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Show HS1GT1IM ms mm TIRE Victory Gives Them Right to Represent Coast at Poughkeepsie in June. OAKLAND. Cal April 11. Oarsmen of tho University of "Washington outrowed tho varsity eights of Lelnnd Stanford. Jr., university and the University of California Cali-fornia over tho throo-mllo course. In tho Oakland calvary today, and won the right to represent the coast at Poughkeepsie In Juno. The official time, mado against wind and tide, was: Washington, 13:5S; Stanford, 19:24; California, 10:37. The race "was an unemotional affair, so far as Washington "was concerned, and at Its finish the crow swung their shell across the course, cheered the tardy Callfornlans and looked fit for another raco. They had rowed nearly every foot of tho raco thirty-two strokes ,to the minute, suro of their lead after tho first mile and content to keep 1L Lead AH the Way. Even a bitter spurt made by California In tlie last quarter-mllo attracted no direct di-rect attention from tho Wnshlngtonlans, although It wau for this .they did the cheering at the ond of tho course. Tonight To-night it was euld that four men Mcr-rltt, Mcr-rltt, the etroko; Leo. No. 7; Falk, No. C, and Captain Shaw, No. 6 made tho Callfornlans Call-fornlans last light for Becond place, and nothing more favorable was heard among rowing critics concerning their teammates team-mates than that thoy could not take the final brace, and were so much dead weight. California had the least favor-ablo favor-ablo position; Washington the best. Stanford's stroke throughout matched Washington's. It was noticeable, that the Stanford blades hung out of the water an Instant longer than those of tho northerners, and this bit of extra lm- Eetus seems to be Coach Hiram Conl-ear'n Conl-ear'n Idea of what Is needed to win 11 race; his team wns tho lightest on the estuary, with Its averago of 171 pounds to tho man. AIeo, his freshman team, rowing the two-inllo course, pulled a stroke resembling their elders' rather comically. Stanford Freshmen Win. Each oddly gave tho Idea of all the tlmo In the world, and the varsity performance per-formance coniraated sharply with California's Cali-fornia's hysterical start, reported at forty. Stanford had hard luck when her stroko crabbed his our In tho rough water wa-ter In tho second mile atul threw the crow Into momentary confusion. In the freshman races, Stanford got tho Jump on her rivals and kopt her lead. Washington finished second as stolidly as hor varsity finished first, and California Cali-fornia was a poor third, Stanford's time was 13:1C, |