Evening star., 1935-06-18
NAVY, PENN HELD
MAIN CONTENDERS
Bears, Appearing Stronger
Than in 1884, Out for
Third Win in Row.
BY EDWARD J. NEIL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

California was turned over to-
l. day to the broad-backed oars
men of Navy, Washington, Pennsyl-
vania, Cornell, Syracuse and Colum-
bia as the little city of Poughkeepsie
revelled again in its annual day Of
crowds and excitement-the thirty
seventh intercollegiate regatta.
Each year It gets tougher, this prob7
lem Of turning back the brawny
Golden Bears little KY Ebright brings
East for the heart-breaking 4-mile
struggle in the twilight down the
boistering Hudson.
Twice In o row the massive Bears
have sailed to victory, looking back
on q struggling feet. This years
crew, If anything, appears better than
the varsity eight that nailed its Far
West rival, Washington, by three full
lengths at the 1884 finish, with Navy
cloest of the Eastern fleet. Dick
Burnley, the big stroke who paced that
California boatload, wasn't even
brought East this year, his place won
by a mighty 185-pound sophomore,
Gene Berkenkamp. -Four Of last years
veterans are In the boat.
Two Chief Rivals.
AL ULBRICKsON's huskies from
4 Washington and Buck Walsh's
swift, smooth-stroking midshipmen
from the Naval Academy at Annapolis
are figured the chief competition again
as California sought to pull notch
closer to the four straight record Cor
nell's great eights scored in the varsity
duels from 1909 through 1912.
Washington, its boatings consider
ably shifted since an entire sophomore
eight bested the California varsity by
a few feet in their annual two-team
test on the Oakland estuary in April,
particularly is dreaming Of a record
never before attained on the Hudson.
The Huskies have crack eight in
the Emile freshman race, opening the
days festivities at 4 pm. eastern
standard time) and the sophomores,
who went soyr" after the California
victory, for the Smile junior varsity
tussle at 5 pm, an hour before the
varsities pull from the starting boats,
Ulbrickson wants to sweep the river
this time.
California was the favorite at to
5, with Washington and Navy coupled
at 2 to /, Cornell, Pennsylvania and
Syracuse at to l, and Columbia, the
long shot, at is to /.
Array OF Stroke Stars.
ONE Of the things that brought the
" first six crews so close together
in the minds and arguments Of the
old Bues, old Greys, old Colds and
old Whatnots who never fail to gather
for rowtng's annual field day, was the
prevalence Of fine stroke oars this
year.
Navy, an extremely smooth eight,
beaten only q whisker by Pennsyl-
vania In the Eastern sprint season,
boasts an exceptional pace setter In
massive Joe Hood, while Penn's Lloyd
Saxton, in the opinion Of his mentor,
Rusty Callow, Is the best stroke he
ever coached. Syracuse's stroke, big
Russell (Swede) Swanson, is SO good
he forced the Orange captain, Bart
O'Hearn, out Of the first boat and
into the No. 4 seat Of the "Jayvees. /"
John York, sophomore, sets q great
beat In the Washington shell, and
Fred Hart, In the Cornell drivers
seat, Is probably the best oarsman IN
the heaviest boatload on the river.
Smooth water would further the
chances Of both Penn and Columbia,
smooth running boats that have de-
veloped q great deal here but still do
not catch the experts eyes as the
smashing, power soaked kind Of crews
the river demands for the Furnishing
four-mile test. Cornell, loaded with
power. Is the dark horse" but, like
Syracuse, has been handicapped by
lack Of Spring racing.
Rain Due to Continue.
TT WAS raining today, with the OUT
l. look that it would continue. This
gives the Western crews the better Of
the going in the sheltered lanes along
the west bank.
Only five crews are entered in the
freshman race, four in the junior
varsity and seven in the varsity, q
total Of 16 boatloads, smallest entry in
10 years.
The race schedule starting times and
lanes:
Freshman races, two miles, pm.
eastern standard time), Navy, 2
Columbia, 8 Washington, California,
s Syracuse.
Junior varsity, three miles, S pm,
Washington, 2 Navy, 3 Syracuse, 4
Cornell.
Varsity, four miles, 8 pm, l Cali
fornia, 2 Washington, 8 Navy, 4 Syra-
cuse, S Cornell, 6 Columbia. Z Penn
sylvsnia.