The Washington herald., 1922-05-21
NAVY CREWS MAKE
CLEAN SWEEP OVER
SYRACUSE SHELLS
Glendon's Oarsmen Not
Even Pressed in Three
Races on Severn.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. May 2o.-"Dick"
Glendon's Midshipmen oarsmen
made a clean sweep over the pu-
pills of Jim" Ten Eyck in the
rowing regatta with crews of SYRIA
cuse University on Severn River
this afternoon. taking all three
races for varsity, second varsity
and freshmen Fights by comfort
able margins. The Navy varsity
and freshmen each won their
brushes by three lengths. while
the victory of the second varsity
was more decisive, five lengths.
All of the races were rowed over
the -two-mile course OF Upper Sew
the finish We're:
varsity-Navy. s:5s; Syracuse,
1906.
Second Varsity Navy 1921;
Syracuse, 1898.
Parliamentary. 1929: Syracuse.
1899.
shows Strength of Navy.
The clean sweep by the naval
lads again demonstrated that Glen
don has developed the best crews
or the age, for Syracuse brought to
Annapolis three combinations of
| heavy and powerful handlers of the
sweep. probably the most repre-
sentative Fights that Ten Eyck
has ever turned out at the New
York Institution. While they dis
played good form at times, they
lacked the consistent smoothness
and polish as shown In the Navy
shells. nor did they, have the
stamina and endurance in the final
stretch Of the brushes. The work
tn" visiting varsity crew was.
however. highly commended by
Navy rowing enthusiasts at the
| surprisingly strong race they row.
ed against the all-powerfuI Navy.
The race between the varsity
crews was, OF course. the brig at
| traction of the afternoon. It was
the nightcap Of the program. the
freshmen event having been pulled
of first. and IL was rowed under
better conditions of water than
were the other two races. sThe
| crews got away to good start
but the Navy shell soon began to
creep to the front and when the
half-mtle point was reached the
middies were leading by half a
length. BY that time they had set
tied down in their stroke and so
had the Orange oarsmen.
There was no perceptible differ
ence in the distance between the
craft for the next half mile but
! from then on the Navy boat slowly
hut steadily shot to the front Soon
| the Navy boat was leading by a
| length and a half BY that time
] he laI
| to nearly Sc to the minute while
| Syracuse was pulling along at "a
clip. In the final stretch the wish
| tors made a gallant effort to cut
down the le9d but their challenge
was only met by greater effort on
| the part of Uncle Sans wards and
| in burst of speed the Navy shell
shot across the finish mark three
lengths to the good. The time of
1855 was considered good
Freshmen Race Spectacular.
The brush between the freshmen
crews probably was somewhat more
spectacular. The Navy Plebes got
off to a wonderful start. The cedar
craft fairly appeared to lift out of
the water as the younger Middies
buried their sweeps and in less tina n
v
half a length. The crews got
away at about the same pace as
did the varsity Fights and rowcd
and displayed much the same tao
! tics of workmanship as did the
| senior crews. At no stage lid the
| Syracuse freshies appear dangerous
and the Plebes had something in
reserve as evidenced by the fact
| that they increased their lead by
| more than length in the last half
mile of the course.
Nays second varsity crew mad a
veritable walkaway from the start.
! The Middics got the jump on their
opponents and soon there was open
water between the two shells. In
this race the Syracuse rowed in
| ragged form. frequently splashing
| and thereby lessening the momen-
tum of their craft. The Naval lads
were not forced to extend them
selves. though they did put on
steam" at the finish.