Evening star., 1954-05-09
34CreWs 10 Compete
For Four Trophies
In Eastern Sprints
By Rod Thomas

MOSC OF Lne NdClOn 1lQeSC
oarSmen will converge on Wash
ington this week for the Eastern
intercollegiate heayw eight
sprint championships, slated
Saturday off Hains Point.
With 13 universities repre-
sented by "a crews-varsity,
Junior varsity and freshman-it
will be, according to the spon-
soring Washington Rowing AS
sociation, the largest intercol-
legiate crew regatta ever held.
Navy's Olympic champions.
with two exceptions the same
eight who triumphed in 1852 at
Helsinki, will defend three tro-
phries Saturday-the famous
Rowe Cup for overall score;
The Star Trophy in the varsity
race and the Richard A. Glen
don Trophy in the Junior var
sity.
Appropriately, Cornell will at
tempt to cling to the Charles
E. Courtney Trophy, given in
competition for the first time
last year by the Cornell Club of
Washington in honor of the
memory of the Big Reds noted
coach.
Until last year, in fact. when
the Washington Rowing Associa-
ton became host for the first
time, the crews competed for
only the Rowe Cup, $1,000
trophy donated by the Mas
sachuSetts Institute of Tech
nology in memory of DR.. Allen
Winter Rowe, former NIT
faculty member. 1t was a gift
from Charles Hayden. NIT, 80.
10 Races on Program.
Over a 2,000-meter course ex-
tending from just below the rail-
road bridge to near the end of
Hains Point, 10 races will be
rowed, with heats in the morn
ing and finals in the afternoon.
Opening the afternoon program
at 2:45 will be a contest between
Washington-Lee High Of Arling-
ton and George Washington of
Alexandria.
Freshman heats will be rowed
at $50 and $50 am. jayvee
heats at 1910 and 1890 and
varsity heats at 1880 and 11:10.
Time for the finals are: Fresh
men, 3:45 pm; jayvee, AIS, and
varsity. 445.
The varsity final will be tele-
vised by Columbia Broadcasting
Company.
Competing besides Navy and
Cornell will be Columbia, Dart
mouth, Harvard, NIT, Pennsyl-
vania, Princeton. Rutgers. Syra-
cuse, Wisconsin and Yale. with
Wisconsin entered only in the
varsity and Dartmouth only in
the freshman competition. The
others will be represented in all
three events.
Tents to House Shells.
BY Thursday, when the oars
men start arriving, portion of
Hains Point will resemble a cir
Gus lot, what with the shells
housed in tents. The tents,
new feature, will eliminate the
ride across downtown Washing
ton to the seaplane hangar at
Anacostia Naval Base which
served as boat house last year.
The 422 oarsmen. coxswainS,
managers and coaches will be
housed at the Potomac Park Mo-
tor Court and will have their
meals at the National Airport
cafeteria. Last year they were
Quartered at hotels.
Emphasis on planning the
event this year, at the behest of
Rear Admr. A. H. Van Keuren,
USN CRet), president of the
Washington Rowing Association.
has been on compactness. A
group Of liveWire committees has
toiled for months to make things
shipshape.
Races to Be Described.
A big improvement is promised
this time in the broadcasting of
the races over amplifiers for the
benefit of spectators. Once with
in sight the crews can be dis
tinguished by their colors.
The 200 boxes, with six seats
each, we're over-subscribed by so
and the reserve seat advance
sale has surpassed last years
total.
Reserved grandStand seats
may be purchased at SITS at