Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-27
Washington Takes the Lead.

Wasningtons squirt gradually carried them by Cornell and gaining what ap- peared to be an inch or two at a beat, they set out after the flying Annapolis shell, the oarsnen of which suddenly awoke to the fact that they had the bat tie of their lives on their hands.
 Washington, with a possible victory in America's rowing classic within their grasp, labored with smashing strokes un- til, from the observation train, the speed ing shells appeared to be on even terms, and then Washington nosed a foot, two feet, three feet to the fore.
 For the second time the navy set out to overtake a leading eight and the dan Cornell was leading earliersin the contest. Hardly third of a mile away was the finish boat.
 The Navy Wins.
 Plead and command as he would to Stroke Murphy and the other members of the Washington eight Coxswain Grant could not keep the flesh attuned with the fighting spirit of the western invaders. Again it was the story of the navy shell nOsing slowly but surely ahead until the Blue and Gold was in the lead again, never to be headed. Across the line fash ed the navy, with Washington second, af- ter most gruelling battle.
 Scarce a length in the rear came Syra- cuse and Cornell, all chance of first and second positions gone, but still urged on by the upstate collegiate rivalry, to give every last ounce of power and endurance in the battle to defeat each other In this the Orange-tpped oars of Syracuse were successfully driven by just an eye lash. Columbia was next over the line and Pennsylvania last
 The Freshman Race On any other waters and at any other 1 time the freshman race would have stood I out as a contest of unequalled dramatic l climax. The yearling eights from Cor | nell, Syracuse. Pennsylvania and Colum- bia preceded their varsity brothers by | almost an hour and put up race com parable in intensity and sensationalism that marked the later and longer race. | of in the lead Cornel1s perfectly stroked shell led for a short period until Columbia went into the van and showed | the way to the one and one-half mile mark, with Syracuse, Pennsylvania and Cornell alternating in second place, less | than half a lenr in the rear of the Blue 1 and White youngsters
 At the beginning of the last half mile 1 Columbia had an eighth oe a. length lead 1 over syracuse, which was a foot ahead of | Cornell, with Pennsylvania steadily drop ping rearward under the pace Approach ing the finish flags, Syracuse uncorked 9 marvellous sprint and shot away to win over Cornell by a tri1e more than a length, with Columbia and Pennsylvania, which had also sprinted at the end, so closely Tapped that inches alone separated l the three.
 l Cornell Wins the Junior Race
 Cornell led from start to finish in the junior varsity race, with Columbia, Syra- cuse and the Pennsylvania juniors hold ing second, third and fourth positions throughout the entire two miles Only Pennsylvania's 150-pound crew failed tc stand the strain. Experts realized that under the favorable racing conditions al four junior eights were travelling at un. usual speed, but they were hardly pre- pared for the official announcement that
 every crew with the exception of tht Pennsylvania 150-pounders had broker
 the record of 10 minutes 1-5 second mad
 by Cornell back in 1915. The Ithaca com
 bination of this year, finishing with a leat
 of something like two lengths, was clock ed in g minutes, 45 3-5 seconds Colunl . bia was second in g minutes, 52 seconds Syracuse thiCd in g roinutes, 54 seconds
 and Pennsylvania 2 liors fourth in
 minutes 5S seconds