The bulk of them would ultimately succumb to rowings cruel demands, leaving the team behind. spent five years at M.I.T as head coach. I agree with him, but then I am admittedly a bit biased. Rantz had been born the second of two boys, in Spokane, a lumber town across the state from Seattle. The men stayed at the New York There, Rantz and his teammates would face crews from Cornell, Columbia, and Penn -- opponents with backgrounds very different than their own. A postcard from the 1936 Olympic Games depicting the The freshmen and JV's both defended their titles, but the The next day, April 13th, the coachs faith was rewarded when the sophomores edged out a victory at the annual Pacific Coast Regatta, a dual race against Cal. the U.S. that lived it - has generated renewed interest in this remarkable story. Pull! on every stroke.). But what they actually are, are part of a global stage. Seattle Times as the team was celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2017, and it is here -. Eric Cohen, Rowing Historian: Don Hume and Joe Rantz and all of those guys -- Stub McMillin -- they all knew the plan. He just stayed cool and calm and then just mowed them down. Moch had graduated, but went on to coach for the University of Washington soon after. You had the economic thing -- not knowing where your next meal is gonna come from -- and then you had the family dysfunction. From Poughkeepsie the men traveled to Princeton New Newsreel Announcer (Archival): With the Olympic games in view, the University of Washington crew gets the jump on eastern oarsmen. It emboldened the Nazi Party. It also was the first time each individual gold . Lucy Pocock was a masterful oarswoman who once rowed so hard to win a race that she fainted when she crossed the finish line. later when this fbq('init', '271837786641409'); Ulbrickson puts him back in the boat, the boat goes faster but then it goes slower the next day. for Judy Willman, Daughter of Joe Rantz: Im not even sure before that that he really had his eye on college. "This crew was like a band of brothers" says Bob Moch (Enter your ZIP code for information on American Experience events and screening in your area.). Daniel James Brown, Author: They actually saw a very clean, well-scrubbed city, very carefully laid out. Although various perspectives may differ - what crew internal animosity of 1935, although there is little doubt that the fevered one by one. personal friendships that last lifetimes and cross generations. German dominance on the water ensured that rowing events would feature prominently in Olympia, her classic propaganda film on the games. Switzerland had won the 1936 Grand Challenge Cup. anyway!". Events of the Century - began to increase the stroke rate. Employing near-perfect technique and synchronization, the boys would put their shell, the Husky Clipper, in a higher gear. Despite a sickly Don Hume, the boys won first place in their preliminary heat for the Olympic medaled race and now had 48 hours to rest until the pinnacle race on August 14. The Americans had to make their move. The German government had subsidized training for their Olympians, and the rowing team was no exception. Daniel James Brown, Author: There were no scholarships for rowing at the University of Washington in those days. about a half length in In 1936, a rowing team from the University of Washington stunned the world by winning a gold medal in eight-oar crew at the Berlin Olympics in front of a crowd that included Adolph Hitler. . In 1912, Pocock was recruited to build racing shells for the University of Washington and other collegiate rowing programs around the country. Radio Announcer (Archival): The United States is beginning to pick up quite rapidly now that good ol Washington rush. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, he was planning for war. Berlin 1936. An accomplished oarsman as well, Pocock became a valued advisor to Washington coaches along the way, including Al Ulbrickson. practiced strategy of "Keep the stroke down and then mow 'em down in the In Judy Willman, Daughter of Joe Rantz: Bobby Moch knew that if something didnt change, everything was lost. The competition that would become known as Adolf Hitlers Games was nearly complete. itself as one of the strongest. Narrator: Cal won its third straight national championship. I met with Bob Moch '36 on a number of NBC Olympics Bob Ernst, Rowing Coach: It would have been really, really easy to lose. They were placed in 3 heats, with 3 or 4 boats each. Its a perfect connection. Italy and England moved up with Germany closing in. description of Washington's 1936 Olympic rowing victory in the NY Times On July 5th they met a polished Germany earned its first medal in the men's eight since 1912 with its bronze. They would row the first two miles of that race in cruise control. day on the lake, and dined at night with all of their competitors in the same and was VBC manager his senior year. Radios across the world were tuned in on August 14, 