Evening star., 1948-07-08
Huskies and Tigers
Face Tough Duel in
4.0ared Semifina|s
" the Assoeioisd Press

PRINCETON, N. j., July 8.-If
Princeton's four -oared crew should
beat the University of Washington
tomorrow, feat that doesn't appear
beyond the realm of reason, the en-
tire State of Washington may start
repeating Joe Jacobs famous plant
of I'VE wuZ robbed"
Actually, the draw for the Olym-
pic rowing tryouts was made a fort
night ago and the pairings that sent
Washingtons Huskies against their
toughest rivals came entirely by ac-
cident. But as it turned out the
Huskies' varsity crew ran up against
California in the eight-oared try
outs last week in the semiflnals and
was eliminated while the Golden
Bears went on to win the final and
the designation as Americas 1948
Olympic crew.
To-day a four cared aggregation
from Washington faces Princeton
under virtually the same circum-
stances. Washington's four with
coxsWain, chosen from the Junior
varsity crew that won at Poughkeep-
sic, won it's trial heat yesterday in
a very easy fashion. The result
sent the Huskies into the semi-final
tomorrow.
Huskies Meet Princeton.
In that heat they'll meet Prince
ton, which also won its seminal
heat in the fastest time, OF the
opening day. The Tigers, drawn
from the varsity crew that reached
the finals of last weeks eight-oared
crew tryouts, rowed the 1000 meters
in 7:04.4 to whip the Vesper Boat
Club of Philadelphia by some six
lengths. Washington, the pre-race
favorite, was clocked in 1855 as 1t
romped over the Penn A. c. in It's
heat.
This timing, however, wasn't ex-
actly satisfactory to the onlookers.
Dutch Schoch, Princeton coach, IN
sisted the timers were in error in
Washingtons time. The watches
must have Jumped 30 seconds" he
insisted. MY crew isn't that good"
The Shrewsbury (Mass) Rowing
Club and Yale are the others WHICH
qualified for the semifinals by WIN
ming yesterdays heats.
Today's program is devoted to |
"repechage," or second-try heats,
except for the start Of the single
sculls competition. The "repechages'
give the crews that were beaten the
first time out a second chance to
qualify for the semifinals. In the
fours with coXSWain, division that
attracted most of the colleglanS, |
Cornell and Harvard are expected
to make the semifinal grade today.
They we're beaten yesterday by
Shrewsbury and Yale, respectively,
but figure to outclass their club op- !
position today.
The start of the singles, featuring
young Jack Kelly, is the high spot
OF today's programs.
Kelly Is Outstanding.
The youthful Philadelphian, whose
father won the Olympic single Sculls
title in 1920, is figured to outclass
his small field. Kelly won the cov-
eted Diamond Sculls at Henley, Eng
land, a year ago and was rateo as
the worlds premier sculler. He
didn't win the 1947 National singles
title because rough water at Detroit
caused him to pitch from his shell,
and Canada's Theo Dubois came
home first. Dubois isn't eligible for
the Olympic races that start tomor-
row and none of the other oarsmen
apparently belongs in the same race
with Kelly.
Second trial heats also are sched-
uled today in doubles, fours with
and without coXsWain. The pairs
without coxswain reached the final
stage, except for the "repechages,"
yesterday and the pairs without
coxswain are confined to a single
three boat final Saturday.
The setup of the Olympic trials
Is designed to send three boats into
the finals of six events Saturday.
Yale dominated the first trials
Yesterday with three winners in four
tries. Princeton and the Vesper
Boat Club of Philadelphia came up
with two winners each.