New-York tribune., 1905-06-28
ALE-HARVARD RACE.
Last Work of the Fights for Their
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Gales Ferry, Conn. June 2I.-The varsity
eights of Yale and Harvard have completed the
long months of training, and from now until
the crews line up for the word which Will send
them battling over the long four-mile stretch
on Thursday little work will be done beyond
that necessary to keep the men in condition.
The Harvard oarsmen had most Of their work
in the morning to-day. The varsity eight raced
the freshman crew for a mile. The conditions
were excellent. there being a strong tide and a
favorng wind The two crews got off quickly,
and the freshmen, rowing a slightly higher
stroke drew away until they had a lead Of al
most half a length. After this they could not
gain, however, and the varsity, rowing "a to
the freshmens 36, held their own for about
quarter of a mile. They then began to gain,
and at the half mile the two crews were nearly
even From here it gas nip and tuck until
the final squirt, when the freshmen gained
slightly finishing about two feet ahead of the
varsity.
The time for the mile sol. which
fairly fast although the conditions were excep-
tionaIIy good. When the varsity put up their
stroke at the finish the crew began to rush the
recovery making the boat check badly between
strokes. When rowing a low stroke of 30 or ~
the boat runs well. and the men have much
better control of their bodies and slides on the
recovery
AS soon as the two eights came in the varsity
and freshman four-oars went out and rowed a
half mile from the half mile flag 10 the
mile mark. The two crews were evenly matched
and it was not until just before the finish that
the older men able to draw away finishing
bare quarter of length in the lead. When
the two crews had raced for mile the varsity
gained rapidly the last half. and finished
strong The betting on the four-oared race is
even, but the Harvard men feel confident that
they can pun off victory
HARVARD VARSITY HAS OFF DAY.
The varsity eight did not do quite well to-
day as they did on the last practice row This
may be due, however, to the fact that none OF
the crews were able to get out yesterday on
account of the rough water, and so there were
two whole days that the did not row. An
other thing is that the crew has been rather
erratic in it's work during the whole season, at
one time rowing well and at the next poorly.
1t would be safe to say, however, that IL the
crew rows its best in the race next Thursday
the Yale crew will not have as easy time III
winning a victory as some of her supporters
seem to think.
This afternoon the varsity and freshmen
eights triod three racing starts, the varsity
getting the better of two of them. The two four
oars also tried few starts, and in each case the
varsity got slightly the better Of it,
FoUR-OARED RACE TO-DAY.
The freshman four-oared race has been sched-
uled at 4:3O tomorrow afternoon. This is al
ways great occasion for the Harvard and Yale
squads both of whom follow the race in their
respective launches. shouting bets from one to
the other. This year a new arrangement has
been made. Half the Yale men are going to be
put in the Harvard launch and half the Harvard
men in the Yale launch.
The regatta committee has engaged two rev
enue this year to police the course on the
day OF the In previous years there have been
SO many naphtha launches and steam yachts
running up and down the river that their swells
have made the water choppy This year the
committee is going to make an effort to have all
boats at anchor half an hour before each race
YALE IN PRACTICE STARTS.
The Yale varsity eight went the river about
6;15 tonight and tried several racing starts.