The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-17
YAH: CREW
SPECIER
MIRAGE
Looms as Dark Horse in Event
IN Which Washington Has
Been Feared
By DAVIS ]. WALSH.
r.to-n..,on.I Neva Service.

BY DAVIS j. w ALShs
international News Service.
NEW YORK, June 17.-There
was a suspicion today, faint like
the obligato of distant violin,
that the western dynasty over in
tercollegiate rowing may come to
. sudden and altogether unex-
pected end before the passing of
another week. Is
On Friday at New London, the
the Yale varsity developed to row.
ing affiuence by Ed Leader. a
young genius from the University
OF washington. win race four miles
against Harvard. On Monday at
Poughkeepsie, the University or
washington win attempt to make
Il three straight over the field.
Both washington and Yale are
and will so remain almost prohibit
tive favorites to win. Both may
lose.
That, however, is merely g.
possibility. IL even one Of them
fails to come through, It win be
an unset worthy OF q df0p-bOt-
tom wagon. It is difficult to say
lust which of them faces the
stronger possibility of defeat be-
cause it Is so hard to imagine
either Of them losing.
Yale has only one crew to beat
and hasn't lost q race in three
years under Leader. His eight is
said to beNas powerful as the COM
bInation that rowed the world silly
at the Olympic games, although
only three members OF that outfit.
Spock, Kingsbufy and Captain WI.
son are available now. It Is a
crew that would seem to be des-
tined to wear the purple only.
But the tip is out that Harvard
has mustered great crew, perhaps
the greatest Harvard crew OF
twenty years. There Is nothing In
its 1925 record to indicate impend-
found itself during the last three
weeks.
All the signs point to less than
q boat length separating the two at
the finish. and when you have to
draw them that fine. anything can
happen. Ask the man who didn't
know it was loaded.
Washfngton's greatest menace
ut POughkeepsie is furnished by
the Navy, which Is said to have
summoned its best combination
since its immortal 1920 crew.
This, IL true, means that the boat
- A.
finest in the land, and perhaps
Washington falls trifle short Of
that classification. IT rowed a time
trial in worse than 81 minutes yes
torday, and Rusty Callow is
alleged to have frothed at the
mouth. The fact of the matter II
that Washington couldn't hope to
show much in the rough water pre-
Yelling.
It's trouble, however, was that It
didn't show enough. No crew will
win the Poughkeepsie event in 81
minutes, even IL the race was
rowed in molasses.
International News Service.
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. z, June II.
Dissatisfied with the figures that
appeared on his watch at the end
OF yesterdays IrlaIs tSuSLy CallOW
plans to give his University Of Wash.
ington another gpin under the
ship before the end Of the week, 1t
developed today. The Washington
coach viii send his varsity out over
the full distance on Mondays cham
pionship race as soon as compare
lively calm weather prevails. The
huskies time yesterday was 81 min
utes 50 seconds, but its significance
was generally discounted owing to
the heavy going.
Dad Vail. of Wisconsin, also
awaited the first sign of favorab BILE
water to send the Badgers out in
an effort to clip a minute or more
from the time Of their recent trial.
'Thesboys have speed and power"
Dad said today. "but I am not Ger.
tain that they can. last four miles.
plan to find out before Monday"
Pennsylvania will do little or moth.
ing until its seven absentees return
from graduation exercises at Phila.
delphia today. Cornell also will take
IT easy this afternoon after it's hard
trial Of yesterday.
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