Evening star., 1934-08-26
LONG REIGN ENDS
WITH RUDDY FIFTH
Boggs, Third, Is First D. c.
Distance Splasher to
Star Since 1915.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.
~ RASPING the Washington
Canoe Club float bare Sec
i ond ahead of the desperately
struggling Harry Tresnak of
the Lenox Hill Athletic Club of New
York City, Dave Rowan, lone entry
Of the Big Brothers Association of
Philadelphia yesterday triumphed in
the annual Presidents Cup 3-mile
swim of the Washington Canoe Club.
Raymond Ruddy of the New York
A. c., who had won the race the
previous seven straight years and
was favored to triumph again yes
terday, finished fifth some ITS yards
behind Rowan. Ernie Boggs of the
Washington Y. M. C. A., District of
Columbia A. A. U. 1-mile champion,
was third, making the best showing
for a Washington entry in the race
since 1915
Scoring points by virtue of Tres
max finishing second, Peter Brunko
fourth, and Henry Pariser sixth, the
Lenox Hill Club won the Presidents
Cup. This trophy virtually has been
monopolized by the New York A. c.
since 1927, but that club made no
effort to win it yesterday, Ruddy be-
ing its lone entrant. Washington
Canoe Club, which annually sponsors
the Presidents Cup swim, was run
ner-up for team honors with 18
points. Paul Dunleavy, who was
eighth; Eric Larsen, twelfth, and
Robert Wrenn, seventeenth, were the
first w. C. c. men across. Paramount
Swimming Club of Fall River, Mass,
with 81 points, was third.
Boggs Sets Early Pace.
THE race teemed with drama.
Before the first half mile had
been completed, it was evident
that it was to be scrap among
Rowan, Boggs, Tresnak, Ruddy and
Brunko and Pariser both of Lenox A.
C. Boggs was setting the pace by
narrow margin at the end OF the firSt
mile with Rowan, Ruddy, Tresnak
and Brunko grouped closely behind
him in that order. The Washington
boy continued to keep in front as
the second mile got under way but
Rowan swept to the front on the pull
upstream. Rowan was still ahead as
the second mile was completed but
Tresnak and Boggs were right on his
heels, Ruddy, however, had dropped
back some go yards.
Then Rowan, Tresnak and Boggs
began to fight in earnest. The flrSt
two gradually pulled away from the
furiously- battling Washington Canoe
Club star, and as the finish neared 1t
became plain that either Rowan o:
Tresnak was to win Rounding the
final turn for home on the triangular
course they virtually were matching
stroke for stroke Almost as one ma1
they drove furiously toward the club
float as the crowd roared encourage
ment. Try as they did neither ap-
peared able to gain an inch. 1t
seemed a dead heat was to mark the
finish of this race, which resembled
the end of sprint more than q dis
tance contest. But in those last few
inches Rowan fairly hurled himself
toward the float to triumph. Boggs
finished about IS yards behind
Rowan. Not since Everett Ansley of
the old Nautilus Club Of the Wash
ington Y. NJ c. A. won the Chain
Bridge-to- -Aquaduct swim in 1915 has
a Washingtonian finished as well as
third in a Smile Potomac race.
Ruddy Minutes Behind.
~ OWAN'S time was one hour IT
minutes and two seconds and
Tresnak's was one hour IT min
utes and three seconds. Bpggs' was
clocked in one hour II minutes SO
seconds. Ruddy finished more than
seven minutes behind Rowan in one
hour "a minutes 81 seconds. He was
a little more than minute behind
Brunko.
AS Ruddy finished he was given big
hand. He offered no alibis, insisting
he had recovered from the i'll effects
Of the automobile accident in which
he figured some time ago. His father,
however, said he had suffered with
cramps. The elder Ruddy, Joe, coach
of the New York A. c., went around
the course with his son in a canoe.
Some observers believe that had Ed
ward Lee, Leo Giebel and Donald
Ruddy, fellow members of the New
York A. c., competed as scheduled,
Ray Ruddy would have done better.
The Lenox Hill trio of Tresnak,
Brunko and Pariser were presented
the Presidents Cup by William E.
Russell, president of the District A.
A U. A Earle Weeks, chairman of
the District A. A. U. Swimming Com
Ial aHorod tho
Washington Canoe Club to Rowan.
OF the "a who started the race,
two dropped out in the early going
and all the others finished. The
twenty-second man, Joseph F. Metz
of the Baltimore knights of Colum-
bus, finished more than a half hour
behind the winner.
The order of finish, with club af-
fliation and time of each contestant,
follows:
/, Rowan, Big Brothers Association.
yo$5t IT'S Tfssnaki 9ni:i z1SS !sPOx Hill A, c. New
5. BoSgs. Washington Y NJ. C. A,
= grunko Lenox Hill A. G.. l;23:osss.
g. Pariser. Lenox Hill A. c.. 1:25;14Is.
l. foani D1niea~Y, Ss1as WashnEton to = Canoe M Club
1:2s:044s
o Brown. Reading Y. NJ c. A"
10. Cummings, Baltimore Y. NJ. C. A.
II. Poehlman. Baltimore K. of c.,
ia. Larsen Washington c, c. ,;38:29.
l3 D0odSon, Paramount Swimming
Club Fall River. Mass. l:36:06. .o.
s EEtaPfEty. EaFf6s FsEsnaan Fsnsz IN! s G. 44SS
16 Toolin, Paramount S. c. - :naa3.
II. Wrenn washington c. C., l:4l:27
is Daley. Washington c. C., a. ;?2's.