The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-19
CALIFORNIA BEARS
 RACE VICTORS IN |HAIRLINE FINISH
Referee and Thousands of Fans Thought Cornell
 Won Great Event
BY STUART CAMERON @ (United Press Sports Eifitor)

Poughkeepsie, N. r., June 19--
 (UP) )-California's budding rowing
 dynasty was firmly seated on a
 glittering throne today after the
 third consecutive victory of the
 Golden Bears in the intercollegiate
 rowing regatta here on the Hudson.
 Great as was the triumph by ky
 Ebright's Titans in the 37th Pough-
 keepsie regatta, 1t was realized only
 by wispy margin. Cornell, striv- ing to recapture the glories of row. ing's greatest reign, the Pop Court ney era at Ithaca, jammed across the finish line so closely in pursuit of the California crew that it took
 the judges 10 minutes to announce an official verdict which reversed the judgment of thousands of spec tators along the Highland shore
 and in the overfiowing observation train.
 California, victor in the last
 three varsity races, except the year 1883, when the regatta was tenn
 porarily abandoned, intervening, delivered 8 masterful performance.
 Nipped by Washington's all-sopho- more varsity in the preliminary
 race on Oakland estuary early in the spring the Bears season hinged on victory here today. But after away to slow start, the Califor- mia oarsmen turned on the pres
 sure at each call from Larry Dodge, the fnetronome stroke.
 California, at one time, going to the first mile mark, was sixth in
 the flotilla of seven crews leading
 only Columbia. But with as prodig-
 ious a spurt as the Hudson has seen
 in years they came from sixth to third in less than a half mile, pass
 ing Pennsylvania, Navy and Syra-
 cuse, and in another mile and a
 half nosed out in front of Washing
 ton and Cornell.
 The leg-and-arm stroke which Ky Ebright brought to high peak
 of efficiency at California seemed
 to leave his proteges a wealth of
 reserve power which Dodge tapped
 at will. Jim wray's varsity eight, the surprise crew of the regatta,
 would have smashed the hearts of
 less resourceful crew. Going into the last mile Cornell carried three distinct challenges to California,
 but each was met and answered. As to the finish, California was
 putting pressure on its eight blades
 in one final Herculean lunge as the shell flowed over the finish. As in
 many a close skirmish in earlier
 years, the crew which was taking it's stroke had the winning edge.
 Referee Julian Curtis, veteran
 official of the regatta, said that from the referees boat trailing the
 crews it seemed to him Cornell had
 won and the outbursts of some Cor nell fans may have stimulated the
 discussion which held up the de-
 cision. Curtis stated, however, that there was no disagreement among
 the judges as to California's vic- tory. -s4 Washington, out of the money only once in the last II Pough- kcepsie regattas, trailed in third place when the huslSies had a glor- ious chance to sweep the river, a feat never yet accomplished. Al Ulbrickson's freshman and junior varsity crews triumphed handily with open water behind their rud- ders, but the varsity succumbed to 8 jinx which has trailed Cornell, lSyracuse, Columbia and other row. ling powers anxious to shut out the opposition on the Hudson lanes. | Neither Navy nor Penn, which earned a split-second victory over the Middies during the spring sea- son, showed anything in the var sity, leaving to Cornell the burden of shackling the rampant western CTS. Pennsylvania was never better than fifth, and finished in sixth place. Navy enjoyed Q fieeting mos
 ment in the lead, springing away to pace the shells from the stake- bows. Navy had a personal race with Syracuse throughout. and fin- ished fourth.
 washington's freshmen, grist for a good varsity next year, won by three lengths with California sec- ond, Navy third, Columbia fourth, and Syracuse fifth, covering the two-miie stretch in 10:29.
 The Jayvee saw only four shells at the stake-bows. one of the small- est fields in the post-war history of the regatta. Washington took command at the one-mile mark af- ter Syracuse and Navy had mo- mentarily drum-majored the pa-
 rade. Navy strived to keep the huskies in distance, but Washing ton drew away steadily to win by two lengths in 14:5S 4-5 with Navy second. Cornell third, and Syra-