Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-01
Yale vs. Harvard.

The Great Race To-Day-Yale's Practice
 Pull Time Compared with Harvard's
 Race Tlme-The Crews.
 The great college race takes place this af- ternoon at o'clock. Both crews have agreed to enter their boats at 3:45 p. m., so as to be ready to start at 4, unless specially ordered otherwise by the referee on account of rough water. Some of the buoys were found to be displaced yesterday morning, probably by passing tows, but the committee put them in position again. The health of both crews continues excellent.
 This morning the setting of flags will take place to indicate the positions which yachts and steamers are to take in anchoring. 9th erwise the arrangements for the race are completed The Harvard record of Monday Bhows the crew to be a strong crew to beat, though all conditions favored the fast time made. Considerable significance is attached to Yale's time in their practice row Wednss- day evening, when with the wind and tide in their favor they made the first two miles of the course from the finish line at Winthrop's Point in ten minutes and forty eight seconds according to the time taken by newspaper correspondents who watched thelr stroke from the Cecile, and in eleven minutes and eight seconds by MT. M. W. Bacon.s watch. An exchange says: "Either of these figures will not suffice to beat the record made by Harvard on Monday, though it is possible the Yale men were not moving on time, and probable that they can do better by good many seconds under the excitement of an actual race. They certainly are powerful crew and can put their boat through the water at terrific pace notwithstanding their peculiarly jerky stroke. The Harvard men aim to combine grace and power in their rowing and the effect of their even swinging motion as they bend to their work IS certain ly more agreeable than the stroke in which Wood has instructed the Yalensians. It is difficult stroke to pull. however, notwith- standing its apparent ease, and it is doubtful if the graceful effect sought compensates for the extra strain. The Yale stroke, on the other hand, is one which can be kept up for an indefinite period, and the eight who are to wear the blue tomorrow think nothing of an eight-mile row with spurt of mile or two at the finish. The Yale launch, which was recently presented to the boat club by generous alumni was found to be faulty in construction, and could not be used for coaching purposes in it's present condition. Mr. Wood secured the Columbia launch, how ever, after the race on Monday, and the seri- ous inconvenience which Yale would other wise have suffered has been avoided. MT. Louis Higginson, Yale 80, who is a crack oarsman. though too lis2ss for the University crew, came on from New Haven yesterday afternoon to assist Wood with his valuable experience and advice in pointing out the defects of the crew. The Harvard launch was at Albertson's Wednesday, replacing broken shaft, and the eight were obliged to forego Watson's coaching until she could be repaired. Neither crews will take any further practice until the hour of the race, when all the careful training of the past eight months will culminate in the terrible twenty minutes strain"
 A good view of the course can be had from the grand stands at Winthrop's point. The prices of tickets are seventy-fve, fifty and twenty-fiv cents The seventy-fve cent ticket entities the holder to cushioned seat under cover the fifty cent ticket to an un- covered and uncushioned seat; and the twenty five cent ticket to admission within the inclosufe.
 The steamer City of Boston will leave the steamboat dock at 8 p. m. for her position near the finish, where an unobstructed view of the entire course can be had. The steamer is covered with awnings and sup piled with outside seats and settees, making this short trip pleasant excursion and an agreeable wait, should the start of the boats be delayed.
 The observation train will leave from the freight depot of the New London Northern Railroad company at 3:3O p. m, promptly, for the starting point of the race. It will then start with the boats and be run along the course as heretofore, keeping opposite the crews all the way.
 Many from this city will go on the special train this afternoon at 1:3O.