New Britain herald., 1924-06-18
WASHINGTON CREW
 REGATTA WINNER
Oarsmen From Far West Again
 Repeat Their Victory

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 the star of rowing empire takes Its
 way.
 So far as the thirty-seI enth annual
 Poughkeepsie regatta rowed on the Hudson yesterday is concerned. w
 stands for Washington, Wisconsin, west and-win. The water and the climate and most of the spectotors
 were Eastern. but otherwise everyt htnS
 was of the west.
 For the second year in succession
 the rowing huskies of Washington, coached by Rusty" Callow, showed q last moving boat stern to the best
 barring Yale and the Navy, that the east can show on a regatta course. And Wisconsin, rowing a magniiccnt
 race against what had been termed
 unsurmountable barriers, won a great moral victory in trailing only the Washington boat in the classic var sly event. The men out of the opeu spaces gave the east thrill and bit Of dependency,
 Although a gripping spectacle and feat calling for praiseful admira- ton, Washington's Victory was no more inspiring than that of Wiscon- son. For any small boy in Pough- keCpsie before the race could have predicted tho Washington victory. But not even the experts dreamed that Wisconsin. green and untried crew, would churn and grind its way to second place.
 The Wisconsin triumph was remi- niscent of the 1915 second place vic tory of the Stanford university crew that came out of California to upset calculations and reputations, Like Stanford that year. Washington and Wisconsin yesterday were invited guests, nonmembers of the Intcrcol- leeiate Rowing association, merry makers at a party who departed with tho hosts silver plate.
 Pennsylvania, capturing both the freshman and junior varsity races, but finishing fourth in the all-im- portant varsity, made tho casts only worth-whils gesture. Otherwise, if was the west all the way. The Penn varsity eight had absolutely no chance against the sesterners, and failed dismnlly 10 live np to iho per- sistent prediction that it would be the only crew to give Washington a bat te.
 Experts today arc wondering just what Washington might have done had the huskies had real opposition, q pscemaker to 20 along with them.
 Dad Nail's Wisconsin men didn't l begin their req battle until the sec | ond mile mark vas resred off to ! BOOT start. they trailed in fifth place ! up to the last mile, ir which their i powerful, tireicss stroke shot their shell ahead Of Columbia, Penn and Cornell to second place.
 II YVES great drive. and it brought hat watching thousands to their feet with great cries. Co it Wisconsin" 'houtsd the Washington substitutes md iunior varsity carsmen from the ,ank. lending their might moral sup port 10 2 second riacs for the set The west stuck together.
 Much of the crtdit for Wash nrton's great yietory went to Cox twain Don Granf whose Ave feet. hree irrhes and HIS ponnds of con energy were a b's factor in he triumph. He did lot more than pull a tiller.
 Dad Vail and hi. juhlart men ex- iihited some Of thn vast western 'riendliness the east has heard so much about when they presented the biggest bouquet of flowers purchase ble to Max Luft. the Washington uho is ill in Nassar hospital Is received the flowers along rith he news of the western triumphs.