The Washington times., 1922-12-24
ROWING
STAND ARDS TO
BE KEPT HIGH
Sentiment Expressed -by2 Or
More nanoy Candidates for
Seats In Crew.
By HUGH 4. RILEY.

Seats In Crew.
By HUGH h. RILEY.
II NNAPoLIE, Dec. 2s.r-"Nsval
~ Academy rowing standards
- must be maintained" q the
sentiment Of some twenty or more
rangy and powerful youths from
whom will be picked the crew
which must take the place Of the
Academy crews Of the last three
years, which, in that period, have
done things >unequaled BY any coll
lege aggregation which ever sat
In racing boat.
Briefly and chronologically the
browning achievement OF each OF
these years were:
1e30--Defeated the representative
races at Brussels, covering 4 mile
and a quarter in the fastest time
ever made by boat driven by oars.
f921--Won the intercollegtAte race
on the Hudson. breaking the record
for the course. &a
1922--AGain won the intercollegi-
ate on the Hudson, breaking the REQ
ord OF the course and winning from
the greatest aggregation OF college
crews ever assembled, five Of the
six crews entered covering the
COURSE In less than the previous
best figure.
THEY ARE DETERMINED.
To maintain such standard ~
that set by these crews IL . task
which would bewilder youths Of les1
heart than these midshipmen. How
ever, they are full of the determine
ton that rowing at the Naval Acad-
/ my shall not take q backward step.
1t In. indeed, Q crucial period In
Academy rowing Richard A. Glen
don. who coached Naval orews tor
twenty one years. bringing them TO
the pinnacle of success, will not re-
turn a. coach. Again. all but 0Qe
member OF last years great crew
have left the institution. These are
overcome.
As TO the fiSat. there 10 great con.
fidence in th8 younger Glendon.
Richard j., who has been with his
father for the past three seasons,
and who has learned his methods.
Also the elder Glendon will spend
some time at Annapolis as advisory
coach. and will give the squad the
benefit Of his advice and the in.
spiration Of his presence.
HAVE TWO CREWS.
While It Ia true that Bolles, the
crew captain, 10 the only regular
left, the squad viii have two power.
full crews intact from which to
draw. These are last years second
crew, which won all OF the races
| In its class, being defeated only by
| the Princeton varsity crew. and the
piebe crew, which was undefeated.
| and was really the champion fresh.
man crew of the East.
The members of the second crew
| Of last year, Weighing slightly
more than the varsity and Gl hav-
+, ing had at least two years OF row.
ing, are: Kirkpatrick. Dahlgren,
Walsh, Strohecker. Kendall, Da.
wilson, Washburn and Clexton. The
plebe crew was composed Of Clyde.
! Compton. Zuber. King. Chilling
worth. Powell. Mitchell and Bell.
Two men from the third crew.
Welcker and De Wolf. are youths OF
unusual strength, but lacked expe-
rience alst year, while Lambert, In
the new plebe class, has been
l iIdI hCu no cpOS@s T~~~~-
cations for rowing.
WILL BE HEAVIER.
This Is the squad which is likely
to furnish the members of the Ma
val Academy varsity for 1923. Those
already marked as OF special prom.
ise are Kirkpatrick. DAhlgren.
Walsh, Strohecker. Kendall, Clex-
ton, Chillingworth. Clyde. Compton.
Zuber and Powell.
The crew will probably be heavier
and at least as strong az that Of
last year. 1t will be too much to
forecast that It will be as good q
crew as that of last, but II deter
mination and hard work can bring
It up to the standard. there 10 no
doubt that II will be reached.
The question of a stroke has been
considered, and several men win
be given the opportunity of demon
ton. II " possible that Capt.
BolIes will be used there, but Ken.
dali, Clexton and Compton have
all given promise of developing into
Ia capable stroke.
ON OWN HOOK.
| Most Of the oarsmen are work
ing on their own hook on the ma
chimes and gradually getting into
shape. Regular work on the ma
chimes and in the tank viii begin
February /. and the crews wfll get
on the water Just as soon ~ wea&h-
er permits.
The Navy crew viii have several
good home races, and on May s
Twill row on Lake Carnegie AgAinsf
ln.t-.~x~n ~~A "A a.
likely that II will take part In