Navy Edges Heavies but Yard Crew Wins Third

They had four new men in the boat. They couldn't beat Princeton last week. But they gave Navy's undefeated Olympic champion shell its coca race in two years, on the Seven, and they beat Penn easily.

After it was all over and the Middies had edged the varsity heavy crew by three-quarters of a length, Crimson Coach Harvey Love relaxed and said, "our boys rowed a beautiful race in all respects."

The Junior varsity finished the same way, behind Navy and shead of Ponn, and the undefeated freshmen won their third straight, outdistancing the Plebes by almost two lengths.

But the Navy varsity kept the Adams Cup, which it won here last spring on its way to Helsinki.

The Middies did it the right way, too, leading from start to finish over the mile and three-quarter distance. And Navy withstood the Crimson's big challenge. The varsity, stroked by Larry Brownell, upped its beat to 32 and pulled to within a decklength midway through the race. But Navy gradually widened the gap, and was midway through the race. But Navy gradually widened the gap, and was clocked at 8:44.3 to the Crimson's 8:47.8. Penn was four lengths back with a time of 9:05.3.

Rowing in the first boat for the first time this season were Brownell, two man Tom Adams, six man Link Boyden, and three man Bill Geertsema. Captain Phil DuBois had been moved up from the number two to the number four oar. Frank Huntington was in the bow, Dick Darrell at five, and John Atherton at seven. Al Lefkowitz was cox.

Jayvees Understroked

The Junior varsity was understroked by Navy almost all the way in what became a two shell race soon after Penn broke a rigger. Navy rowed most of the way at 29, jumping the count to 32 when Crimson struck Len Wheeler moved his boat to 35. The Middle shell-which had been Coach Rusty Callow's third eight until this race-was two lengths ahead at the finish. Its time was 8:48.8, while the Crimson's was 8:56.8. The Jayvee boat included Dan Simonds at bow, Ned Bliss at two, Chis Halle at three, Bob Monks at four, Pete Simonds at five, Lee Rouner at Six, Al Dann at seven, Wheeler at stroke, and Ted Crowther, cox.

Bill Leavitt's freshman crew, which so far this year has lost only to a wandering charter boat, under stroked the Middles most of the way, and finally, when the tired Middles dropped their count, the Crimson pulled ahead. Ed Mathews stroked the Crimson, with Steve Ells at the seven oar; Gary Markstaller at six; Reger Hearne, five; Charlie Cunningham, four; Bruce Martin, three; Parker Pond, two; and Fred Cashing, bow. Pete Milton was the cox.