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was out in front all the way and
steadily widened its lead until it
was more than three lengths
ahead Of the Crimson eight at
the finish.
Coach Callow should feel re-
lieved about next years varsity
crew with such q hot eight as
the Jayvees. He is losing six
varsity oarsmen by graduation
this June, but he'll have plenty
Of material for 1855.
The real thriller in the Junior
varsity event was the see-saw
fight for second honors between
Harvard. Yale. Princeton and
Cornell. Not until the final
stretch did Harvard shake OF
the others and Princeton Surged
into a third, one second ahead Of
Cornell.
Navy's time was 6:21.4; Har-
wards. $3.50: Princeton's. $685.;
Cornell, 1856; Yale, 1a:39.6;
NIT, 6:41.8.
Cornell Frosh Prevail.
Cornell's spectacular freshmen
crew won it's third straight race
Of the season in 6:l5.8. with
Stroke Philip Gravink setting an
easy 32-stroke pace for most Of
the race. Cornell was two
lengths ahead at the finish.
Yale and Harvard, traditional
rivals, fought most Of the way
for second place. Yale got the
flag in 6:21.6, while Boston U.
pulled a surprise by coming in
third ahead of Harvard. Other
times were Boston, 6:26.3: Har-
ward. 6:27.1; Navy, 6:28.6, and
Penn. 6:28.7.
In the morning eliminations,
two seeded crews failed to quail
ify. Syracuse's freshmen eight
and Penn's junior varsity crew
were knocked out in upsets.
In the freshman heat. which
Navy won handily in the record
time of 6:15.2, Boston University
nosed out Syracuse for third by
a matter of few feet. Harvard,
which placed second, was clocked
at 6:18 and Boston at 6:19.1.
Freshman Heat Record.
Cornell's spectacular frosh
crew, in winning its heat, wiped
out the Navy heat record with q
time of 6:09.1. Trailing for Sec
ond and third-place qualifying
spots were Yale at 6:17.6 and
Penn in 6:18.2.
BY this time the Potomac was
in full ebb and the wind directly
astern. making it ideal for new
assaults on the record books.
Yale'S jayvee crew came out
to set a new heat mark of 6:11.5,
formerly held by Navy at 6:11.8.
Princeton was a surprising sec
ond in GIT. while Harvard elimi-
mated Penn in 6:20.6 for the Sec
ond upset Of the day.
Navy'S jayvee crew won its
heat with little dif6culty in the
relatively slow time of 6:15. Next
was Cornell in 6:19.2 and NIT
in 6:19.8.
Navy Tops Penn's Mark.
Then came the eliminations
for the varsity eights. Penn set
the crowd buzzing when its win
ming. time of 6:01.5 was an
nounced as a new heat record
for 1000 meters. The Quakers
were out in front all the way,
rowing a steady "a strokes. Cor
nell was second in 6:10.1 and
Wisconsin third at 6:10.4.
The Navy varsity eight racked
up its 25th straight win in taking
the elimination heat and in the
process bettered Penn's short
lived heat record. The Middies
were clocked at 6:00.5. The pre-
vious heat mark was 6:01.7 made
two years ago by Wisconsin.
Yale's time in placing second
in the eliminations was 6:O3.l
and Harvard's, 6:05.6. The Grim
son crew just squeaked through
at the end, beating off a strong
hid nv Co1Ilrohia
While rowing conditions for
the morning races were near
perfect. the same couldn't be
said for the situation ashore
Early bird spectators were
drenched even before the first
heat was finished.
Weather Better for Fans.
Finally as the morning show
was winding up, the rain stopped
and the wind started backing to
the west. Conditions improved
for the spectators, but were not
as good for the oarsmen.
By the afternoon finals, the
tide had changed and was food
ing strong against the oarsmen,
wiping out any chance of many
more records. But by then the
sun had broken through the
cloud cover and everybody
started drying out.
More than a hundred pleasure
craft Of all sizes and shapes were
anchored of the course on the
Virginia side of the six rowing
lanes to cheer on their favorites
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