Show California Retains Detains Crew Crown Grown in Famed Regatta West Coast Oarsmen Nose Out Cornell in Close Race Racer By r h HENRY ENRY 1 McLEMORE United Tress Press s Sports Writer N. N Y June 19 19 It seems unbelievable that 16 young men mell eight in a boat could race for four miles on the Hudson anc and at the finish be separated by but three-fifths three of a second Yet that is exactly what happened here Tuesday when California nosed out Cornell in the thirty sixth rowing rowing rowing row row- ing of the Po regatta blue ribbon event of intercollegiate swinging sweep-swinging to gain its third consecutive triumph To fully understand how amazing amazing amazing ing such a finish is you must consider consider consider con con- sider vo t things First there thero is the minuteness of three-fifths three of a second Three-fifths Three of a second is almost nothing Its It's the bat of an eye cye the strike of a snake the explosion ex cx of a n flashlight bulb a woman woman woman wo wo- man changing her mind And that was the winners winner's margin Secondly finally and most startling is that 16 young men could be so perfectly matched for skill power and stamina Not 16 brothers or 16 cousins or even 16 boys 08 from fromn tho the same part of the countr country but 16 boys from the far west and the far cast boys OS entirely entirely entirely en en- different in appearance u weight eight height habits and training training training train train- ing boys bos who cat different foods drink different drinks and amI whoso whose names Van names Van Arsdale Berkenkamp Berkenkamp Berken- Berken kamp Menses Andreses and to name a few few indi indi indicate cate cato different blood lines lineR Furthermore they were taught by coaches with opposing styles And Andon on their ride down the river they were affected by currents currents currents cur cur- rents of wind and water Yet for 18 minutes 52 and 5 3 seconds the two opposing groups of young men were so perfectly matched so absolutely identical that had a giant unseen hand reached down and picked up the California crew and deposited it in the Cornell Cornell Cornell Cor Cor- nell shell and vice versa it wouldn't have mado made a ripples ripple's difference When the two shells crossed the theline theline theline line the spectators on the observation train were about equally equal equal- ly divided in opinions as to the winner From the press car which was slightly behind the shells the angle made it seem as though California California California Cali Cali- fornia held a comfortable lead of almost a length Two cars up however however however how how- ever which was loaded tight with the angle gave precisely precisely precisely pre pre- the opposite effect and the cheering was s something to list listen to to- The Cornell crew thought it had won for immediately after shipping whipping whipping whip whip- ping through the two tn 0 flagged buoys buos that identified the tho finish the boys bos summoned th their lr last bit bitof bitof bitof of strength to lift their blades high in the air and wave wae them triumphantly The Tho Californians Californians' conduct indicated that the they too believed Cornell rnell was wn victorious for the they drifted calmly down the tho river for a hundred yards or so to rest wearily on their oars But when the big number 1 1 went up the official Scoreboard the tho boys joys from California came to life life life- came to life almost as quickly in fact act as the men of Cornell lost their heir enthusiasm It was a heartbreaker heartbreaker heart heart- breaker for Cornell to lose Strictly Strict- Strict ly y an underdog the big red crew looked the favored coast boatload I in n the eye all the way conceding nothing asking nothing |