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...Seattle, completely reversing last year's order of finish, the University of Washington's varsity, j.v. and freshman crews whipped California's by margins up to eleven lengths. Washington, now pride of the West, will meet undefeated Navy next month at the Syracuse Regatta...
First in war, first in peace, and obviously putting on the EARC regatta for the first time--that's Washington D.C. Not that the Washington Rowing Association, the regatta hosts, did not have the very beat intentions--they were, in fact, pathotically eager to please. But they were bumbling...
...last weekend in Washington the experienced regatta-runners left the job up to the amateurs, and it showed. Washington had been clamoring for a chance to put on the biggest sprint race in the East for a long time...
...proceedings, taking the Naval Air Station at Anaoostia as the boathouse, storing the shells in the hangars. The Navy arranged for all the proceedings and provided its top brass, Secretary of the Navy Robert Anderson, in his yacht, the Sequola, to present the Rowe Cup and give the Regatta official sanction...
...best of all, despite the confusion and disorganization of the amateur regatta-runners, the amateur Crimson crews performed like professionals...