The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-19
FOUR-OAR BRUSH
 LINENS THAMES Varsity Crews Do Little and No Attempt at
 Course is Made. YALE FOUR WINNER Former Stroke Filley of Harvard Upset in Sin
 gle Shell.
YALE FOUR WINNER
(From Special Stan correspondent.)

Gales Ferry, June 1S.-With the clos ing of the exams at Yale's training quarters on the Thomas comes annual ly to the oarsmen that feeling of relief which marks in every one the comple- ton of duty fully performed, This afternoon the last papers prepared by the members of the squad at Broad- view passed into the hands of ProGes- sor Durfee and were taken by him to New Haven at night
 As the unbent bow springs when the cord is loosed, so the spirit of the young men in rowing quarters flew to the extreme of freedom tonight, and, while every man realized fully that some portion of the honor of his alma mater depended upon his individual efforts during his presence in Broad view, there was in evidence that care- free appearance which denotes the casting off the chains of routine.
 Rowing practice to-day was peculiar all the way through, and thing with out any precedent. The contagion of good fellowship -comraderie-seem to permeate the camp, the quarters at Gales Ferry wearing a livelier aspect than ever before during this season.
 Nothing was done in the way of time rowing, either by blue or crimson oars men. There were several short spurts and animated brushes between various crews, but the hostile camps seemed to agree in the opinion that nothing should be done over the four-mile course.
 The feature of the evening was a spirited race for half mile between a graduate crew from Harvard and a similar crew from Yale. It was four pared race and was entirely impromp- tu. The Harvard scratch four, consist ing of "Kip" Perkins, stroke; Wyman, No. 3; Peep Yogel, No. 2, and Gill, bow, came up opposite Yale quarters just before the blues went out, and looked as though they wanted race The call for crew to man the four oar was soon responded to, and four oar went out to meet them. The Yale four was made up of Cooley, stroke; Peyton, No 3; Blair, No. ?; Babcock bow, and Holmes, coxswaln.
 The general call brought out every man in quarters, and by the time the four-oar shell was in the water the laLlch was under way with Coach Ken nedy in command.
 The two shells were lined up just off the Yale dock and started upstream on exactly even terms. After good old John gave the words-new to him 5f'Are you ready, Yale? Are you ready, Harvard? Col" the shells sprang into life and in each four brawny oarsmen tugged away at high-pressure stroke for the brief burst. Yale would not be denied, and the oarsmen of the blue swept ahead, the boys rowing the real thing in the way of 8 stroke, even if they did kick up more white water than would be considered profitable in e varsity contest. Harvards contn- gent gave up at the half mile, having had enough, while the Yale she'll brought to stop, swung around good length in the lead.
 Cheers from Yale for Harvard were vociferous, and while the crimson oars men had but five men to do their part of the honors, they returned the com- pliment to the utmost of their lung power When the shells were turned around the boys from Cambridge thought they you'd like to try conclu- slons just once more, trusting to Yale aonesty, as personified in MT. Kennedy,
 see they had square deal.
 John lined the shells up, giving the
 ual starting signals, and started the
 ys off again downstream towards tho
 athouse. Rowing a beautifully clean
 oke--though how they ever acquired
 ls only known to John Kennedy and ~ members of the crew-the Yale four slipped along past the Harvard contn- gent as though the crimson oarsmen were at anchor. The incident was pleasing and served to show the mu- tual feeling of good fellowship existing between the contestants for the cham pionship of the Thames.
 Just before the race no little excite nent occurred at Broadvlew when it was seen through the telescope and through marine glasses in use on the eastern bank of the Thames that some one had upset from skiff from Har- yard quarters and was being picked up by the Harvard launch.
 The mishap occurred off Bartletts near the starting flag, and it was some time before Yale men found out that ex-stroke 0. D. Filley had been the involuntary victim of a somewhat chilly baptismal rite. MT. Filley had been less cautious than usual and had man. aged to upset his single shell on the nasty short seas which were rolling in with the ebbing tide. He was hauled aboard the John Harvard, his skiff res cued and placed on the launch In quick order Mir. Fllley was none the worse for his upset and really enjoyed the humorous side of it as well as any of the spectators, although his ardor was unavoidably dampened.
 So far as the varsity eights are con- cerned very little was doing in either camp Tuesday evening. No time row ing was done. "A stiff breeze sprang up just as the sun went down and if either coach had anticipated a possible time row the idea was dispelled. nothing ex- cept light practice being given at eith- CT camp.
 A shakeup happened in Yales fresh man eight to-day, Brainerd going to No 6 in place of Hunt. The change is more in the nature of an attempt to balance the shell little better than for any other purpose With Brainard at No. 6 oar tonight the boat travelled as well as before but so far as the change affected the sneed of the boat