Evening star., 1954-05-23
CIV High Captures
5th Crown for Area;
Old Dominion Fails,
Speciol Dispatch 10 The Sior

Arlington captured 1Our Jules
and George Washington High of
Alexandria took another crown
in the combined American Hen
ley and StoteSbury Cup regattaS
on the Schuylkill River today.
It was a banner day for the
Virginia schools, for they also
captured four seconds in the IS
event regatta. Only the Old Do
minion Boat Club, with two sim
giles losses by Dee Campbell in
the Henley phase Of the regatta.
failed to win any titles.
Retains Three Titles.
Washington-Lee retained three
Of the crowns it won a year ago,
including the major Stotesbury
Cup race for varsity eights and
the Kings Cup for varsity fours.
It's other triumphs were regis
tered in the second eights. a
repeat Of last year. and the
quads. George Washington's
victory was in the jayvee fours.
One Of wills victories was
protested. Lower Merton High
claimed that the WI crew
moved out Of its lane in the sec
ond eights and continually
banged Lower Merion'S oars.
The protest was overruled.
The Stotesbury Cup contest
resolved into q battle between
WI and CIV. CIV led at the
start, but WI forged ahead at
the halfway mark and won by
three-quarterS Of a length in
5:06.4 as opposed to GW's 5:09.4.
The WI crew included Jerry
Melbourne, Tom Jones, Will Ur-
ban, Paul QuintuS, John Fish,
Tom Hyde. Ray Clements, Jim
Quill and Bill Mcnamara, while
CIV had Jim Swan, Bob Moore,
John Sullivan, Paul Sheridan.
Dick Rinker, Russ Dunn, Harry
Miller, Curtis Adkins and AL
Philippe.
Second in Its Heat.
In the morning trials, WI
was second in its heat with a
5:27.2 clocking against 5:26.2
for Shrewsbury (Mass.) High.
CIV won it's morning trial in
6:18.
In the Kings Cup Race, WI.
racing in the outside lane, rowed
a front-running race to win by
half a length in 5:54.2 over Laf-
ayette High of Buffalo and a
good :, distance over four other
rivals. The WI team Of Viggo
Bertelsen, Goodie Taylor, Dennis
Parks, Bob Humphries and Jim
White won its heat in the morn
ing in 5:56.4.
In a close two-team race in
the school quads. WI withstood
GW's finishing squirt to win in
5:43.4 as opposed to GW's 5:45
clocking. The winning fourSome
included Paul Pearlstein, John
Blamphin, Ray Wiseman, and
Pat Marnane, while the runners
ups were composed of Dick
Stryker, Dave Uhler, Glen Ed
monds, and Joel SipeS.
LaSt-uuarter Drive.
WI had to fight off a last
quarter drive by Lower Merton
to take the second school eight
contest in STA. wills combina-
ton of Dave Leffler, Basil Len
nahan, Ed Gresham, Bob Jones,
JEFF Manak, Jim Todd, Marion
Custard, Bob Dodge and Sandy
Karb led all the way. CIV was
fifth in the six-crew field. 1t
used Jim Colangelo, Francis
Skunk, Chuck Torpy, Bob Story,
Warren Helwedge, Bucky Poole.
Eugene Garder, John Seaman
and Charles Odoroff.
GW's jayvee four breezed in
ahead of four competitors in
5:47.4, with WI second in $751;
8. CIV rowed' with Bob Story,
Bob Kane, George Dunham, Roy
Gravatte and Melvyn Fortney,
while WI was represented by
Fred Albel, Jack RiSden, Jim
Gibson, Dave Byron and Mike
Carpenter.
In the third school eightS,
WI entered two crews and they
took second and third places
behind the Lower Merton High
crew (5:27.2). The eight Of Bob
Burns, Jack Bauer, John Peyton,
Fred Ridgeway. Bob Gibson. Bob
Goff, Andy Simon, Stroke Gil
Kingsbury and Rick Greenwood
was second in 5:29.2, while one
length back was the other WI
outfit of Dick Axter, Don Lar
rick, Bill Heron. Cal Sutliff. Bill
Hunt, Jim Wood, Marshall Barry.
Stroke Jim Plowden and Dick
Gebhardt.
The WI combine OF Winnie
Sides and Dick Burgess was way
out of the contention in the dou-
bles for the McIlvaine Cup, nm
ishing last in 6:23.1. West Cath
olic won in 5:53.2. Arlington's
Larry Church also was defeated
in the singles for the Kelly Cup.
coming home third in the sot
five in 6:47. George Betz OF
Haverford School won in 6:32.8.
George Washington's first four
of Frank Myers, Bill Hamaker.
George Dunham. Elliott James
and Gene Ross failed to qualify
in the morning trials, finishing
fourth in a heat won by WI.
GW's third eight Of Jim McMa-
hon, Charles Morris, Eugene
Beaver, Bob Bower. Bob Bibb,
Bob Hamilton, Dave Burks, Bob
Dalkins and Dick Lynch took