Evening star., 1924-06-18


Washington's victory in the tt
yesterday at Poughkeepsie was not
was because the HuskieS were so
not in the finesSe OF workmanship,
an ability to apply natural advantag
They were eight supermen. those
sweep swingers from the far north
west, men of Herculean mold who
welded their oars with the power, as
it seemed. of d trireme filled with
Roman slaves. The stroke was pro
ductive of "A drive that sent the shell
skimming through the water between
strokes just as has been noted in the
Yale crew this year and last, and
when boat does that it is bound
to lead the way.
Brilliant Achievement.
Washington victory was brill
liant achievement. But the feat of
wisconsin in finishing second was d
dramatic achievement. 1t bespoke
qualities of grit. determination. skill
aad endurance that are everywhere
hailed as the highest and most credi-
table characteristics of American col
leg-e athletes.
For several years good old Dad
Vail the Wisconsin rowing coach. has
been biding his time, each winter,
coaching his oarsmen on the rowing
machines and in the spring taking
them out on the lake for intramural
belng two races against Washington
In 1922 and 1923. the Badgers badly
beaten in hoth
Il think" said Vail last fall to the
writer. after rowing had stopped for
the year, that Wisconsin will send
crew to Pouehkeepsie next sum
mer that will take lot OF beating
from any crew. And | don't bar
Washington"
Arriving at Pouehkeepsie less than
weeks bar all
Wisconsin rowing man had anything
to say. They were occupied princi-
pally in saving wood. And when out
OF the late afternoon river haze the
Badger Badge eIght-which was in third
place, this in itself "A SurpriSe-Sud-
denly shot forward and began 70 de-
bate Penn's second position shrill
shout of surprise arose from the
thousands of spectators who lined the
western shore of the river.
Penn Eight Lacks Power.
Now Penn throughout had shown
herSef to be a beautifully coached
crew. Not a flaw was 10 be discened
IN the way they had gone about their
work from the time the race started
Mechanically perfect, the outfit. none
the less lacked the power 70 com
pete with Washington which shortly
after the start had overhauied the
leading Quakers and had then gone
on slowly but surely widening out
the distance
1t was when every one had settled
himself to the belief that the race
would end with the HuskieS and
Penn in first and second places that
the Badgers made their bid. Don't
think they merely slugged their way
past Penn. They did not. They were
rowing according to Hoyle, or,
rather, according to Vail. and with
their skill they were inserting d
world of power.
Penn fought with all courage to
fight back the rush, but had to yield.
and in yielding was found to have
expended the power necessary to hold
back a desperate Cornell eight. Drop
ping to. third. Syracuse might have
pessed the Red and Blue had there
been time. but. as it was. the Quakers
went third over the line. Syracuse
fourth and Columbia last.
Penn had such satisfaction as comes
from winning the Junior varsity and
freshman events.
w is Prevailing Letter.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N Y. June is
Westward the star of rowing empire
takes its way.
So far as the thirty-seventh 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 spectators
were eastern, but otherwise, every
thing was of the west.
For the second year in succession
the rowing Huskies of Washington,
coached by Rusty" Callow showed
fast moving boat stern to the best,
barring Yale and the Navy, that the
east can show on regatta course.
and Wisconsin, rowing magn1hcent
race against what had been termed
insurnountable barriers. won a great
moral victory in trailing only the
sity event. The men out of the open
spaces gave the east a thrill and
At Of dependency.
Although a gripping spectacle and
a feat calling for praiseful admira-
ton, WashingtonS victory was no
more inspiring than that of Wiscon-
son. For any small boy in Pough-
keepsie before the race would have
predicted the Washington victory.
But not even the experts dreamed
that Wisconsin, a green and untrled
crew. would churn and grind its way
to second place.
The Wisconsin triumph was remi
niscent of the 1915 second place We
tory of the Stanford University crew
that came out of California to upset
calculations and regulations. Like
Stanford that year. Washington and
Wisconsin yesterday were invited
guests, non-members of the lntercol-
legiate Rowing Association, merry
makers at a party, who departed with
the hosts silverplate.
PENNSYLVANIA, capturing both the
freshman and junior varsity races,
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