The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-15

out DeLW6eu seven SIlSllS Ou t river on June IS, seems to h twen three boats-Pnnsylvan
 The sturdy Quakers and the Huskies of Washington probably will ienter the four-mile grind as favorites. Neither has been de- feated in its section. Washington took the measure of California; victor in the event last year.
 Coach ky Ebright's Bear eight, despite its defeat by Al Ulbrick- sons brawny boys, can't pc counted out of the race. The vet eran shell that lost by an eyeiasn 10 Washington has been put m inc proper frame of mind for the terrific test. In the dual meet with Washington's sophomore crew, the Bears were inclined to take their rivals lightly.
 Penn and Washington can ex- pect their chief competition to come from California, with Navy perhaps the next biggest threat.
 There Is not much to choose from the other three contestants, Columbia, Syracuse, and Corneil' Cany. S3-year-old Jim Ten EycR' who has been laboring With Syra- cuse creations since Columbus discovered America, seems to nave the most formidable boat of these three, and could pop up with a surprise.
 Starter in Frisky Nineties
 The regatta is one of the most colorful spectacles in sports although 1t Is far from the best paying college athletic endeavor.
 Race was founded in 1895, after Harvard and Yale had with drawn from general collegiate competition in favor of their own show at New London. That year representatives of Penn, Colum- bia. and Cornell met at Pough- keepsie and laid out a four-mile course over an aid Dutch sailing stretch, known as De Lang Rak.
 Since that time very college that sported crew has roweu over this strip except Princeton With the exception of 1920, when the race was cut to two miles and rowed on Lake Cayuga, and from 1921 to 124, when 1t was again raced on the Hudson, but at three miles, the course has made sports history.
 From 1917 to 1s1 there were no races, because of the war, ana in 1883 the carnival was called off due to financial conditions.
 one of the most exacting tests of endurance in athletics, the four miles starting at Krum Elbow above Poughkeepsie have seen Cornell establish the outstanding record. In the varsity number, tho Red and White has won 14 times, and has been last only once.
 Probably the greatest exhibi- ton of rowing at Poughkeepsie was that staged by California in 1898. The Golden Bears that year won in the remarkable time oi 1s:35 4-5, breaking the record set 27 years before by Cornell. That same California crew went on to win in the Olympic Games as a Bear boat did four years before. saxton Carries Penn Hopes
 penn's hope for victory against tho western invasion lies Tn Lloyd Saxton, one of the pest stroke oars ever seen In the east Behind his swing, the other seven are well oiled parts of a mechan- ism; without him they lose their xhythm.
 saxton, shortly aftre he stroked the varsity to victory over Navy and Harvard in the Adams cup race, contracted cold that mas endangered his chances of pulling No. for Rusty Callow's crew.
 Saxton is back in the shell, gin. gerly testing out his stamina anu strength. If he is in first-rate con dition, he will pull fo rthe Phila-
 Washington's danger at Pough- keepsie lies in over-confidence' That victory over California in a diiaI meet on the coast might have resulted in giving barrel-chested behemoths of the Pacific North west the idea that they're going 10 be the crew to represent America in the olympics next year.
 california, on the other hand, has reacted just the opposite; T! knows 1t isn't invincible, and that one defeat was just the tonic u needed. The Bears bid for tneif third successive 'Keepsie cham pionship. ..