The sun., 1891-06-24
YAL LOSES THE TOSS.
HARYARD GETS THE CHOICE OF COURSE
IN THE 'YARsITY RACE

His success with the crews OF his alma mate
| has been phenomenal
| When Yale and Harvard began to row thei
| ereat races In the opposite direction from
which the agreement called for, because OF tn
! condition Of wind and water, the two erea
universities tossed for position. Time snt
time again Bob Cook has faced Harvard maj
and watched silver coin 60 lenpng Into thu
air and fall agnin. He would mover toss the
coin himself but insisted upon calling 1t. Ht
pinned his faith on tails" and he made .
reputation Of mover having pinned 1t wrong
But now nll is changed. and there In sprrowlna
In the camp OF Yale.
To-day Capt Perkins and Coach Charles
Adams Of Harvard took walk MP to the Yale
quarters. o half mile or SO above Red Tor" to
make the 6nal arrangements for the big race
There they met George Adee and Capt Cowles
OF tho $50 crew. MeiKelheim, 80. OF Columbis
was agreed upon As referee. 1t was decided
to row the race at 1880 o'clock on Friday
morning. Then. according to the lonG. .estab.
lished custom. Charles Adams tossed q silver
half dollar.
1t bore the date Of 1875. Bob Cook smiled
when he saw It. That was the year no grad
uated and strokod his crew to victory. Adams
held the silver coin between his thumb and
foreHnger . second. looked inauisitively at
Tails" laconically said Cook. Tho little
party gathered around the sacred spot whore
the piece fell
The Goddess Of Liberty looked back st them.
Cant Perkins, Allod with the exubsrancs Of
youth. threw glance at his senior. Adams.
and Adams glanced sidelong at him. Both
wanted to smile. Cook simply said. "Humphl"
Once out OF sight Of the Yale quarters. Capt.
Perkins began to dance for joy.
Harvard's luck to-day means that the
Crimson will have the best course for the first
two miles, They will be on the east sido and
thus have the benefit OF the tide which at the
hour Of the race runs with the crew. And as
Harvards cedar boat Is said to bs at least
three seconds mile faster than the paper one.
one can readily see that Harvard has q great
advantage
Capt Cook prescribed one Of bis extra large
doses for the Yale crow to-day. He had them
away up above Gales Ferry. out OF sight Of
every one. for two hours. The launch was
filled with Yale "heslers." and from Cooks
tactics 1t was inferred that this did not please
him. At all events. he ordered the crew
to pull into the cove just above their
quarters. and he then landed and coached
them from ,hs shSre ae addressed 6i%seif 'n
his srote and ssT H. out ssoIs nsh
Soss .sisd a. hara sf to tssss deSia p r. HABIT.
oo d not s
sEe a % biE ana strong shss th.y are rather
Ths Work q the Harvard a crew today gives To-
essn the ss
men handled themselves admirably. They put a
certain S vim to their work that meant business;
eaaal si tot to that V oi the Blues. . ".' NV eOo
shell was tn. work st bow: Yesterday Newell
did wrstohedly. In fact he rowed 80 poorly
ars d a. oas % H.
covered vhss Ss thsaFSt xas ths trouble, t
ssss:a =: Sss: sesa ss va.
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long time. The crew has lots Of lie IN g..
h. said: hasn't that heartrsnding bang that
sn Ss xase oea pa ~
stroke " well through, . and In this respect is SUI
II hs s12Hs
fHss sss e: an sad % Ss
s.ss %iss ;baf S:s ri: 5I IL:
tho "a advantage. @ because of her s beei.s va" law
III, In 5c.day's batch M 81 gossiR comes the story
away up the river last night. staEsd Oh hall a
mile ard !. 1hsn e. prastsed rse5f starts Ths
rstber NJ shs s.o.
opS sHpt Ys,e SsEDe enlS es LED b Length
Of the erews daily Iosiin. nsw I NO Not sdsy DAY
hn the ms bsHY SSss 5
70 It that they do not think anything Of II. The
Cornell crew VIII no, row over Tue course on
there is one man In the boat who cannot stand
es 1
BE- soon., a. \, entertaining @ event There probably
Ct b. Th
iorm Hh:Se viii not b' 70 'anythin8 hs1d:o%e N os'e
that in ID. excitement Of tho momsnt and the
DISPLAY OF grit and nerve that Is sure to be
THIS triangular event is practicnlly the open-
hs % Ss:n s.s%
lsr, VIII DO judges tor Yaie. Harvard. and
ths tsomis ss y The Nsyp
\ ard to, the finish Dag Just above the new
Hhs last haihf 81 the regular four.mile cours.
the crews would have the advantage oi. the
Whl0 tuy tNlEu WOulO DC
comrelled 70 struggle along In dead water. TO
obviato this II WAS decided 10 map out an
imaginary courre further to the east. thereby
EiytnR sach crew an squal opportunity.
%EGsninE NE Srt 4 the eondtI0ps srs NOT SveT:
nunrIly the river g. the rnmehest about noon;
that ~ hoIr , but ihore are few Instances on
G,eirtsa rs should e -morrows race 30 POSTPONED
" ~ even ng T. VIII e roYed up strsnm instead
Iayoiites In this o, ent.
The three crews lo'k their final practice spin
'ocdsy; Ihsy ahs wsrs ont III long phi ihe
eourse before the crowds who 60 up he rlysr
hS"ys S.yn 10, i'O no. ~ 70 sshiSs faults snS
,oaohers within the hearing Of hundreds OF
,,ranTers' sn While at lheir moi ming work
.uy ,y.S q their shol teopngs Ihs Yale crew
aftsr y going little distance their work began
tendency ~ Kick out their slides which is un-
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