Washington led a rowing revolution at Poughkeepsie by winning for the West its first intercollegiate regatta. The shell from Puget Sound broke Navy's two-year hold on the Poughkeepsie cup by a length and a half. Columbia, Syracuse, Cornell, Pennsylvania finished in order. Syracuse won the Junior varsity and the Cornell Freshmen were awarded the narrowest of decisions over Washington after a virtual dead heat.
Most of the rainy evening's honor fell upon Donald Walling, stroke of the Western shell. Three days before the race he was in bed under a doctor's care...
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