Evening star., 1952-07-04
Navy Crew 10 Remain
Under Wraps Today
Hin SemifinaI Trials
BY the Assoeioied Press
(Picture ON Page A-1S.)

WORCESTER, Mass, July A.
Navy's undefeated crew-regarded
as invincible-is expected to re-
main under wraps as it competes
against five other top college
eights in today's semifinals in
the final Olympic trials on Lake
Quinsigamond's 1000 meter
course.
The Midshipmen, who provided
the first Of this country's unbroken
series of Olympic championship
crews back in 1920, qualified easily
yesterday by covering the distance
under wraps in 1924. This was
Ia dropping down after Navy's
smashing Smile win over 10
rivals in their recent Intercol-
|legiate Rowing Association regatta
lat Syracuse. N. Y.
But Navy had plenty to beat
Princeton easily by a length. Har-
ward was third in the heat.
Also qualifying for the semi
finals were Princeton, Cornell,
Wisconsin, California and the
University of Washington.
KY Ebright, California's coach,
has high hopes of turning out a
fourth Olympic championship
eight. He produced such winners
in 1928. 1882 and in the last in
ternational games in England -four
years ago.
WaShington's highly regarded
Huskies, eager to duplicate the
Berlin championship feats of theil
1896 predecessors for AL Ulbrick.
son. were two lengths back wher
Wisconsin's eight won it's heat ir
6:41.2.
ID. C.. Area Teams Eliminated.
Two teams from the Wash.
ington, D. c. area were elm
mated. The Potomac Boat Clubs
double sculls entry of Ken Brown
and Foster Smith finished fourth
in its opening heat, won by YES
per Boat Club in 1885.
Old Dominion Boat Clubs paiI
without coxwain, Mike Brewer
and G. L. Ohrstrum, was third in
it's heat. Winner there was De-
trolt Boat Club in 8:19.5.
Pat Costello and Walter Hoover
ljr., of the Detroit Boat Club, two
of the Nations outstanding oars
men. each qualified for final and
a semifinal while gaining top in
dividual honors in yesterdays
competition.
That pair prevailed in the sin
giles Semifinal and teamed sue
cessfully in the double sculls
trials. The other singles finalists
were Ensign John B. Kelly, jr.
of the Navy, who turned in ar
expected highly successful trial
performance, and Charles Nell
vane. jr.} Of Philadelphia's vespe,
Club.
The double sculls also had q
small field and yesterdays trials
turned. out three other pairs fol
today's final event.
Detroit and Navy Lead.
The pairs with coxswain ano
the fourS without entry lists were
small enough to be reduced to the
finals with only two trial heats
The Detroit Boat Club and the
Naval Academy each provided
winners with Princeton and the
Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia
taking the runnerup berths, re-
spectively. In the fours without
coxSwain rowing, Detroit's 1922
was the fastest time turned in by
such a combination.
The University of Stanford and
the Fair11ount Rowing Club. o1
Philadelphia were outstanding in
the pairs with competition trials
and paced the Detroit Boat Club
and the Naval Academy into the
final in their respective heats.
Surviving the first rowing for
pairs without coxswains were
Rutgers University, West Side
Rowing Club of Buffalo, N. Y;
Union Boat Club of Boston, Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, the De-
troit Boat Club and Its. Howard
M. Smith and Earl L. Laph of
Michigan's Selfridge Air Force
Base.
Today's seminal program calls
for eight races In four events, pairs
with coxswains. tours with cox
swans. double SOULS and eights.