The Washington times., 1924-05-27


A few weeks ago rowing experts
were singing the praise Of Rusty
Callow's Washington Huslzies. Last
weekend Yale defeated Princeton
and Cornell by such a wide margin
that aquatic authorities deplored
the fact that Yale and Washington
were not scheduled to meet in a
final contest on the water. Today
the fans are loud in their demands
that the midshipmen be moved up
into the same class with Wash
ington and Yale.
Many are Of the opinion that the
representatives of either Of these
schools OF learning could possibly
acquit themselves in a more bust.
ness-like manner than did the United
States Naval Academy eight on Sat
urday. <
For many years Syracuse has
been the deciding factor In crew
matters. Jim Ten Eyck has had q
way Of developing champions uD
ut the big upstate university. His
Fights have more than held their
own with the best in the COLLEGIATE
world. They have more than won
their share of hOnOrS at POugh-
keepsie. Few dual regattas have
been lost during the past ten
years.
NO rival has ever been able to
suDmerge an Orange varsity under
-FOUR and one-half lengths Of water.
At least, not when "Old Man" Ten
Eyck thought that he had a well.
balanced eight to represent the Salt
City school.
News was kept under cover down
at Annapolis in the hope that the
Navy would spring a real surprise
on the rowing world. Those in
charge at the Naval Academy re-
membered the sensational win the
academy's representatives scored
at Antwerp in winning the Olympic
rowing title for Uncle Sam. They
are very jealous of their rowing
reputation down at Annapolis. One
can cast aspersions on football,
baseball, track, basketball or any
other Navy team, but one must be
careful when speaking about the
Navy varsity eight.
1t Is tradition down at the acad.
envy for every nnidshipman to have
an ambition to row in the varsity
crew. That is why the Navy has
won 50 consistently in dual and
open regattas.
The Navy crew that won. the
Olympic consisted OF ". ". JacO-
mini, p: ID. Graves, w. C. Jordan,
-. p. Moore, A. r.. SanbOrn, ID. III.
Johnston. v. j. Gallagher, C. w.
King and s. r. Clark, cOxsWain.
They comprised one Of the great.
est Fights In the history Of row..
Ing In tho United States. The
easy way they ".bEeezed'' through
their foreign rivals; .testifies TO
their superiority as champions.
Some at Annapolis say that. the
present Navy eight is fully az
capable Of defending the OLYMPIC
championship laurels acquired bv
the Naval Academy crew Of 1920.
After defeating a finely.coached
Syracuse eight by four and one.half
lengths in a two-mile test, we would
say that we share the same opin.
ion. 1t takes a real crew to de.
feat any Syracuse varsity eight.
One that can win by as wide a
margin as did the Navy on Satur.
day is going to carry the support
OF a majority Of aquatic fans in
this country.
1t is a deplorable state Of condi
tons when the United States has
three really great crews to make a
selection from and no race in which
a substantial opinion can be formed
upon the relative values Of these
Fights.
washington : won the Pacific
Coast championship with ease. II
ia said that Ruty Callow has a
much. better crew than the one that
defeated the pick of the East at
Poughkeepsie last June. Yale has
won 30 consistently that the Ellis
must be rated a thoroughly fine
crew.
BY taking the measure of Syra.
cuse as 1t did on Saturday the navy
crew moves up Into the same divi.
sion with those other star Fights.
1t Is too bad that some sort Of a
race cannot be staged between them
to decide which eight should
shoulder the responsibility of de-
tending the Olympic honors won at