Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-06-23
THE BLUE AND THE ORImsON.

Crowds Pouring Into New London
The YaIe-HarvArd RRce-O0mmenss
ON the CreTvs-YRle's Loss Of Wood
ruE- The Harvard stroke - The
Sporting Frakern1Gy-ThcR River q Sen
OF Boats
boys and alumni are pouring into New Lon
don by every train and the avaricious store
keepers already begin to ply their pencils and
add full fifty per cent. to every saleable
piece of merchandise. The hotels are fast
being filed by the throng of men and women
which the races always attract, and the
streets present gala picture Excitement
is running higher than usual this year be-
tween the supporters of the blue and the
crimson. In fact, 80 lively is everything that
yesterday afternoon when crowd of Yale
and Harvard men, each going towards each
other, met on Main street, a scrimnage en-
sued which more resembled wild freshman
rush on some dark side street in New Haven
than meeting of half tipsy gentlemen from
Harvard and Yale.
The collegians seem to keep together more
this year than formerly and turn night int
day by their songs and cheers. Last evening
band of Harvard students were serenadinR
several young ladies on Linden street. No
sooner had they rounded up their first song
with Q rousing cheer for Harvard than the
whole town seemed alive with yells and
cheers for Yale and Columbia, and disciples
of each college rushed down the street from
both directions on the devoted band of am
orous Harvard boys, put them to fight by
jests and cries, and themselves serenaded
and sported with the sweet creatures until
the "wee sme hours" began to grow big
again.
The sporting fraternity are here in force
as usual, but seem to be watching the crews
closely and haven't made any heavy bets as
yet. Yesterday party of eight or nine went
ont on the little steam launch Isabelle to get
course of two or three miles and short
squirt. The gsmesters, however, were either
nonplussed or are playing good deal deeper
game than one can judge Of.
Since the arrival of the Harvard Varsity
crew on Tuesday the river has been turned to
sea OF boats. Everyone is anxious to get
sight of the long shells with their eight
bronzed athletes, and before you know it they
shoot by you like an arrow in the water. The
Harvard men were taken from Groton to
their quarters near Gale'siFe by the steam
launch Mantle. Mr.. Watson of the graduate
advisory committee accompanied them.
They have two shells with them-the paper
boat used by the sophomores in the class
races and the English cedar boat used last
year in the Yale race.
The Harvard stroke is judged by critics as
weaker in detail than that of Yale, despite
the wonderful time they made In their spin
on Wednesday. It is changed much from
last year and Is much like the stroke of 'e8,
when Harvard carried the tail skirts of fu-
neral procession. The captain of the crew
has his eye trained to newspaper men, and
when asked for q few points as to the crew,
handed your correspondent the following
deliberately drawn criticism:
'Storrow, bow, lis perhaps the best oarsman
in the boat. He is heavier than last year, q
point in his favor, and he rows in almost per-
feet form. No. 2, Markoe, Is well put to-
gether, but he apparently does not know how
to use the muscles of his back, and the result
is ragged sweep. No. 3, TraHords has never
rowed in race before. he is clumsy in his
movements, but is gritty and may train down
finer after few days. The greatest fault with
Tilton, No. 4. is tendency to slump after the
finish. Otherwise he is the right man for the
he was last year. He Is very reliable man
and can be depended on when addi-
tional speed is required. Schro1i, No. 6,
is one of the coolest men in the boat. He
was one of our best men in last years Grew,
and is even in better form this year. Fin
in the Varsity eight for the first time. He
did such good work in the freshman crew
that the committee selected him for seat in
the Varsity. The stroke is Alexander, a
quick, wiry fellow of whom great deal is
expected. His great fault is ragged finish
to his stroke. This will disappear, however,
on practice.
aYale is in hard luck by the loss of Wood
ruff. As is well known by this time, sup
pose, this uneasy gentleman broke the Sab
bath by jumping over stone wall and laid
himself up for the season by landing ON q
pile of stones Substitute Hartwell, 80 s,
takes his place in the boat. The crew are all
working hard, and will use their new paper
shell in the race. All of Yale's big boat
men, including "Bob" Cook, have their eyes
on everything. Criticism of the Yale crew
has been published before in the COURIER.
The course, which is very different from
usual, has been Jagged by Wallace A. Beck
with and Morris w. Bacon. The starting
point is fifteen yards to the east of the old
one, and after rowing due south for nearly
two miles the course changes to the south
east The finish is on the Groton side, and
not at Winthrop's Point as formerly. The
change has been made necessary in order to
avoid the eel grass and the distractions
placed in the river for the foundations of the
new Thames bridge. There will be no grand
stand at Winthrep's Point, but an observa-
ton train of twenty-feur cars will run as
usual.
Yale has won the toss for, choice of csurse,
but Harvard men object to something and it
will be submitted to Referee Oelrich.
The excellent time Yale made in the PENN
sylyania race to-day without apparent eff
fort has put Yale men in wild ecstacy and
they are az confident as though Harvard had