UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Rowing Crew OLYMPIC GOLD vs Nazi Germany 1936 Newspaper CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 15, 1936

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CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE., August 15, 1936 * University of Washington Huskies * Wins Olympic gold in rowing * Famous upset vs. Nazi Germany Page 18 has a one column heading: "U. S. CREW COMES FROM BEHIND TO WIN IN OLYMPICS" (see) First report coverage on the University of Washington Huskies crew winning the gold medal vs. Nazi Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics in rowing. Complete with all 28 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. In great condition as such, a few small binding holes at the blank spine. wikipedia notes: The rowing competition was dominated by the hosts, Germany, who medaled in every event and took five of the seven gold medals. The final race, men's eights, was won by a working-class United States team from the University of Washington who, in what had become their trademark, started slow and outsprinted the competition to an exceedingly close finish, with only one second separating the top three finishers at the end of a six-and-a-half minute race. This event is chronicled in The Boys in the Boat written by Daniel James Brown.