The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-10
ON THE ROAD TO THE CLEANERS NOW
Californians Capture World Title
II Olympic Crew Battle

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to get his shell slightly ahead at
the 250.metre mark but at 400
metres the English were hack again
on even terms and fighting hard
to stay there.
Then Donlon suddenly lifted the
stroke and carried his crew two
meters in front in the next hundred.
4 At 500 metres, they were 4 quarter
of length to the good, and In a
comparatively brief stretch Of water
! they just about doubled this adj
| vantage, the English being unable
to equal the drive Of the California
! crew.
| The Britons, however, were not
through yet. At 1,Oo0.metres. they
challenged strongly but this awaited
them nothing. For the Bears met
| this squirt with counter-Epurt even
more effective and increased their
lead to almost length.
Far from being subdued. the Brit.
! ish waited until the California drive
had spent, itself and then chal-
lenged again, this time gaining APP
/ probably between 1850 and 1,500
metres. The Bears were Just three
quarters OF a length to the good at
the latter point but again Donlon
jumped the beat and again the Bears
responded, reclaiming their advan-
tage of a. length with only 800
metres to go.
| Apparently rowing well within
themselves, the Bears lifted their
stroke to AZ in the stretch, the
British responding by rowing 40. a
| high beat for their type of stroke
They seemed to be gaining slightly
In the last $50 meters, bur Cali
fornia gave the impression Of being
somewhat under wraps. In any
| case. Donion didn't trouble to raise
the beat again and Blessing found
no necessity for waving his towel
gesture supposed to signal danger
to the men in his boat
| Fresh After Struggle
In fact, the Bears suddenly bent
to their oars without urging and
definitely shook off the challenge
as the two Fights clawsd their way
through the last so meters of water.
Both crews were surprisingly
fresh after their narrowing struggle.
Ihere were no collapses in either
| smell, although killick, No. 8 in
the English boat, tainted after
reaching the shore.
| The ovation for the Bears con.
tlnued as they rowed back to their
quarters, but the enthusiasm their
victory engendered was no greater
than that of the crew itself.
AS California reached it's float,
l. 81 4 n
10 their feet in sheer elation and,
raising Blessing in their arms,
tossed the little ''cox" into the
wafer. lie arose to the surface i'm
medlately with a broad smile.
Ice story they tell about this
flentlng little man is that he was
tireo from the squad last spring
Tor running the varsity shell on
snas not that he refused TO accept
me edlct and fought his way back
all the way from the fifth crew to
| the position he coveted,
The members of the British eight
freely admittd that better crew had
won. They maintained. however,
that they We're travelling so fast at
the finish they. might have won If
the course had been another 100
meters longer.
Power Highly Praised
The Caiifornians have more power
IMAM any eight that ever entered the
wafer said Ernest Barry former
champion sculler.
AS the Californians began to case
up their shell after the race they
were happy as schoolboys, interrupt
ing their work to stand on their
lieaus ana turn handsprings. They
expect TO fly to Paris tomorrow. re-
Joining the President Roosevelt at
Chernourg on Tuesday. The shells
are pelng shipped to Cherbourg.
Faul Costello and Charles McIlvain,
scuns championship defeated Can
qua IN the finals. The victory fol
lowed closely on the heels of two
american defeats. Ken Myers. Phila-
aelpnia losing the single SOULS title
70 bon Pearce. Australia, and the
rem Barge Club, Philadelphia, sue,