Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-02
BY FRANCIS STANN
Star STAFF CORRESPONDENT

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SYRACUSE, July Headed
by an elght-oared Yale crew
which rival coaches concede to
be aC least the equal of any shell
in the past, Uncle Sans rowing
Representatives are ready now for
the Olympic Games beginning in
November in Melbourne, Aus
tralia.
Yale's victory in the final of
the Olympic trials for the big
crews over the 2,000-meter
course here on Onondaga Lake
yesterday solicited thwarted top
name coaches. who predict a
gold medal for the Blues in an
event which the United States
has dominated since eight
Dared shells were introduced
in 1900.
Ed Leader. who coached so
many Yale crews and whose 1924
shell beat Navy in the trials and
won the Olympics, Navy Rusty
Callow said today, tells me that
he thinks this is the hest Yale
crew he's seen in about 25 years.
Il agree with him. Yale's got
lots OF power and its slide work
is very good. Yale and Cornell
second in the finals beat my
crew and they had to be pretty
good because this is one day the
Admirals roWed their best.
Yale Clicked at 6;33.5
Yale prevailed while a l2-knot
crosswind with headWind COM
ponent churned up the waters
of Onondaga Lake. AS expected.
it was a thriller, with the winner
only half length ahead Of
second place Cornell, followed
closely by Navy Washington and
Wisconsin Yet, for all its APP
parent closeness, it was con-
yincing win.
Yale was clicked at $685.,
Cornell 1882 "a length margin
is approximately at four sec
onds) Navy was 6375, Wash
ineton 6::378 and Wisconsin
S.40.8.
The finale was the cherry on
top of an internationally i'm
Iportant regatta that had been
plagued throughout by adverse
winds. postponements and has
sizes among officials and coaches.
But when it finally came to a
close it was popularity agreed
that Mr.. Whiskers will have
some pretty good rowers and
scullers going for him.
The story must be reasonably
familiar, but in any event, in
1920 Navy won the Olympics
and half of the same boat tried
to qualify again in 1924. Yale
beat the ex-midshipmen in their
comeback and went on to win
the Olympics itself. This, in a
sense, is a repeat, except this
time a Yale crew beat an entire
eight trying TO come back.
Cheered by Other Crews
Nothing except commenda-
ton was heaped upon Coach jim
Rathschmidt ana his Yales,
notably Bill Becklean, coxswain,
Bob Morey. stroke; Dick Wales,
No. Z; Caldwell EsSelstyn, No. 6;
Charles Grimes, No. 5; Don
Beer, No. 4. John Cooke. No. 3;
Dave Wright, No 2, and T. J..
Charlton, jr., bow. Even disap-
pointed members of other crews
cheered them when they ar
rived at the boathouse after the
2.000-meter sprint was ended.
1t was Misunderstanding for
Cornell, co-seeded No. l with
Yale. but actually regarded by
most experts as the favorite
Cornell never has been to the
Olympics. Navy has twice
1920 and 1852. Yale has rowed
IN 1924, California in 1923, 80
and '48, and Washington in 1896.
The United States almost never
loses in the Olympics in eight
cared competition but a warning
signal was sounded in the So
Games when the Russian S
pushed the tabled Navy shell.
Yale, many think, will con-
tinue to dominate for Uncle Sam.
This is the way Charley Manring,
coxswain of the Navy shell and
now an officer, like the rest.
put it,