Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-30
Between Harvard and Yale
To-day at New London.
Harvard a 10 10 9 FaVOriie for
The Varsity Eight Race.
Yale 5 10 2 In Freshman and Even
Money on the Four-oarsd.

New London. June 29.-The curtain
| on American intercollegiate sports of
| 1910-1l falls tomorrow with the an
nual three race regatta between Yale
and Harvard on the historic Thames.
Tennis. golf football. basketball,
| hockey. baseball and track games have
played their parts, leaving the athletic
stage to two acts of The rowing drama,
one of which was performed at Pough-
keepsie on Tuesday. The second act
in three scenes. will come tomorrow
| with Freshman and a substitute
! VARSITY four cared race between the
1.-TWO universities in the forenoon and
the 18th Varsity race for eight cared
crews a couple of hours before the sun
sets behind the high hills of Mont
/ ville.
Old oarsmen, eager followers of row.
ing, fond parents and relatives of this
years performers and thousands of
others who have no direct interest in
the contest, except to share in the ex-
citement and see an unusual and brill
liant picture, made this old port row
ling Mecca today. In the hotels, up
and down State street along the water
front and among the hundreds of par
ties on board the many yachts anchor
ed in the Thames. the speed endur-
| anee and rowing knowledge of the
crews monopolized discussion. The
betting was somewhat liveiier than for
several years with Harvard a 10 to 8
faVorite for the Varsity; Yale a five
to two short in the Freshmen and
about even money on the four Dared
race.
| 1t was generally admitted tonight
that had the big race been rowed two
weeks ago. Harvard would have won
in paddle. Yale never came to New
London any more dispirited. A defeat
seven weeks ago at Springfield by
PENNSYLVANIA was followed by a still
more bitter pill at Princeton, where
the Yale crew trailed behind Cornell
and Princeton, and the Blue supporters
mad little hope of victory over Har-
ward when the crew reached their
Gales Ferry quarters three weeks ago.
But the air of the Thames seemed
| to put new life in the Blue oarsmen
and the remarkable Improvement of
the crew in many ways has resembled
/ the logged rallying power shown by
the football eleven last fall Some of
the rowing experts openly stated to-
night that Yale had the fastest crew
since one of the predecessors, 90 years
ago. established the course record of
90 minutes and 10 seconds for the four
| miles.
But in the Red Top quarters down
the stream are a lot of heavy power
ful and veteran oarsmen, who saw the
Yale shell behind them last year, and
have shown their ability to row four
miles under q minutes, two miles in
less than 10 minutes and a mile in
something under five minutes. To be
sure, Harvard came to New London
this year with rowing shield
| married by daub of Cornellian and
white Cornell painted there five weeks
ago. Then the Crimson practice on the
Thames has not shown that marked
development as in the Yale crew To-
morrow's race will be one between
coming light crew and a shell full o.
oarsmen who appear to havs reached
their hest development some days ago
The question, therefore, to be solved
tomorrow is whether Harvard has
made her best and if that best is su-
perior or inferior to Yale's latest de
veopment.
The scene for the regatta was partially
set today. The big draw bridge, under
whose shotering arms the Varsity crews
will find victory or defeat waiting for
them tomorrow. swung wide open many
times today to admit all sorts OF craft
including the naval dispatch boat Dolphin.
four revenue cutters, and squadron of
steam yachts, big feet of sailing yes
sells and whole conveys of popular power
boats once above the drawbridge each
yacht hustled for an advantageous posi-
ton Just outside the rowing lanes, and by
sunset about every good anchorage for a
mile up the river was occupied by a state
ly feet which at "Colors" tomorrow will
blossom INTO a marine flower garden. The
Dolphin received Secretary of the Navy
Meyer on board this afternoon with 10
guns
The river opposite Red Top was another
lively and interesting spot in the days
procedure. There the old timers gathered
to exchange "reminiscences and see the
supplementary races between the minor
crews and the graduate Fights. which have
come TO he looked upon as almost a fix
iuit LOT q itdFNdIu ana ale race meet.
During the afternoon Capt Frost of Yale
and Capt. Cutler of Harvard tossed for po-
sitions for this afternoons race and the
three events tomorrow and the Crimson
won every time the coin was Tipped.
The Harvard Freshman eight will row
over the east course and the Varsity four
will take the wess course, The Varsity
eight will have the west course
Referee Meikeham announced after a |
conference with both captains that should
there be honafde accident in any or the
races before half a mile has been rowed
he will recall the crews to the starting
point.
The Yale and Harvard scrub four-oar |
race was rowed this morning and was won
by the Vale crew by two lengths. The dis .
lance was five eighths of mile.
The Yale gentlemens eight will row as |