1936 when nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took gold at Hitler's Olympics. blur, with Hume bringing the stroke rate up to an unheard of 44, the crowd Daniel James Brown, Author: Ulbrickson showed up at Roosevelt High School and he noticed this big, tall, blond kid on the gymnastics equipment. Nancy Mansbach the brilliant achievements of Jesse Owens. Credit: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images, Credit: University of Washington Archives, Credit: Poughkeepsie Public Library District, Credit: Way's Rare & Second Hand Bookshop, Henley. Within a few years of his arrival in America, Pocock set up shop building racing shells in the loft above the Washington boathouse. Getty Images This was all done with the ethic of "grow the sport". A few weeks later, the Huskies cruised past the competition in the Olympic trials. sunlit spectacular at the dedication of the Tamanomos* in the spring And the boat explodes forward. Kellie Sullivan "We took offwe just flew by them" says Bob Moch, almost as And a shell like the Husky Clipper (and Eric Cohen, Rowing Historian: They were a quarter way through the race and they are behind the field. The U.S. finished with a time of 6:08.69, with Romania finishing in a 6:09.95. Narrator: Joe lived in the schoolhouse for a few months before moving with his family to another town in Washington. Tyee photo. >>Full story here. Husky Den, and in a greater sense the student union building" Nord wrote in By sweeping the Hudson rowing course on Lake Grunau. Their life together was fraught with financial troubles and emotional tension from the outset. After the varsity shoved off the dock for their first practice, the angry eight carried their boat to the water silently. There were 14 boats (126 competitors) from 14 nations, with each nation limited to a single . the time. Despite third-class accommodations, the crew enjoyed themselves on the passage to Europe. Sign up for the American Experience newsletter! A few of them, however, would not. power like a switch, raised the stroke to 34, and the shell lifted out of the And there was an unfortunate consequence of that. He elevated Bobby Mochs crew to the top boat, and demoted the stunned sophomores. And if you approach perfection, you were approaching the divine.. The hosts objective was not simply to welcome the world to Berlin, but to put on a show of national unity and pride unlike any the world had ever seen. Weston Brown sphinx-like face never as much as quivered. Note: Watch a They used their hands as claws and their backs as levers, you know. Ulbrickson "swept the Hudson" for the first time and his team was one step closer to the '36 Olympics. The Joe Rantz Family Joe Rantz enrolled at the University of Washington in 1933, pictured here on his freshman student ID. did build some amazingly sturdy boats. Harrison King For the first time, he could live something close to a normal life. The rowing team that the host nation brought to the narrow lake, Langer-See, was no exception. Reaching in, finding something. Radios across the world were tuned in on August 14, 1936 when nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took gold at Hitler's Olympics. December of 1967, the men's rowing team from Pacific Lutheran University pulled Timothy Egan, Author: You have the worst lot in life against privilege, and all of that happens when they go against the Ivy Leaguers. The 1936 varsity, left to right: Don Hume, Joe Roger Morris would find himself working for his father on the weekends, time and again, moving families out of their homes, homes they had lost because of the Depression. Two weeks later, Princeton, New Jersey was the site of the Olympic Trials. top places of that race also advancing to the final. New Zealand won the other heat in a 6:07.65 to also advance to the final. They were the class of the Olympics. It must have been absolutely deafening. John E Allen Archive Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Hes the guy whos leading the dance step. And he cant figure out why Joe Rantz is so uneven. They were used to working in tough conditions and they were used to paying a lot physically to accomplish a goal. At center front is coxswain Robert G. Moch. In a separate ceremony in Berlin's Olympic stadium, Roger Morris, Charles Day, Gordon Adam, John White, James McMillin, George Hunt, Joe Rantz, Don Hume, and Robert Moch received their gold medals. Narrator: It was all overseen by a coach, who just a decade earlier, had been a star Washington rower himself. Synchronicity -- eight hearts beating as one as George Pocock would say. Rowing is the nation's most continuously successful Olympic sport, having won a gold medal in every Olympic Games since 1984, and has won six Paralympic golds since the sport was introduced to the Paralympic Games programme in 2008. As tens of thousands of spectators filled the grandstand, and millions back in the United States tuned into their radios, the Americans entered the water. On July 5, 1936 the UW varsity rowing team had won the Olympic trials, and they would soon sail for Germany to compete for Olympic gold in Berlin. Moch reflects on a practice at night on the crew began to sprint. - and was the first ever varsity win for Ulbrickson. A total of 240 athletes, 125 men and 115 women, took part in 21 sports. 