New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
Washington in
Fast Workout
For Title Race
Stock of Western Oarsmen
Scars as They Cover
3.MiIc Course in 14:27

pouGUKEEPsIE, n. Y. June 20
Instead Of waiting until race day 70
denon.,rate that il has n crew worthy
Of being placed with the best, rs can
fornia did last year. the University OF
Washington eight went out on inc
Hudson to-day and showed the stun
whereof il is made. signing seailng
and delivering the exhibition BY gong
over the full threc-mile course In ~
minutes 27 seconds. which Is remark
ably fast time under conditions that
were good. but were not perfect.
The Washington eight which has
been looked on favorably since its
arrival, lived up to all the good things
that have been said about II, and In It's
,rial-whieh took place at midday, when
conditions Of tide were just about the
same As they will bs when the big race
is rowed next Monday night-swept
down the course in such manner as
20 win universal respect.
Starting at the Columbia quarters
with the stroke at 80 for the first min
ute. the Washington eight settled down
10 A driving 33 thSt carried the BOAT
along with wonderful pace, and then IN
the last half mile raised the beat until
Il was again striking on 36. The crew
has improvcd greatly in its week here,
has developed a hard finish, and swings
further back.
But Washington was only one OF FIVE
crews that went over the course TO-
day; Pennsylvania put on good tral
and Columbia and Syracuse also went
through their PAGES In improved form.
Penn took IL easy In the morning, but
in the afternoon made up for the
morning Of comparative idleness by
having a race in which all four crews
took part For the first two miles II
was a battle between the varsity and
tho one-ffties for the lead. the light
crew getting the honors by reason OF
its sprint at the bridge. The varsity
and the heavy Juniors went on 70 the
finish OF the three-mile route, with the
varsity showing the way at the end by
close 10 four lengths In about IL min
utes 10 seconds.
Columbia's trial FIVE or SIX minutes
later was rowcd in close 70 fifteen
minutes. with the Blue and White var
sity leading the juniors at the finish
By four lengths. Jim Rice started his
two varsity eights al the top Of the
course and had the freshmen pick up
the pair at the one-mie mark The
youngsters got of 20 fve-length lead
and the varsity. although rowing 80,
failed 10 get the freshmen AZ the finish.
CornelHs trial was more in the ma
ture OF q stiff paddle 20 familiarize the
coXswains with the course than test
against time. The three crews started
together in n heavy shower but the
Fi'lius stroked varsity eight showed
is superiority Immediately by rowing
two beats lower than the juniors and
going away from them. The fresh
men dropped steadily behind and at the
two and haf mile mark were several
lengths back. The varsity finished
with an easy sprint and simply walked
away from the juniors.
The Syracuse navy was on the course
for a trial in the afternoon, the juniors
and freshmen rowing two miles and
the varsity three, finishing the final
mile with SO stroke. and going better
than they have since their arrival
The navy shells reached here early
this morning but the crew is not ex.
peeted until tomorrow, when IL will
arrive in time for an afternoon row.