Evening star., 1938-06-27
BEAR AND HUSK|E
DUEL |NPR0SPECT
Vests Dominance ShriveIs
Attendance-President
Sees Contests.
BY GAYLE TALBOT.
Associated Press Sports Writer.


POUGKEEPSIE, NJ Y, June 27.--
When the mighty Hudson is racing
1T full tide toward the sea about 4:45
(E. s. t. this afternoon seven Of
the Nations foremost university crews
will pull out from Krum Elbow on
their annual 4-mile race down the tor
rent.
The Washington Huskies, who have
swept the river for the last two years.
and also scored notable triumph at
the 1895 Olympics at Berlin, are ex-
pected to be swinging their long pad
dies out in front again when they
cross the finish line near the city
limits of this old-time regatta town.
The California Bears are expected
to give their West Coast rivals a bang
up contest right down to the last
wave. but the other Ave crews are
supposed to be in the event strictly
for the ride. The East hasn't sup
piled a winner sine the Navy tri-
umphed somewhat Unexpectedly in
1881.
This sad fact is reflected in the cir
eumstance that only II cars will be
attached to the observation train that
chugs along the river bank Old days,
before the Western crews began max
ing q shooting gallery out of the
event. there used to be about two
dozen cars filled with enthusiasts.
East Looks to Navy.
Completing the field are Navy, Syra-
cuse. Cornell, Columbia and Wiscon-
sin. and they are regarded in approx
imately that order. That is, if some
thing drastic happens to both Wash
1neton and California, then the East
looks to the Navy oarsmen to bring
back the happy days. If nothing
drastic happens, then Washington and
California may be urged to stay at
home and stage the Poughkeepsie
regatta between them, telegraphing
the result eastward.
Some OF the old Eastern oarsmen
think the Navy has a powerful in
centive to win. Charles (Buck)
Walsh. coach OF. the Middies. fell
heavily night before last. injuring his
back, and is in a local hospital.
The contention is that this has made
the Middies very grim and determined.
but the average observer rather would
have stroke like Don Hume of
washington than a dozen hospital
eases.
Hume is one OF the most remark
able young men who ever stroked a
shell. He weighs only 1859 pounds.
yet since he became boss man of the
Washington boat the Huskies have
won IL straight races against the
pick of the worlds crews. THEY'VE
never finished behind when Hume was
lending his lean, muscular strength
to the oars.
Roosevelt Attends.
Among the distinguished ones ex-
pected to be on hand this afternoon
Is President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
whose childhood home. Hyde Park,
Is almost. opposite the starting point.
He will watch the race from the
presidential yacht. the U. S. S. Poto-
mac. Two of his sons have been
good oarsmen
Five hundred and fifty members of
the second-year class at Annapolis
came up in six destroyers to watch
the classic.
Washington set the record last year.
ehopping of the 4 miles in 18:333,,
which is around 13 miles an hour.
OF those who helped Hume estab-
lish this mark, only Capt Gordon
Adams and Johnny White, who row
No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, are
left. So 1t is something Of tribute
TO Coach AL Ulbrickson that he has
plunked five new Huskies into his
boat and still has the favorite.
None of the seven crews has a
favored position in the race, so it
will be won strictly on merit. The
seven Of them are started right
out in the middle of the Hudson,
which must be a mile wide at this
point. If it continues to rain, as
It did yesterday, the spectators on
the banks won't have the slightest
idea which crew has won until the
signal cannon sounds