Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-27
Sets New Record fsr | lteeI
Mile Race; a,slh,'iasts'n I y
University Second After
Leading Field AZ One
Time; Syracuse And Cor
nell Battle For Third
Place, Former me- Wins I b
Inches. 4. &
(By The Assoc;ated PRESS !

tBy The Associated Press,
Poughkeepsie. N. r., June 27.--ss
Competing oarsmen and rowing ex
perts today were still keyed up BY the
intercollegiate regatta won by ~
naval academy crew on the Hudson.
1t appeared to be almost the
unanimous opinion of both those
participating in and witnessing the
est crew spectacle and the most
gruelling contest ever staged in the
history of the sport Of this country.
Members of the winning crew who
have sat in the sailor shell for the last
three years. and taken part In "a long
string of navy victories. including the
Olympic triumphs over the Leanders
crew at Brussels in 1920, were frank
| in admitting that the varsity contest
was the hardest and most trying in
which they had ever swept an oar.
| Yesterdays contest was simply
case Of plugging at high stroke and
speed for the full three miles and
oarsrfaen were generally agreed that
this form and type of race were far
more exhausti2E than a slower and
! longer struggle:
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 27.-The
United States naval academy eight
| cared crew is still intercollegiate
I rowing champion Of America. In the
greatest aquatic battle ever witnessed
on the historic regatta course OF the
Hudson, the Middies Monday after
noon repaa1ed their triumph Of 1877
by winning the three mile varsity race
shells that ever rowed in a similar
race in the history of the sport.
Navy established a new record for
the course. it's time being 13 min
utes, 33 3-5 seconds-breakingN the
record it set last year Of IA minutes
I seconds i
Forced to terrific speed by the re-
peated challenges Of Cornell, WASH
ington and Syracuse. the sailors dnal-
ly emerged victors by one length over
the University Of Washington eight.
champions OF the Pacific coast.
Scarce length behind the far coast
shell came Syracuse and Cornell, so
closely locked that it was only after
long discussion among the judges
at the finish that the former was
!; awarded third place over the Ithaca
II combination. sss
Columbia and Penn finished nth
and sixth respectively.
Desperate SPIRIT
, i The Seattle collegians after one Of
the most desperate spurts ever wit
messed in an intercollegiate rowing
association regatta finished in 13 min
uteS &c 1-5 seconds.
Exceptionally fast racing conditions
prevailed when the six varsity shells
) approached the stake boat for the
p. M. when referee Julian Curtis OF
Yale sent the shells away Hardly
: had the spray of the first few strokes
,, subsidized before it was seen that Penn
) sylvania was in difficulty. A recall
! was sounded and the Quakers padded
n jY1S,
ed slide. At 6:45 the crews again
dashed away to a perfect start. Cor
nell caught the water first with an
even forty stroke and her Prov show
ed trifle in front of the navy
= Syracuse was third and Washington
fourth.
Cornell Battles Hard.
Between the mile and the mile and
: a half post a terrific struggle ensued
n between Cornell and the Middies
a The 1thacans were still maintaining
s a 35 beat while the Navy was close
0 admirals gained until they had q
e three foot lead at the mile and hal
i mark with Cornell three quarters Of
. length ahead of Washington.
@ Under the railroad bridge. one mil.
~ from the finish, the navy led by hal
;, length.
- : Coming out from under the sha
r. dows Of the bridge, Washington. jus
;. as California did a year ago, mad,
u its bid for victory. putting -unexpect
ed life and drive into every stroke
on Cornell.
Washington's squirt gradually car
ried them by Cornell and gaining
- what appeared to be an inch or tw,
at a beat. they set-out after the fly
ing annapolis shell. The Middle
flung every ounce OF power into thei
a oprfS 1oh
p smashing strokes until the speedin,
,r shells appeared to be on even terms
J. and then Washington nosed ahead.
ID Navy Leads Again.
la But the oarsmen from the nava
20 academy for the second time in tn
:. e race set out to overtake a leadin
~ eight and again it was the story o
=, the navy shell nosing slowly but sure
- =, ~ ahead until the blue and gold wa
=, =, in the lead, never to be headed
~ Across the line flashed the nav
~ ~ with Washington upholding the bes
> ira ditipns OF the Pacific coast, rowin
safe second after most gruellin
Z: battle.
Or Or Scarcely length in the rea
~ came Syracuse and Cornell, Al
~ chance OF first and second positio
y gone. but still urged on by the upotat
"a collegiate rivalry to give every la.
~ ~ ounce Of power and endurance in til
y Dattie to defeat each other. In thi
nc y. the orange-tipped oars of Syracua
N N were successfully driven by just a
&c eyeiasht Columbia was next over til
's as line and Pennsylvania last.
% Syracuse freshmen suncorked
marvellous sprint and shot away |
"a win over Cornell by trifle n1ol
au ~ than length. with Columbia an
.e' Pennsyivania which had also sprin,
n ed at the end so closely Tapped til;
inches separated the three.
j Cornell He'd throughout the junit
. varsity race with Colum bia Syrs
. clse una the Pennsylvaiaia junioi
holding second. third and fourth pos