddenly find
ing its collective tongue. it went stark
raving mad. Staid "old grads" dancee
very undignified dances with calIow
youths, men mouthed strange words,
women screamed with joy. II was a
sight never before Witnessed at a
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