The New York herald., 1922-07-02
ANNAPOLIS RECORD
WITHOUT PARALLEL
Midshipmen Won Al Races
Out of 43 in Four Bril-
liant Seasons.
SANBORN THROUGH 1T ALL
Was on 1919 Eight-Cam-
paign Just Closed Truly
Phenomenal.
SANBORN THROUGH 1T ALL
By DANIEL.

By DANIEL.
With the great Poughkeepsie re-
gatta over, the intercollegiate rowing
season. of 1922 has gone down into
history with fulfillment Of every bit
of the great promise 1t held forth
early in April. 1t went even further
than that. 1t proved the most inter-
esting campaign yet seen. the most
productive Of red hot competition and
torrtd finishes-a record breaker for
the general class of varsity eights.
It was most extraordinary season,
the like of which may not be seen for
years ano years. and yet, so remark
able is college rowing and the spread
of top class, that it may see even
more than its match in 1928 He who
dares to predict in sport is indeed
foolhardy.
1t was q great season first, because
it was featured by the work Of the
Incompatible Navy eight, which
topped a spring of sensational success
with a brilliant triumph at Pough-
keepsie, and a new record for the
three mile course. Many of the vet
Grams declare that the mark Of 13m.
SS 3-5s. will stand for decades. They
may be right, and then again they
may be little too confident.
It must be remembered that while
there was a strong current after few
days of rain last Monday evening the
race was not rowed on the height OF
the flood. The tide had swung only
little more than two hours before. The
junior varsity race. which was sched-
uled for 80 p. NJ, had to be post
roned for fifteen minutes to get some-
thing better than slack water. The var
sity was rowed just before o'clock. 1t
IS true that the crews had fine fol-
lowing wind in addition to the good
current.
II was a great season secondly. be-
cause there were so many great crews.
Every one of the f1ve eights which fol-
lowed the Navy across the line on Mon
day was inside the old record OF IA
minutes seconds set by the midship-
men In 1921. IL was hard lines for Co
lumbia to bring out one OF the best
crews It has had in years in year OF
sc many great crews. 1t was tough luck
for Pennsylvania to have better than
an average combination in a season In
which better than the average was not
sufficient 1t was a source OF great
chagrin to Cornell to come out with
Cornell crew of the old stamp-and yet
finish only fourth. a position In which
n crew from Ithaca never before had
been seen at the finish.
This was a season dominated by the
81 eatest crew yet seen in this country
and perhaps in any other country as
we'll. 1t was a Navy crew which had
one man. Sanborn-who had rowed
since 1874 rara avis In college row.
ing. A four year crew man is Gu
riosity indeed. 1t was combination
which had four men who had won the
world championship at the Olympic re-
gatta at Brussels, seven men who had
won the national title at Poughkeepsie
the year before. This combination of
long experience. great skill. tremendous
orive and power, high physical capa-
hilities and splendid coaching by Dick
Glendon, made a crew such as never
before had been seen here. It's ques-
tion when we will see another product
OF another such great combination Of
men and circumstances.
Clendon, who has left the Navy after
many years of honorable and successful
tndeavor. may be found at Yale next
season. That's possibility and not yet
n probability. His crews since the war,
beginning with the 1919 combination.
show n list of victories such as no other
college ever compiled in four years. This
list Includes the winning Of the Porgh-
keepsie regatta twice, the winning OF
the world title in the Olymplcs, the win
ming OF the national championship in
the open regatta of 1920--no fewer than
forty-one successes and only two set
hn L.. ~
astounding number of contests for four
years--a record number by so big a
margin that there Is no second.
Beaten by Tigers and Syracuse.
The 1922 crew went through unbeaten
winning every race by at least length.
The 1921 eight was beaten In that rnem-
orable race on Lake Carnegie by
Princeton. The 1920 eight was be1ten
by Syracuse on the Severn and the J919
crew was first all the way.
This year the Navy started with VIC
tory over Massachusetts Tech and then
beat Princeton and Harvard. After that
came a victory over Syracuse and sue
cess In the American Henley over Tenn
and the Union Boat Club. Finally came
the Poughkeepsie victory.
Next year the Navy will have only
one yeteran--Bolles. IL may have Tdeut.
Graves as coach. The Navy second eight
Of this year. which also was very sue
csssf,l, and a strapping. stalwart flesh
man eight will give the new coach ma
tcf,ial second to none In the country.
The Navy's great combination has been
broken up by the graduation Of seven
sweep swingers. but the Nays chances
for 1923 are as bright as ever. Is's a
great school with a great student body
and rowing ought TO be as natural as
eating to those young men.
Columbia Did Well.
Columbia. which started the season 50
brsvely with n victory over Yale and
then was beaten by Princeton by only
ave feet followed with a success over
NIassachusetts. Tech on the Harlem. IL
finished fifth at Poughkeepsio. Jim Rice,
of course, again is "A target for those
who for some reason or other wan. him
cut. But Rice did as well as he could
with the material at hand. In the way
~ materIa; his eight was quito assed III
the way OF form and coaching his eight
was up there with the best Rice has
- Apologies to offer for 1922.
cornell had a rather meager season.
IL rowed 10 an impressive victory over
Princeton and Yale at Derby, but the
regatta with Harvard was called off.
This gave the Ithacans only one race
preliminary to Poughkeepsie. In the
ciassic they upset predictions by trying
10 set the pace from the start and as a
result SO sapped themselves that they
could not hold third place against a
dctermined challenge by Syracuse.