Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26
NAVY IS FAVORED
TO WIN REGATTA
distinguished Spectators Will
Witness College Rowing
Classic on Hudson Today
peuN A STRONG CONTENDER

p,,cbl,cspsje, =. ". June 49,
r.,rrtb;uy is in readiness. every detail
ms been attended to. and every man
=" a, for the intercollegiate champion
.,,n hoot race on the Hudson early this
..an,,o n race in which six OF the
s,ost varsity crews that have ever
boon assembled for regatta will battle
,or victory and the rowing honors OF
1929. ,
NAVY. Cornell. Washington from the
..,or Clio of the Nation Pennsylvania,
S~olumbia and Syracuse. all with good
: Sv ..o~s md some Of them with great
srews will be the actors In the big
vorsity race. Navy and Cornell have
hoon selected by popular opinion, n
borometcr which seldom fails. as the
Ursvs that will bear the brunt of the
6oht and be in the van when he end
~ three mile struggle is reached.
Because tho race Is being rowcd on
= Monday and just before an extended
Veek end hcn - the crowd Is not as
large MS have been some Of the crowds
NJ other years. in spite of the prospect
~ one of the best RACES in twenty five
rears' history of the regatta here. but
cren at that more than 10. 900 persons
viii sec the crews as they battle their
vay down the course.
Roosevelt Present
Among the more DISTINGUISHED spr, =
tstors there will be Theodore Roosevelt.
Assistant Secretary and Acting Secretary
Of the Navy, who feels 1t an 'official
duty TO be here, to root for the Navy
eight; Brigadier General Douglas Mac
Arthur, Of West Point. whose presence
Is taken to indicate u more than unusual
interest in rowing affairs among the
officers at West Point. of which General
Macarthur is cOmmandant; Harry
Payne Whitney. of New York: Julius
Barns, of Milwaukee. and many other
equally famous patrons and lovers Of
rowing.
An unusual incident of today's re-
r,tta is to be the use of radio to in
form those not fortunate enough to be
on the observation train of the progress
Of the crews in the various races. One
Of the sub -chnscrs which brought the
Navy shells to Poughkeepsie has been
equipped with n radio sending outfit.
while receiving sets have been estab =.
lished ashore near the finish line. The
chaser will follow the crews and ut
each half-milp mark will announce the
positions and also give the time of the
leading eight.
Navy FayOrite
The Navy. with virtually the same
eight as that with which it swept the
biz racc last season. will be a top heavy
favOritc in the main contest.
For three years virtually this same
Navy crew has been one Of the chief
nrhtn,,nfl al
lis most notable success when it won
the Olympic championship in Brussels
in 1920 and it followed it up last year
BY winning the intercollegiate cham
pionShip here. Five of the men who
rowch in the Olympic crew and seven
OF those who were here year ago arc
In tho Navy boat today.
Cornell. which in years gone by came
down annually from lthaca with super
crews coached by the Wizard of the
Hudson the late Charles +. Court
ncy. again has one of it's great cights.
John lIoylc. who for twenty years was
assistant coach to Courtney. has devel-
opcd II crew of which Courtney would
have been proud, and it is a crew which
keen followers of rowing say will row
the Mddics with their ragged inhourd
work right into the ground.
Washington and Pennsylvania stand
out as strong contenucrs. Washington
has n big. powerful crew. smooth and
fine us silk. after months of rowing to.
gether.
Penn's Great Stroke
Pennsylvania is the scrnppicst and
most spirited eight on the river. Strokrd
by the best stroke of any Of the varsity
shells, and is strong enOuph and fu 81