Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-17
YALE RESPECTS
HARVARD CREW
ANTICIPATES BITTER ROWING
STRUGGLE
Sons Of Ell Are Light, but Appear
Typical Athletes and VIII Give
Crimson Cohorts Hard
Race
Special TO The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
NEW LONDON, Conn, June 16.-
| That Yale will have to look to her
laurels in rowing this year is fore
gone conclusion among the sporting
fraternity that has followed aquatic
feats of the New Haven and Cambridge
oarsmen for the last quarter of a cen
tury.
Harvard has an excellent varsity
eight" remarked the Ellis trainer,
John Kennedy, several days ago. ''I
watched the race between Cornell aid
Harvard on the Charles recently, and
L do not think the Cambridge men had
fair chance to show their speed.
Their boat was continually in wash
and when the contest had ended with
the 1thicans two or three boat lengths
in the lead the Harvard shell had
shipped considerable water. This, of
course, was dead weight and seriously
Handicapped the oarsmeu.
Courtney never had a better crew
than the one that defeated Harvard in
that race continued the Yale coach,
'and Courtney admits it. However, we
are going in to win IL we can. notwith-
standing we have a very fast crew to
go against"
Captain Dick Morse, who was in the
victorious Yale crew of last year, CO.
tncided with Kennedy in his estimation
of the Crimson eight. Captain Morse
is rowing at No. in the boat this
year. With him are two other veter-
ans of last years varsity crew-Chase
at No and Weeks at bow. The other
positions are filed by Boulton, stroke;
Ide, z; Noyes, 6; Bigelow, 4; Graham,
2. and Barkalow coxswain.
Yale Crew Light
The Yale eight are not so heavy as
the nf 1Q0E httt box
clean cut appearance of trained ath-
letes and put considerable life into
their stroke at times when pacing with
the Junior boat. The freshmen, by the
way, will bear watching. 1t is still
cary to criticise the work of the
youngsters, but they show good form
and excellent workmanship for a green
crew. What is more, all of them,
knowing full well that their Cambridge
rivals are heralded as ord-breakers,
feel confident that they will lower their
colors on June %, the day set for all
three races.
Yale's followers in general are afraid
of Jim" Wray, who is now on the sec
ond year of five-year contract to act
as coach for Harvard. Wray did not
send winning varsity eight to the
Thames river last June, but he came
so close to snatching victory from Yale
that great sigh of relief went up
from the Yalensians aboard the "mov-
ing grandstands" and on board the
boats close by when Harvard crossed
the line but half boats length astern
The Harvard freshmen won hands
down last year, and that eight was the
representative Wray crew, as he
nodded them from green landsmen into
nrst class oarsmen. AS Wray admitted
before and after the race with Yale, he
was handicapped in having oarsmen in
his varsity boat who had been taught
a half dozen different strokes, and it
was impossible for him to teach them
his methods in one season.
John Kennedy was, in his prime.
crackajack sculler, as was also Court
ney, and Jim" Wray up to the present
moment has a large sum of money
ready to defend his title in a single
scull contest. When he came from
abroad and took a trip down Halifax
way to see what kind of oarsmen the
much mooted champions in that coun-
try were like, he said he found them
easy to beat and was surprised they
were not faster.
Difference in Menus
Yale's crews have been in the habit
of eating four meals a day while in
training, but they will probably adopt
the custom in vogue at Red Top and
nave lilelI VI meals CUT TO
three. Yale has had menu in recent
years that was looked upon as hard
lines" by Harvard oarsmen. The Cam
bridge boys have been allowed ice
cream and similar luxuries, which have
been tabooed in the Eli camp. At both
quarters hot dinner awaits the crews
after the evening practice.
Harvard's advance guard he's been at
Red Top for the last week getting
quarters ready for the oarsmen.
At Broadview, Yale's quarters, there
have been several changes since last
season. The summer house fronting
the new club house on the bank has
been moved 100 feet south, close to the
freshmens new home, recently pur-
chased by Morton F. Plant and pre-
sented to the Yale navy. A large barn
that was directly in front of the fresh
mems home has been razed and the
view of the course from the varsity
club house is now unobstructed
Mr.. Plant has also shown his good
will toward the Yale oarsmen by offer
ing them his steam yacht, the Venetia.
New York Yacht club, for a Sunday
cruise on the waters of Long Island
sound. Miss Jennings, Who owns the
steam yacht Tuscarora, New York
Yacht club, has also kindly rendered
her yacht to the Eli crews for Sunday
excursions.