Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-21
CALIFORNIA HAS
NO TROUBLE IN
WINNING RACE

POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y. June
u. U.P)-Californias great varsity
crew today was established as
Americas probable representative
IN the Olympic games at Los An
eeles as result of its great victory
in the Poughkeepsie regatta.
Coach Ky Ebright's second
wonder crew spread-eagled the
field of eight in yesterdays thirty
sixth annual classic and became
odds-on favorites TO win the Olym-
pic assignment in eliminations at
Worcester. Mass. next month.
Just four years ago. almost 10
the day. the original outstanding
California crew won in POUCH
keepsie. went on TO acquire the
Olympic games assignment and %
win the amateur championship on
the Sloten canal at Amsterdam.
Holland.
An ordinary victory would no.
have made the Golden Bears ia
vorites to rate the Olympics. Yes
terday. however. California was the
winner. not only after the four
mile grind from Krum Elbow 10
Blue Point, but had held a COM
manding lead after the first mile
and increased il almost at Will.
Z am making no definite pre-
dictions about the Olympics,' Coach
Ebright told the United Press to-
day. However, I am more than
satisfied with our showing III the
Poughkeepsie and We will have i
proper sort of confidence when We
move on to Worcester for the
trials
The real battle yesterday was
the fight for second place between
Cornells big red crew and the
Huskies OF the University of
Washington.
Both these crews knew, after
two miles, that at least two Cali
fornia oarsmen would have To
break arms Or legs to keep the
Bears from winning So Cornell
and Washington settled down to
one of the grandest scraps for place
position in Poughkeepsie history.
And Cornell won it.
Coach Jim Wray's big red eight
was a none -too-good sixth at one
and a half miles. Washington was
in second place, two lengths behind
California. The two mile mark
reached, Cornell had pushed up
into fourth place with Washington,
rowing a steady 80, holding firmly
in second.
Cornell Speeds Up
At two and one-half miles,
Washington was still second but
scarcely half a dozen feet separated
the Huskies from Cornell. Here
the IthacanS lacked up their boat.
captured second place as they
passed the three-mile mark and
with an even stroke held that place.
The big disappointment of the
regatta was the relatively poor
showing made by Coach jim
Ten Eyck's Syracuse crew which
finished fifth, slightly behind the
Navy, regarded as all but a dark
horse. Prerace discussions had
coupled Syracuse with California
as an outstanding championship
hope.
Columbia's little-regarded crew
finished sixth, Pennsylvania seventh
and Massachusetts Tech, 25 lengths
behind California, in eighth and
last place.
II California had been pressed It
might have approXimated the rec
ord time of 18 minutes, 35 As Sec
onds made by the Bears in 1923.
CALIFORNIA; time was 1855.
Syracuse won the freshman race
OF two miles in 10:59 ahead of Navy,
Cornell, California, Pennsylvania,
Columbia and NJ. l. r.
Syracuse also won the junior
varsity, a three-mile event, in
l5:4l. California was creditable
second, falling by a scant length
to overcome the early Syracuse lead.
Navy was third followed by Cor
nell and Columbia. NJ. l. T. by be-
ing last in this race made a clean
sweep OF the tail-end position.