The Washington times., 1924-04-22

~ an lnue& az 10 the KIND OF
oarsmen who are composing this
Naval Academy alumni crew, it
may be recalled that the crew OF
1920 rowed 1t Brussels the fastest
1000 meters recorded, while tie
performance Of the. 1879 crew at
Poughkeepsie, not only stands as
the record for tins event. but is
the fastest three miles ever rowed
by q crew.
On the other hand, the Naval
Academy has reason to expect an
unsual crew also. Six Of those who
made up the excellent crew be last
year are still available, and there
10 an abundance Of candidates OF
the best kind, members Of the sec
ond and third and the fourth class
crew Of last season.
The Naval Academy lost TO
Washington ct Poughkeepsie last
year, put the younger GIehdOn
was coaching for the first year,
and he had only one member Of
the crew OF the previous year Is
= nucleus. Still, his crew made
the course In the same time rs
the Naval Academy crew Of 1884,.
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record until lowered by the Naval
Academy crew the following year.
The veterans were delighted with
the receipt Of the news that Rich
ard A. Glendon, coach for twenty.
one years at the Academy, would
handle his veterans this year, and
attempt another Olympic victory
This puts him in friendly rivalry
with his son, Richard J. Glendon,
now coaching the Naval Academy
crew.
The veterans are bcated In this
shape: Bow, Gallagher; .. Graves
Ccaptain), 3. Harris; 4, Higgins; 5,
Eanborn; s, Bolles; Z; Walsh; stroke,
F'rawley; coxswain, Clark. Gala.
CHER, Graves and Sanborn rowed on
the Olympic crew, and Clark was
Its coxswain. Gallagher, Higgins,
Sanborn, Bolles ana FraWleY were
members Of the 1922 crew, probably
the most powerful aggregation
which ever represented the Acad.
envy.
The squad win probably be com.
pleted with Lee and Jacomini. Lee
ls already here. He rowed on the
crew OF 1921 ana 1872. Jacomini
was bow of the Olympic crew. One
handicap is that six Of the oarsmen
row on the starboard side and but
four on the port. It is probable
that one Of the starboard men will
be trained for the other side, 80 as
to make sure Of substitute either
way.
After many shifts, Glendon, IT,,
seems to have organized a fast
combination as his Naval Academy
varsity. It is boated this way:
bow. Shieke; 2. Whelan: 8, Eddy;
4, Hayter; s, Shanklin (captain); 6,
Sylvester; z, Watson; stroke, Bell;
coxswain. Gwinn. Owing to an in.
jured wrist, Shanklin has been row.
ing in the second boat lately, but is
again being tried in the varsity.
The crew Is about ON the par
with recent Naval Academy crews
both rs to weight and strength,
and Is getting into excellent form.
1t has, OF course, big advantage
over the veterans in getting an
earlier start and in having regular
coaching from the start. At pres
emit It could easily defeat the
crew Of older Oarsmen.
However, the veterans have been
working hard, and have q much
greater opportunity for practice
than the midshipmen. They are
pleasing themselves and surprising
those In touch with rowing here
by their apparent ability to get back
into the swing and their fine condi.
ton. With the coming OF the elder
Glendon, they are likely TO make
rapid progress, and win DO ready
for q brush with the youngsters in
a. few weeks.
There is no jealousy on the part
OF the younger oarsmen. The feel.
ing is that IL the older men can
develop better crew, then the
Navy and the country win have a
better chance to win at Paris. How
ever, the mIdshiprnen intend to give
the graduates q real fight before
they win the honor.