The New York herald., 1921-06-23

there was one in rowing race. Cali
! g~r-aia moved up relentlessly. and Cor
nell fought for all It was worth. And
when they crossed the final line most OF
those on the snores thought that Cornell
had saved its place. But to California
! Il had gone by only three feet. said
Julian Curtiss of Yale. who was in the
! referees boat.
AS for that great Navy eight, It more
! than made up for the beating Il suffered
! at the hands of the Princeton crew on
Lake Carnegie.
1t Is u question IL the Tigers could
have beaten the Midshipmen this eve-
ming The sailors rowed with longer
stroke than they used against Princeton
in a race that was only about half as
long. They showed better form. too, and
they did not hit up the very high stroke
which they used at Princeton.
The Midshipmen were rigged better,
they acted better inboard and out
board, a new crew. 1t was back in
1907 that another Navy crew rowed
here and finished third i'm a field of
seven The Navy of 1921 was out to
make up for that beating, but that no
doubt was only a minor consideration
this evening.
IL was at 7:17 that the varsity crews
in the lane next TO the west shore. the
Navy in the second lane and Penn IN
the third. with Columbia, California
and syracuse stretched beyond them to-
ward the east. There had been false
start due to a slip of a slide In the
Syracuse boat but the new start was
a perfect one.
And away went the Navy. crashing
at 46, in first place. It got the jump
4. a.ff L.. ale p
tendance Even then the rest began TO
fall behind.
Navy Never Menaccd.
1t took the Navy only a quarter mile
to establish a lead Of length over Cor
nell, while the Ithacans were half a
length in front of Pennsylvania. Co
,umbia vas fourth with California fifth
and Syracuse last. The half mile stiil
saw the Navy a length In front, that
despite a desperate effort on the part
of Cornell. which did not reduce the
sailors advantage but gave Cornell q
bigger lead over the rest OF the field
At the three-quarter mile mark Cor
nell began another great spurt. and 1t
| brought some success to the men from
the shores of Cayuga The Navy
reached the mile mark with its lead cut
down TO three-quarters of length.
Columbia at that stage was third. with
Penn fourth.
Once past the mile, the Navy began
a little squirt OF its own. It's slogan,
which echoed and reechoed from the
wooded highlands, was. Open water,
Navy And ii was not long before
the Annapolis eight obliged and did
show open water. That squirt was the
first damaging body blow handed to
Cornell, for it not only gave The Navy
bigger lead but it pulled California
into third Mace.
| As the Navy hit up its stroke TO
| thirty-six and increased it's advantage
it pulled out the rest of the field. Cali
fornia did not have much of a lead over
the other trailers, but it was third, and
that counted for lot.
California never was ousted from
! third place. Columbia, then Penn, tried
1 TO row the coast eight out OF the posi-
ton behind the pacemakers. but Larsen
saw TO II that California st%yed there.
He met squirt with sprt 1t was the
mile and a half mark now. half way.
and Cornell was very tired already. This
was hotter race tnan had been looked
for. and this dashing. crashing Navy
eight, which was rowing with smooth
ness as well as power, did not seem
to know what muscle ache was. The
length and a quarter
At the bridge Cornell challenged. The
big Red crew sang its swan song with
a Anal spurt, which gained some
ground but sapped It's vitality. Cor
nell crept up within three-quarters of
length of the Navy. and again It looked
like a race. But soon the Navy met
! that challenge with counter challenge.
II began to pound the old Hud son with
powerful, effective thirty six, which
kept pulling it away from the Ithacans.
( while the rest were only onlookers. The
Navy pulled out California a second
time. and soon Cornell was to have
trouble from a new quarter. In another
quarter mile the victory was decided.
The Navy Increased it's lead to two
lengths and then began to breeze away,
while California came up to give the
Comedians the fight of the race.
May Revive Four Mile Race.
The Cornell crew was not the one
which was beaten by Princeton That
eight. with the exception of the bow oar.
represented Cornell in the junior varsity
to-day. while the heavy Cornell eight
rowed as the varsity
Tonight expert opinion united in pro-
nounclng the Navy crew the greatest
three mile eight In the country. To
Princeton must be accorded the Two
mile honors. But VIVA, a race il would
have been if the Tigers had been out
there fighting the Navy this evening
As IT was. the varsity was one of the
most interesting races yet seen here.
1t Is almost certain that when the board
Of stewards OF the association meets 4.
will so back to the old distance OF four
miles, which Harvard and Yale will row
on the Thames on Friday
II is interesting to note that the guests
this evening cleaned up the table and
left their hosts mighty little. Columbia.
Penn, Cornell and Syracuse compose the
association. while the Navy and Cali
/ fornia. nor-members, rowed by invita-
ton. That was fine way to give
thanks D.xtr1.