1936 Olympics rowing: The greatest underdog, Nazi-defeating American Olympic victory you ve never heard of. In 1963, the Pacific Moch Photo. Bob Ernst, Rowing Coach: Thats huge motivation for a coach. Originally published: New York: Viking Penguin, 2013. 1936 was the last year the Washington freshmen and lightweights with Bud Raney from 1937 - 1939, then In 1936, like I said, Berlin, Germany hosted the games in an attempt to create positive propaganda that promoted Adolf Hitler and his Aryan race. The Huskies, meanwhile, returned to Seattle a worn-out, fragmented team. Husky Crew Foundation Photo. into three pieces, each section placed on top of a car, and driven around Great Britain. Eric Cohen, Rowing Historian: The Olympic trials for Washington was probably one of the best races they ever rowed. Library Of Congress, Motion Picture Broadcasting And Sound Recording Division It was a sweep rowing event, with the rowers each having one oar (and thus each rowing on one side). unmatched anywhere in the country. And they get it in their heads that theyre gonna go visit the President. They were an ordinary group of college kids from the rural North West, during the Great Depression. Shane dillon rhythm back, to which Ulbrickson reportedly said "Well he doesn't pull ", The teammates soon devised a mantra. The Bobby Moch Family Resilience In Night By Elie Wiesel Analysis Joe had great upper body strength. The Boys in the Boat, the '36 crew, and how rowing in the 30's compares to today? was then transferred to a shop to be reconditioned and rehabilitated by Karl his hat. When the tide of fortune suddenly changed, Tom Bolles pounded a stranger with The crowd, which included Hitler, Hermann Gring, and other Nazi officials, awaited another German victory. Narrator: Over the ten-day crossing, Don Hume, always prone to respiratory infections, began struggling with a deep chest cold that persisted as the ship took them through the English Channel to Germany. The S.S. Manhattan luxury liner was a 668-foot ship that would transport 334 members of the U.S. Olympic team to Germany -- and also -- a sixty-two foot Pocock racing shell. George Pocock once A shared moment in rowing history Daniel James Brown, Author: There were shoving matches. I recently re-visited some of the And that humility was the gateway through which they were able to approach one another and start building the bonds of trust that really made them into the great crew that they became. Seattle sports moment of the 20th century. Bill Henry, who called the race for CBS, said it was "the outstanding victory of the Olympic Games." we (the UW) will donate a shell to Greenlake if you will take the Loyal Shoudy from Youre talking about hours of work at a relatively high heart rate. Original Music By driving up to Seattle on December 16, 1967, carrying the Loyal Shoudy on their Hume, the stroke of the crew, was tasked with setting the pace for the seven oarsmen rowing behind him. Daniel James Brown's Hume's teammates, however, told the coach they couldn't do it without him, so Ulbrickson relented and Hume was back in. The American crew (top) crosses the finish line first. All contents The Ulbrickson Family Collection Peter Mallory: He could go puh-puh-puh-puh. Bundesfilmarchiv/Transit Film GMBH Thomas Weil Washingtons strategy was to exercise patience in the four-mile race. Radio Announcer (Archival): In a surging drive, the California Bears nose out the Cornell shell. In the days after their victory, the American press swooned over the crew, with major articles appearing in all the dailies. Peter Mallory, Rowing Historian: Bobby Moch had faith in his team. The national rowing championship was June 22nd, and Washingtons strategy was to exercise patience in the four mile race. Two months later all three crews were back in purpose of this project is to add to the decor and college tradition of the Stephanie Errante A supposed transcript of the German radio call, as published in a post-Olympic program, captures the excitement: Still Italy! Hed been cutting hay and digging ditches from the time he was fourteen on. Radio Announcer (Archival): 60,000 spectators see the classic rowing field in the far west. University of South Carolina MIRC nevertheless got a decent start. In 1903, Washington entered its first intercollegiate race and defeated California, starting their storied "Cal Dual" rivalry. Daniel James Brown, Author: Moch continues to hold the boat back and then, at the last possible moment, he finally leans in and tells Don Hume to pick the pace up. Stingl, a project that, due to thirty years of wear and tear, went beyond the Bronze. There were swastikas hanging from every street corner. the deal with PLU went like this: German oarsmen, however, dominated on the water, capturing five gold medals and one silver in the six races preceding the eight-oared final. There the Huskies remained through the balance of the course, If George said it, it must be so!" Somebody said, 'You know this thing is going to fly.' Tyee photo. When writing the men's 100-year history of Washington Rowing in 2002 and 2003, I You guys gotta go now!'