The New York herald., 1922-05-28
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| home. but the black eight" like the
black knight of Ivanhoe seeking to
| avenge the defeat of its brother crew,
rowed with drive and form which il
was not thought capable of developing
and beat the Nays second combination
by a quarter of a length. Harvard was
third and Pennsylvania $50 pound
crew. rowing its second race of the day.
was fourth. Penns junior varsity was
last.
| 1t was a pity that Wright saw fit to
send the Penn $50 Founders out Of their
class in quest of a victory. They already
had scored a signal triumph in the race
/ for the $50 pound crews. They took that
by three lengths over Princeton. with
Yale's lone entry of the day a fair third.
Penn was timed in 641 2-5. a mark
which displaced that of G :43 set by
Penn's light Eight" in 1920.
The Penn "bantams" rowed quite bril-
liantly as they did when they represented
the Red and Blue in the varsity battle
for the Childs cup at Princeton, and led
the Tigers and Columbia for more than
mile. But 1t was asking youngsters
OF their weight too much to go into a
second contest over the Henley distance
| against
much heavier combinations.
Harvard gobbled up a saccharine It'd
bit in the race for third varsity eights
Rowing against good crews from the
Navy. Princeton and Penn, the Crimson,
which has not had much success on the
water this year. was regarded as a negli-
gible factor. The advance dope figured
the race as being already "in" for the
midshipmen.
But that Harvard crew, rowing with a
stroke that differed from that used by
the Crimson varsity, battled with aston
ishing power and form. probably the
best shown by Harvard eight this sea-
son. 1t is interesting to note that this
Harvard crew was coached by Bill
Haines. who was denoted when DIR.
Heber Howe took charge Of the varsity
this year
The Haines taught crew had it out
with the Navy all the way and was
called on to give many demonstrations
not only of its waterma anship but of its
| grit and gameness. The Midshipmen
trailed length behind up with Prince
ton doing well to finish third
College oarsmen did not monopolize
the lmelight. One Of the four records
for the Henley. made during the day,
went to the veteran Tom Rooney who,
years ago, wore the colors of the Raw
enswoods Of New York. Rooney met
Garrett Gilmore Of the Bachelors in
the second single SOULS. Rooney had
to fight to beat off the repeated chal-
lenges of his younger rival. But the
veteran still was there-and he won by
a length and a half in minutes 50 As
seconds.
This set a new Henley record for sec
ond single sculls. the old mark having
been established at minutes 3-5 sec
onds in 1913 by Paul Wilmington. for
mer Harvard oarsman. as a represen-
tative of the Unions.
Rooney not only made a new mark.
, for his event but he came mighty near
the best Henley time made by Jack
Kelly. the retired world champion. Ir
1915 Kelly won the first single sculls
! in time which was only two-fifths oi
second faster than that turned in
.by Rooney to-day
Costello Beats BeIyea.
Costello and Belyea. the picturesque
big fisherman from Canada. had II out
in the first single sculls to-day and Bel
yea was beaten by couple of lengths
In Z so 3-5 Costello had to row pretty
hard until the final quarter. and then he
moved away from the tired Canadian.
Russell Goldman, Jr., Of the Unions of
Boston, was outclassed.
first dsuble sculls. when Allison and
Blessing OF the Undines were timed in
1928. as against the mark of :2s 1-5
set by New York A. c. pair fourteen
years ago. new regatta record also
vas turned in for thefnterclub second
eights, the Vespers rowing the Henley
distance in 6:461- This clipped five
seconds off the mark made by the Uni
versity Barge Club eight in 1912.
Interest Big In Varsity Race.
Everybody was most interested in the
big varsity race. The Navy had beaten
Massachusetts, Tech, Princeton and HaE-
ward, and last week Syracuse. The
Navy came here heralded as the great
est eight in the world. and Pennsyl-
vania hoped against hope.
This Penn varsity had won. first over
Yale and then over Harvard. II had
not rowed for the Childs cup, so II went
TO the starting line with two triumphs
and nary defeat.
They got away to an even start. but
soon the tremendous power of the mid
shipmen began to tell. Their shell
stuck it's nose out in front. and those
brawny arms kept adding to their adj
vantage until at 200 yards the Navy
was three-quarters of a length to the
good. The midshipmen got going at n
46. Then they came down TO n ~, and
finally to a as. Their every movement
spelled drive, strength. superiority.
Frawley, the stalwart stroke, pulled with
fury. frantic vigor.' He set "A pace
which only seven other tireless greats"
could follow.
Half way down the course the Navy
was one length in front of Penn. And
then came the supreme spurt of the Red
and Blue. II hit UP a 40 and went in
hot pursuit OF the Admlrals-to-be. That
rally was not In vain for at the mile the
Navy's advantage had been cut down 10
only a scant half length. From the
banks OF the Schuylkill came wild shouts
OF encouragement to this fighting Penn
crew.
That was PENIS swan song. The
Navy heightened out. 1t let out another
\ notch and Penn was undope. The lead
was increased to three-quarters OF a
length 10 a length. and then. as that
relentless Navy combination continued
TO pull for all Il was worth, open
water showed with victory practical
~ assured. the midshipmen eased up TO
a "a and breezed home.
In the freshman race Penn's ycarlinEs
took the lead at the half mile. and for a
spell they looked like winners. But the
Navy epurted madly and in tho last
Atty yards managed to beat the local
collegians.
1C.C.N.Y. Grads Win at Chess.
The annual match between the City
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