The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-06-29
BLUE VERSUS CRIMSON
The Great Rowing Race at New
London Friday.
BOTH CREWS IN FINE CONDITION.

Boating Men Say that Yale Stands the
Best Chance of winning--An EGort
Making to Keep All Craft From tn,
River During the Race.
New LONDON Conn, June 29.-New
London is fast filling up with strangers
in anticipation of the great race which
is to be rowed Friday afternoon between
and Q o'clock. G. A. Rves of New
York will be the referee. All the ar
rangements for the race are now COM
plete.
The best opinion here is favorable to
Yale. In the minds of those who have
watched the two crews closely the blue
will be the winner. People who are fa-
miliar with boating matters and have
followed the races for years say it is safe
this year to bet on Yale at even money.
Harvard has the advantage of big,
brawny, heavy crew Of experienced men,
six of whom rowed in the race last year.
She also has some advantage over Yale
in the fact that her cedar shell is salts
factory, while Yale's is not working
well. Harvard is not rowing in as good
boys have put up their stroke and are
rowing faster.
Coach Harry Keyes has made some
changes in the positions of the men and
in the style Of rowing, especially in the
matter of putting up her stroke. Har-
ward will start at al strokes to the min
ute and keep that tremendous rate up
just AS long aus possible, then gradually
drop to 80.
Stroke Lyman is man of enormous
strength and endurance, and can keep
the stroke up just as high as he is asked
to. But the difficulty will be that the
other men in the boat cannon follow
him. Captain Keton, who rows at No.
Z, is not rowing with him, and the re-
suit is that the good form, which has
always been Harvard's characteristic, is
not obtained.
Yale will not row much above "a
strokes to the minute. She may start
in at 36, but will drop to "a. The Yale
crew is rowing in beautiful form, they
row we'll together and the boat seems to
"get there" Payne is the only man
who is not perfect in his work. He is a
trihs slow. The report that Yale is over
trained is false The Yale crew is in
perfect physical condition, but they are
highly strung men and need to be care
fully handled.
They are not old and seasoned veter-
ans like Harvard's crew, but are booked
to win because of their stroke, which is
the "git thar" stroke, a long, slow,
powerful sweep through the water, in
stead of quick dash at it. Harvard's
change of stroke at the eleventh hour
will probably be fatal Harvard men
feel that if the race were three weeks off
their chances would be very much bet
ter.
The race will be rowed down stream
this year. Yale has the east or eel
grass course. The flags have been
shifted from their misplaced positions
and the course stretches for four miles
perfectly straight away. The tide will
be high Friday at about 2:30 o'clock,
and as the agreement requires that the
race be rowed within two hours of the
food tide the start will probably be
made at o'clock.
The big excursion boats will be kept
as far as possible from the crews this
year. For the last five years the sue
tion on the crew behind has been terri
BILE as the great steamers crowded down
the course.
Prominent boating men of Yale and
Harvard are endeavoring to pass bill
at Washington to allow the closing of
the river to all craft for four hours be-
fore the race. The referees launch is
the only boat allowed to follow the
Cambridge and oxford crews over
the Thames course.