THE SPORT OF ROWING 62. Golden Bears Again Triumphant Layback Recedes – 1948 Olympics The Evolution of the Conibear Stroke After 1936, Tom Bolles moved to Harvard and Stork Sanford to Cornell. Ed Leader remained at Yale, Rusty Callow at Penn, Al Ulbrickson at Washington and Ky During the 1930s, while Ulbrickson and Bolles were updating the Conibear Stroke, 1st Generation Conibear Coach Ky Ebright continued coaching at California, and in consulting with his former teammates and observing what was happening at Poughkeepsie, Ky also evolved slowly and soon joined them as a coach of the 2nd Generation Conibear Stroke. However, the process was at least as gradual for Ebright as it had been for Ulbrickson and Bolles. The arc of steadily reduced layback at Cal has been documented on film. Hearst Metrotone News / UCLA Film & Television Archive 1929 University of California Crew in practice +5°, +45° to -45°, 0-10, 0-10, 0-10, rating 18 The 1928 crew had used -35° in 2,000 meter races Ebright at Cal. All were University of Washington- educated Conibearites. Washington swept Poughkeepsie for a second consecutive time in 1937. Glendon-follower Buck Walsh’s Navy Midshipmen won in 1938, and then it was California, Washington, Washington in 1939, ‘40 and ‘41, before the regatta was cancelled during World War II. Navy won at Poughkeepsie again in 1947, the first regatta since 1941, and thanks to the war, 1948 became the first Olympic year after Berlin. Hearst Metrotone News / UCLA Film & Television Archive 1936 University of California Crew in practice. 0°, +20° to -15°, 0-10, 0-10, 0-10, rating 20 2219 Hearst Movietone News 2220 UCLA Film/TV Archive 2221 www.BrisishPathé.com, 795-24 2222 www.BrisishPathé.com, 819-11 California: 1928: +35° to -35°, 0-10, 0-10, 0-102219 1932: +30° to -30°, 0-10, 0-10, 0-102220 1934: +35° to -30°, 0-10, 0-10, 0-102221 1935: +30° to -25°, 0-10, 0-10, 0-102222 614
