New-York tribune., 1908-06-25
VALE CREW THE CHOICE
V4RV4RD MEN HOPEFUL.
-cziet IN NezU London on EUe of
the annual Regatta.
- Telerranh Ia rhe rr1hun.-1


New London. Conn. June 4.-Not iu a decade
has New London been quiet on the eve of q
I5a-varc-yale varsity boatrace. The hotels OF
course are crowded with graduates and under
e-asustes but the burning Of the popular Peouot
sJ,,,se has caused many OF the regulars TO wait
,,tfI the early morning trains Tomorrow Two
sore steam yachts and half a hundred smaller
,-ef; are already anchored about the railroad
bridge and along the course. but a heavy thunder
storm which broke after dusk, kept the amateur
-s-s from coming ashore
There was little betting. Yale was a slight IA
,,-ite for the varsity eight-oared odds OF
IA 70 = but Harvard men are hopeful Harvard is
the choice at 10 over Yale in the freshman race
One Harvard undergraduate, who had $500 TO be.
m the Crimson. was unable to get his money COW
s-es 81 the Crocker House tonight.
Yale and Harvard men are unanimous in deplor
80. rhe acton Of the Harvard faculty in disqualify
4rr Fish and Morgan. and thus hurting Harvard's
cbsnces almost on the Of the contest The de-
cssio- of President Roosevelt attend she
-oa ont Of respect 10 the memory Of ex-President
cleveland also had dampening effect on the
e,i-+rs Of the crowd. TIE latest news from New
45evs- vas that Secretary Taft, the Republican
rer5f5ate for President, would also be absentee.
President Roosevelt's yacht, the Sylph. arrived
hs-A this afternoon and anchored above the rail-
80 bridge. Several members Of the Presidents
..r,fiv were understood to be on board. but 70
g ls-e hour tonight no one had come ashore from
10 ,sch- The dispatch boat Dolphin and the
,s--7l. the course tomorrow. are here.
harvard won both the preliminary races late
-h+s afternoon and the double victory resulted in
sn-t of confidence at Red Top, the Harvard
o-,sv-s-s tonight The four cared race for fresh
-1e7 substitutes was closely contested but the
crimson cubs had more beef and showed better
os-s-anship. with the result that Yale was a
81 length behind at the finish. The same was
--ra n tie .'gentlemen's'' eight cared race for
,,s-e+-y grads" The veterans rcwed with all
--e courage born Of past prowess in varsity shells,
r-- Al the finish Of the half-rlile course every
ca-s-7ar in both boats was 'an in Here, too'
Harvard was first by trife over length
Harvard men are a unit in declaring that the
.-ssr-7a7 eight is wonder and will walk away
from the Yale cubs One Harvard freshman o.
se-ed 10 bet s. 600 to $50 last night at the Hotel
sr-7sv-o.d but found takers
A. late hour tonight II is raining hard ouI
sha nrediCtons are for fair weather tomorrow and
s-,oarh water. Harvard won the toss IN drawing
f7- position In the varsity eight Dared race, ana
chose the west side Of the river Yale men pro-
1essed surprise Harvard's selection, and salo
.-ev thought the east course was the better When
va 7-on the toss for choice of course for the
varsity four cared race the east side was taken.
Harvard guessed right when the freshmen captain
tossed for choice Of position and took the east
course Inquiry at the Harvard quarters at heo
Ton and AZ the Yale headquarters at Gales Ferry
1are tonight ELECTED the Information that every
member Of the two crews was in perfect conoi-
-jo7 and that there no chance OF apy chahse
81 either lineup as officially announced The oars
rre- were all tucked n bed soon after dark
Al the crews were the water to-day for I'm
being up purposes but the hard work was over
80 the men paddled about and practtsed few
--s-,s starts under the direction OF w a Meikle-
ham the referee.
Eso.h Coach Kennedy Of Yale and Coach Wray OF
Harvard expressed the opinion tonight that the
race between the varsity eights would oe record
,,-..l-f-g affair provided wind and water were
favorable
= the weather conditions are unfavorable at $50
2 - tomorrow the referee may postpone the
VARSITY race until later IN the day, but not after
o5oIcck. TIE freshman eight-oared and varsity
6ou--oared races viii be roWed IN the morning