Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-30

The sign of the oar marked New London Wednesday night on the world s and Elihu Yale are gathering for the annual rowing contests between the great universities of Cambridge and New Haven today on the Thames Weather, wind and water permitting the varsity four-oared crews and the freshmen eights will meet between 10.S0 o'clock and 11.30 this morning, and the varsity eight-oared crews will de- eide the dual rowing supremacy be- tween five o'clock and 7.30 in the evening. Wednesday night the hotels were full of undergraduates and alum nj and their families. Every train discharged its load of partisans. The salty breezes of Long Island Sound are tainted with the vapor of strange automobiles. The harbor is a-twinkle with the lights of a hundred yachts Up the river at crew quarters the forty oarsmen who within few hours will fight for the glory of their colleges are asleep in their early beds under the watchfuI eyes Of coaches and hand lers.
 Yale Won the Toss.
 Captain Woden of Yale won the toss for positions Wednesday afternoon and with the privilege of selecting the lanes in which two of his crews shall row chose the west course on the New London side of the river for the var sity eight and four-oared events. Cap tain Daid of Harvard took the same course for the freshmen eight, the only privilege left him. The prevail ing wind on the Thames is from the west, and under normal conditions Yale's positions will give her crews the advantage of slightly smoother water.
 Vale Won Freshman Four Dared
 Event.
 Yale won the freshman four pared race Wednesday evening. and although this is considered a scrub" event and not scheduled with the regular con- tests of~the regatta, the supporters of the Blue are greatly encouraged by the omen. The race was rowed short ly after six o'clock over a mile course extending down the river from the half mile flag of the four mile course, just below Red Top to the mile and half flag. The Yale freshmen finished three quarters of a length ahead. The unofficial time was 5.39 1-5. No off, cial time was taken. The Harvard crew got the jump at the start and led for three quarters of the way at times getting lead of nearly two lengths In the last quarter the New Haven came up with a beautiful spurt and won in a gruelling finish
 Harvard Grads Cover Course.
 Harvard put a gradaute crew on the river Wednesday evening for the gen eight" cup offered by Oscar Graves. and in the absence. of a Yale
  alone. Yale men say that their failure to muster an alumni crew was due to the fact that the regatta came a week after commencement when too few of their veteran oarsmen were on hand to make up an eight. After rowing over the course ths Harvard crew stopped at Yale quarters and gave vent to some good natured badinage to which the Yale men replied as best they could under the handicap. liar yard men hold that this default on Yale's part entities them to claim the Graves cup as a permanent trophy, having won the cup four times before. The understanding Wednesday night, however, is that Harvard will not press this claim
 Fair weather is promised for the regatta today with light to moderate west to northwest winds. ideal condi- tions, if the forecast proves true, but the weather of the lower Thames is fickle.
 Date Affects Attendance. The stranger in New London We'd nesday night would not need to be