Judge — May 7, 1932 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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rR” ING is claimed by many to be the oldest of all inter- collegiate sports. I have no figures at hand to back me up on th maybe the boys were coursing the terrapin, beagling the otter, and lifting the mead tankard together long before the first racing shell was imported from Merr ngland. But this I do know; there is no other form of e cise that demands such perfect coordination, unself teamwork, and back breaking physical effort with minimum amount of cheers and lush debutante embraces as its reward. JUDGING ™ SPORTS This year, more than ever, rowing comes into its own For at the end of long weary months of tugging and pulling at a sweep lies the golden plum of being picked as the U. S. Olympic crew. Uncle Sam has been served nobly in the past by ¢ eights from Navy and Cali- fornia. Doubtless this year, from out of the tests at Seattle, New London, and Poughkeepsie there will another crew of superb young giants, eager to ung for the sheer glory and honor of it all. To a lot of people a regatta is just anothe: cuse for traffic tie-ups and radio announcer’s boners. Now I hold no brief for the Malaprops of the ether waves but it really is a bit tough for them sometimes. Owing to the tides and the queer v ies of the re, judges, the Poughkeepsie affair seldom gets under way before the full of the moon. As a consequence, when the boats come streaking down the Hudson in the gloaming it is a little hard for the gents up in the hot air booth to tell which team is which and who is fighting it out with M.LT. for last place. The traffic problem centres itself about the congested state of the roads to New London and Poughkeepsie, irate non-collegiate traffic cops, and a plethora of broken gin bottles. HOSE of you who stood along the banks of the Hudson and peered out into the dusk last year will remember the e spurt made the Washington crew. They showed poten signs of greatness for the Olympic course which is only two thousand metres and therefore in the nature of a sprint. However, California always seems to come through for this event and should be pretty hard to beat on their own Pacific waters. New Yorkers have the rare privilege of stroll- ing up to the Speedway and watching the Columbia eight rowing on the Harlem. I was (Page 27, please) comicbooks.com