Evening star., 1931-06-17
M|DD|ES "OUT OF IT"
! PRIOR TO BIG RACE
Sweep to Decisive Triumph
Over Eight Rivals in tiud-
son Classic.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

- OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June
- 17-Unexpectedly, the Navy
ruled the intercollegiate
seas today after a lapse of
q half dozen years.
When nine eight-oared crews
started in heavy rain in the climax
race of the intercollegiate regatta
last evening, with an ebb tide be-
ginning to run fast, the Naval
Academy's stalwarts were just a
boatload of Strong-backed young
men, going nowhere in particular,
so far as the experts and most of
the crowd were concerned.
Less than 20 minutes later. this same
Navy boatload was acclaimed the vic
tor in the classic four-m.le varsity race
down the Hudson as it handed clean
cut beating to the heavily-favored Cor
nell crew, defending champion.
The Navy followed Washington's fast
pace for the first three miles, stepped up,
the beat going into the last mile sufh-
ciently to assume the lead from the
fading HuSkies and then had the stuff
to Withstand Cornells desperate closing
bid.
This Navy crew staged one of the
most astonishing comeback in rowing
history after a disastrous early season,
in which it had taken lickingS from
Columbia, Harvard and Syracuse.
Use New Stroke.
Whether it was just the Navy's day in
70 fnT11 he
switch that sent Raymon P. Hunter OF
Sherman, Tex, to the strcking position
for the first time in his competitive ca
reer, these Midshipmsn rowed like
champions. Their time was 18 minutes,
54 lis seconds, the third fastest time
ever registered on the Hudson for the
four-mile route. The Midshipmen stood
off Cornell's champions by length and
. half and Washington by two lengths.
California was fourth, three and a
half lengths back of Washington, Syra-
cuSe was fifth, Pennsylvania surprtS-
ingly good sixth and Columbia, one OF
the big favorites, a poor seventh.
Wisconsin and Massachusetts, Tech
finished eighth and ninth.
The talk that "Old Dick" Glendon
was about through at Annapolis as
coach vanished completely in the tumult
and shouting of the Nays far-f1ung
forces.
Cornell Is Fooled.
Cornell, in the words of her famous
coach, Jim Wray, had no excuses" and
lost to better crew."
Apparently Cornells coxswain, Jimmy
Burke of Springfield, Mass, under-es-
timated the staying powers Of the Navy.
The Ithacans, satisfied early in the race
to keep the strong Syracuse crew in
check as the two rowed side by side,
found the Navy with commanding
lead, going into the last mile, and in
no mood to be overhauled.
The order of finish and times in the
races:
Varsity, four miles-Won by Navy.
1S:541-5; second, Cornell, 1889; third,
Washington, 1900 3-5; fourth, Califor-
mia, 1911 AS; fifth, Syracuse, 1919 l-5;
sixth, Pennsylvania, 1890 As; seventh,
Columbia, 1894 3-5: eighth. Wisconsin,
1896; ninth, M. I. T., 1887 As.
Junior varsity, three mlleS-Won by
Syracuse. 1929 3-5; second, California,
1888 3-5; third, Cornell, 14:37 1-5;
fourth, Columbia, 14:43; fifth, Navy,
14:52 is; sixth, Pennsylvania, 5:04 3-5.
Freshman, two miles-Won by WASH
1ngton, 9:49 As; second, Cornell, 9:53;
third, Syracuse, 1904 2-5; fourth, Navy,
1905 3-5; fifth, Columbia, 10:11 3-5;
sixth, Pennsylvania, 1918 As; seventh,
M. I. T., 1921 is.