Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-12
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212 lengths, with Rutgers, Sy-
racuse and Columbia eliminated.
Finals in all events will be
rowed this afternoon.
Cornell, national intercolleg-
late titleholder and defender Of
the Rowe Cup for overall SUI
premacy in the regatta, also
scored convincingly. Navy, Sec
ond in this heat, was almost
three lengths behind.
Princeton won the other var
sity heat with a smooth perform
ance that left runnerup Harvard
a length and a half in its wake.
Varsity Finals Lineup
Thus. lined up in the varsity
finals will be Yale. Penn, Cornell,
Navy, Princeton and Harvard.
In the junior varsity it will be
Cornell, defending the title; NIT,
Navy, Princeton, Yale and Penn.
The freshman qualifiers were
Yale, Navy. Dartmouth, Prince
ton, Penn and Harvard.
In the first varsity heat, Rut-
gers, Syracuse and Columbia
were outclassed by Yale and
Penn.
In the second, a Dartmouth
sweep caught a crab half way
through the race, yet the Big
Green managed to beat out Wis
consin for third.
In the third Princeton got
away to a quick lead and held
1t throughout. Harvard chal-
lenged midway and cut thel
Tigers margin to half a length,
but Princeton didn't increase its
beat.
Sun Comes Out
For the first time in the four
years the Eastern heavyweight
sprints have been held here. the
regatta was favored by the
weather. The sun emerged
through cloudy skies just as
Referee Tip Goes barked the
starting signal for the first race
freshman trial.
This was won by Yale, clicked
in 6 minutes SO seconds, while
beating runnerup Navy by half
a length. Dartmouth nosed out
NIT for the third qualifying
place, and it was the first time
the Big Green qualified a finalist.
1t has participated in the regatta
four years.
Princeton's freshmen, timed
at 6:47.9, beat out Penn by less
than a deck. with Harvard a.
commendable third.
Cornell served notice it in
tended to retain the Jayvee title
by winning a tough decision over
runnerup NIT in 6:54.6. NIT
was beaten by half length.
Navy JayveeS Prevail
Performing like a machine, the
Navy Jayvees prevailed in the
second heat with a length mar
gin over Princeton. The Mid
shipment. two lengths in front,
were clicked in 1854
Yale. timed $3.50. finished
better than half length ahead
OF runnerup Penn.
Yale, Princeton, Navy and
Penn qualified in the three divi-
sions.
Australian Counsellor F. j.
Blakeney was to present the
Rowe Cup, with Rudolph Kauff-
mann II, Princeton, presenting
The Evening Star Trophy to the
varsity victor. Ralph Furey. CO.
lumbia. was to present the Rich
ard A. Glendon Trophy to the
junior varsity winner, and Bar
rett Crandall, Cornell. the
Charles Courtney Trophy to the
freshman champions. The win
ner of the schoolboy eight-oared
race will receive the Princeton
Cup from the hands of Willard
West, president of the Princeton
Club of Washington.
From the varsity final was ex-
pected to emerge the United
States top candidate for 1856
honors at Melbourne, Australia
but the Olympic assignment
won't be made until after official
trials June 1880 at Syracuse,
N. Y.
Alumni Village made Hams
Point a colorful spot. Here each
OF the Is colleges represented
had a large tent. we'll supplied
with picnic ingredients. and re-
unions, abounded.