Evening star., 1950-06-18
Races
Cut 10 7 Miles
By River Flood
CuIifornio's Crew
Is I'd Stanford Sd
In Varsity Event
ey the Assoeioied Pres.

MARIETTA, Ohio, June IT,
For the fourth time the University
of Washington swept the 48th In
tercollegiate Rowing Association
regatta today-winning the var
sity, Junior varsity and freshman
races.
California finished second in the
varsity race and Stanford was
third.
Washington's champion crew
Stroked the distance in 8:07.5 with
a strong current pushing them
along. California's S time was s:14.9;
Stanford's, 8:16.3,
The nine other finishers In the
varsity affair and their times were:
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology, fourth. 8:16.5; Wisconsin
fifth, 1892; Columbia, sixth
8:21.1; Pennsylvania, seventh
S:22.1; Princeton. eighth, 8::24.5;
Cornell, ninth, 8:25.3; Syracuse
tenth, 8:25.9; Rutgers, 18th, 1862
and Navy. 18th, 1892.
The ancient "Poughkeepsie re-
gatta" was shifted to Marietta fol
the first time and the course was
cut to two miles because of bad
water conditions.
Day of Thrills for Coach.
For Coach AL Ulbrickson o1
Washington the day was one OF
thrills. No other coach has ever
won all three big races in this
world series" at crew racing. And
to make it sweeter, Ulbrickson' s
fourth such sweep was made with
his own son, Alvin, jr.. rowing No
6 on the varsity.
Marietta went all out to enter
tain the intercollegiate Rowing
Association for its 48th annual
regatta. 1t drew the biggest gross
gate in history-in excess of $40,-
000-but a cloudburst last night
almost nullif1ed the fine work.
The Muskingum River, which
pours into the Ohio at Marietta
became so unruly that the first
mile had to be chopped off both
the junior varsity and varsity
courses. The rain made a two
mile current where none had been
expected and the shells raced
downstream at almost a 15-mile-
an-hour clip.
Stanford started off in the var
sity race with a squirt and led at
the half mile. followed closely by
Washington with Wisconsin third
At the mile. Washington surged
in front and Wisconsin came up
to make an astounding threat.
Victor by Two Lengths.
Then Washington poured on its
power, and won by two lengths
over California. which moved UP
fast at the end.
In the freshman race, Navy had
the honor of coming in second
with Cornell third. In the junior
varsity it was California second
and Navy third.
Navy in finishing last in the
varsity race, went a mile and a
half of the two miles without the
use of its No. man, w. P. St
Lawrence of New York, who broke
his oar on a buoy.
Only once before has the famous
regatta been rowed at two miles
That was in 1920 when it was
shifted from Poughkeepsie on the
Hudson to Lake Cayuga. But ii
was a case of two miles or no.
thing today.
The first mile of the Ohio River
course was so choppy and laden
with debris from the Muskingum
that it would have upset almost
any shell.
Three Inches of Rain.
Had it not been for last nights
cloudburst. which dropped about
three inches of rain on Marietta
pool conditions could have been
created for the race. The regatta
was lured away from Poughkeep-
sic in the hope of improving
racing conditions and taking in
some money to defray expenses OF
this costly sport but only the Sec
ond objective was achieved.
Washingtons three previous
sweeps of the regatta were in 1896
1887, and 1948. Last year, Wash
ington won the two lesser races
but California took the varsity.
Results of the two preliminary
races follow:
Freshmen: Cunning starts
about one mile and one half