New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
HARVARD TAKES HONORS
Crimson Equals Past Records OF
SchuyIkiII RegattaS.
NEW YORK oARsMEN WIN
colurnbia Freshmen Have Easy
Time with Pennsylvania and
Yale Fights.

philadelphia, May 2l.-Harvard oarsmen
...-ried of the chief nonors in the eighth
.,rual regatta Of the American Rowing
association. better known as the american
-Ierlev. or the Schuylkill River this after
40, The Crimson won the Junior col
,seis,e eight-oared race. defeating Column
- and the University OF Pennsylvania
-,,is perfornance the Harvard youngsters
sou,ued rlu an hour later by winning the
80 for frs; eights. the prize for, which
ms The stewards cup. In this race Har-
,-s-s -~iumphed over two freshmen crews,
BE Georgetown varsity and the Wander
ers. Of this city.
~ she double victory Harvard equalled
.be record previously held by Cornell and
vale. the only other crews to win both
races in single afternoon.
New York and Philadelphia divided hon
o-s so Ear as the number Of first places
Das concerned. Each city won five firsts.
Boston was the only other city 10 take
Q e-st. Harvard's two Victories going TO
the credit Of that city.
Harvard and Columbia looked TO be pretty
evenly matched in the junior college race.
Tor the FIRST half mile the Crimson had
-ro,,rle 20 keep ahead Of the Columbians.
hut when the half way point was reached
the Harvard shell went TO the front and
gradually drew away from Columbia, whose
crew had all il could do 10 keep ahead of
Pennsylvania
Harvard finally won by length Of open
wa;er. Pennsylvania made a great spurt
in the last hundred yards and managed 10
get q dead heat with Columbia for second
place.
The freshmen race among Columbia,
-,sa nyS-aV
for Columbia The News York youngsters
-ove6 in ragged form. but they had a most
powe.fuI stroke and cut through the water
az . tremendous clip
n the race for first eights Georgetown
esva Harvard battle all the way. For
+wo-;hirds OF the distance the Cambridge
crew was leading by the narrowest Of mar
gins but in the last quarter mile Harvard
hi un TIE stroke and finished almost
length in advance Of Georgetown, whose
crew was three lengths ahead OF the Wan
derers
The best race among the club crews CAME
in tie special event for second eights, open
only 10 club crews The Wahnetah Boat
Club. q Flushing, Y. Y, took the lead at
haf tie distance and crossed the line half
G length ahead of the Union Boat Club, OF
Boston.
4 heavy rain just before the start kept
down the attendance 10 about four thou
sand. The course was slow, no records be-
ing broken.
The summaries follow:
First eight-oared shells-won by Harvard
University: Georgetown, SECOND: Wanderers
Freshman eight-oare6 shells-Non by Columbia
University. Yale. second. University Of Pe1nsyl-
varta third. time 7-o9 80
egx-l n 7p7
Harvard. tie between University Of Pennsyl-
va-is and Columbia. Time. I-09 Is.
Tu--rschoastic eight-oared shells-Won by
Central High school. Philadelphia; Georgetown
Preparatory School. Washington. second; Balt-
more CIV College third. Time. Z IL.
Special interclub second eglt-oared shells
Won hy Wahnefah B Q. New York, Union B.
c. Boston SECOND: Potomac B. c, Washington.
thlrd. Time 33 2-5.
First single sculls-Won by Fred Shepherd.
versijy c. Philadelphia. second; Elliot
Nevlin. Philadelphia B. c, third Time.
second single scuIs-won by Fred Fuessell, |
Harlem r g. New York; e E; Smith Tni9n Tt1,96
r C.. Boston, second; @ L Belcher, Malta
! C.. Philadelphia, third. Time, $50 p.
First farr-oared shells-Non by University
Barge Club. Philadelphia: University OF Penn
Fvlva-ia second. Arundel Boat Club, Balt-
more third Time. sos Is.
3 C. Philadelphia: Ariel R. c. Baltimores
Esco-= University OF Pennsylvania. third. Union
3 . Boston, fourth. Time sol 25
First four-oared sculls-Won by University
C. Philadelphia Metropolitan r c, New
York second Time, $50
First pair Dared sheis-Won by West PhiI- |
adelphia 2 c. Malta B. c. Philadelphia, /
second Time "a 4-5 Only two starters.