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Show MIDDIES BEST ! WESTERN CREW; University of Washington! Showing in Regatta Highly Praised 3 POUOHKBEPSIB, N Y . June 27. Tho eight oar crew of the United ' States naval academy at Annapolis work the Intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson hore Monday In what Is de- j dared to have hren th most gruell- lng contest ever staged In the history of the sport In this country. L'nlver- i slty of Washington was second and Syracuse was third Monday's contest was over a three-mile three-mile course and the Annapolis mid- shlpmon traveled tho distance In 18 1 minutes 33 3-5 seconds. Cornell was fojrth .Columoln fifth and Pennsylvania last. Members of the winning crew. who. have si.t In the sailor shell for the laat thrde yoars and taken part In a long I string of navy victories. Including the 'Qlymplc triumphs over the Leander ; drew at Brussels in 1920, were frank 'In admitting that the 'varsity contest was the hardest and most trying In , whi, u tio v bad ever swent an oar Wl STERN STR VTEG1 .oOD. Next to the remarkable power .stamina .sta-mina and skillful bladcworh of the n.-iw, tie- splendid performance o:' the University of Washington was the chief topic of dlSCUSSlOn, It was- pointed point-ed out that for the second time in two years a Pacific coast college crew had j won secopd place in the Intercollegiate Intercollegi-ate rowing clur.s.c of the your and had 1 only boon fored to bow to the imddlee. recognised as the wonder combination ot the ! adO, Shrewd Judges of row- , lng remarked that the far westerners' used splendid Judgment In their rate, rowing back of Cornell where they had Che benefit of the paco, yet within I striking reach of the leaders, until the I Ithaca combination faltered and then Miey rushed lo the fore In an effort i I to defeat Annapolis In the final drive' for the finish. It was suggested by ' more than one authority that had Cornell been able to battle Just a few hundred yards further Washington in Ik ut have had enough strength und itamlna t maintain the lead it gain- j : ed for a short period over the navy. i Discussion of the championship re-gutla. re-gutla. still 12 months away, was a' bright spot In today's events, t u: I Ol R-MI1 E RA( E officials and experts took various; angles as to the restoration of the four-mile 'varsity race and the possi- blllty of a change of scene waa fre-: quontly mentioned. -Most of the uni- , versifies In thc lnter-Colleglato Row-Ins Row-Ins association apparently are strong- 1 ly In favor of the return to the four-mile four-mile contest-In contest-In a (pnr-mlle race breathing spells ur from time to time and there Is th opportunity for bolh blade and brain work. With the apparent determination lo restore the four-mile contest there appeared to be more than a possibility possibil-ity that the 123 regatta might be rOW-Od rOW-Od on the; Hudson h"v rjovw lthslund-lng lthslund-lng the evident ilcire of some of the i participating institutions to stage th I race on Se neca or cayujfa lako. I rtf. |