The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-27
CALIFORNIA AND.
 WASHINGTON TO
 RACE IN APRIL
Eastern Shells to Be Strong For Olympic
 TryOuts in July
By HENRY SUPER

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York, Feb. T.-(UP)- Spurred by the competition of an Olympic year, college navies in the east and on the west coast have be- gun preparation for one of the greatest rowing seasons of all time.
 Although the first actual match race won't be until April Il when California and Washington clash in the west, the oarsnen already have been working more than a month, most of them pointing toward rep- resenting America in the Olympic eight-oared event.
 The western crews have started outdoor work, again getting the jump on their eastern rivals, who have confined their practice to in- door tanks.
 The California Washington race will be the only major one on the coast but in the east more than a dozen regattas are schedule, start ing in mid-April and lasting into July when the Olympic tryouts will be held at Princeton.
 Just where the strength will be this season still is unknown, but eastern, coaches unanimously agree that California's Golden Bears and the Washington Huskies are going to be the crews to whip both at Poughkeepsie and in the Olympic tryouts.
 Cornell, which lost last years Poughkeepsie duel to California by a shade, will be strong; Navy prom ises to be Q competitor and Colum- bia, with almost an entire sopho- more lineup, hopes to be in the Olympic running. Yale and Har- yard, which don't row at Pough- keepsie, also are reported to be com. ing up for the tryouts with dan gerous eights. In addition, several strong club crews will be in the field.
 The Golden Bears from Berkeley, who won Olympic titles for America in 1928 and 1882, will be seeking their third straight nomination. The last eastern crew to go to the games was Yale, which won in 1924. Hop- ing to break the west coasts dorni- nation of Olympic rowing, the east ern eights will have enough pre- liminary events to sharpen them for the tryouts at Princeton July 2 to {.
 Columbia and Navy will open the eastern season at Annapolis the Saturday after the California Washington race. From then on the going gets rough, with at least two regattas scheduled for each week. end until mid-day. On April 26 most of the other eastern shells re- ceive their first tests. Yale, Syra- cuse and Massachusetts Institute of Technology meet in the Rowe cup race at Worcester, Mass, and Columbia, Pennsylvania and Prince ton battle for the Childs cup in New York.
 The following Saturday, Harvard swings into action against Prince ton and M. I. T. at Princeton, while Yale, Columbia and Penn tange at Derby, Conn, in the traditional Blackwell cup race.
 On May 9th, Harvard, M. I. T., and Columbia row at Cambridge and Princeton, Navy and Syracuse at Princeton. A week later, two more triangular meets are on tap. The Adams cup, at Cambridge. will line Harvard, Navy and Penn against each other and Yale, Cor nell and Princeton will battle ct Princeton for the Carnegie cup.
 The last triangular regatta will be held May 2S ct Ithaca, involving Harvard, Cornell and Syracuse.
 The historic Yale-Harvard four mile duel on the Thames at New New London will be June 19. The Poughkeepsie regatta will be June 22, with California, Washington, Cornell, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, M. I. T., Navy and Columbia expected to row.