Evening star., 1928-08-03
U. s. ROWING CHANCES PICK UP.
Harvard Beats Japanese and VIII Draw
for TOmOrrOw'S Events.

for TOmorrOw's Events.
Harvard four -oared crew with coxswain,
Olympic regatta here. got back into the
running for the championship in its
class by defeating the Japanese quartet
today.
Harvards four won by two lengths.
It's time vas 7 minutes and 43 seconds
for the 1000 meter course.
AS result of this victory. the Har-
ward crew will participate in tonightS
draw for tomorrow's races as If 1t had
not lost to the German outfit yesterday.
Scullers and crews who lost both yes
terday and today are definitely elimin-
ated. but there we're no Americans
among them.
Under this system the American pair
Dared shell with coxswain, from Phila-
delphia, and steered by l4-year -old
Tommy Mack. has chance to get back
into competition just as Harvard did,
although II lost close race to the
Italians by half a length in its first ap-
pearance today.
This gave the Americans three VIC
tories and one loss today the other
f1rsts being over the Swiss and the Ger
mans.
The United States double scullers
beat the Swiss by five lengths in one OF
the first trial heats today.
Charles McIlvaine and Paul V. Cos
tello OF the Penn Athletic Club. Phila-
delphia, led by two lengths at SOC
meters. At the halfway mark, 1000
meters. they were three lengths in the
lead. They had increased their advan-
tage TO Ave lengths when the l.500-
meter mark was reached and held this
position until the end
The Americans had the best scullins
time, finishing in minutes 46 AS Sec
onds.
Canada beat Holland in the double
sculls by three lengths. Canada's time
was minutes 4S lis seconds.
The Austrian scullers, Losert and
Flessle, beat the British pair, Boardmar
and Guye, by one length. Time, Z min
uteS IS As seconds.
In the FOUR -oared shells without cox
swain event, the Pennsylvania Barge
Club crew defeated a German crew
from Dresden by length and half
The American pair-oared shell with
coxswain of the Penn A. c., Philadel-
phia was beaten by the Italian en-
trants by half length. August r
| Goetz and Joseph Dougherty rowed
| the American shell, with Tommy Mack
| serving as coxswain. The Italians were
| r. Vestrini and p. l.. Vestrini and c
| Milani as coXswain.
| The American shell led from the SOC
| meter to the 500 meter marks. Reach
| ing there they failed to increase their
| stroke and the Italians increased then
| speed and drew level with the Ameri-
! cans The United States entrants still
| plugged along without squirt. and the
| Italians won by a good half a length
| in a time OF minutes az seconds. The
| Americans time was 8 minutes 424s
| seconds
! Charles G.. Karle stroked the Ameri-
! can four to a fine victory over the Ger
/ mans In the time of minutes l4is sec
| onds. The German crew led until the
| |, ,500-meter mark where the Ameri-
/ cans. pulling powerfully, went ahead
| The Germans we're rowed out at the
| finish. Their time was minutes 2l
| seconds,
The Germans. stroking 80 to the
| Americans 36. took the lead at the start
and were leading by half length at
| $50 meters. They were II lengths
| ahead at the S00-meter mark and ,
lengths at 700 meters, but then began
to slip. The Americans. pulling 80 all
through the middle distance, began 10
creep up, and at the halfway mark
the German lead had been reduced to
| "a lengths.
The Americans, still stroking 80. con-
| tinued TO reduce the German lead At
| the l.250-meter mark they were only a
| length behind. and had reduced this 10
half length at / 900 meters Then as
the shells slipped past the ,500-meter
mark the American boat forged slightly
| ahead and continued to slide past the
| Germans, although the Pennsylvania
men did not increase the rate OF their
stroke.
The British four-oared crew without
coxswain defeated the French crew In
z minutes 44ls seconds,