Evening star., 1932-07-08
CALIFORNIA AMONG
CREWS TO ADVANCE
Opposes CoIumbianS as Yale
Takes on Penn A. c. in
Semi-FinaIS Today.
BY VICTOR o. JONES.

w WORCESTER, Mass, July g.
A Two fine college eights and
v two great club eights re-
main in the running for the
honor of representing the United States
in the eight-oared Olympic competition
as the result of winning the trial heats
in the first days racing over the 1000
meter course on Lake Quinsigamond.
Carrying the college banners into the
semi-f1nals are California's unbeaten
Poughkeepsie champions, who proved
that they are as good over short dis
tances as over longer routes, and Yale's
varsity eight, which, after losing to
Harvard three weeks ago, staged a nne
comeback
Upholding the honor of the club
eights are Columbia'S grads and the
potent Penn A. l. crews winners
against two undergraduate craft.
MOST sensational of the days de-
INl velopments was the defeat of Har-
wards giant varsity by boat load
of former Lion oarsmen. In a race
which sent the $4,000 spectators into
fits these two eights were locked in a
bow-to-bow struggle over the whole dis
tance. with Columbia catching Harvard
at the very line and winning b. a
margin of not more than feet in the
fastest time of the afternoon.
The Columbians, coached by Young
Dick Glendon. will match strokes TO-DAY
against the California eight, which won
easily against the Princeton University
Rowing Association crew in the second
heat. The Golden Bears never were
seriously threatened. When the Tigers
couldn't get the stroke up at the flnlsh
the Californians won going away by al
most two lengths.
T7HE Pennacs, favored to meet Cali
l. fornia in Saturdays finals, won an
even easier triumph at the eX-
pense of Syracuse's revamped varsity.
From the start and hardly extending
themselves, the Quaker veterans won
a one-sided victory, leading the orange
across the line by two and a hat
lengths.
In the final heat Yale defeated
gallant Washington varsity ana Can
forn1a's junior crew after race Whlch
lasted right down to the finish. Yale
finishing beat of better than 40 to the
minute Just held off the closing rush oI
the Huskies. Yale's margin was about
LWO-I0lIQ6 Ol d 1C1l6lAls WIN
two and a half lengths astern. yale
meets the Penn A. c. in the lower half
semi-final.
TTHIS town, overrun with rowing fol-
lowers from all over the country,
still is talking about the Harvard
Columbia grads duel For more than
a mile, the two eights raced alcng with
a matter of mere inches separating the
two craft. Entering the last 800 yards,
Columbia had perhaps i've feet
advantage.
But Ham Bissell, the Harvard cox
swain, here blew his whistle and Gerry
Cassidy sent the boat soaring. Har-
wards boat fairly leapt out OF the
water. drew even with the Lions. and
went ahead by about II feet. But with
the finish line only few strokes away.
AL McBain, stroke of the 1929 Fougn-
keepsie champions, and those giants
behind him refused to be licked. They,
in turn, came up and the two boats
were locked bow to bow as they MT
the line. Columbia happened to be at
the, catch while Harvard was recovering
and that decided the race.
Columbia's time was 6:4545, with
Harvard "a of a second slower Neither
time approached the course record OF
$50. made by the Navy here in 1920,
but there was slight headwind blow
ing for the first race. wind winch
later blew even harder onto the backs
of the laboring oarsmen.
California. in beating Princeton, was
timed in 6:48, with Princeton at 6;54H5.
Penn A. c., which won as it pleased,
did 6:562,5 to SyracuSs's 7:0515 during
the worst conditions of the afternoon,
while Yale covered the course in 6:5215
to Washington's 6:5425 and California
junior varsity's 7:0335