. Stream live TV from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN & popular cable networks. The Nazi dictator watched from the stands. After an interminable wait, the announcement came over the loudspeaker: USA 6:25.4, Italy 6:26.0, Germany 6:26.4. and the crew went on cruise for the first 1200 meters. The event was won by Mah Drysdale of New Zealand, the nation's first victory in the event since 2000. When a British pair finally beat a German shell, Henry and his CBS broadcast partner Cesar Saerchinger were relieved, according to Saerchingers book Hello, America!, as theyd had to stand up for the German anthem and the Horst Wessel song [the Nazi party anthem] after every event, until we were nauseated., A few minutes before 6 p.m. on Aug. 14, the final race was about to begin. The exhausted crew rowed in front of the grandstand, interceded and asked the coach to get Hume back in the boat. crews out for almost a full length while rowing a 34 before reeling them back in Proposed boycotts of the Berlin Olympics arose in many Western countries, who were appalled by Germany's racist policies and human rights violations. The event theyre describing wasnt staged in Berlins Olympic Stadium, and it had nothing to do with Jesse Owens. who experienced the 1936 Olympic victory relate the story, a story that has been so well documented in Day, Adam, White, McMillin, Hunt, Rantz, Hume, Moch. The 1936 Berlin Olympics were a notable example of this. year Washington won the first 2,000 meter National Championship), to his tenure eight-oared crew to complete their season as undefeated National Champions - Daniel James Brown's riveting Bob Ernst, Rowing Coach: They had to fight and claw and drag that boat. Hello Select your address All. The competitions were held from 11 to 14 August on a regatta course at Grnau on the Langer See.[1]. They literally came from nowhere to beat all the best rowing M8 crews in the country and later the world. Steve Chapin Now, after the upheaval between the sophomores and upperclassmen, they were all in danger of missing out on the Olympics. The only place you can go, the place to call home, that was taken away from Joe Rantz. The Italian team the Americans faced for Olympic gold in 1936 had been together as a team for more than a decade, were very large and physically powerful, and had logged the most time in the water. entered college? ' the Loyal Shoudy) were a joy to row. That was a bunch of guys that Joe could trust. The little village of Kopenick is located southeast of Berlin along a lake named the Langer See. Hed grown up in England building boats with his father at Eton, the prestigious secondary school on the Thames river, the birthplace of the sport of competitive rowing. Olympic stadium; after the games were over, they went home various ways, In that race, Washington successfully deployed its signature strategy. Narrator: With the Olympics just months away, Ulbrickson was determined to put his mistakes of the previous year behind him. The 1936 U.S. Olympic rowing team from the University of Washington. a bit embellished - there is no other record of the team ever meeting Hitler - but the story is accurate from the personal perspective every experience wearing the "W", builds on what came before. Radio Announcer (Archival): The United States is in front with 50 meters to go! The United States finished in 6 minutes 1.49 seconds, 2.49 seconds ahead of Britain. Eric Cohen, Rowing Historian: So these guys were hanging on by the skin of their teeth. Jim Ojala, the captain of the 10 meters to go and the United States wins! October 2002. mp3 format, 33:45, Want to learn "LGB", meaning "Let's Go to Berlin", and a second meaning - "Let's Get Better". gratitude for all the hard work you put into the shell to get it ready for at some point was re-named the Husky II by the athletes (or possibly going with Tamanomos) was conceived via a boat-naming contest on Get the latest on new films and digital content, learn about events in your area, and get your weekly fix of American history. Joseph M. Lavine, Interviewees Washington is three lengths back from us but theyre gonna come eat us alive. (spelled four different ways depending on the source, at this point I am The Washington crew had been rowing together for less than five months prior to the Olympics. As the state and much of the nation listened in on their radios, the Americans paddled to the start line. Carrie Phillips, Post Production He needs to begin to trust. 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