Evening star., 1952-05-29
Coach Sees Chance
For WI 10 Regain
National Crew Title
BY Bill Fuchs

i NUdCu AIldIlcy outG OI WASH.
ington-Lee has a job to do be-
tween now and tomorrow at 8
pm. when the 18th running of
the National Schoolboy rowing
championships gets under way at
the Potomac Boat Club. ..
/ Trial heats are set tomorrow
with the finals scheduled at 2
pm. Saturday.
4 Butts big task is getting the
Generals, surprise National cham
lpion in 1949 and 1850, up in spirit
flor this big one.
Back in 1949 and so they
were hungry" Butt says. "That
was a funny thing about that
crew. Those boys hit when it
counted. When the chips were
down, they had it. But a crew
that consistently is good is a
hard thing to find. Now if can
get these boys up. they could do it.
They're good boys"
Back in 1949, it will be re-
membered. the WI crew came
|out Of nowhere to win the Ma
Itional title with a borrowed boat
on the Ecorse River in Michigan.
The Generals were dubbed 1.-THE
Cinderella Crew." and the follow
ling year in new $4,000 shell. ap-
Ipropriately named Cinderella, 4"
they repeated their victory at
Princeton.
Overweight Coxswain Helps.
An overweight coxswain will
help Butt put the WI crew in the
right frame of mind.
Roger Ramm. at 140 pounds, is
too big for a coxswain. But I
like him in there" Butt says. "He's
got plenty of spirit and he in
fects the other crew members
with it. That's why he's in there,
140 pounds and ALL"
George Washington, winner of
the Stotesbury Cup last week by
two and a half lengths over WI,
could go in as the favorite. But
don't look for a repeat Stotes-
bury finish, which would be CIV,
WI, LaSalle of Philadelphia and
Lower Merton (Pa.) High. For
one thing the trials tomorrow find
CIV and WI. competing in the
same heat.
Other Outfits Tough.
mot only that" Butt says, "but
there are some other outfits inI
there that can be mighty tough,
like Ecorse, Shrewsbury (Mass. l
Belleville IN. J) and Theodore
Roosevelt Of Wyandotte mich !
"Ecorse was good in 1850; it was
good last year, and I'm afraid it |
will be good this year. The Wyan-
dotte crew has been beaten only
once this year and then by Kent
School of Connecticut, which has
traditionally fine crews
Kent does not compete in the
Nationals.
Altogether, 10 schools have en-
tered the championship eight and
by the time the last stroke has
been counted tomorrow, only four
will remain in the running. There
will be two heats with the win
ner and runner-up in each COM
peting for the championship Sat-
urday. Heat No. l lists CIV,
W-L. Ecorse. Belleville and
Shrewsbury. The other heat in
cludes Lower Merton, West Cath
olic. LaSalle. Roosevelt Of Wyan-
dotte and Lafayette of Buffalo.
We'll be lucky to get into the
finals" Butt says. George WASH
ington has fine crew. At first
it needed more conditioning, but
it has come along a lot faster
than we have"
Presidents Finish Fast.
CIV. under Coach Julian White ,
stone, lost its first two races to ,
WI, but took the next three.
the Northern Virginia
title race at the Old Dominion .
Club two weeks ago and the ,
Stotesbury.
The Presidents, who never be-
fore have competed In the Ma h
tiona1s, came on with q rush to
win the Stotesbury and, as ali
result, win rate the favorite's role 4
with most observers. The Stotes- h
bury winner has gone on to take /
the National title the last three .
years.
Whitestone win have Sandy
Bremner. who will celebrate his
nth birthday two weeks from
Saturday, as coxswain; George
Peyton, bow; George Gross, No.
2: John F. Sullivan. No. 8; Maury
Browne. No. 4: Harry Miller, No. II
S: Erwin Dodd, No. s: John
Rinker, No. Z, and Curtis Atkins,
stroke.
Butt will have Ramm as cox
swain. Jack Lethco, bow; Dave
Nottingham, No. 2; Stan Allgeier,
No. 8: Ed Zveare, No. 4: Dave