Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-10
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS srANN
The Eiqht-Mon Comeback

THE COMEBACK EFFORT in sports is consistently
spectacular If it's boxing frequently involves CORY rustra
ton Jim JerieS, who actively defended his world heavy
weight title until 1903 goaded into 1910
and knocked out in Is rounds by
timers say JereS the greatest of the big fighters
Once the old competitive touch is lost there little
hope reganing Ask Bobby Jones' After he retired
the only to win the U. S. Amateur and the British
and U. Opens he devised the Masters tournament in
his beloved Augusta Bobby got to know every blade
on the course and in practice he shot some magnificent
rounds. In the tournament he just another player.
Day after tomorrow off Hams Point the Potomac a
time great rowing going another step
the comeback trail This would be the all-conquering
Navy shell of 95253 of 81 straight races This is
the that defeated the the Oympics
What's more Nays and their COACH Rusty Callow,
made friends with their victims
THERE WILL BE SOME SO collegiate shells in the
water Saturday in the Eastern sprint championships plus
this reoganized Navy outfit which calls itself the Admrals
Now officers, and away from rowing couple of years.
the Admiras will fight only the clock 2000meter
stretch.
The immediate purpose will be to compare their time
with that of the top college shells The ultimate purpose
will be to win the right to represent the United States
the 1856 Olympics at Melbourne Australia
Callow, who started coaching in 1922 and may well
be the best rowing mentor in the world can't recall time
when eight tried to make comeback in rowing or
other sport Before my time at Navy he says there
was great at Annapolis 1t 1920 and the boys
tried again in "a officers but don't believe it
case of eight athletes trying to make comeback"
Caow had just come off the Severn and reported that
of his AdmralS, No. Bob Detweiler had sprung
something in his back Whether he'll Saturday remains
to be seen" Rusty said IF have another odtimer
to take his place"
CALLoW SOUNDS CRUSTILY dubious about the Ad-
mals chances of going to the Oympics beating the
Russians other nations They'll be good they
we're" Rusty contends 1.-THE question is How much
better the collegiate this year than when Navy
bunch swept the boards?"
The fact that Nays of song and story reported
Is pounds overweight to the man. and minus their caouseS
doesn't bother Caow Right I'd say they only five
pounds overweight he They've rowed twice against
good college got licked twice. say they'll
be good before they get chance to work in
decent weather.
Princeton in so good We beat Princeton
have notion that this year Yale, Cornell and WASH
ington better Those will the the so-caed
Admiras will have to beat in order to get to the Ompics
FOUR OF THE EIGHT members of Nays super crew
suffering through fatherhood but Calow is think
ing that the and stream, if ever
the Admals will be rowing of yore. He stresses how
that college younger hungrer and better
than in years
1t may be recalled that Calow and his Navy band now
the Admral international topic in 49, the
Olympics held at Hesnk Finland The dispatches
reported that the Russians visited the Americans Navy
openly asked Calow for advice.
That's true" Rusty saying today 1--WE found the
Russians to be pretty good guys individually Trouble is each
of them had tail him. Still, guess they got away
with more freedom wise, than RussaS other athletes.
They're good at rowing The Russian coach went out
with morning before the big We visited the
Russian Village understand the Russian coach said that
we found out what we wanted to know"
Caow admits that he obtained little information
himself But didn't go around saying to newspaper
men, he disclosed Il just thought myself found out
few things, too"