The New York herald., 1922-06-27
10000 THRILLED
Covers Three Miles in
1888 3.5, Beating the
Washington Crew
a Length.
SYRACUSE rs THIRD
Cornell Finishes Fourth,
Columbia Fifth and
Penn Last.
A STRUGGLE ALL THE WAY
Crowd in Frenzy Of Excite
manf nc Midshinrnau Ovar.
A STRUGGLE ALL THE WAY
Crowd in Frenzy of Excite
ment as Midshipmen Over
take the Westerners.
By DANIEL.

By DANIEL.
PoUGHREEPsIE, June 26.-Skal to the
Vikings! They stepped themselves in
deathless glory on the Hudson this
evening, those eight Titans of courage
and power who once more pulled the
blue tipped sweeps of the Navy to
surprisingly brilliant triumph in the
three mile classic of the intercollegiate
Rowing Association. Already Gargan-
tuan in rowing supremacy the mid
shipmen, as they led TIE gritty, sur
prising eight from Washington by a
length with Syracuse beating Cornell
for third place and Columbia and
Pennsylvania trailing. stood over the
giants OF this old classic like Colos-
sus.
1t was a struggle such as never will
die in the memories Of TIE 10000 who
We're so fortunate as to witness it.
1t was a battle of berserker fury
a contest of more thrills than ever be-
fore were jammed into rowing race
in this country record breaker not
only for pulse quickening situations.
spurts and counter spurts but for dis
patch in reaching the goal as Well.
When the Navy last year won the
varsity eight in II minutes and Z Sec
onds critics hailed 1t as mark Of the
decades. But this evening TIE mid
shipmen were timed IN 13 minutes
and 33 3-5 seconds.
Coming even from the great Navy.
which had seven of the eight oarsmen
who scored so brilliantly here last year
and four of the heroes of the world
championship triumph in the Olympic
regatta at Brussels. this flashing per-
formance startled the general public and
experts alike. But almost as noteworthy
perhaps just as scintillating as the
work of the Annapolis eight-was the
contest provided by the stalwarts from
Washington. 5000 miles from home. but
never lacking the widest sort OF en-
couragement to spur them to their goal
Washington Takes Lead.
Washington was beaten. but it had
the extreme satisfaction OF having led
the Navy. the entire fleet--the greatest
field in the history OF rowing in this or
any other country-at so late a stage as
the two and a half mile mark. AS tho
crew from Seattle went to the front-by
only three feet--ali Of the onlookers who
owed no direct allegiance TO the An
napolis combination threw themselves
into veritable frenzy.
Men went wild over the prospect OF
this great upset. They shrieked. they be-
seeched. they went beside themselves
with Joy as the huskies from the North
west held their hard earned advantage
for a hundred yards. only TO be thrown
into an even greater delirium as tho
powerful, undeniable. smashing Navy.
typifying the grit and the unbreakablo
Will to win OF our national service,
forged to the front and. adding to its
advantage with every dozen strokes, won
by about sixty-five feet.
That throbbing half mile down the
fairway into confusion and bedlam out
did even the memorable finish in which
a crashing. gigantic Stanford crew
came within n few strokes OF beating
Cornell in 1915 and recording the great
est surprise In the history OF the classic
The struggle as a whole was three miles
OF mad squirting and madder enthusiasm
among the 5000 who sat in the observa-
tion train and the thousands Of others
VINO lined me west bark OF the huusons
Three Races I'm One.
That never to be forgotten last half
mile was not just one race alone. 70
was three distinct contests-the all i'm
portant. major battle between the Navy
and Washington out there in front. the
secondary struggle between Cornell and
a suddenly inspired Syracuse crew for
third laurels, and the desperate strain
ing between Columbia and Pennsylvania
10 avoid bringing UP the rear.
There was glory a plenty for every
one OF those six crews--for Pennsylva-
MIA, which finished last far behind the
Navy, as we'll as for the great winners
themselves. II was the fastest field in
all the twenty-five regattas held by tho
intercollegiate Rowing Association since
Columbia won the first classic here in
1895. Every one Of the six crews beat
the fine record set by the Mdshipmen
in 1e21-and the race was rowed with
no great wind and with the tide still TO
reach the height Of the food.
Just as Washington came home a
length behind the Navy. so did Syracuse
finish a length behind the Seattle eight.
And Cornell only ten feet behind the
Orange crew. What n struggle the
Ithacans put up 70 keep at least third
place And what chagrin came to them
and their adherents after they had led
the Navy--the entire feld--for a mile
and quarter and had held second place
for nearly two and quarter miles.
This was something strange for
Cornell crew-to be headed by three
other cights--and those Comedians
fought as only gritty varsity oarsmeu
can fight. They snarled and struggled
they gave every bit OF power, every
bit of drive. every bit OF form They had.