The New York herald., 1922-06-26

In front of the Pennsylvania poathouse,
and Columbia looked even better.
Trying to frighten my men. They
weren't frightened" laughed Wright
out to Rice.
I'm praying for rough water" came
back Jim.
I'm praying for calm water
shouted Joe. and they joshed each other
to a fare thee well, these two fine
coaches. hale fellows. well met.
All hands got a chance 70 see WASH
ington in it's final workout. Ed Leader
sent his eight out for a paddle Of a
couple of miles, and the boat had that
same old speed. with that same old
apparently too short stroke. It's q
stroke which approaches the sculling
type, but is not even as long as that.
However. Washington, by all odds, is
the best looking eight which yet has
come here from the coast.
Expert opinion is good and sometimes
II is not so good. There is good deal
Of hedging on the winner, but tlse water
They have been following the crews
with a great deal of interest and un-
derstanding, and theywant us to believe
tfat the Navy is the pick Of them all.
Dick Glendon, naturally. thinks the
same way.
I'VE are here to retain the champion
ship. We have a great crew. well ca
pable of turning the trick. There is no
reason why we should not do it," said
the COACH
Has n Fighting Crew.
Wright says that he has a fighting
crew. and that in good water it may
spring a surprise. But he declined to
predict even second or third place for
the Red and Blue.
Local water men believe that there Is
an excellent chance that the regatta, for
g wonder, will hold true to the sched-
ule. This calls for the varsity race at
$3.50 p. M. The freshman event will
open the regatta. and is carded for a 80
p. NJ. The junior varsity race is down
for rs P. NJ. all daylight saving time
1t is estimated that the regatta will be
watched by close to $4,000 persons. The
West Shore road will run an observation
train of thirty-six cars, the same train
which ran at New London on Friday,
and which hAs been borrowed from the
New Haven road. The steamboat COM
panies will run specials which will be
anchored near the finish. There are exc
cellent facilities for seeing the races
from the east and west banks of the
river. The varsity race will be started
near tHe CoiurlDld quarters at hTun
Elbow. two miles above the bridge, and
will be finished one mile below the
Spider Span. for, as was the case last
year. the distance will be three miles.
Navy Holds the Record.
Cornell goes into the regatta with the
great prestige born of having won thir-
teen of the twenty-four varsity races held
since the classic was instituted, back in
1895. Never have the Ithacans been
worse than third and six times have they
been second Columbia has been a winner
only twice, in 1895 and 1914. Penn has
been first thrice, thrice In row begin
ming in 1898. Syracuse has won five
races. the Navy one and Washington
none.
Washington has been here on two pre-
vious occasions. in 1913. when it finished
third behind Syracuse and Cornell and in
front OF Wisconsin. and Columbia, and
in 1914, when it was last behind Column
bia. Pennsylvania. Cornell and Syracuse.
The best the coast ever did here was to
finish second. That distinction went to
that gigantic Stanford eight of 1915,
which was only third of length be-
hind Cornell.
The Navy set the record for the three
mile course at IA minutes seconds last
year in the first three mile race held
here, and promises to lower that mark
Tomorrow.